Sigur Ros Share Gloomy 'Game of Thrones' Cover — rollingstone.com

Sunday night's Game of Thrones, "The Lion and the Rose," featured a gloomy assist from Sigur Ros. The Icelandic trio performed their interpretation of "The Rains of Castamere," utilizing frontman Jonsi's vocal coo, a brooding church organ and mournful choir. Now they've shared the track that's available to stream below.  The apocalyptic song (available for purchase on Amazon) was written by Thrones author George R.R. Martin and originally appeared during the epic Red Wedding episode (which Rolling Stone ranked the best TV moment of 2013). Indie rock mainstays the National recorded their own version back in 2012.

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