From the shadowed vales of Brethil, ONE OF NINE unveils their monumental debut, Dawn of the Iron Shadow, streaming in full ahead of its official release on October 31 through Profound Lore Records. A dark hymn to the Doom of Arda Marred, this record channels pure Tolkienian sorrow, where myth and black metal converge into one towering saga of ruin and dominion.
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“The Dawn has spoken… and the Iron Shadow now falls across the face of Beleriand.”
In the words of ONE OF NINE, this record is not a mere album, it is a chronicle of decay, a dirge for the fallen light of Arda. Through fire and ruin, the band invokes the last will of Melkor, the dark titan, whose iron shadow consumes all.
“ll that was high and fair has fallen to ruin… The West has fallen. Their thrones lie vacant. Let the peoples of Arda behold their end.“
Dawn of the Iron Shadow – Track Listing
- Parley at the Gates
- Age of Chains
- Dreadful Leap (feat. Hulder)
- Of Desperate Valor
- Behold the Shadow of My Thoughts (feat. M. of Lamp of Murmuur)
- Bauglir
- Quest of the Silmaril
- Death Wing Black Flame
Cover artwork by Ted Nasmith, the renowned illustrator of The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The Silmarillion. His hand brings visual majesty to the soundscape of eternal twilight captured by ONE OF NINE.
Evoking the cold grandeur of Summoning, the symphonic might of Emperor, and the mythic atmosphere of Gehenna and Old Man’s Child, ONE OF NINE forge a work steeped in lore and menace. Every passage breathes with the weight of Tolkien’s fallen world, an echo of ages where the light of Valinor has long faded, and only the Nine remain to bear the black flame of uncreation.
This is the unmaking of the world rendered in sound: a confluence of symphonic black metal, ancient melancholy, and epic narrative.
Lineup
- Fellrider of Northern Unlight – Guitars, Vocals
- Pharazon the Golden – Drums
- Gurthang the Black Sword – Guitars
- Urmaiar the Rope – Bass
- Langon – Keyboards
Guest Appearances:
- Hulder as The Tear Maiden on “Dreadful Leap”
- M. of Lamp of Murmuur as Morgoth on “Behold the Shadow of My Thoughts”
RIYL: Summoning, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Gehenna, Old Man’s Child
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“Do not seek them. Do not name them.
The Nine have risen.
Their song is the unmaking of the world.”