5th place and the choices are getting harder now. What do you get when you mix Tolkien with proper #MeloBlack? You get the release from the American outfit 'One of nine' called Dawn Of The Iron Shadow.

This record oozes fantasy from every song, but instead of becoming a tired trope, it is well crafted like the Ring of legend itself. Well rounded, beautifully crafted and revealing beautiful details upon inspection.

👥 One of nine
💿 Dawn Of The Iron Shadow
🎶 Age of Chains
🔗 https://song.link/t/450300875
 https://oneofnine.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-the-iron-shadow

#AOTY2025 #MelodicBlackMetal #BlackMetal #Tolkien #Fantasy #LOTR

An excellent debut for hosting the #ThursdayFiveList by @jessica who minted the theme #StreamsOfDreams, songs about dreaming. So, let's enter the dreamstate and see what comes to mind!

Tool - Third Eye (lyrics: "Dreaming of that face again') https://song.link/nl/i/1474185477

Gazpacho - Dream Of Stone https://song.link/nl/i/676799457

Mastodon - Asleep In The Deep https://song.link/nl/i/866402588

Enslaved - Thurisaz Dreaming https://song.link/nl/i/1472516137

Walg - De Vlinder En De Dromer (translated from Dutch: Disgust - The Butterfly And The Dreamer) https://song.link/nl/i/1805965622

From this list, Walg deserve more attention, Dutch meloblack, from my home town no less.

#blackMetal #MeloBlack

It is #blackMetalMonday, and I will join @yourfutureex in an impromptu theme of promoting #blackmetal so obscure that @HailsandAles hasn't heard it. Maybe it is a tad easier for me since I can tap in to the #Dutch scene.

So, today I bring you the cold tones of the #Frisian band Kjeld - Bonifatius. Classic #meloblack about a monk who met his end in #Drachten in 754, killed by #heathen Frisians out of anger for spreading Christianity. Trve Kvlt black in an historic sense

https://songwhip.com/kjeld/bonifatius

Mit #stortregn hab ich für mich was Neues entdeckt. Irgendwas zwischen #meloblack und #techdeath. Genau das Richtige für einen richtig bescheidenen Montag. #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/9whGs0zUzyQ?si=qzop67NTOWtKdwL_