🔥 This is no simple playlist. This is a glimpse into the flame.

Forged in Shadow · Broken by Fate is a curated selection of five chapters from the upcoming 17-track concept album Book One, a mythic metal saga inspired by the legends of Middle-earth.

Each chapter pairs a cinematic spoken-word prelude with a full-length hybrid metal composition, fusing symphonic power, narrative depth, and emotional weight.

These songs trace the forging of the One Ring, the burden it places on its bearer, the formation of the Fellowship—and the quiet unraveling of everything they hoped to preserve.

Included Chapters:
	•	Forged in Shadow – The Ring is born in fire
	•	Shattered Path – The halfling feels the weight of the burden
	•	Oathforged – The Fellowship is formed
	•	The Hunger Between Us – The Son of Gondor begins to question the path
	•	Into the East – The Fellowship fractures. One walks alone—yet not truly alone

🔥 Five chapters. Ten tracks. The full story arrives 11/07/25.

Mythrend Singles (Forged in Shadow, Broken by Fate)

🔥 Interlude I - Forged in Shadow
The tale begins in shadow and fire, as a golden ring is secretly forged to rule all others. This prologue sets the stage for the coming struggle, where oaths, power, and betrayal shape the fate of the world.

Interlude I

⚔️ Interlude IV - Fractured Path
The burden of the Ring grows heavier, pressing down with every step. Shadows lengthen, and doubt seeps into the journey, as the path ahead bends beneath the weight of its power.

Interlude IV

⚔️ Interlude VII – Oathforged
In the wake of peril, a vow is sworn. Voices from every corner of the realm gather, binding themselves to a single purpose. Hope is kindled in unity, though the shadow looms ever nearer.

Interlude VII

⚔️ Interlude VIII – The Hunger Between Us
Beyond the walls of sanctuary, the fellowship turns to the high mountain path. Caradhras answers with storm and snow, and while the cold bites deep, a darker weight presses heavier still—the Ring, sowing doubt and stirring unrest in even the bravest heart.

Interlude VIII

Forged in Shadow (Bound by Fire)

One will. One flame. One chain.

Beneath the mountain, 
blood and ash 
The hammer fell, 
the world was lashed 
Not made by gods — but shaped by need 
The fire drank. 
The world would bleed 

One voice spoke 
the death of light 
A ring of gold, a hand of blight 
The shape was simple, smooth and clean 
But held within — a will unseen ⸻ 

Forged in shadow! 
Bound by fire! 
Born to rule, 

to twist, 
and re-wire! 

Not a gift — a hunger fed! 
Not a crown — a voice of dread⸻ 

No soul inside, just echo’s claim 
The world now bends to a single name 
Not love, not law, not rightful reign 
Just silence burned into a chain 

The kings knelt low, the strong went blind
And even gods could not unwind 
What fire built, what dark designed 
A golden curse, a hollow spine ⸻ 

Forged in shadow! 
Bound by fire! 
Born to rule, to twist, and re-wire! 
Not a gift — a hunger fed! 
Not a crown — a voice of dread!⸻ 

One will… 
One ring… 
One eye… 
One king… 
One fall… 
One flame… 
One world… 
One name… 
One will… 
One ring… 
One eye… 
One king… 
One fall… 
One flame… 
One world… 
One name… ⸻ 

It wakes.

Forged in Shadow (Bound by Fire)

Chapter 8: “The Hunger Between Us” follows the fellowship’s first steps beyond sanctuary. Their path turns to the cruel heights of the mountain pass, where storms lash and snow buries their strength. Yet heavier than the cold is the Ring’s burden, sowing doubt and stirring unrest as the Son of Gondor begins to waver.

The Hunger Between Us

Into to the East

One road, two shadows 
No map, no crown, 
no turning back

The trees don't speak our names 
The sky won't hold the flame
Every step is one more scar
And the stars feel twice as far

No songs behind us now
No sword to show us how
Just a ring, a breath, a vow 
And a friend who won't let me bow

Into the east
No light, no rest
Ash on our skin
Fire in our chest
We walk the line, we bear the mark We carry the world into the dark

He said I shouldn't go alone 
I said I have no choice
He stepped through the water anyway 
And I heard my own voice
We've nothing left to follow 
Just the silence and the flame

But if we break beneath it
Let them never speak our names

Into the east
No light, no rest
Ash on our skin
Fire in our chest
We walk the line, we bear the mark We carry the world into the dark
We don't go back 
We don't go back

The fire walks, the fire speaks
We hold the path that no one seeks

Into the east
The silence grows
But still we move
Though no one knows
We walk as one 
Though time forgets

We carry

Into the East

🙏🏻⚔️ “Carry the Dead” is the sound of mourning made sacred.

The battle is over — and in its quiet aftermath, honor is reborn. The fallen warrior lies still, but his final stand has cleansed the shadows that once clouded his heart. Through death, he finds redemption; through grief, the others find purpose.

The song moves like a funeral procession through ruin — drums like slow thunder, guitars echoing with sorrow and reverence. Voices rise not in anger, but in remembrance. Every note carries the weight of loyalty, loss, and the fragile hope that endures beyond despair.

They lift their brother one last time, setting him upon the river to drift into legend. Then they turn, heavy but unbroken — for their path is not yet done.

This is farewell, and forgiveness. The moment where grief becomes grace.

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We Carry the Dead

“Fractured Path” marks the first cracks in the journey. After the group departs safety, shadows begin to close in and the Ring’s presence weighs heavier with each step. 

This is not yet open conflict, but the unraveling has begun—inside the heart of the one who carries the burden.

The song follows that inner descent: isolation, paranoia, and the feeling of being cut off even while surrounded by others. 

The riffs grind like footsteps on stony ground, the melodies twist with doubt, and the atmosphere collapses into silence—echoing the haunting realization that this path may be one the hero must walk alone.

This track stands as both a warning and a prelude, a moment where fate bends but does not yet break.

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Fractured Path

Oathforged

Woke in flame and I did not burn 
The shadow failed, the world did not turn
But still I breathe, all the wound remains 
And I have seen the need for change

Not one, not alone 
Not enough on his own
But blood can bind and fire can fold The broken steel into one whole

We are not chosen, we chose the path We walk through silence, we speak through wrath

Oath forged, born in light and dark Bound in ash blood bone and spark
We are the light, we are the flame 
No crown, no master, but one name

The halls remember wars long past The wind still whispers it won't last
I swear my oath with swords now clanged 
Will raise the wall against the flame

We stand, not still 
We breathe, we build

Oath forged, born in light and dark Bound in ash blood bone and spark
We are the light, we are the flame 
No crown, no master, but one name

One voice, one blade, one task, one way 
We walk, we fall, we rise, we stay
One voice, one blade, one task, one way 
We fight until the fire breaks

Oath forged, born in light and dark Bound in ash blood bone and spark
We are the light, we are the flame No crown, no master, but one name

One name
One name
One name
One name

Oathforged

⚔️ Interlude XV – Into the East
The fellowship stands at the edge of parting. Choices are made, paths divided. Yet in the silence of resolve, two figures turn toward the East, carrying the burden into shadow where only loyalty and will remain.

Interlude XV

Interlude (We Carry the Dead)

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🎤 Lore. Power. Emotion. 
📀 Book One - Nov. 2025
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