Official Video for ‘Nameless Fear’ taken from the album ‘The Fellowship’ by BRØNS, order it here https://www.davebrons.com/shop-selection/
Brons’ 5th album “The Fellowship” is inspired by JRR Tolkiens ‘Lord of the Rings’. If you haven’t already, we hope it inspires you to read his wonderful work.
About this song:
The hobbits have lived in blissful ignorance of the darkness beyond their borders, but the eye of Sauron is now turned towards them. Frodo, who has inherited the ring from Bilbo, decides that he must leave and take The Ring to Rivendell so that he can save the home he loves from the coming evil. Meanwhile Gandalf visits the head of his order – Saruman – and discovers that he is now in league with Sauron, and that the nine riders are abroad.
We wrote Nameless Fear with one eye on the threat that faced Frodo and the other on the existential threat of climate change that we currently face. The idea of a nameless fear that we feel powerless to overcome is familiar to most of us. Like Frodo we “ knew that danger lay ahead but didn’t expect to meet it here in the shire.” But Frodo, despite having no power and very little wisdom, decides to go and do something about it.
Listener Notes:
Nameless Fear starts with a heavy 7-string guitar riff calling up the fear that lies beyond the border of the Shire, and the choruses have a hint of despair and remorse for all that is changing. The choruses call up ideas of the battle that is to come. The uplifting guitar solo at the end is a portrayal of Frodo’s decision. He is not going to sit and wait for the darkness to come for him. He sets out with nothing; a small figure leaning into a head wind and pushing towards an end that he neither knows nor understands but still he goes.
Song Credits:
Sally Minnear – Vocals
Dave Brons – Guitar
John Biglands – Drums and piano
Daniel Day – Bass and Irish Whistles
Mark Swift – Piano
Brass and Choir arrangements by Stephen Bradnum
Produced by Dave Brons and Dave Bainbridge
Mixed by Dave Bainbridge
Mastered by Nigel Palmer for Lowland Masters
*This album is not endorsed in any way by the Tolkien Estate
LYRICS
Past the borders of our lives
Dark and brooding, there it lies
Hear the rumours as it nears
Whispers of a nameless fear
We long to stay beneath the trees
Where the river runs
Safe from the peril and the flames
Far beyond
Do you hear the sound of iron feet
The cold relentless beat Of battle drums?
Do you see the fire on the plains
The poison in the rain The burning sun?
Do you know, that the shadows grow darkness overflows into our land
Can you feel, a poison in the air, a whisper of despair is in the wind :
Nameless fear
Whispers grow, Waters rise.
Falling trees and blackened skies threatens all we once held dear
An ever-present nameless fear
We cannot hide under the hill
Till the fire comes
Our road goes ever on and on Till it’s done
Reign – Falling down
Fear – All around
Hope – Holding on
Ride – Through the Storm
