Kohti Yhdeksän Nousua (Finnish for "Towards the Rise of the Nine"[1]) is the first full-length studio album by the black metal band Horna.

It was re-released on vinyl under Blut & Eisen Productions in December 2006,[2] with modified artwork, 5 additional tracks recorded in 2000 and the title appended with (Sis.

It was limited to 666 copies, with the first 100 of which being printed on grey and black vinyl.

[2] The cover bears resemblance to Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky.

The title is a reference to the nine Nazgûl from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.