Back to the dungeons. Wrathful winter winds, ever-hungering disease, incompetence from on high, and the accelerating decrepitude of exploitative regimes—the illusion of a comfortable, functional civilization falls apart as forces from within and without consume a slavering husk. Thankfully in these trying times, steel speaks with the same intensity and clarity with which it shines, cutting through mundane bigotries, gnawing anxiety and tedious demagoguery as easy as it would untested armour and unwitting flesh. Like with Catacomb Ventures, today I’m bringing you 10 overlooked classics primarily in the realms of melodic metal of olde but a few progressive rock numbers … Continue reading Cold Steel Dawn – Onslaught from the Unknown