With the last of winter finally defeated, Cold Steel Dawn makes its triumphant return and brings you something molten and monumental to help celebrate the fires of damnation and glory alike. Brace yourself for mountain-levelling riffs, and your wallet for last-minute bargains. Sirocco – The March through Crimson Frost (2007, Independent) Folk metal in the form most people recognized is more or less just dumbed down heavy/power metal with whatever clumsy assortment of exotic instruments Nuclear Blast executives thought would make porridge-grade songwriting stand out from the crowd. Unsurprisingly it’s not often you find bands that really invest into traditional … Continue reading Cold Steel Dawn – Warm Summer Wounds