IRONWOOD Metal Storm Awards Nomination

Sydney's Folk metal outfit IRONWOOD have been nominated in the 2009 Metal Storm Awards.

Their nomination comes in the 'Best Debut Album' category for their highly acclaimed release ':Fire:Water:Ash:'.

Henry Lauer posted the following message;

"As you may be aware, in 2009 Ironwood released our debut album :Fire:Water:Ash: to rave reviews. Our potent weave of dark folk, progressive rock, and black metal has been acclaimed as “an outstanding piece of mythological storytelling that defies heavy metal convention” (Metal Review.Com), and “too beautiful for this world” (Metal District).

"Recently, we were both surprised and pleased to discover that :Fire:Water:Ash: has been nominated in the category of Best Debut Album on major European music webzine Metal Storm.

"This is where you come in. We invite you to offer your vote for our album: this is an opportunity to lend your support to evocative, creative, and adventurous music, music that combines animistic reverence and deep-felt emotion. If you haven’t heard the album in it’s entirely you may listen to some quite representative tracks on our Myspace page, from where details on how to buy a copy (physical or digital) are also available: www.myspace.com/ironwoodband

"To vote for Ironwood and :Fire:Water:Ash: in the Metal Storm awards you will need to register with the Metal Awards site, a very simple exercise which you can do here: www.metalstorm.ee/users/register.php

"Once you have registered and logged in, just go to this page to vote:

"www.metalstorm.ee/awards/categories.php?cat_id=22

"Ironwood would deeply appreciate your support and your vote…and if you could also invite others to cast their vote as well…that would be even more amazing.

"In the meantime, we will continue to work on post-production for our follow-up album: Storm Over Sea, due out later in 2010."

Last year, Voltage Media spoke with Ironwood drummer DAN NAHUM, the interview can be read here.

Visit: www.myspace.com/ironwoodband