Cold Frontier is the ninth studio album by the English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.

It was recorded in early 2001 on location by the Countess Wear at the River Exe, Exeter, Devon, with Mick Dolan, engineer for Steve Winwood, co-producing the album with the duo.

"[1] The album comes with a full colour twenty-page booklet, all the lyrics, and comments on the background of each track.

After releasing Dark Fields (1997), Show of Hands experimented with recording albums of material written by people beside the duo.

[1] David Kidman of NetRhythms noted that the album sees the duo return "to a more basic instrumental setup".

So you write a song that seems topical, you think it’s got a shelf life that’s limited and then current affairs come round and reinvigorate it again.

"[10] The album was released on 3 September 2001 by the duo's own record label Hands on Music with the catalogue number HMCD13.