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| Long Live Heavy Metal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 15, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | November 2011–January 2012 | |||
| Studio | Vogville Recording, Profile Sound Studios | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 52:48 | |||
| Label | Century Media Records | |||
| Producer | 3 Inches of Doom, Terry "Sho" Murray | |||
| 3 Inches of Blood chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| allmusic | |
| Lords of Metal | 85/100 [2] |
| Thrash Hits | |
Long Live Heavy Metal is the fifth studio album from the Canadian heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood. It is the second 3 Inches of Blood album to be released through Century Media and not feature Jamie Hooper on screaming vocals,[4] and is their only release to feature the same line-up as the previous one. This would also be the band's final studio album before disbanding in 2015 and reuniting in 2023.[5]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Metal Woman" |
| Hagberg | 4:48 |
| 2. | "My Sword Will Not Sleep" | Pipes | Shane Clark | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Leather Lord" |
| Hagberg | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Chief and the Blade" | Instrumental | Clark | 2:27 |
| 5. | "Dark Messenger" | Pipes | Clark | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Look Out" (Ronnie James Dio tribute) | Pipes | Hagberg | 5:29 |
| 7. | "4000 Torches" | Pipes | Clark | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Leave It on the Ice" | Pipes |
| 3:34 |
| 9. | "Die for Gold (Upon the Boiling Sea IV)" | Pipes | Clark | 4:03 |
| 10. | "Storming Juno" |
| Hagberg | 4:24 |
| 11. | "Men of Fortune" |
| Hagberg | 7:35 |
| 12. | "One for the Ditch" | Instrumental |
| 3:31 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Lords of Change[a]" | Pipes | Clark | 4:31 |
| 14. | "Strength of the Grave[a]" | Pipes | Clark | 4:35 |
| 15. | "Daytona[b]" (Zeke cover) | Blind Marky Felchtone | Felchtone | 1:41 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Lords of Change[a]" | Pipes | Clark | 4:31 |
| 14. | "Strength of the Grave[a]" | Pipes | Clark | 4:35 |
| 15. | "Daytona[b]" (Zeke cover) | Felchtone | Felchtone | 1:41 |
| 16. | "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll[c]" (Blue Öyster Cult cover) |
| 4:05 | |
| 17. | "Battles and Brotherhood" (Live at Loud Park Festival 2010) |
| Clark | 4:50 |
Although Byron Stroud appears on the credits as the bassist member of the band, all bass on the album was performed by Justin Hagberg & Shane Clark. Both were credited using a ficticional character, 'Shustin Hagblark', a mix of both names.