Long Live Heavy Metal

2012 studio album by 3 Inches of Blood

Long Live Heavy Metal

Studio album by

3 Inches of Blood

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
| Here Waits Thy Doom
(2009)  | Long Live Heavy Metal
(2012)  |

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
allmusic| [1]
Lords of Metal| 85/100 [2]
Thrash Hits| [3]

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]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Metal Woman"|

* Cam Pipes
* Justin Hagberg

| Hagberg| 4:48
2.| "My Sword Will Not Sleep"| Pipes| Shane Clark| 4:37
3.| "Leather Lord"|

* Pipes
* Hagberg

| 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|

* Clark
* Hagberg

| 3:34
9.| "Die for Gold (Upon the Boiling Sea IV)"| Pipes| Clark| 4:03
10.| "Storming Juno"|

* Pipes
* Hagberg

| Hagberg| 4:24
11.| "Men of Fortune"|

* Pipes
* Hagberg

| Hagberg| 7:35
12.| "One for the Ditch"| Instrumental|

* Clark
* Hagberg
* Ash Pearson

| 3:31

Limited digipak edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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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

Japanese edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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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)|

* Albert Bouchard
* Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser
* Sandy Pearlman

* Bouchard
* Roeser
* Pearlman

| 4:05
17.| "Battles and Brotherhood" (Live at Loud Park Festival 2010)|

* Pipes
* Hagberg

| Clark| 4:50

1. ^ a b c d Taken from Anthems for the Victorious EP.
2. ^ a b Previously released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Here Waits Thy Doom.
3. ^ Previously released as a bonus track on the deluxe and limited vinyl editions of Here Waits Thy Doom.

## Personnel

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### 3 Inches Of Blood

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* Cam Pipes – clean vocals
* Justin Hagberg – harsh vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
* Shane Clark – lead guitar, bass
* Ash Pearson – drums

### Additional personnel

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* Alia O'Brien – flute on #04
* Terry "Sho" Murray – producer
* Kim Thiessen – artworks

## Notes

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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.

## References

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1. ^ allmusic review
2. ^ Nima. "3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal". Lords of Metal.
3. ^ Tom Dare. "Album: 3 Inches of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal". Thrash Hits. Thrash Hits. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
4. ^ "3 INCHES OF BLOOD - Long Live Heavy Metal Album Art, Tracklisting Revealed". BW&BK. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
5. ^ "3 INCHES OF BLOOD Announces First Live Performance In Nearly A Decade". Blabbermouth.net. September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

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3 Inches of Blood

* Cam Pipes
* Shane Clark
* Justin Hagberg
* Ash Pearson
* Byron Stroud
* Jay Watts
* Geoff Trawick
* Rich Trawick
* Bobby Froese
* Sunny Dhak
* Matt Wood
* Brian Redman
* Alexei Rodriguez
* Jamie Hooper
* Nick Cates

Studio albums|

* Battlecry Under a Wintersun (2002)
* Advance and Vanquish (2004)
* Fire Up the Blades (2007)
* Here Waits Thy Doom (2009)
* Long Live Heavy Metal (2012)

EPs|

* Sect of the White Worm (2001)
* Trial of Champions (2007)

Authority control databases |

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