Long Live Heavy Metal

Long Live Heavy Metal
Studio album by 3 Inches of Blood
Released	March 15, 2012
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	52:48
Label	Century Media Records
3 Inches of Blood chronology
Here Waits Thy Doom (2009) Long Live Heavy Metal (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	[1]
Lords of Metal	85/100 [2]
Thrash Hits	[3]

Long Live Heavy Metal is the fifth and final 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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Metal Woman"	4:48
2.	"My Sword Will Not Sleep"	4:37
3.	"Leather Lord"	3:57
4.	"Chief And The Blade"	2:27
5.	"Dark Messenger"	4:07
6.	"Look Out" (Ronnie James Dio tribute)	5:29
7.	"4000 Torches"	4:16
8.	"Leave It On The Ice"	3:34
9.	"Die For Gold (Upon The Boiling Sea IV)"	4:03
10.	"Storming Juno"	4:24
11.	"Men Of Fortune"	7:35
12.	"One For The Ditch"	3:31

Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Lords of Change"	4:31
14.	"Strength of the Grave"	4:35
15.	"Daytona" (Zeke cover)	1:42

Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Lords of Change"	4:31
14.	"Strength of the Grave"	4:35
15.	"Daytona" (Zeke cover)	1:42
16.	"Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll" (Blue Öyster Cult cover)	4:06
17.	"Battles And Brotherhood (live at Loud Park 10)"	4:50

• Bonus tracks 13 & 14 taken from the "Anthems For The Victorious" EP.
• Bonus track 15 already released as a bonus track on the Deluxe edition of "Here Waits Thy Doom".
• Bonus track 16 already released as a bonus track on the Digital & vinyl Editions of "Here Waits Thy Doom".

Personnel

3 Inches Of Blood

• Cam Pipes – clean vocals
• Justin Hagberg – harsh vocals, rhythm & lead guitars, bass
• Shane Clark – lead & rhythm guitars, bass
• Ash Pearson - drums & percussion

Additional personnel

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

Notes

Although Byron Stroud appears on the credits as bassist member of the band, all basses on the album were performed by Justin Hagberg & Shane Clark. Both were credited using a ficticional character, 'Shustin Hagblark', a mix of both names.

References

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.