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
Lords of Metal	85/100
Thrash Hits

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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 tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Lords of Change"	Pipes	Clark	4:31
14.	"Strength of the Grave"	Pipes	Clark	4:35
15.	"Daytona" (Zeke cover)	Blind Marky Felchtone	Felchtone	1:41

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Lords of Change"	Pipes	Clark	4:31
14.	"Strength of the Grave"	Pipes	Clark	4:35
15.	"Daytona" (Zeke cover)	Felchtone	Felchtone	1:41
16.	"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" (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

Personnel

3 Inches Of Blood

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

Additional personnel

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

Notes

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.