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about|the Canadian heavy metal group|The Unicorns' demo|Three Inches of BloodInfobox musical artist | name = 3 Inches of Blood| image = 3-inches-of-blood.jpg| caption = 3 Inches of Blood performs at Reds, Edmonton , 2005| image_size = 250| landscape = Yes| background = group_or_band| alias = Three Inches Of Blood| origin = Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal , thrash metal , speed metal , power metal | years_active = 2000–present| label = Minion, Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner , Century Media Records|Century Media | associated_acts = Pride Tiger , S.T.R.E.E.T.S, Allfather, Curse of the North, Bison B.C. | website = http://3inchesofblood.com www.3inchesofblood.com| current_members = Cam Pipes
Justin Hagberg
Shane Clark
Ash Pearson
Byron Stroud | past_members = Jay Watts
Geoff Trawick
Rich Trawick
Bobby Froese
Sunny Dhak
Matt Wood
Brian Redman†
Alexei Rodriguez
Jamie Hooper
Nick Cates3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian Heavy metal music|heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Victoria, British Columbia , currently consisting of Cam Pipes , Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson. They are signed with Century Media Records and are marked by strong influences from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal .

Biography


Early years, and the Battlecry Under a Wintersun era


The group initially performed with only Jamie Hooper as vocalist before the addition of Cam Pipes . Hooper, Sunny Dhak, and Bobby Froese got together to do a one-off reunion gig for an old group of theirs; however, things went so well they decided to continue under a new moniker. Pipes heard their demo Extended play|EP at the house of Hot Hot Heat keyboardist Steve Bays , a longtime friend and former bandmate.cite web|title=The Gauntlet-3 Inches of Blood Bio|publisher=The Gauntlet|url= http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/1147/3-Inches-of-Blood.html|accessdate=2007-04-27cite web|title=Metal Underground.com-Interview With Cam Pipes of 3 Inches of Blood|author=darkstar|publisher=Metal Underground.com|url= http://www.metalunderground.com/interviews/details.cfm? newsid=21126|accessdate=2007-04-28|date=2006-08-19 Pipes, who at the age of 10 had sung in his school's choir, http://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-3_inches_of_blood.html Rockeyez.com website was originally asked to add some vocals to the band's already-recorded demo, Sect of the White Worm , and became a permanent band member after the results proved to the band's liking.cite web|title=Rock Eyez-Interview with Cam Pipes|author=Rademacher, Brian|publisher=Rock Eyez|url= http://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-3_inches_of_blood.html|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2005-04-13 Their debut album Battlecry Under a Wintersun was recorded in 2002 and released in cooperation with the Teenage Rampage and Fashion Before Function labels. It was later remastered and re-released by the band under their own label entitled Minion Music. This release went by almost unnoticed until the band's UK distribution label decided to put them on as a support slot for a tour with platinum rock band The Darkness (band)|The Darkness . This exposure gained them much critical attention and acclaim in the world of underground metal, and they were signed by major label subsidiary Roadrunner Records in 2004.

Advance and Vanquish


In 2004, original drummer Geoff Trawick and bassist brother Rich Trawick left the band. Matt Wood of Vancouver doom/sludge/noise band Goatsblood, and Brian Redman replaced them. Original guitarists Sunny Dhak and Bob Froese left the band shortly after recording in around July 2004 because "they could no longer commit to touring and needed to deal with some personal matters" .cite web|title =Blabbermouth.net-3 INCHES OF BLOOD Part Ways With Guitarists, Announce Replacements| publisher= Blabbermouth.net |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=27439|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2004-09-30 They were also committed to a business that they had set up called Bloodstone Press, a union shop and party venue.cite web|title=Discorder-Ladyhawk and Pride Tiger Tour Diary|author=Colero, Julie| publisher=Discorder|url= http://discorder.citr.ca/features/06ladytiger.html|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2006-02 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070404081806/ http://discorder.citr.ca/features/06ladytiger.html |archivedate = 2007-04-04 It is now defunct and together with Mike Payette (who was the third of the four shareholders of Bloodstone Press) and Matt Wood (who is also an ex-3 Inches of Blood member since July 2005 and was replaced by Alexei Rodriguez cite web|title=3 INCHES OF BLOOD Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement|publisher= Blabbermouth.net |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=39899|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2005-07-30) they founded the rock music|rock band Pride Tiger .cite web|title=ChalkedUp: Work for the Party|author=Barrow, Michael| publisher=ChalkedUp|url= http://www.chalkedup.com/articles/view/97|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2006-07-10 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071015234253/ http://chalkedup.com/articles/view/97 |archivedate = 2007-10-15

The band plays music more oriented towards '70s guitar-driven rock bands because, as Wood stated, ''"metal just becomes the same thing over and over. Anyway, I'm not really a metal dude. None of us are. I'm sure if you studied pictures of 3 Inches of Blood you could pick us out as not really belonging there"''.cite web|title =Blabbermouth.net - Ex-3 INCHES OF BLOOD Members Resurface In PRIDE TIGER|publisher= Blabbermouth.net |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=66409|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2007-02-02 Sunny and Bobby were replaced by Justin Hagberg, who had previously played with Pipes in Allfather, a black metal band, and Shane Clark. Roadrunner put out an advertising blitz, and the track "Deadly Sinners" from the band's second release Advance and Vanquish appeared on numerous sampler CDs, compilations, and even three video games ( Tony Hawk's Underground 2 , Saints Row 2 , and Brόtal Legend ), creating a huge press hype for the band that caused their popularity to skyrocket, with a slot on 2005's Road Rage tour in August (with bands like Machine Head (band)|Machine Head and Chimaira ) gaining them many new fans.

Also in 2005, Justin Hagberg recorded the guitars on the tracks "Dawn of a Golden Age" and "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)" for Roadrunner United|Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions . In October 2006, the band opened a show for Iron Maiden during the United States leg of their 2006 A Matter Of Life And Death Tour|A Matter of Life and Death World Tour . The show was at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine|Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California .

Fire Up the Blades


The band wrote their entire third studio album in Tacoma, Washington and performed their new songs at various places in the vicinity of Washington. By December 2006, the band had begun to record material for their follow-up album at the Armoury Studios of their hometown, and revealed that it would be titled Fire Up the Blades , with Joey Jordison , drummer of Slipknot (band)|Slipknot as producer.cite web|title =Blabbermouth.net-3 INCHES OF BLOOD Begins Recording New Album|publisher= Blabbermouth.net |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=61936|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2006-11-10 A demo of "Goatrider's Horde" which was recorded in Seattle in the spring of 2006 was later made available for streaming on Roadrunner's official website. Another demo of "Night Marauders" appeared in the fifth Battle Metal compilation album that was released in issue 161 of the UK magazine Metal Hammer .

The band toured the United States during January and February 2007 in support of Cradle of Filth with The 69 Eyes and in March toured the UK with Biomechanical . On March 22, 2007, the band was confirmed to play the second stage at Ozzfest .cite web|title=Blabbermouth.net-OZZFEST 2007:3 INCHES OF BLOOD, DAATH Added To Second-Stage Lineup|publisher= Blabbermouth.net | url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=69199|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2007-03-22 On April 6, 2007, the band's website was completely redesigned. Prior to the release of Fire Up the Blades , the band stressed that the album would be "darker, tighter and more dangerous" than their Advance and Vanquish|Roadrunner Records debut .cite web|title=Blabbermouth.net-3 INCHES OF BLOOD Working On 'Darker, Tighter And More Dangerous' New Album|publisher= Blabbermouth.net |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=63696|accessdate=2007-04-27|date=2006-12-12 "This album is heavily influenced by low quality beer , bong rips and listening to black metal in the dark", says Hooper. ''"It doesn't sound blatantly black metal, it still sounds like us. But it's a faster, more intense
version of us." cite web|title =Indie911 - 3 Inches of Blood|publisher=Indie911| url= http://www.indie911.com/index.php? cID=3330 Fire Up the Blades was ultimately released in Japan on May 28, 2007, and worldwide on June 26, 2007. During the 2007 Ozzfest Tour, Jamie Hooper was unable to sing with the band as he was experiencing throat problems, and was warned by doctors that he may damage his voice permanently if he did not rest it. http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=136& csid2=946& fid1=40754 Jamie Hooper's travails He did not perform on the Ozzfest tour nor the Operation Annihilation tour. Harsh vocal duties were taken over by guitarist Justin Hagberg. Hooper did not perform with the band for the whole 2007-08 year. Citation needed|date=October 2009
Following a fight with Saxon (band)|Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler on November 10, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hell festival in the UK, 3 Inches of Blood fired drummer Alexei Rodriguez and issued an apology for his behavior.cite web|title=Classic Rock Magazine - 3 Inches Of Blood fire their drummer and apologise for beating up Saxon|publisher=classicrockmagazine.com| url= http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock? entry=3_inches_of_blood_apologise|accessdate=2007-11-12|date=2007-11-12 The fight left Glockler with broken glasses and a black eye. Four security guards intervened and beat Rodriguez severely, hospitalising Rodriguez with a broken elbow. He was replaced by Ash Pearson (of Sound Of the Swarm & Just Cause) who later joined the band permanently.

Here Waits Thy Doom


Jamie Hooper eventually quit the band permanently in late 2008 and did not perform on Here Waits Thy Doom , making it the first album from the band not to feature any original members. Hagberg has taken over harsh vocal duties full-time.

The song "Beware The Preacher's Daughter" features all four members of fellow Canadian Metal band Bison BC (James Farwell, Dan And, Masa Anzai and Brad MacKinnon) singing gang vocals on the chorus.

3 Inches of Blood was featured in Rockstar's Mayhem Festival 2010 . On September 9, 2010 the band released a music video for the song "Silent Killer". http://www.metalcallout.com/metal-music-videos/new-video-3-inches-of-blood-silent-killer.html

A new song, "Lords of Change" is currently streaming on the bands Facebook from their forthcoming 7& nbsp;inch called Anthems For The Victorious (album)|Anthems For The Victorious .Cite web|url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=156482|title=3 INCHES OF BLOOD: New Song Available For Streaming|publisher=BlabberMouth

A new song, "Leather Lord" is currently streaming on Blabbermouth from their upcoming Album Long Live Heavy Metal .Cite web|url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=169237|title=3 INCHES OF BLOOD: New Song Available For Streaming|publisher=BlabberMouth

Band members


;Current members
  • Cam Pipes – singing|vocals , some bass guitar (2001 – present)

  • Justin Hagberg – guitar (2004 – present), harsh vocals (2008 – present)

  • Shane Clark – guitar (2004 – present)

  • Ash Pearson – drum kit|drums (2007 – present)

  • Byron Stroud – bass (2012 – present)


    • ;Former members
  • Aaron "Boon" Gustafson - Bass (live only)(2011-2011) http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php? id=8571 3 Inches of Blood on Metal Archives

  • Steve Ericson - Bass (live only) (2009–2011)

  • Nick Cates – bass guitar|bass (2006–2009)

  • Jamie Hooper – harsh vocals (1999–2008)

  • Alexei Rodriguez – drums (2005–2007)

  • Brian Redman - bass (2004–2006); Brian Redman was killed in a scooter crash in Tacoma, Washington on September 27, 2009, aged 31. http://blog.thenewstribune.com/tacomarockcity/2009/09/28/r-i-p-brian-redman/ News of Brian Redman's death

  • Matt Wood – drums (2004–2005)

  • Geoff Trawick – drums (1999–2004)

  • Rich Trawick – bass (1999–2004)

  • Bobby Froese – guitar (1999–2004)

  • Sunny Dhak - guitar (1999–2004)

  • Jay Watts- guitar (1999-2000)


    • Timeline




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    Discography


    ;Albums
  • Battlecry Under a Wintersun (2002)

  • Advance and Vanquish (2004)

  • Fire Up the Blades (2007) U.S. #147 http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/3-inches-of-blood/chart-history/515128 Chart History, Billboard.com

  • Here Waits Thy Doom (2009) U.S. #195

  • Long Live Heavy Metal (2012) http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=75978 3 Inches Of Blood To Release New Album "Long Live Heavy Metal"


    • ;EPs
  • Sect of the White Worm (2001)

  • Trial of Champions (album)|Trial of Champions (2007)

  • Anthems For the Victorious (2011)Cite web|url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=67709|title=3 Inches Of Blood Posts New Footage From The Studio Online|publisher=MetalUnderground


    • ;Singles
  • " Ride Darkhorse, Ride " (2002)

  • " Destroy the Orcs " (2003)

  • "Deadly Sinners" (2004)

  • "The Goatriders Horde" (2007)

  • "Trial of Champions" (2007)


    • References


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    External links


  • Official website| http://www.3inchesofblood.com


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