You get the feeling that if the members of Three Inches of Blood could somehow befriend Dr. Emmett Brown, and acquire a Flux Capacitor and a vintage DeLorean, their preferred destination would be straight back to the 1980s. After all, their releases thus far have sounded like direct descendents of '80s era metal -- Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, etc. -- and they've inched even closer to reconstructing the perfect '80s metallic beast with their 2007 release Fire Up the Blades. Produced by Slipknot's Joey Jordison, the album sounds like a conglomeration of all of the group's aforementioned influences (with an extra added focus on Rob Halford-esque shrieking vocals, à la "The Sentinel" and "Painkiller"), as evidenced by such thrashers as "Night Marauders," "Trial of Champions," and "Demon's Blade." If you're looking for a fair amount of variety and sonic experimentation, you've come to the wrong place -- it's a thrash-fest pretty much from start to finish. The only thing missing from Fire Up the Blades is a suitable undead mascot on the album cover, à la Eddie or Vic Rattlehead. [The CD was also released with a bonus track.]
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AllMusic Review by Greg Prato
Track Listing
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1 | 3 Inches of Blood | 02:07 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
2 | 3 Inches of Blood | 04:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
3 | 3 Inches of Blood | 04:02 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
4 | 3 Inches of Blood | 03:39 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
5 | 3 Inches of Blood | 04:24 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
6 | 3 Inches of Blood | 05:16 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
7 | 3 Inches of Blood | 04:10 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
8 | 3 Inches of Blood | 03:53 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
9 | 3 Inches of Blood | 04:55 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
10 | 3 Inches of Blood | 03:20 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
11 | 3 Inches of Blood | 05:23 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
12 | 3 Inches of Blood | 04:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
13 | 3 Inches of Blood | 01:32 | SpotifyAmazon |