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3 Inches of Blood to Release New Album in March

Jason Le Miere — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:04:25 +0000

Canadian metallers 3 Inches of Blood will be dropping their new album, Long Live Heavy Metal, on March 27. The record is the band’s follow-up to 2009′s Here Waits Thy Doom.

“Long Live Heavy Metal is the fifth chapter in the book of 3 Inches of Blood, and we couldn’t be more pleased and proud of our new onslaught of honest heavy metal,” says guitarist Justin Hagberg.

Vocalist Cam Pipes has similar feelings about the quality and significance of the record. “When a band is releasing a new record, they often speak about it being their most important work or best album to date,” says Pipes. “Regardless of how clichéd either statement may sound, I think we would say both apply to this album. All of us have a special feeling about this one. We’re more committed than ever to the cause of real, honest, no-bullshit heavy metal. No trends, no fucking around!”

3 Inches of Blood will be heading out on the Metal Alliance tour–beginning in March–with DevilDriver, Dying Fetus, the Faceless, Job for a Cowboy, Impending Doom, and Wretched. Dates below.

Metal Alliance Tour dates:

03/15 Austin, TX, SXSW / Scoot Inn
03/16 New Orleans, LA, The Hangar
03/17 St Petersburg, FL, State Theater
03/18 Charlotte, NC, Amos’ Southend
03/20 Baltimore, MD, Sonar
03/21 New York, NY, Gramercy Theater
03/22 Danvers, MA, Palace Ballroom
03/23 Montreal, QC, Le National
03/24 Toronto, ON, Opera House
03/25 Columbus, OH, Alrosa Villa
03/26 Joliet, IL, Mojoe’s
03/27 St Paul, MN, Station-4
03/28 Winnipeg, MB, Garrick Centre
03/29 Regina, SK, Riddell Centre
03/30 Edmonton, AB, Edmonton Events Centre
03/31 Vancouver, BC, Rickshaw Theater
04/01 Seattle, WA, Studio Seven
04/02 Portland, OR, Hawthorne Theater
04/05 Oakland, CA, The Pound
04/06 Hollywood, CA, The Music Box
04/07 Tempe, AZ, Marquee Theater
04/09 Denver, CO, The Summit Music Hall
04/10 Omaha, NE, Sokol Auditorium
04/11 Des Moines, IA, 7 Flags Event Center
04/13 Memphis, TN, New Daisy Theater
04/15 Lawrence, KS, Granada Theater
04/16 Tulsa, OK, Cain’s Ballroom
04/19 Dallas, TX, House Of Blues
04/20 Austin, TX, Emo’s East
04/21 Houston, TX, House Of Blues

DevilDriver to Headline Metal Alliance Tour

Jason Le Miere — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:24 +0000

DevilDriver will headline next year’s, Revolver-sponsored, Metal Alliance Tour. The trek across North America kicks off next March, with Dying Fetus, the Faceless, Job for a Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, Impending Doom, and Wretched also set to appear.

DevilDriver released their latest album, Beast, earlier this year, while Dying Fetus are currently in the studio recording a new album, titled Reign Supreme, which is set for release mid-2012.

Metal Alliance Tour dates:

Wretched Guitarist Steven Funderburk Shares His Band’s Gnarliest Tales from the Pit

Brandon Geist — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:00:15 +0000

One of at least seven bands that have existed with the same name, this Charlotte, North Carolina, melodic death-metal outfit has the distinction of putting out one of the goriest videos in recent memory, for “A Preservation of Immortality” off Wretched’s 2009 album, The Exodus of Autonomy (Victory). In the spirit of arterial spray and other nastiness, we asked guitarist Steven Funderburk—whose band released its follow-up, Beyond the Gate, last year—about his group’s sickest mosh experiences.

No one nose
“At our CD release show in Charlotte, this dude had a broken nose and a concussion by the end of the first song. He came up to us after we played and he was stumbling everywhere, vomiting constantly and drunk as piss. His nose was the size and color of a plum. It turns out he was a diehard fan of ours and had driven for four hours to see us for the first time on his 21st birthday.”

Moshers in toyland
“We’ve seen a nice variety of random shit being thrown around, from fruits and veggies to padlocks and sex toys!”

Ear today, gone tomorrow
“We’ve seen a dude with his inch-gauged ear piercings ripped open.”

Nailed it
“One time this guy decided it would be a good idea to circle-pit during our set—shoeless! We’ve still never seen anyone thrash like him to this day. But here’s the gnarly part: After we played, he came up to our merch booth and showed us his feet. Believe it or not, one of his toenails had fallen off, and one of them was barely hanging on by nothing but a piece of disgusting dead skin! That’s metal.”