Long Live Heavy Metal

This album is fantastic! I am a relatively new fan with this band, but I still have there whole discography. This album is everything you could want from this band and more. The fifth studio album under the band's belt is full of blistering guitars, soaring vocals, and a whole lot of fun. This record ties with "Advance and Vanquish" for my favorite album by them. This is the second album without Jamie Hooper on harsh vocals, but Justin Hagberg does a great job in his place. Byron Stroud from Fear Factory is now in on Bass and fits in well. This record is the first one in the band's history to keep a drummer from the previous record, the man being Ash Pearson, who along with Stroud does a fantastic with the rhythmic backbone of the band. Clark and Hagberg are phenomenal guitarists and really make the songs on here shine! Cam Pipes does a fantastic job as always with his wailing vocals (which seem to remind me more and more of the likes of Rob Halford and Geoff Tate, especially on Metal Woman.) Highlight tracks on this CD are: Metal Woman, My Sword Will Not Sleep, Look Out, Leave It On The Ice, and Die For Gold which is the fourth song in the recurring Upon A Boiling Sea theme. All in all, this is a fun, energetic, and wonderfully heavy by the masterminds themselves. Recommended to any fans of: The band's previous records, Power Metal acts such as Rhapsody of Fire and Iron Maiden, and any metalhead who enjoys light-hearted, fun songs with crazy lyrics and uptempo beats. Do yourself a favor and buy this record now! Long Live Heavy Metal!!!

Solid release from this very awesome metal band. When they said no f'ing around they meant it, just pure, true heavy metal, no trends, no bs the way it was meant to be \m/\m/

Screaming vocals, great riffs, melodic and technical guitar duets. Intense drums. I have always loved Advance and Vanquish and Fire Up the Blades. I personally feel this album exceeds those two, as great as they are. If you like 3iob from before, I think you will love this album. They clearly put a great deal of work into it and the result is a very polished and enjoyable set of tracks. 3iob is great live and in the studio. Grab this album, grab your favorite brew, push play and start hoisting! Long live heavy metal, indeed.