3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish

It doesn't take a genius to realize that Three Inches Of Blood's second album will likely be the one to make or break them, such is the nature of their old-school -- OK, let's just say it: derivative -- style of heavy metal. Indeed, much like '70s hard rock revisionists The Darkness, its natural to assume that the Canadian sextet will quickly run aground for lack of original ideas when trying to recycle and re-energizing the well-worn thrash and classic metal devices of old. That is, if you don't think they already have! Read More