I was disappointed & frustated by "Here Waits Thy Doom" because the balance between Extreme & old school Heavy Metal wasn't working anymore... Did they push too far the fusion between those antagonist elements? Finally, was it such a good idea? Does Satan himself even allowed them to mix it? Are we doomed?  This does not mean the opening of a punishing-deadly vortex and the end of this world? Hell no!!! "Long Live Heavy Metal" is the proof that Metal Music is forever & eternal... The roots are too deep to be cut and the new ramification is growing fast!

Since their early days, this Canadian band was in constant evolution under a great metamorphosis, the magical expansion, but also some step back to the regressing rocky path... The lineup was also in parallel wickedly redesigned... 10 or 20 times... New addition to the line-up, it's veteran bass player Mr. Byron Stroud (S.Y.L. / TENET / FEAR FACTORY). Even Joey Jordinson (SLIPKNOT / MURDERDOLLS) played drums with them, he also produced what was my favorite 3 INCHES OF BLOOD's album "Fire Up The Blades"... Until last week! Yes, the evil alloy is operative again maybe stronger than ever and the fresh blood addition to the old elixir is invigorating... The ancestral witchcraft is efficient once more in the hands of new faithful crusaders. In other words, "Long Live Heavy Metal" is the right development of "Fire Up The Blades" with more high-pitched vocals/more epic Metal leitmotiv / more NWOBHM revival hymn and intense drumming but still the vicious ferocity and the rough savagery typical to the young & raw underground Scene!