3 INCHES OF BLOOD — Advance and Vanquish (review)

3 INCHES OF BLOOD — Advance and Vanquish album cover Album · 2004 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Warthur
3 Inches of Blood's second album is essentially a higher-budget, higher-quality restatement of the first (there's even a rerecording of Destroy the Orcs, which I think is something of an improvement). Continuing their trajectory of epic Judas Priest/Iron Maiden-inspired material, the band also seem to be getting more ambitious, throwing in a three-song linked series with a piratical theme in the form of Upon the Boiling Sea. (Apparently this shows the influence of Running Wild - in which case between that and the high ratings their albums have here I'll definitely be checking out Running Wild at some point in the future). A substantial improvement over the debut, Advance and Vanquish may not be a classic, but it's ridiculously good fun.
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