3InchesOfBlood

Former 3 Inches of Blood and Trial bassist Brian Redman died in a vehicular accident near his home in Tacoma, Wash., on Saturday, Sept. 26. According to posts on Blabbermouth.net, Weekly Valcano's "Spew" blog, and the Website of Doyles Public House (the latter of which he worked at as a bartender), Redman, who left the band after the release of 2004's 'Advance & Vanquish,' had recent

Jasmin St. Claire is a metalheads's wet dream, and we're not speaking quite so literally, given her former profession. The voluptuous brunette has been a porn star, a wrestling manager, a wrestler and is a lifelong metalhead -- which above all, is her first and truest love...

Returning revamped with their Century Media debut, Canada's traditional metal outfit 3 Inches of Blood have recently released their fourth studio effort, 'Here Waits Thy Doom,' and are announcing an upcoming tour in support of the new album...

The holiday weekend has passed, and while Noisecreep got some rest, there was no rest for the wicked on retail shelves when it came to metal. With amazing releases in tow, last week metal made its mark on the charts. Reported from the crew over at Metal Insider, the top releases of the week were notable debuts ifrom Solid State's Oh, Sleeper, with 4,000 units sold in the first week...

Attention class, metal is back in session for the month of September -- as if it ever really went away. With a myriad of new metal and rock releases coming in, veterans of the genre Ace Frehley and Megadeth are making their appearance right back in the spotlight...

When 3 Inches of Blood guitarist Shane Clark joined the band, his physique and furry beard often caused fans to mistake him for vocalist Cam Pipes -- yes, that's the name on his legal documents -- who is similarly built and also boasts tons of chin pubes...

Boston-based melodic thrash band Ravage returns with their newest full length on Metal Blade, 'The End of Tomorrow'. The metal fans who are a bit older might recognize the realistic brushstrokes of famed metal album artist Ed Repka adorning Ravage's cover...

Two weeks ago, when we were at the New Jersey stop of the Rockstar Mayhem Fest, we bought a Snapple. It came in a plastic bottle, but the woman we handed our $7 to for the drink ended up opening it, and poured the iced tea into a plastic cup...

Shane Clark, guitarist for 3 Inches of Blood, admits that he doesn't love hockey that much anymore. Wait ... isn't that a crime punishable by death in Canada? Isn't Saturday night known as 'hockey night' for our neighbors to the north? However, there's a reason for Clark's change o' heart about his country's sport du jour...

With song titles like 'Blazing Fires of Evermore' and 'Wykydtron,' it is easy (and erroneous) to assume that 3 Inches of Blood are a jokey metal band. But nothing could be further from the truth. The band is very serious, especially on the new album, 'Here Waits Thy Doom...