Country of origin: Canada Location: Victoria (early)/Vancouver (later), British Columbia Status: Active Formed in: 1999 Genre: Power/Heavy Metal Themes: Epic fantasy, Battle, War, Heavy metal Current label: Century Media Records Years active: 1999-2015, 2023-present 3 Inches of Blood was formed by Jamie Hooper with guitarists Sunny Dhak, Bobby Froese and Jay Watts, who were soon joined by brothers Rich Trawick and Geoff Trawick. Watts left the band early on when the other members decided to relocate from Victoria to Vancouver. Cam Pipes joined during the recordings of the demo EP after initially being approached to perform clean vocals as a guest musician. The Trawick brothers left soon after the band signed to Roadrunner Records following the first album. Sunny Dhak and Bobby Froese both left not long after the recording of "Advance and Vanquish" because of their commitment to a business that they had set up. Shane Clark and Justin Hagberg were hired as replacements. Kevin Keegan had previously been announed as a member before Clark joined instead, but never performed with the band. Alexei Rodriguez was fired in November 2007. As the band was then without a drummer, Joey Jordison (Slipknot) appeared in the video for "Trial of Champions". He produced and co-wrote the "Fire Up the Blades" album. Jamie Hooper was forced to sit out the touring following "Fire Up the Blades" after damaging his vocals chords. Guitarist Justin Hagberg took up performing his vocal parts onstage. He left the band permanently in late 2008 after not recovering to a degree sufficient to proper touring, and Hagberg took up his vocal role on a full-time basis. There were then no founders left in 3 Inches of Blood, although Cam Pipes has featured on all of their recordings. The band proceeded without a full-time bassist following the departure of Nick Cates in 2009, with Shane Clark and Justin Hagberg recording basslines in the studio and touring musicians filling out the band on stage. After becoming the 3 Inches of Blood是一支来自温哥华的六人乐队。