Long Live Heavy Metal is the fifth studio album from the Canadian heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood.

It is the second 3 Inches of Blood album to be released through Century Media and not feature Jamie Hooper on screaming vocals,[4] and is their only release to feature the same line-up as the previous one.

This would also be the band's final studio album before disbanding in 2015 and reuniting in 2023.

[5] Although Byron Stroud appears on the credits as the bassist member of the band, all bass on the album was performed by Justin Hagberg & Shane Clark.

Both were credited using a ficticional character, 'Shustin Hagblark', a mix of both names.