Trial of Champions (EP) explained

Trial of Champions
Type:EP
Artist:3 Inches of Blood
Cover:Trial of Champions (3 Inches of Blood album coverat.jpg
Released:October 17, 2007
Recorded:November 2006 at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia
Genre:Heavy metal, power metal
Length:11:28
Label:Roadrunner
Producer:Joey Jordison
Prev Title:Fire Up the Blades
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Here Waits Thy Doom
Next Year:2009

Trial of Champions is the second EP by Canadian power metal band 3 Inches of Blood. It was released in digital download format on October 17, 2007 by Roadrunner Records. The title track was inspired by the Fighting Fantasy game book of the same name, and features a similar plot in which an enslaved gladiator fights his way to victory, and ultimately kills the emperor. "In the Time of Job When Mammon Was a Yippie" is a cover of a song by progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend, from their debut album. "Key to Oblivion" is a B-side from the band's previous studio album, Fire Up the Blades.

It is the last release by the band to include their screamer, Jamie Hooper.

Personnel