"Ride Darkhorse, Ride" is the first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band 3 Inches of Blood

3 Inches of Blood

3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...

. It was released on May 5, 2003 by Megarock Records

Megarock Records

Megarock Records is a Swedish record label, which focus mainly on heavy metal music.-Bands:* Abstrakt Algebra* Ace's High* Alien* Backyard Babies* Bad Habit* Candlemass* Criss* Crossroad Jam* It's Alive* Jester* Landberk* Machine Gun Kelly...

. "Onward to Valhalla '03" and "Tonight we Rejoice '03" are re-recordings of songs from the band's debut EP

Extended play

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, Sect of the White Worm. The cover art was illustrated by Martin McKenna and derives from a gamebook

Gamebook

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 entitled Legend of the Shadow Warriors, by Stephen Hand.

Track listing

1. "Ride Darkhorse, Ride" – 3:27
2. "Onward to Valhalla '03" – 3:09
3. "Tonight We Rejoice '03" – 2:33

Legacy

"Ride Darkhorse, Ride" was re-recorded two years later for inclusion on the band's second studio album

Studio album

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, Advance and Vanquish

Advance and Vanquish

- Song meanings :Through interviews, vocalist Jamie Hooper has revealed the meanings and themes of the songs from Advance and Vanquish:* "Fear on the Bridge" is the first part of a pirate trilogy entitled "Upon the Boiling Sea". The second part is the sixth track, "Lord of the Storm" and the third...

, though it ultimately was not featured in the finalized track listing. This re-recorded version has yet to be released.

Personnel

• Cam Pipes
  Cam Pipes
  Cam Pipes is the lead vocalist in the Canadian heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood. He performs a falsetto vocal style reminiscent of King Diamond...
  
   – clean vocals
• Jamie Hooper – screaming vocals
  Screaming (music)
  Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...
  
  
• Sunny Dhak – lead guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Bobby Froese – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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• Rich Trawick – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Geoff Trawick – drums
  Drum kit
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• Jesse Gander – producer