The portland phoenix has released it’s list of the 20 best full length cds released by Maine artists in 2007, and our Seas of Blood cd is number 9. The new cd by our uber-pals Covered in Bees is on the list as well at number 13, and the rest of it reads like a [ More ]

Surprise of the Month As the one being in charge of running a small business, I know it full well about trying to present your product/materials to many a customer. Persistence and follow-up is absolutely essential if you want your name to become known. Being an unsigned metal band – you have to do many of [ More ]

Score: 7.9/10. You know you’re onto a winner when you recieve an e-mail from John Graveside of By Blood Alone. Pseudonym or not, that’s a damn good name to have in the music business, where the signal to noise ratio routinely favors the latter. But as they say, money talks and bullshit walks. By Blood [ More ]

INTERVIEW WITH CRUELLA by Todd M. Richard Editor’s note: A shorter version of this interview originally appeared in the “In Tune” collumn of the December 2008 issue of Portland Magazine. It has been decided to run the entire unedited interview here. Portland Monthly: What is a pretty girl like you singing heavy metal for? Ha, that is a good [ More ]

INTERVIEW WITH CRUELLA
by Todd M. Richard Editor’s note: A shorter version of this interview originally appeared in the “In Tune” collumn of the December 2008 issue of Portland Magazine. It has been decided to run the entire unedited interview here. Portland Monthly: What is a pretty girl like you singing heavy metal for? Ha, that is a good [ More ]