Score: 9/10. As a reviewer – and an all-around obsessive music fan – I welcome unknown bands into my life with more fervent passion than new releases from bands I know and like. So it was with great pleasure that a few years ago I was fortunate enough to be asked to review Eternally by [ More ]

Hailing from Portland Maine, By Blood Alone sent me their debut release Seas of Blood. At first I was apprehensive since both the band and album names brought images of some extreme metal band. Once I listened to the album, I was pleasantly proven wrong in my assumption. The band has a sound that encompasses [ More ]

author awarded score: 87/100. By Blood Alone is a female fronted prog metal band along the lines of Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation, The Gathering, Leaves’ Eyes, After Forever, Kamelot and similar acts. Formed in 2004 they sound more professional and more experienced than many of other bands playing this type of music. Seas of Blood is [ More ]

This is a band from Portland, USA, and to begin with anyone would think from their name that they are a gothic rock or metal band. Although they do share some similarities, their style is more focused on progressive metal. The record develops through dark tales with touches of sadness, sung by a woman called Cruella. [ More ]

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Just like in 2006 and 2007, By Blood Alone has been nominated in the 2008 portland phoenix best music poll for Best Category Defying Act and our singer Cruella has been nominated for Best Female Vocalist. Many of our very talented compatriots have been nominated in other categories as well. So, now we need your [ More ]