w/ ManWitch What a difference seven months make: at our last show in Oct, the future seemed so unsteady. Now, it’s looking brighter than ever. Cruella has been back at rehearsal with us for a few months now, and her breast cancer battle seems so in the past. We have 5 new songs, and considering how [ More ]
BY BLOOD ALONE A PROG-ROCK BAND TO WATCH by Lucky Clark Longtime readers of this column know of my abiding love of progressive rock music (my favorite band being Marillion) so when I discovered that there’s a prog/gothic/metal band based in Portland I just had to check them out. By Blood Alone features Cruella, vocals; John Graveside, [ More ]
Score: 8/10. USA act By Blood Alone with its carrear is active some period on national metal scene. Firstly, they recorded an EP in 2005 year “Eternally”, and in previous year still actuelle full-length ” Seas Of Blood” . A group work as a quintet and has in line-up two ladies, female-fronted singer Cruella and [ More ]
By Blood Alone has received a very comlimentary review in Progression Magazine, considered by many to be the present-day bible of Progressive Rock. (Of the 350 cds submitted. only 150 were reviewed.) Progression awards 0 to 4 stars in four categories: Sound, Composition, Musicianship, and Performance, for a possible total of 16. We got a [ More ]
Seas of Blood is now available through Melodicrevolution.com, a progressive rock specialty retailer run by the folks who are putting on the Power of Prog Festival in June. Though they do carry other genre’s, their offering of independantly released prog is quite thorough. Click here to vist their site and purchase Seas of Blood. [ More ]
After months of haranguing, Seas of Blood is finally available on Amazon.com! Surprisingly, Amazon’s stock sold out before we had a chance to announce this, so we can only assume that people were constantly checking amazon for it. But don’t worry – more stock is on the way, so you can place your orders here. [ More ]
By Blood Alone is now working with TwoSideMoon/SLW Promotions, who will handle our PR for the UK, (and elsewhere to a lesser extent). The Publicists, Nicky and Sonia, are experienced long-term music journalists and are good eggs as well. We feel quite confident in their gameplan to expand By Blood Alone’s sphere of influence. [ More ]
Listening to the Hard Progressive Rock and pleasant sound of By Blood Alone, the main musical elements are very obvious in often power and symphonic climates with frequent use of the sensitive electric guitarplay, cool bass and power drums, followed by symphonic keyboards and lots of attention for the edgy vocal parts. The first impression [ More ]
From Portland USA arrives in a sea of Gothical new wave energy By Blood Alone a five piece band featuring the wonderful dark, sexy and mysterious vocals of Cruella, the melodic guitar work of John Graveside with Jack Doran handling the pumping slabs of bass work. Runtt adds atmospheric drum patterns and excellent keyboard player [ More ]
If there ever were an indie/goth/slasher movie, By Blood Alone would provide the soundtrack. They’d even be the featured band at the obligatory concert/rave scene, performing as the victims fall one by one. The first track on Sea of Blood, “Serpentarius,” begins with thrash guitars and a crashing orchestra reminiscent of early Iron Maiden. Lead [ More ]
Score: 12.5/16. Don’t let the album title deter you, this is interesting stuff. By Blood Alone imbues its compositions with variations in tone and tempo, symphonic atmospheres and diabolically clever lyrical twists, all within contextual emphasis on melody and solid song structures. John Graveside’s guitars are more content to provide tasty rhythm and texture vs. screaming [ More ]