Score: 8.5/10. This is definitely not what I was expecting to listen to and to be honest, my initial impression of their music was – to express it in a very delicate way – not the most positive one. Perhaps the label attached to my promo CD – Progressive Gothic Metal – played the crucial [ More ]

Score: 7. Six of the eight songs is over 6 minutes, one 4:20 and the last one 2:35, so already there you can understand that it isn’t funpunk they´re playing. These I really like a lot. Gothic metal with beautiful singing from a woman called Cruella and there’s violins in the background which gives us [ More ]

Nothing is better than reviewing an album by a New England area Metal band! By Blood Alone comes from Portland, Maine and SEAS OF BLOOD is the band’s first full-length album that follows up their recording debut, the four song E.P., ETERNALLY (2005). With a name like By Blood Alone, you would expect the band [ More ]

Score: 4/5. When another album by a goth/progressive band with a female vocalist crosses my desk, my first question is this: Is there nothing new under the sun? King Solomon rolls over in his grave once more. Been there, heard this before. My next thought is this: this genre is becoming passe; more of the [ More ]

w/ Heart Shaped Rock, The Hot Tarts, Lead Stiletto Since our last show was such a disappointment – we walked out on it without playing – the band was in a bit of a down mood about this show. Fools that we were for thinking that, because it turned out great! Great as in the best [ More ]