Score: 7.5/10. By Blood Alone hail from Portland with vocal duties handled by none other than the awesomely named Cruella. They play a brand of progressive symphonic metal, despite the name of the band implying some kinda death/doom act. Okay, this record isn’t bad, although on their next release (and going by this one, there [ More ]

w/Hatchetface and the Vipers, Ghouls Night Out For some reason Portsmouth is not a rock friendly town. A waitress at a local eatery blames the town council. Regardless, the one venue in town that has shows regularly (The Muddy) tends towards hippie jam bands, but when an associate of mine got the gig booking there, we [ More ]