Our Spring 2010 Tour starts April 1st! Our last tour was a great experience and we plan on the new one being the same, and mucho fun as well. Since we now have so much material spanning multiple (somewhat) related genres we are tailoring our set each night to the audience. Hopefully we will see [ More ]
As a promo for the upcoming tour we have made “Serpentarius” and “Seas of Blood” available for free download. In the future we plan on making this a regular thing, so feel free to visit us often. To download, visit our Reverb Nation page or click on the links below: Serpentarius: http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_1907461 Seas of Blood: http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_1907536 [ More ]
We are pretty excited for this show on March 23rd. It will be a tour kick off date for By Blood Alone and the first show BBA and Ocean have played together since the old Geno’s days. We are also stoked to be playing in this great sounding room and it will also be a [ More ]
Our first tour back in September went so well, that planning for the Spring 2010 tour is now in the works. Like last time, we intend to leave on a Thursday and return on a Sunday, hitting various Northeast US hot spots in between. If you’re just dying to have us play in your town, [ More ]
From the outside it may have seemed like a slow year for By Blood Alone, but trust us, this was far from the case. Originally we intended to concentrate on recording our next cd. We didn’t even actively seek any shows for the first half of the year, though we were asked to play in [ More ]
Concreteweb.be of Belgium has posted a very complimentary and surprisingly well researched review of “Seas of Blood”. It’s quite rare that a reviewer will look into our backstory with such thoroughness. Hats off to Dirk Van den Auweele Jr for caring so much! [ More ]
Aimsel Ponti at the Portland Press Herald gave us some nice props in her column this week: The Night Is Young by Aimsel L. Ponti My, how time flies when you’re playing a witches’ brew of Goth-anointed alternative rock/prog/metal. It’s been five years since By Blood Alone played its first show at Geno’s, and although the traditional fifth [ More ]
Geno’s Rock Club 625 Congress St – Portland ME Saturday October 24th 9pm $5 It is hard to believe it has been five years since we played our very first gig at our home away from home, Geno’s (the Brown St. Geno’s). We want to thank Barb for having giving us the support we needed from the very [ More ]
Some pics of us on the road are on our facebook and myspace pages. check them our here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=125829&id=38637272185&l=bd8a8b7ed2 http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=4081446&albumId=2732540 [ More ]
We’re back from the road feeling quite proud of ourselves, having just completed our first tour. All in all a fun and rewarding experience. In short – touring rules! Sure it was tiring, sure the hotel rooms were cramped (I rolled over in bed and hit my head on Runtt’s cymbal case – still got [ More ]
In anticipation of our tour starting tomorrow night, we have rolled out a new version of our website. The site is completely blog based, making updates much easier for us. We’re also using some widgets from reverb nation to handle music players, email signup, and show scheduling. Surf around and tell us what you think! [ More ]
Apparently Jim Rose himself was injured at a show out west, and therefore the rest of the tour, including the Portland date with By Blood Alone, has been postponed until Nov or Dec. We’re all pulling for Jim to make a speedy recovery and be back onstage soon. We’ll post the rescheduled date as soon [ More ]
On Sunday August 16th By Blood Alone will be opening for the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow at Port City Music Hall in Portland ME. This year’s Sideshow tour is being billed as Jim Rose vs. Jake the Snake, and features none other that Jake The Snake Roberts! The show promises to include pretty girls, wrestling, [ More ]
Seas of Blood received a short review on AndyFlash.se. Read it here. [ More ]
By Blood Alone won TWO awards in last night’s Portland Music Awards. (Best Category Defying Act and Best Female Vocalist.) We weren’t even nominated, but voters wrote us in. A million thanks to everyone who voted! And congrats to some other winners: OCEAN: best album HATCHETFACE AND THE VIPERS: best new act (a write in) COVERED IN BEES: best [ More ]
Brit goth scribe Mick Mercer has release a new book Music to Die For. Apparently By Blood Alone is featured in the book. Says Mick: My fifth book concerning Goth has now arrived and is out now. MUSIC TO DIE FOR is 624 pages long, containing individual entries on 3,581 different bands, from 70 countries, [ More ]
Our interview on WKIT-FM from March 19th is now available online here. Dave the host asked more than his share of insightful questions, which was nice for a change. Most interviewers don’t really get us and ask generic questions. We were on the air for an entire hour and were able to spin quite a [ More ]
Just in case you’re wondering, By Blood Alone plans on spending a lot of 2009 in the studio working on our follow-up to Seas of Blood. Probably two thirds of the disc was written during our late 2007/early 2008 cancer hiatus, while the remaining third is being written as we speak. So as to not [ More ]
2008 started with such un-suredness for By Blood Alone, but ended with things looking quite bright. Obviously Cruella’s cancer battle was the major player in this, and while in Jan she was doing quite well and finishing up her treatments, the future of the band seemed less clear. No, we were not planning on breaking [ More ]
We thought that Halloween would pretty much be the end of 2008 for By Blood Alone, but we were wrong. We actually have three shows in December: On Saturday December 13th we will make our debut at the bridge street tavern in Augusta as guests of red cross sky. I’ve visited the joint and it’s [ More ]
After a draining but rewarding weekend we are coming up for air. Some thoughts on the three performances can be read on the dates page (click on notes on the right of each gig.) Also, video of our performance of Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge can be viewed on our video page. [ More ]
This year’s halloween weekend is shaping up to be HUGE for By Blood Alone: First, on Friday Oct 31 we perform live on WMPG’s Local Motives program. We’ll play all our new material while the fans at home get their costumes ready for Halloween. Tune in at 7:30pm to 90.9 or 104.1 FM or listen [ More ]
An interivew with Cruella is featured in this week’s issue of The Maine Switch, a local weekly. Interview Amy Martin wrote I interviewed Melynda last September, when she was beginning her battle. I wanted to find out how her first post-cancer gig went, what the new material is like and what’s in store for the [ More ]
By Blood Alone has been working with an incredibly talented local photographer named Rene Braun, and the end result, our new promotional photos, are now online and available for download here. We can’t say enough nice things about Rene’s work: visit his site, www.widereach.net, and check it out for yourselves. [ 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
By Blood Alone was recently interviewed by english Goth officianado Mick Mercer for issue 43 of his monthly publication the mick. Mick has decidedly old-school goth tastes, but our unusual take on the goth/metal hybrid has piqued his curiosity and his interview questions were quite perceptive. (and he’s a good egg as well.) Click here [ More ]
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 ]
As you can see, we have signigicantly redesigned our website, as well as our myspace page. Please surf around and let us know what you think! [ More ]
An interview of Cruella ran in the December issue of Portland Monthly, detailing her ordeal as a musician and artist battling Breast Cancer. At the time of publication the interview was edited considerably, but now the complete interview is available here. It’s quite fascinating stuff. [ More ]
By Blood Alone may have been laying low for a few months but that does not mean we have not been busy. Promo’s have been shipped to Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Reviews are trickling in, almost all positive and some absolutely glowing (though there was one these guys fucking suck that we [ More ]
By Blood Alone will perform it’s first post-hiatus show at Geno’s on Saturday, May 31st. Details are TBA, but we can say that we will be unveiling a set of all-new material (or maybe almost all-new, as we may play one classic.) It’s also possible we may play a secret warm-up show a few weeks [ More ]
Cruella and John Graveside had a grand time being interviewed by Steve Green, editor of Live4metal.com. Unlike most interviews, Steve asked insightful questions and is an all-around good egg. Click here to read the interview. [ More ]
During our hiatus we have been hard at work promoting Seas of Blood to the international press, and it is paying off. We have numerous reviews, the most glowing of which we have posted here. [ More ]
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 ]
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Seas of Blood is being purchased by fans in Germany and Japan. Hopefully sales in Italy will pick up and help complete our Axis Powers motif. [ More ]
By Blood Alone’s new cd is available for purchase at the iTunes Store, and for only $7.92! That’s by far the cheapest deal out there, though you don’t get to eyeball the fantastic cover art. Click here to purchase. [ More ]
Audio of By Blood Alone’s interview on WCLZ-FM which broadcast on Oct 24th, 2007 is now available in the here. [ More ]
Seas of Blood is (finally) available for purchase through both CDBaby.com and our distributor, Relapse Distro. (Apparently the Relapse offices are buzzing with compliments about the cover art!) Now that CDBaby has processed the cd, it will be submitted to iTunes and Amazon.com (as well as pretty much all other online retailers). We’ll keep you [ More ]
According to the portland phoenix, By Blood Alone’s Seas of Blood has reached number 5 on the Bullmoose Music local artist sales chart. We share the top 5 with other noted local artists the Rustic Overtones, Dead Season, The Press Project, and Lost On Liftoff. All this was achieved with stock in only two stores [ More ]
Making it’s first step into digital distribution, Seas of Blood is now available on Digistation, an iTunes-like digital music store hosted by Discmakers. Individual songs can be purchased for 99 cents, and the entire album plus artwork in pdf format goes for $9.99. Click here to go directly to Digistation’s Seas of Blood page. [ More ]
Another fine review of Seas of Blood has been published, this one being by Aimsel Ponti in the Go section of today’s Portland Press Herald: I know I harp a lot on the whole ?? Goth’ angle, but let’s be clear: By Blood Alone’s sound goes way beyond that. There’s a melodic intelligence ever-present, and [ More ]
By Blood Alone were recently the in-studio guests on Greetings From Area Code 207, WCLZ-FM’s local music show with host Charlie Gaylord. Charlie spun some cuts from the new Seas of Blood cd and chatted with the band about our upcoming cd release show on Saturday, and our plans for the future. The show will [ More ]
This coming Saturday (Oct 27th) is the official Seas of Blood CD release party/Halloween show at Geno’s. By Blood Alone vocalist Cruella, who is still in the midst of chemotherapy, will be back behind the microphone for our entire set. big coffin hunters and The Project Seven are on the bill, with the latter making [ More ]
Our new disc is the subject of a very well written review by music scribe Sam Pfeifle. By Blood Alone almost always gets positive reviews, but not every journalist really gets us. Sam, however, really did: While ?? progressive’ as a genre-describer can often just mean nerdy guys into mathematical music and lots of black, [ More ]
By Blood Alone’s new full length CD Seas of Blood is (finally) now available at Bullmoose Music in Portland and Scarborough ME, with other Bullmoose locations to follow as soon as we can get stock to them. As the CD trickles through the distribution chain, it will also be available from Relapse Mail Order, cd [ More ]
Our vocalist Melynda Cruella Amann is doing quite well, all things considered. Her surgery in August went well, and she’s in the thick of chemotherapy right now. She has biweekly doses which put her out of commision for a few days but afterwards she’s able to get up and do things and get out of [ More ]
Barring any disasters at the pressing plant, the much delayed Seas of Blood cd should be available by Oct 19th, not bad considering all that has changed since Cruella’s breast cancer diagnosis in August. Originally slated for release on Oct 2nd, we have been concentrating on arranging benefit activities for her and admittedly let some [ More ]
On Thursday Oct 4th By Blood Alone will be stopping by wcyy-fm’s Spinout program to be interviewed by host Mark Curdo. We’ll spin some cuts from the new cd Seas of Blood and most likely talk about Cruella’s illness and our upcoming halloween/cd release show. [ More ]
By Blood Alone vocalist Cruella has just received confirmation that she has breast cancer, and has surgery scheduled for Thursday. Obviously we have canceled our fall tour and are all praying that she makes a full recovery, and we ask that you all do the same. We take some solace in the fact that statistically [ More ]
Amy at gothic maine has invited us to support The Brides on their upcoming tourstop at the Asylum in Portland on August 3rd. We’re very excited about this – The Brides’ goth/new wave sound gets an A-plus in our book, and how can you go wrong when the keyboard player is named Julia Ghoulia? The [ More ]
THE big show of the year, the Halfway to Halloween Horror Ball, is this Saturday. Prepare for episode 2: Mars Attacks! Geno’s will be all decked out as the landscape of the horrifing dead planet of Mars, who’s inhabitants’ only goal is our destruction! There will be rayguns, spaceships, alien autopsies, music by Covered in [ More ]
Hard-line old-school goth aficianado Mick Mercer has posted a review of Eternally on his website mickmercer.com. Despite traditional goth’s dislike of metal, the review was quite glowing – read it here. [ More ]
Just like in 2006, By Blood Alone has been nominated for Best Category-Defying Act in the portland phoenix 2007 Best Music Poll. Many others of Portland’s finest muscial artists (like Covered in Bees, Confusatron, and ocean) have been nominated in various categories as well, so we feel we’re in good company. The voting takes place [ More ]
anthrax Vocalist Joey Belladonna has scheduled a solo performance for Friday, May 18th at the station in Portland, and we have secured an opening slot. Joey will be performing a lot of old Anthrax material as well as some of his solo work. We of course will be there to crush. Also on the bill [ More ]
Live video of Seas of Blood filmed over the summer (on August 26th, I think) has been posted. It will also be made available on YouTube.com. Click here to view it. [ More ]
The second edition of the HWTHB, entitled Halfway to Halloween Ball 2: Mars Attacks! has been scheduled for Saturday, May 5th 2007. Last year’s Ball was a total hoot, and this year promises to be much of the same, but with a 50’s sci-fi theme. Covered in Bees is on the bill along with By [ More ]
2006 was, at least in my opinion, a pretty good year for By Blood Alone, despite some glaring dismal points. (More on that later.) There were numerous bright spots: Runtt got settled in as both a drummer and comrade, bringing his experience and humor to the table, and those long drives to out of state [ More ]
A commercial for the upcoming show with goatwhore has been produced and is showing on various media outlets. By Blood Alone is mentioned in the ad, which although brief is kind of fun. Click here to view the commerical. [ More ]
Over the weekend we finished recording basic tracks for our forthcoming CD at acadia recording, and Marc the engineer did an excellent job. Once we get past the next couple of shows we’ll start recording vocals and other touch-ups at Purgatory Recording in Westbrook. The CD itself, tentatively titled Seas of Blood, will most likely [ More ]
Fellow Portland band Twisted Roots has asked us to perform at a benefit at The Big Easy in Portland on Sunday, Sept 24th, 8PM. The benefit is for Ethan Powers (Son of Twisted Roots guitar player Adam Powers) who is very young and very ill. hour past & heart shaped rock will also perform. Please [ More ]
By Blood Alone guitarist John Graveside is now endorsed by KXK Guitars. KXK (a division of Kaufman Music) is a custom builder in California catering to metal players, including Steve Swanson of Six Feet Under, Manni Schmidt of Gravedigger, and DD Verni of Overkill. Being left handed, Graveside has special needs in gear and KXK [ More ]
Metalblade recording artists goatwhore are using a day off from their tour with Celtic Frost to play a show in Portland, and guess what? We get to open! The locale is the big easy on Monday, Nov 6th. Also on the bill are random acts of violence from Boston and the end of everything. Tickets [ More ]
Our interview with Charlie Gaylord on WCLZ-FM’s Greetings from Area Code 207 program can now be heard online in it’s entirety here. [ More ]
Cruella and John Graveside will appear on WCLZ-FM’s Greetings From Area Code 207 program for a friendly chat with host Charlie Gaylord. The show will broadcast on Wednesday July 5th at 6PM and the re-broadcast on Sunday July 9th at 11AM. Listeners can tune to 98.9FM. [ More ]
By Blood Alone is on the cover of the new issue of Good Times magazine (as is Cheap Trick – how cool is that?) Good Times is a New York based arts & entertainment newspaper that publishes a New England edition as well, and has labeled the band B-Movie Horror Prog Metal which is probably [ More ]
The Halfway to Halloween Horror Ball was a huge success and quite packed. Due to issues totally not band-related, it has taken a while to update the site, but our thoughts on the whole evening are now online. Click here to read all about it. [ More ]
Those wise sages at the portland phoenix have nominated By Blood Alone for the 2006 Best Music Poll! We are nominated for best category-defying act and best female vocalist. In 2005 we were too new to be nominated, but I remember at the time telling my wife Michele that I really hoped our vocalist Cruella [ More ]
Ken Wood at metalreviews.com has posted a glowing review of Eternally, referring to us as one of the only two great goth bands to come out of New England. (The other is the deservedly praised Autumn Tears). He further compared us to Bauhaus and The Gathering (the latter being a catalyst to By Blood Alone’s [ More ]
As you can see, we have a new site design. Surf around and we hope you like it. [ More ]
We have started bookings for what will be (for us at least) a heavy live schedule in 2006. See the Dates page for more info. [ More ]
Last week the portland phoenix voted By Blood Alone’s debut cd Eternally one of the top 5 ep’s of 2005! We’re at number 4, sharing the list with Dead Season, Animal Suit Driveby, Twisted Roots and In the Arms of Providence. All the members of By Blood Alone are ecstatic about receiving such recognition from [ More ]
On February 17th By Blood Alone will be taped live for an appearance on Friday Night Jam, a local TV program broadcast all over the state. The taping goes down at the lisbon teen center in Lisbon ME, and since the taping is open to the public it will also be our first all ages [ More ]
By Blood Alone’s debut CD Eternally has been added to a host of online retailers, including Apple Computer’s itunes music store. Other retailers include Amazon.com, Best Buy, Tower Records, and the like, but iTunes is by far the most convenient and lowest priced – only $3.96 for the entire 4-song EP. Distribution is working well [ More ]
Apparently wtos-fm in Augusta ME has been spinning Deny Yourself from our Eternally CD! Obviously the programmers at WTOS have excellent taste. Everyone should give them a ring and tell them how you want to hear more of By Blood Alone really really bad! [ More ]
By Blood Alone’s song Every Night is featured on a new compilation released by Immolation Records. Building a Better Scene Vol. 2 features a whole laundry list of bands including Mongrel, Disorder By Design, and Marazine. The comp is free and can be picked up at By Blood Alone’s show at Geno’s on Oct. 29th. [ More ]
Purchasers of By Blood Alone’s CD Eternally have posted some reviews on the band’s page on CDBaby.com, and they are quite glowing. Comments like Excellent CD, Gothic Romanticism at it’s finest and I’m really looking forward to hearing more from this band pepper the reviews. Click here and you can read about what your missing [ More ]
So, many of you have been wondering what we’ve been up to the past few months. Well, besides arranging our big Halloween show, we’ve been auditioning a new drummer and writing new material. Both the writing and auditioning parts are going quite well: we have been working with one particular person for a few weeks, [ More ]
As many of may have already heard, our drummer John Hoerner has decided to resign from the band to concentrate on his nursing school studies. Working with John was a real pleasure and we will miss his dedication, enthusiasm and humor. So, this means we need a new drummer. Interested? Know someone who might be? [ More ]
By Blood Alone’s debut CD Eternally is now available for purchase at an ever growing list of retailers, including all Bullmoose Music locations (for you locals) as well as Tower.com, cdbaby.com and Projekt:Darkwave (for you internet-savvy types). More distribution is on the way, so stay tuned as even more retailers are added to the site. [ More ]
Just this week Eternally has received three good reviews: The portland phoenix, the portland press herald, and a particularly glowing one in it magazine. You can peruse the reviews by blicking the links above and this should be encouragement enough for you to head out and snag a copy of Eternally for yourself. [ More ]
I have just returned from Brooklyn NY with mixes in the can. My hand to god, they smoke. Producer/Engineer Steve La Cerra did an awesome job and this is by far the best produced and mixed cd I have personally been involved in, (And that list is a long one.) Next it’s off to the [ More ]
Despite the brevity of our set, the No Hit Videos showcase at the asylum was actually quite a big hit. A lot of people turned out on a Thursday and we really appreciate the effort made to make the night a special one. Covered in Bees and taming the shrew definitely rocked the joint, and [ More ]
Anticipation is already high for the upcoming release, and work is on schedule. Basic tracks were laid in December and came out better than expected. The session has now moved to Purgatory Recording in Westbrook for keys, vocals, and guitar overdubs. [ More ]
On December 11th By Blood Alone will start laying tracks for their as of yet untitled debut cd. Tracking will go down at tonezone recording with Justin Merrill and Tonezone owner Gary Hibbard engineering. [ More ]
By Blood Alone will be appearing at Geno’s on Wednesday, November 3rd, as special guests of Portland’s doom gods Ocean. The Ocean boys are going on a short tour, and By Blood Alone intends to send them off right with a rocking show to a packed house. Showtime is 9pm-ish. [ More ]
Portland’s newest and soon to be most talked about band and it’s associated website are now up and running. Their sound combines crunchy riffs with hauntingly dark, feminine melodies. Bookings are in the works and soon the band will be rocking New England from stem to stern with their heavy goth sound. Later plans include [ More ]
The band’s debut appearance has been booked for October 2nd. They’ll be headlining at Geno’s in Portland’s Old Port district. See the Dates page for details. [ More ]