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 ]