Review: 05.27.2008

BY BLOOD ALONE
Seas Of Blood
Jericho Hill Records 2007 CD
Symphonic/progressive/epic/goth metal - USA

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 keybord player Jenny Williamson. Musically By Blood Alone offers one variant of symphonic/progressive metal fullfield with epic and goth elements as well. I would add that also in group's performing legacy exist some dark rock traces. Judging by performing capabilities By Blood Alone are serious act, and they offered also an interesting arrangments creations in all of present songs.

In some places also their arrangments went outside metal as a genre's option. Their music is comparabile with Nightwish and Kamelot conceptions, but I will add one more time band's arrangments are something unique and different. A production of Steve La Cerra communicate with standards of our time, and I will also recomand a cover artwork design done in Digi CD format. "Seas Of Blood" introduced By Blood Alone as a serious act, specially recomandable for the followers of symphonic/progressive metal.

Rating : 8/10

-Branimir Lokner-