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The Black Dahlia Murder
This article is about the metal band. For the Black Dahlia murder case, see Black Dahlia.

The Black Dahlia Murder is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Waterford, Michigan, and is a leader in the Detroit metal music scene. The Black Dahlia Murder is named after the unsolved murder of actress Elizabeth Short, often referred to as Black Dahlia.

On September 18th in Portland, Oregon, in support of their new album's release, BDM had a hot dog eating contest on stage with 5 members of the crowd. The winner had to choose between a merchandise pack, or a mystery box. He chose the pack, and they opened the box to see what was inside. And it was more hot dogs.


Biography

The band played in Ozzfest 2005 and also participated in the Sounds of the Underground tour in 2006, which encompasses both the United States and Canada. It is also scheduled to play at Wacken Open Air in 2007.

Current bassist Bart Williams left his former band, Detroit's Today I Wait, to tour with the Black Dahlia Murder. After touring with the band on their co-headlining run with Throwdown and their European dates with Liar, he joined the group full-time. Bart was one of two engineers (the other being Walls of Jericho's Mike Hasty) on the band's first full length, Unhallowed.

They are currently preparing to tour the UK with Metal Blade Records Anterior

The second most recent album Miasma peaked at 118 on The Billboard 200. Recently, Pierre Langlois left the band for a more secure lifestyle, and the band has finished their search for a replacement drummer and found former All That Remains drummer, Shannon Lucas.

While originally the band had a website at blackdahliamurder.org, sometime between late 2006 and early 2007 it disappeared. There are no indications left whether the site will be brought back or not, but for the time being, the band can be found on its MySpace page. Their new album, which they recently released on September 18th, is called Nocturnal. The album debuted at #72 on The Billboard 200 [1].

2007 Tour

Recently the Black Dahlia Murder has announced on their MySpace that they will be going on a U.S. tour with Cannibal Corpse to promote their new Album "Nocturnal". They will also join labelmates Job for a Cowboy for a short November / December tour.

Style

The band's music makes use of the death metal sound, containing elements such as blast beats and fast death metal style riffs. Its sound is influenced by bands like At the Gates, In Flames, Morbid Angel, Dissection, and Carcass. Vocalist Trevor Strnad alternates between deep, throaty "death metal growls", high pitched "black metal screams" and "an almost hardcore screaming"[1].

Discography

Singles

  • "Contagion"
  • "Funeral Thirst"
  • "A Vulgar Picture"
  • "Miasma"
  • "Statutory Ape"
  • "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse"

Members

Current members

Former members

  • David Lock - Bass Guitar (A Cold Blooded Epitaph - Miasma)
  • Zach Gibson - Drums (Miasma and live shows, Abigail Williams)
  • Tony Laureano - Drums - Stand-In for Japanese shows
  • Jon Deering - Guitar - Demo - A Cold Blooded Epitaph, current guitarist of From The Shallows
  • Sean Gauvreau - Bass Guitar (demo)
  • Mike Schepman - Bass Guitar - Stand-In for first show
  • Cory Grady - Drums (demo-Unhallowed)
  • Pierre Langlois - Drums - Stand-In
  • Kevin Talley - Drums (multiple live shows as a fill in, current drummer of DÅÅTH)

References

  1. ^ Blokh, Ilya (October 17, 2004). "The Black Dahlia Murder - "Trevor Strnad"". Uranium Music. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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