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Michigan, United States (2000 – present)
The Black Dahlia Murder are a metal band from Waterford, Michigan, formed in 2000. Their band name is derived from the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, often referred to as; Black Dahlia, Black Dahlia Murder or BDM.
Current Line-Up:
Trevor Strnad – lead vocals (2000–present)
Brian Eschbach – guitar, (2001–present)
Ryan Knight – guitar (2008–present) (ex-Arsis)
Ryan Williams – bass guitar (2005–present)
Shannon Lucas – drums, percussion (2007–present) (ex-All That Remains)
The Black Dahlia Murder gained their final band line-up in January 2001 and released their first demo entitled What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse, and a four-track EP, A Cold-Blooded Epitaph, the latter of which the group released on its own Lovelost Records. After appearing in concerts such as the Milwaukee Metal Fest, The Black Dahlia Murder signed to Metal Blade Records in 2003.
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. They also played 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 gig with Throwdown and their European dates with Liar, he joined the group full-time, replacing former bassist David Lock. Frontman Trevor Strnad said that Lock was fired for incompetency. Williams was one of two engineers (the other being Walls of Jericho’s Mike Hasty) on the band’s first full-length album, Unhallowed.
Current Line-Up:
Trevor Strnad – lead vocals (2000–present)
Brian Eschbach – guitar, (2001–present)
Ryan Knight – guitar (2008–present) (ex-Arsis)
Ryan Williams – bass guitar (2005–present)
Shannon Lucas – drums, percussion (2007–present) (ex-All That Remains)
The Black Dahlia Murder gained their final band line-up in January 2001 and released their first demo entitled What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse, and a four-track EP, A Cold-Blooded Epitaph, the latter of which the group released on its own Lovelost Records. After appearing in concerts such as the Milwaukee Metal Fest, The Black Dahlia Murder signed to Metal Blade Records in 2003.
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. They also played 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 gig with Throwdown and their European dates with Liar, he joined the group full-time, replacing former bassist David Lock. Frontman Trevor Strnad said that Lock was fired for incompetency. Williams was one of two engineers (the other being Walls of Jericho’s Mike Hasty) on the band’s first full-length album, Unhallowed.
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Shoutbox
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xXMiAsMa wrote:
I love these guys. I do. They were one of the bands that started to move me toward death metal years and years ago...but the fact that they are headlining on a tour with Nile and Hour Of Penance is just fucking heinous.
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jonowev wrote:
TBDM absolutely fucking love Slaughter of the Soul, as i'm sure we all do here, but they don't sound very similar to At The Gates. There are other modern melodeath bands who sound a lot more like ATG,
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Robo_Dobo wrote:
TBDM don't care that they play off Slaughter of the Soul either.
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Kalpamantra wrote:
Recently saw them live, they were marvellous!
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TrebuchetUK wrote:
Confirmed for Bloodstock (UK)! http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/index.php/site/item/sepultura_and_iced_earth_on_the_bill_at_bloodstock/
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jonowev wrote:
Deathcore is not death metal, just saying. Also this band isn't deathcore. [2] If you don't enjoy them, piss off. [2]
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jonowev wrote:
Robo_Dobo: "FalseDeathening is just goofing up; TBDM do Slaughter of Soul, core bands do Slaughter of Soul. We listen to core bands every now and then on mumu player to understand the mediocrity better, and TBDM do things just like any other core band does, only they play melo-death a lot more since they knew it'd make more people like them." Pretty sure TBDM don't give a fuck how many people like them. As long as they can afford to keep touring and putting albums out, i'm sure they'll be happy.
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jonowev wrote:
f you think these guys are deathcore (aside from them starting out as one, but quickly changing) I might have to assume you've never actually listened to deathcore. [3]
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jonowev wrote:
How did The Black Dahlia Murder get lumped in with a bunch of deathcore bands? They're the best thing to happen to death metal in years. [6]
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Thundershit_ wrote:
I agree. I don't think I've come across a single shoutbox where a bunch of kids weren't whining about what band belongs in what genre.
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Der_SchwarzMann wrote:
The first 3 samples are the exact same song if I am not mistaken.
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undeadxchild wrote:
The genre wars are getting ridiculous. [2]
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Holiday_Jim wrote:
No I kid, I just found your username hilarious. The genre wars are getting ridiculous
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MancubusZero wrote:
The Black Dahlia Murder made it into my "best of" list for 2011 on Thrash Magazine. You can check it out here: http://www.thrashmag.com/articles/content.aspx?id=13453. Let us know what you think.
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Thundershit_ wrote:
Oh so clever
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omgislucas wrote:
v lol that made my day.
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Holiday_Jim wrote:
Why don't you just go take another thunder shit
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Thundershit_ wrote:
Ugh, why are there always genre wars in these damn shoutboxes? All of you, shut the fuck up and enjoy the band. And if you don't enjoy them, piss off.
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omgislucas wrote:
Also this band isn't deathcore, haha.
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omgislucas wrote:
Deathcore is not death metal, just saying.
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That Which Erodes The Most…
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I Will Return
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Events
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Apr
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The Black Dahlia Murder
House Of Blues (Sunset Strip), West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
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Apr
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The Black Dahlia Murder
Slim's, San Francisco CA, United States
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The Black Dahlia Murder
Nile Theatre, Mesa, AZ, Phoenix, United States
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News
The Black Dahlia Murder: Artwork and Single for New Full-Length Album "Ritual"…
29 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/blackdahliamurder
The Black Dahlia Murder: Artwork and Single for New
Full-Length Album "Ritual" Released
Premiere of first single "Moonlight Equilibrium" &
pre-order packages now live
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The Black Dahlia Murder: Artwork and Single for New Full-Length Album "Ritual"…
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26 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/blackdahliamurder
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mariahlan tagged The Black Dahlia Murder with deathcore and melodic death metal. 11 hours ago
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