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

The Black Dahlia Murder (TBDM) 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.

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. 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. Bart was one of two engineers (the other being Walls of Jericho\'s Mike Hasty) on the band\'s first full-length album, 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.billboard.com. 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 went offline and disappeared completely. 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, entitled Nocturnal, was released on September 18, 2007. The album debuted at #72 on the Billboard 200.billboard.com. Billboard 200.

The Black Dahlia Murder announced on their MySpace that they were going on a U.S. tour with Cannibal Corpse to promote their new album Nocturnal and celebrate the 25 years that Metal Blade Records has been in business. They were joined labelmates Job for a Cowboy and The Red Chord for a short November/December tour.

In January/February 2008, the band embarked on a U.S. headlining tour with 3 Inches of Blood, Hate Eternal, and Decrepit birth, followed by another alongside Brain Drill and Animosity.

Tours

The Black Dahlia Murder will headline the 2008 Summer Slaughter Tour with Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, Despised Icon, The Faceless, Aborted, Born of Osiris, Psycroptic, and Whitechapel.Summer Slaughter Tour

Style

The band\'s music makes use of the death metal sound, containing elements such as blast beats and fast death metal style. Their sound is influenced by bands such as: At the Gates, Kataklysm, Morbid Angel, Dissection, and Carcass.^{[citation needed]} Vocalist Trevor Strnad alternates between deep, throaty "death metal growls", high pitched shrieking, and "an almost hardcore screaming".Blokh, Ilya (October 17, 2004). The Black Dahlia Murder - "Trevor Strnad". Uranium Music.

Trivia

• On September 18 in Portland, Oregon, in support of their new album\'s release, BDM had a hot dog eating contest on stage with five 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. It was more hot dogs.

• Only during the month of January 2008, Metal Blade Records released the video of "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse" from Nocturnal to the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360.

Discography

Demos and EPs

• What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse − Demo (2001)
• A Cold-Blooded Epitaph − EP (2002)
• Demo 2002 − Demo (2002)

Studio albums

• Unhallowed (2003)
• Miasma (2005)
• Nocturnal (2007)

Singles

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

Members

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Current members

• Trevor Strnad − vocals
• Brian Eschbach − guitar
• John Kempainen − guitar
• Ryan "Bart" Williams − bass guitar
• Shannon Lucas − drums

Former members

• David Lock − bass guitar (A Cold Blooded Epitaph, Miasma, current guitarist of Supercontinent)
• Zach Gibson − drums (Miasma and live shows)
• Tony Laureano − drums (Stand-In for Japanese shows)
• Jon Deering − guitar (Demo, A Cold Blooded Epitaph)
• Sean Gauvreau − bass guitar (demo)
• Mike Schepman − bass guitar (Stand-In for first show)
• Cory Grady − drums (demo- Unhallowed, current drummer for Premonitions of War)
• Pierre Langlois − drums (Stand-In)
• Kevin Talley − drums (multiple live shows as a fill in, current drummer of DÅÅTH)

References

External links

• TBDM at MySpace
• The Official TBDM Merch Store
• TBDM at Metal Blade Records
• TBDM\'s 2nd page at Metal Blade Records
• TBDM at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Interview with Trevor Strnad

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