The Black Dahlia Murder
Trevor Strnad performing in the Netherlands
Background information
Origin	Waterford, Michigan, USA
Genre(s)	Melodic death metal [1] Metalcore[2]
Years active	2000–present
Label(s)	Metal Blade
Associated acts	Anterior
Members
Trevor Strnad Brian Eschbach John Kempainen Bart Williams Shannon Lucas
Former members
List of former members

The Black Dahlia Murder (TBDM) is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Waterford, Michigan, and is a leader in the Detroit music scene.^{[citation needed]} The Black Dahlia Murder is named after the unsolved murder of actress Elizabeth Short, often referred to as Black Dahlia. Waterford Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Metal Blade redirects here. ... Anterior is a five-piece melodic death metal band from Tredegar, South Wales. ... All That Remains Drummer Shannon Lucas Shannon Lucas is a former drummer for Metalcore band All That Remains. ... This article is about the metal band. ... Elizabeth Short (29 July 1924 - January 1947) was a 22-year-old American woman who was the victim of a gruesome and much-publicized murder. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ... Waterford Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia, is a murder victim, born July 29, 1924 and died January 15, 1947. ... Elizabeth Short (29 July 1924 - January 1947) was a 22-year-old American woman who was the victim of a gruesome and much-publicized murder. ...

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. Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the German town, see Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein. ...

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. For the 2005 Hong Kong film, see Throw Down. ... Walls of Jericho are a female-fronted Metalcore band formed in 1998 from Detroit, Michigan named after power metal band Helloweens album of the same name. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Unhallowed is an album by the melodic death metal/metalcore band The Black Dahlia Murder. ...

The second most recent album Miasma peaked at #118 on the Billboard 200.^[3] 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. Miasma is an album by the melodic death metal/metalcore band The Black Dahlia Murder. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... All That Remains is a metalcore band from Springfield, Massachusetts. ... All That Remains Drummer Shannon Lucas Shannon Lucas is a former drummer for Metalcore band All That Remains. ...

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.^[4] MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Nocturnal is the third full length album from Waterford, Michigan band, The Black Dahlia Murder. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

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 by label-mates The Red Chord, Aeon, The Absence, and Goatwhore. MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. ... The Red Chord is a deathcore[1] band from Revere, Massachusetts whose sound incorporates elements of death metal, grindcore and metalcore. ... For the geologic time, see eon (geology). ... The Absence is a melodic death metal band from Tampa, Florida, They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records, and they released their debut From Your Grave in 2005. ... Goatwhore is an American blackened death metal band, formed in 1997 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. ...

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. They're currently on Hot Topic's "Summer Slaughter Tour"^[5] with Kataklysm, Despised Icon and Vader. This article is about the Canadian heavy metal group. ... Hate Eternal is an extreme death metal band from Florida, United States. ... Brain Drill was a technical death metal band from Ben Lomond, California, formed in 2005. ... Animosity is a Dirty South Crunk hip hop album by thug rapper White Dawg, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. ... Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

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.^[6] The Summer Slaughter Tour is a heavy metal concert tour that is taking place in the summer of 2007. ... Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Cryptopsy is a technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and was formed in 1992. ... Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal. ... Aborted, formed in 1995, is a Belgian death metal band. ... (Left to right: Dave Haley (Drums), Joe Haley (Guitar), Jason Peppo Peppiatt (Vocals), Cameran Grant (Bass)) Psycroptic is a technical death metal band from Hobart, Tasmania in Australia. ...

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 scream".^[7] This article is about the musical genre. ... Blast beats are drum beats consisting of torrents of alternating snare and bass drums which increase the speed, density, and percussiveness of death metal, black metal and grindcore. ... At the Gates was a Swedish melodic death metal band. ... Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. ... Morbid Angel is a Florida-based death metal band assembled in 1983. ... Dissection was a well-known Swedish black metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Jon Nödtveidt. ... Carcass were a British band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. ... Death growl, also known as growled vocals, harsh vocals, death vocals, pig vocals, throating, death grunts, unclean vocals, Cookie Monster vocals[1], or simply growling, is a vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal music genre, but also used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ... Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ...

Trivia

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• 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.

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Discography

Demos and EPs

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

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Studio albums

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

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Live album

• Live in Tokio (2003)

Singles

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

Members

John Kempainen of The Black Dahlia Murder playing in Sneek, Netherlands on January 21, 2006.

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Current members

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

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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)

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References

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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
• TBDM at Purevolume
• Interview with TBDMInterview with TBDM (French) on Skartnak.com