The Black Dahlia Murder releases new album, 'Nightbringers', today!

Today (October 6th), The Black Dahlia Murder has released their eighth full-length, Nightbringers, via Metal Blade Records. To preview and purchase the album, please visit HERE - where an exclusive interview with front-man Trevor Strnad (written by Kim Kelly) can also be viewed. Read on for some reviews of the critically acclaimed Nightbringers: "'Nightbringers' is the album of the year." - MetalSucks.net "'Nightbringers' makes for one of the band's best records... if not their best." - MetalInjection.net "...'Nightbringers' is without a doubt the band's best release since their 2007 breakthrough." - NoCleanSinging.com "While the Black Dahlia Murder have always been an impressive band, 'Nightbringers' finds them on top of their game and performing better than ever before." - Exclaim.ca Rather than meticulously plan things out or stick rigidly to any kind of template, when it comes to writing, The Black Dahlia Murder prefer to let things happen organically. In the hands of guitarist Brian Eschbach - who co-founded the band with front-man Trevor Strnad in 2001 - and new recruit Brandon Ellis (Arsis, ex-Cannabis Corpse), Nightbringers is rich with dynamic riffs that are at once fresh and classic The Black Dahlia Murder, resulting in a collection that shifts through many moods and effortlessly incorporates various elements of extreme metal. While Strnad explores a variety of themes and ideas with his lyrics, they are united by the album's title, which embraces a tenet that has been central to The Black Dahlia Murder's output since the very beginning. "Death metal and nighttime are synonymous to me," Strnad explains. "We are the rulers of the darkened hours that the Christian good fears. A lot of archaic ideas that are still upheld - such as marriage and monogamy - came from Christianity, whether people want to acknowledge it or not, and to me, death metal has always been bucking that. It's 'being-the-villain music', because we're the enemy of Christianity, the enemy of all that is good and traditional. Death metal is for free thinkers, it's for showing people the path to inner strength and operating on your own will, instead of being told what to do and living in fear, and songs like the title track and 'Kings Of The Nightworld' are about leading a legion of awakened minds into battle." The Black Dahlia Murder also kicks off their North American trek today in support of Nightbringers, with Suffocation, Decrepit Birth, Necrot, and Wormwitch joining them on the run. See below for all upcoming dates. The Black Dahlia Murder tour dates w/ Suffocation, Decrepit Birth, Necrot, Wormwitch Oct. 6 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall Oct. 7 - Lowell, MA - Mill City Ballroom Oct. 8 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Chance Theater Oct. 10 - New York, NY - Highline Ballroom Oct. 11 - Teaneck, NJ - Debonair Music Hall Oct. 12 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live Oct. 13 - Easton, PA - One Center Square Oct. 14 - Lancaster, PA - The Chameleon Oct. 16 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Electriques Oct. 17 - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Center Oct. 18 - Toronto, ON - Opera House Oct. 20 - Joliet, IL - The Forge Oct. 21 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Piere's Oct. 22 - St Louis, MO - Delmar Hall Oct. 23 - Omaha, NE - The Slowdown Oct. 25 - Ringle, WI - Q & Z Expo Center Oct. 26 - Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret Oct. 27 - Regina, SK - The Exchange Oct. 28 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Oct. 29 - Calgary, AB - Marquee Oct. 31 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater Nov. 1 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven w/ Exhumed Nov. 2 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall w/ Exhumed Nov. 3 - Lake Tahoe, NV - Vinyl @ Hard Rock w/ Exhumed Nov. 4 - Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theater * w/ Exhumed Nov. 5 - San Bernardino, CA - KnotFest ** w/ Exhumed Nov. 6 - Mesa, AZ - Club Red w/ Exhumed Nov. 7 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Cafe Nov. 9 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom Nov. 10 - Birmingham, AL - Zydeco Nov. 11 - Louisville, KY - Diamond Pub Concert Hall Nov. 12 - Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theater *= no Suffocation **= no Necrot, Wormwitch The Black Dahlia Murder tour dates w/ Cannibal Corpse, No Return (Feb. 9-25), In Arkadia (Feb. 27-Mar. 18) Feb. 9 - Hannover, Germany - Musikzentrum Feb. 10 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega Feb. 11 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers Feb. 12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben Feb. 13 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret Feb. 15 - Kolding, Denmark - Godset Feb. 16 - Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan Feb. 17 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall Feb. 18 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix Feb. 20 - Kassel, Germany - 130bpm Feb. 21 - Prague, Czech Republic - Palac Aropolis Feb. 22 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club Feb. 23 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Feb. 24 - Magdeburg, Germany - Factory Feb. 25 - Stuttgart, Germany - im Wizemann Feb. 27 - Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine Feb. 28 - Milan, Italy - Live Club Mar. 1 - Grenoble, France - Belle Electric Mar. 2 - Toulouse, France - Le Metronum Mar. 3 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27 Mar. 4 - Madrid, Spain - Penelope Mar. 6 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2 Mar. 7 - St. Etienne, France - Le Fil Mar. 8 - Caen, France - Cargo Mar. 9 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Mar. 10 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik Mar. 11 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Dynamo Mar. 13 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront Mar. 14 - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz Mar. 15 - Glasgow, UK - O2 ABC Mar. 16 - Bristol, UK - Bierkeller Mar. 17 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Mar. 18 - London, UK - O2 Forum Kentish Town Mar. 19 - Dublin, Ireland - Tivoli* Mar. 20 - Limerick, Ireland - Dolan's Warehouse* Mar. 22 - Belfast, Ireland - Limelight 2* *= no The Black Dahlia Murder The Black Dahlia Murder online: HERE! 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