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


The Black Dahlia Murder 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

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    October 06, 2017

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