With relentless touring under their belts from Ozzfest to The Sounds Of The Underground, on their own, or fresh from trekking across the US as part of the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have constructed a modern day lesson in extreme music with their 3rd release, Nocturnal.

As a band TBDM has been eveloped in the revolving door theory for band members. One can only hope that they can maintain their current level as Ryan Williams and Shannon Lucas (bass and drums respectively) have driven the songs of Brian Eschbach (guitar, songwriter) to what could have been with their last album Miasma. On tracks like Everything Went Black and Deathmask Divine not only do we hear the sheer brutal attack and overall tightness of the band, but there is a heightened sense of melody that is diplayed in the guitar solos and some of the more, dare i say, ‘more groove oriented’ parts of the songs. When I say melody I’m not speaking of a ‘pop-sense’, but more movement on the guitar riffs to create a more interesting sound. What has happened is TBDM have truly found their niche blending elements of their heroes into their own blend of Motor City Death Metal that is sure to attract an older fan while still catering to the modern day followers of metal and somehow managing to attract ‘the scene’ type admirer.

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER has proven themselves to be able to step it up to the next level on Nocturnal and will keep them as a forerunner in the world of extreme metal.

RATING: 9 / 10
LABEL: Metal Blade
WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/blackdahliamurder

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Slimjim367 wrote:

fucking amazing album
but 9/10?
a bitless id give it
its pretty repetetive

November 4th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

RE3 wrote:

my favorite CD of the year

November 15th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

Flaming Chaos wrote:

Slimjim367 wrote:

fucking amazing album
but 9/10?
a bitless id give it
its pretty repetetive

agreed, possibly 7 or 8?
my fave album of the year has to be The Red Chord - Prey For Eyes
cant wait to see both these bands in 5 days xD

December 10th, 2007 at 10:48 am

fuckin_tatters wrote:

yea i bought this cd and it is tighter than a virgins pussy haha

March 2nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Silverback wrote:

bought this cd and its tighter than a mans butthole! 10/10

June 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

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