THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will return to the road next month for a select run of dates featuring openers Lorna Shore. The short but punishing trek will run through Grand Rapids, Iowa City, St. Louis, Champaign, and Indianapolis. From there the band will begin their next extensive North American tour, the announcement for which is slated for next week! For dates and info, go to THIS LOCATION.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER w/ Lorna Shore:
9/16/2014 The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
9/17/2014 Gabe’s – Iowa City, IA
9/18/2014 Firebird – St. Louis, MO
9/19/2014 The Highdive – Champaign, IL
9/20/2014 Emerson Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER‘s critically lauded Fool ‘Em AllDVD was released on May 27th, 2014 and landed at #3 on the Billboard Top Music Video Sales chart upon its first week of release. The full HD version is available now on iTunes, Amazon instant video, and other digital retailers.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER‘s most recent studio offering, Everblack, debuted at #32 on the Billboard Top 200 in June of 2013. The album earned the #3 slot on the Billboard Current Hard Music Albums chart (behind Black Sabbath and Queens Of The Stone Age). Additional chart debuts included #3 on the Billboard Hard Music Albums, #9 on the Billboard Independent Albums, and #30 on the Hits Albums Chart. Everblack also peaked at #15 on the iTunes album chart, and #2 on the iTunes Metal chart, second only to living legends Black Sabbath.
Stream Decibel Flexi Now; Band Prepares Record Store Day Release
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Baltimore Thrash assassins, NOISEM, will undertake their most high-profile tour excursion to date next week, as the young crew hits the road on the third annual Decibel Magazine tour. Set to provide their jacked-up, rabid thrash assault as the opening act of the tour, NOISEM’s set will be followed by each night by performances from massive Metal luminaries Gorguts, The Black Dahlia Murder, and headliners, Carcass.
The three-week venture gets underway on Tuesday, March 18th in Orlando, Florida before blasting westward infiltrating major cities across the US and Canada before the final gig on April 13th in Silver Spring, Maryland, right down the street from the band’s home turf. The trek is preceded by several one-off gigs this weekend including a show in Cleveland with lablemates In Cold Blood and Haymaker followed by two shows with Gorguts and TheBlack Dahlia Murder.
This week, the cover of the April issue of Decibel is out, featuring members of all four acts on the magazine’s tour, including NOISEM frontman, Tyler Carnes. Additionally, the band recently completed a new recording entitled “Defiled” for Decibel’s ongoing flexi-series which has been released this week. The 7″ flexi will appear in the May issue of the mag but has been released early in advance of the tour.
Order the new issue of the mag HERE and unload the thrashbanging intensity of “Defiled” RIGHT HERE.
Just days after the massive tour comes to a halt, NOISEM will unload another new tune in the form of the Repulsion classic, “Slaughter Of The Innocent,” the track set to appear on a split 7″ with Occultist being devised for release on Record Store Day 2014 via label home, A389 Recordings.
NOISEM’s bludgeoning debut LP, Agony Defined, overthrew the #9 album of 2013 slot in Decibel’s year-end issue, the mag stating of the album: “Leave it to a group of teenagers from Baltimore to blow the cobwebs off of Thrash Metal and shake the genre at its very foundation… The wellspring of catchy riffs is seemingly endless on Agony Defined; no band employed the whammy bar better in 2013.”
NOISEM – Tour Dates:
3/15/2014 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ In Cold Blood, Haymaker
3/16/2014 Zydeco – Birmingham, AL w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts
3/17/2014 Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts
Decibel Magazine Tour 2014 w/ Carcass, Gorguts, The Black Dahlia Murder, Noisem:
3/18/2014 The Beachum Theater – Orlando, FL
3/19/2014 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
3/21/2014 Prophet Bar – Dallas, TX
3/22/2014 Mohawk – Austin, TX
3/24/2014 The Press Room – Phoenix, AZ
3/25/2014 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
3/26/2014 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
In support of their forthcoming new full-length, Serpents Unleashed, Ohio blackened Metal quintet SKELETONWITCH will join The Black DahliaMurder on a North American trek this Fall. The journey will commence in late October following a short run of dates alongside Ghost B.C. Additional support will be provided by Fallujah as well as Noisem and Wolvhammer on select dates.
Comments vocalist Chance Garnette: “We can’t think of a better way to release the venom that is Serpents Unleashedthan by getting back on the road with our buds in The Black Dahlia Murder. It’s going to be a killer tour that you won’t want to miss! Don’t sleep on this one — come out and get your face melted!”
Scheduled for release in North America on October 29 (October 28 EU/UK, October 25 G/A/S) via Prosthetic Records, SKELETONWITCH’s Serpents Unleashed was recorded earlier this year with Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio (Converge, Trap Them, Kvelertak) and features eleven tracks of abominable, frosty fire. New tune, “Burned From Bone,” premiered yesterday on SiriusXM’s “Liquid Metal with Jose” and is now available as a free download by texting SERPENTS to 24587 (standard data and message rates may apply). Behind-the-scenes footage of the band tracking the song in the studio can be seen below:
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER are currently leveling stages as part of this year’s Van’s Warped Tour. At the Ventura, California stop of the trek, Brian Eschbach, RyanKnight, Max Lavelle, and Alan Cassidy, recorded their parts for Into the Everblack from the band’s new album, Everblack.The performance is streaming now at metalblade.com/bdm. Additionally, videos for each individual performance have been posted at youtube.com/blackdahliamurdertv.
Audio Hammer producer Mark Lewis comments specifically on Knight’s leads on “Everblack” stating, “Ryan Knight’s leads on ‘Everblack’ are nothing short of phenomenal. I grew up listening to the best in the era of shred, and I can honestly say these solos rank up there with the best, and beyond. They are not just technical solos in the athletic, ‘look how fast I can play’ sense; there is truly amazing harmonic content going in these leads. Any educated player will realize that the chord changes he is playing over are far more complex than anything you typically find in metal. Mix all that with absolutely world-class tone and vibrato, and you really have an amazing piece of work. It does not get better than this.”
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s new music video for “Goat of Departure” was also recently made available, and be seen on youtube HERE. The video, directed by Ben Mayer, was filmed in the band’s hometown of Detroit last month. In typical TBDM fashion, it is over-the-top and even features the return of a classic TBDM character, and a real, live goat.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER w/ Vans Warped Tour [remaining dates]
7/03/2013 Klipsch Music Center – Noblesville, IN
7/05/2013 The Flats At Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
7/06/2013 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Darien Center, NY
7/07/2013 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/09/2013 Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, VA
7/10/2013 Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD
7/11/2013 Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA
7/12/2013 Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
7/13/2013 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Uniondale, NY
7/14/2013 The Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT
7/16/2013 Toyota Pavilion – Scranton, PA
7/17/2013 First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA
7/18/2013 Blossom Music Center – Cuyahoga Falls, OH
7/19/2013 The Palace of Auburn Hills – Auburn Hills, MI
7/20/2013 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, IL
7/21/2013 Canterbury Park – Shakopee, MN
7/23/2013 Cricket Wireless Amphitheater – Kansas City, KS
7/24/2013 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Maryland Heights, MO
7/25/2013 Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood – Atlanta, GA
7/26/2013 Vinoy Park – St. Petersburg, FL
7/27/2013 Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL
7/28/2013 TBA – Orlando, FL
7/29/2013 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Charlotte, NC
7/30/2013 Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
7/31/2013 Marcus Amphitheatre – Milwaukee, WI
8/02/2013 Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX
8/03/2013 AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX
8/04/2013 Reliant Center Parking Lot – Houston, TX
Detroit Michigan’s Melodic Death Metal outfit, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, will be hitting the road this coming summer as a part of the annual Vans Warped Tour. Vocalist Trevor Strnad comments; “We in THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER look forward to seeing you and your friend’s fancy haircuts this summer at the Vans Warped Tour. I think it’s safe to say that all of us in TBDM have attended this tour at various points and have fond memories of this great American punk rock freak show. This time, we shall be the freaks… the sore thumb poking at your eyeball. We are proud to be the fastest, craziest, and most evil band that has ever played Warped Tour… hundreds of bands will enter, one band will leave. Us. We will emerge from the rubble like the giant cockroach men we are. See ya this summer… let’s get warped!!!”
New acts are being announced every Friday so keep an eye on official Van’s Warped Tour site for further updates. The 2013 Vans Warped Tour will kick off on Saturday, June 15 in Auburn, WA at the White River Amphitheatre and wraps up on August 04 in Houston, TX at Reliant Center Parking Lot.
* The band will be at home in January before embarking on a 26-day tour in Europe with headliners and label mates Cannibal Corpse along with DevilDriver and Winds of Plague.
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Keep up to date with all things THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER at the following locations:
Jun 15 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
Jun 16 Portland, OR Portland Expo Center Parking Lot
Jun 19 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Jun 20 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Jun 21 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Jun 22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jun 23 Ventura, CA Ventura Country Fairground At Seaside Park
Jun 26 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
Jun 27 Mesa, AZ Quail Run Park
Jun 28 Las Vegas, NV Venue TBA
Jun 29 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairpark
Jun 30 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Jul 03 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
Jul 05 Toronto, ON CA The Flats At Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Jul 06 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul 07 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul 09 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
Jul 10 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jul 11 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
Jul 12 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul 13 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Jul 14 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Jul 16 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Jul 17 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
Jul 18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Jul 19 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jul 20 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 21 Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park
Jul 23 Kansas City, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Jul 24 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul 25 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
Jul 26 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
Jul 27 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Jul 28 Orlando, FL Venue TBA
Jul 29 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul 30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Jul 31 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Aug 02 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
Aug 03 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Aug 04 Houston, TX Reliant Center Parking Lot
(Source: Metal Blade Records)
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – Detroit Michigan’s Melodic Death Metal outfit THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will be hitting the road this March marking the band’s first headline run of 2012. Joining THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will be Nile, Skeletonwitch, and Hour of Penance. The tour kicks off on March 24 in Grand Rapids, MI at The Intersection and wraps up on April 20 in Worcester, Mass. at the New England Metal & Hardcore festival.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER w/ Nile, Skeletonwitch, & Hour of Penance:
03/24 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
03/25 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
03/26 Minneapolis, MN Station 4
03/27 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
03/29 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
03/30 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
03/31 Las Vegas, NV ** Extreme Thing ** buy tickets HERE
04/02 Seattle, WA El Corazon
04/03 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
04/04 San Francisco, CA Slims
04/05 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
04/06 Phoenix, AZ Nile Theater
04/07 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
04/09 Dallas, TX Prophet Bar
04/10 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
04/11 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
04/13 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
04/14 TBA TBA
04/15 Toledo, OH ** Jamboree Festival ** buy tickets HERE
04/17 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
04/18 Philadelphia, PA Theater of the Living Arts
04/19 New York, NY Irving Plaza
04/20 Worcester, MA New England Metal & Hardcore Fest @ The Palladium – buy tickets HERE
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