The Black Dahlia Murder

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This article is about a band. For the Black Dahlia murder case, see Black Dahlia.

The Black Dahlia Murder

Origin	Detroit, Michigan
Country	United States
Years active	2000 - present
Genres	Melodic death metal Metalcore [1]
Labels	Metal Blade Records
Members	Trevor Strnad Brian Eschbach John Kempainen Bart Williams

The Black Dahlia Murder is a melodic death metal/metalcore [2] band from Detroit, Michigan named after the unsolved murder of actress Elizabeth Short, often referred to as The Black Dahlia. Their sound is influenced by bands like At the Gates, In Flames, Morbid Angel, Dissection, and Carcass. Their music makes use of the death metal sound, containing elements such as blast beats and deep, throaty "death metal growls." The band's most popular songs include "Funeral Thirst", "Miasma," and "A Vulgar Picture". They played in Ozzfest 2005 and also participated in the Sounds of the Underground tour in 2006, which encompasses both the US and Canada. They are also scheduled to play at Wacken Open Air festival in 2007.

Current bassist Bart Wiliams left his former band, Muskegon's "Today I Wait" to tour with the Black Dahlia Murder. After touring with the band on their co-headlining run 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 the band's first full length, 'Unhallowed'.

Their most recent album Miasma peaked at 118 on The Billboard 200. Recently, Pierre Langlois left the band for a more secure lifestyle, and the band has currently begun to search for a replacement drummer.