The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band from Waterford, Michigan, formed in 2001.

Currently, the band consists of lead vocalist Brian Eschbach, bassist Max Lavelle, drummer Alan Cassidy, and guitarists Brandon Ellis and Ryan Knight.

The Black Dahlia Murder began its inception during late 2000 and gained the final band lineup in January 2001.

[1] Bassist Ryan "Bart" Williams left his former band, Detroit's Today I Wait, to tour with the Black Dahlia Murder.

After touring with the band on their co-headlining gig with Throwdown and their European dates with Liar, he joined the group full-time, replacing former bassist David Lock.

[5] The Black Dahlia Murder announced via their MySpace profile that they were going on a U.S. tour with Cannibal Corpse to promote their new album Nocturnal and celebrate the 25 years that Metal Blade Records had been in business.

In January/February 2008, the band embarked on a U.S. headlining tour with 3 Inches of Blood, Hate Eternal, and Decrepit Birth, followed by another alongside Brain Drill and Animosity.

[9] In February 2011, the Black Dahlia Murder completed the songwriting process for their fifth studio album,[10] entitled Ritual.

On November 7, Shannon Lucas announced via a YouTube video that he would be stepping down as drummer of the Black Dahlia Murder to pursue other aspirations.

In early 2013, despite the news of the departure of two band members (drummer Shannon Lucas and bassist Bart Williams), plans were announced for an upcoming album release, to be entitled Everblack.

[14][16] Lead guitarist Ryan Knight confirmed in early 2015 that the band will deliver a seventh studio release that year, followed by extensive touring, and that he is planning to start working on a solo album afterwards.

[18][19][20] Vocalist Trevor Strnad stated that the band's new album, titled Abysmal, will be "more raw and natural sounding" and feature "more dynamic and developed songs" than their previous work.

[21] "Vlad, Son of the Dragon", the first song from the album, was released online on June 24,[21] followed by "Receipt" on July 22[22] and "Threat Level No.

[26] On September 14, 2022, the Black Dahlia Murder announced a tribute concert taking place for Trevor Strnad on October 28 at Saint Andrew's Hall in Detroit, supported by Darkest Hour and Plague Years.

[32] The Black Dahlia Murder headlined the 2008 Summer Slaughter Tour with Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born of Osiris, Psycroptic, and Whitechapel.

The band headlined the Bonecrusher Fest tour of Europe in Spring 2010 alongside 3 Inches of Blood, Necrophobic, Obscura, The Faceless, Carnifex and Ingested.

[citation needed] Vocalist Trevor Strnad cited on many occasions that he was primarily influenced by Carcass in vocalizing technique.

[citation needed] When asked to describe what kind of music the band plays, Strnad commented: "I've always said that we're melodic death metal.

The heavy end of our sound is the American style creeping in, with some Floridian influences like Morbid Angel, Malevolent Creation and that kind of stuff.

"[43] However, in an interview with Uranium Magazine, Strnad stated, "Some bands that get labeled as metalcore are actually good, like Between the Buried and Me or The Red Chord.