The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
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Free Music Review: SICK EVIL STUFF!
Hit: 5 Stars
This band is insane it's the heaviest,sickest,fastest,most brutal death metal/metalcore album ever.They say they are half metalcore but if you compare them to killswitch engage or early atreyu you will sure as hell call this band death metal(which they are)with deathcore and some fast heavy stuff that makes you go out of control.If you say you like death metal this is what you should be listening to this is amazing real metal i supposed.The newest drummer is awesome and so fast good thing he left that dumb band all that remains,screw phil labonte!Trust me you will love this is they sure know how to make metal get it this is what you need to hear!Free Music Review: BDM's Best Album Thus Far!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This band is just simply awesome. The Black Dahlia Murder are without question one of the finest melodic death metal bands out here in the United States today. "Nocturnal" is without question their most brutal, evil, gory, and their best album thus far, and it's also one of the best death metal albums of 2007 as well. I enjoyed BDM's previous effort from 2005 "Miasma" alot too, but this album blows that one right out of the water. One of the best things about "Nocturnal" is that also possesses more black metal influences than on "Miamsa". The lyrics on here are very evil and gory, and the musicianship is absolutely top-notch. Trevor Strnad's vocals are just excellent on here. He can alternate from beastly, gutteral, inhuman death growls and bellows and evil nightmarish high pitched black metal-esque shrieks that will summon up the devil in you. John Kempainen and Brian Eschbach are both excellent guitarists and they make quite the duo. The riffs are just blistering and bone crunching, and the leads and solos by John (who plays lead guitar BTW) are very technical, ripping, and nicely clean and restrained. Shannon Lucas's drumming is just manaical, slamming, and pummeling throughout with exploding, splattering, perfectly executed blastbeats and wicked double bass slamming. Every song on this album is just great, I love every single song on here. The first track "Everything Went Black" is a great opening track that will immediately get your blood pumping with it's fiery, thrashing riffs, blasting drumwork and demonic vocals. The guitar solo around the 1:44 mark is awesome as well. The second track "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse" is another favorite on here that is highlighted by heavy, booming, thundering riffs that will just crush your bones into dust along with more fast pummeling drum blasts. The title track "Nocturnal" is my personal favorite on here that features pounding, splattering drum blasts and wicked double bass slamming, careening leads, a catchy growl/scream chorus, and a great headbanging solo. Other favorites include "I Worship Only What You Bleed", "Deathmask Divine", "Of Darkness Spawned" (which is highlighted by more fast, pounding double bass drumwork, beastly growls, wild thrashing riffs, a fast, melodic careening solo, and an awesome mosh pit shout/scream part of "The time to rise is upon us"), "Cimatic Degredation" (higlighted by more fast, shredding riffs, another great ripping solo and more murderous double bass onslaughts) and "To a Breathless Oblivion" (which features two great guitar solos along with more slamming double bass drum onslaughts, and evil demonic growls and shrieks, and there's even some nice accoustic strings near the end). Please read on for the song ratings.
Jeremy's song ratings:
1. Everything Went Black (3:17) - 5/5
2. What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse (3:50) - 5/5
3. Virally Yours (3:02) - 5/5
4. I Worship Only What You Bleed (1:59) - 5/5
5. Nocturnal (3:12) - 5/5
6. Deathmask Divine (3:37) - 5/5
7. Of Darkness Spawned (3:22) - 5/5
8. Climatic Degradation (2:39) - 5/5
9. To a Breathless Oblivion (4:57) - 5/5
10. Warborn (4:40) - 5/5
Overall Verdict: This album is an absolute must-have for any Black Dahlia Murder fan, and that also goes to anyone who's into some great death metal, melodic death metal, extreme metal, and yes even some black metal fans will enjoy this as well. So do yoursef a favor, go out and buy this album ASAP!! ALL HAIL BDM!!
Free Music Review: Can't stop listening to it....
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is incredible...a day hasn't gone by since its release where i havent listened to at least one song...the energy that BDM brings to each song is apparent and infectious; it is the perfect pump up album to listen to before my college classes at 8 in the morning. If you have any interest whatsoever in melodic metal, get over the screams and just listen to the guitars, bass and drums, and you will learn to love Trevor's screamingFree Music Review: TBDM at their peak
Hit: 5 Stars
Coming off 2005's exceptional, but disappointing-to-some "Miasma," The Black Dahlia Murder have returned with the excellent "Nocturnal." Of course, the band's basic sound is the same as it always was (it probably never will change too much). Thus, this album is chock full with all the usual goodies, namely two things: a) fast, catchy, grooving songs, and b) tighter-than-a-clenched-fist musicianship -- including excellent, blistering riffs, frenetic leads, nicely clean and restrained (though not-overly-technical) solos, impeccable, skull-splitting blast beats, and vocals that alternate between deep growls, guttural bellows, and nightmarish shrieks.
But "Nocturnal" does have a few qualities that make it somewhat distinct from previous releases "Miasma" and "Unhallowed." Some fans were turned off of the 2005 release because it sounded a little overproduced/polished, so the band made sure to make this effort very raw and primal. Secondly, The Black Dahlia Murder now possess a greater and more pronounced black metal influence than ever before (groups like Dissection and Cradle of Filth frequently come to mind). Next, this album is just a hair more melodic than usual because melodic riffs and leads abound to add contrast, depth, texture, and nuance to the arrangements, as do occasional bits of tremolo and sweep picking. Lastly, Trevor Strnad has decided to mix it up a little, too; both of his vocal styles are substantially more intelligible than usual, and his lyrics are now extremely evil and gory.
Opener "Everything Went Black" sounds strangely similar to Chimaira's "Nothing Remains." Guitarists' Brian Eschbach and John Kempainen's fiery, chugging riffs interlock with newbie drummer Shannon Lucas' incessantly pummeling backbeat to create a very thrashy, punishing, propulsive, and catchy number, and one that is sure to get your blood pumping and shred your speakers to smithereens. Track two, "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse" is a very commanding follow-up, thanks to its huge, thunderous, bone-crunching riffs, staccato hooks, tastefully subtle melodic licks, and ridiculous, hyperspeed (and often mind-boggling) drumming. "Climactic Degradation" and closer "Warborn" follow-suit later on, though do without the aforementioned melodic licks ("Climactic Degradation" substitutes well-placed and executed tempo shifts and a superbly ripping solo in their place.)
Elsewhere, "Virally Yours" is but one example of a song that proves Strnad must have industrial-strength vocal chords, as it is a particularly intense screamfest (he sounds like a possessed cat!), and also has some groove-oriented guitars, and more stellar, driving blast beats. The title cut and "Of Darkness Spawned" offer up more terrifically tasty, chunky, juicy, lumbering riffs that sound tailor-made for getting the whole crowd's heads banging at a show. The former tune is also of note for its 1349-esque black metal tremolo picking and vigorous double bass slamming; and the latter for its shocking, mosh pit-ready shout-along part of "the time to rise is upon us!"
Finally, the record has three highpoints, including "I Worship Only What You Bleed," which is a lightning-fast blitzkrieg (it ends before hitting the two-minute mark) that's tantamount to being beaten over the head with a sledgehammer. Next up, most of "Deathmask Divine" blazes by at rocketing speed with excellent, busy, nimble-fingered riffing, deft, thundering blasts, and an actually audible (!), humming bass line. But the song hits a brick wall when the band suddenly let their foot off the gas for restrained, even borderline harmonic choruses. Finally, "To a Breathless Oblivion" is a mini-epic that, in addition to an abnormally long running time (almost five minutes), boasts crunchy, meaty opening power chords, sweep guitar, melodic leads, pounding, jackhammering skins, two good solos (opposed to the usual one), and a totally unexpected soft guitar outro.
So, yeah. The Black Dahlia Murder are most certainly back. And in a big way! "Nocturnal" is hands down TBDM's finest, and most realized, accomplished, epic, and meticulous effort to date. Granted, it is up for debate if it will change the minds of anybody who isn't already a fan. But all serious extreme metal fans would be hard-pressed not to find this to be one immensely brutal, intense, in-your-face, memorable, impressive, and thoroughly remarkable slab of (blackened) melodeath from one of the genre's best and most talented and popular groups to come down the pike in the last decade.
Free Music Review: Almost perfect review
Hit: 4 Stars
I saw the Black Dahlia Murder live with The Red Chord a few months ago. The show was completely sick, they tore the place apart. Because of that, I decided to buy this album. I love the music on this album, and you can definately tell these guys are talented. The only negative thing I have to say about the album is that it is somewhat short. I can listen to the entire album on a short drive and I just wish there were more tracks. Regardless, this Album is a must-buy for all metalheads.