THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Launches new single, 'Kings of the Nightworld'

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER has released their eighth full-length, 'Nightbringers', via Metal Blade Records - […]

October 9, 2017

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER has released their eighth full-length, 'Nightbringers', via Metal Blade Records - which has already become the best-selling direct-to-consumer pre-order in the label's storied history!

For a preview of 'Nightbringers', the new single, 'Kings of the Nightworld', can be heard now:

To hear the previous single, 'Matriarch', please visit:
www.metalblade.com/tbdm

The album can be ordered in the following formats:

--Standard Digipak (10-Panel "Cross") CD
--Limited Edition Digipak (10-Panel "Cross") CD w/ 5 Bonus Tracks (EU Exclusive)
--Cassette (USA Exclusive - limited to 500 Copies)
--Split Translucent Red / Black Vinyl (USA Exclusive - 800 Copies)
--Translucent Red (USA Exclusive - 600 Copies)
--Translucent Red w/ Black Swirls (USA Exclusive - 300 Copies)
--Clear w/ Black Swirls (USA Exclusive - 300 Copies)
--White / Red Marble Vinyl (USA Exclusive - 200 Copies)
--180g Black Vinyl (EU Exclusive - 1000 Copies)
--Translucent Red / Black Marbled Vinyl (EU Exclusive - 500 Copies)
--White Vinyl (EU Exclusive - 300 Copies)
--Opaque Red / Black Splatter Vinyl (EU Impericon Exclusive - 200 Copies)
* exclusive bundles with a shirt, plus digital options are also available!

Rather than meticulously plan things out or stick rigidly to any kind of template, when it comes to writing, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER prefer to let things happen organically. In the hands of guitarist Brian Eschbach - who co-founded the band with front-man Trevor Strnad in 2001 - and new recruit Brandon Ellis (Arsis, ex-Cannabis Corpse), 'Nightbringers' is rich with dynamic riffs that are at once fresh and classic THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, resulting in a collection that shifts through many moods and effortlessly incorporates various elements of extreme metal. While Strnad explores a variety of themes and ideas with his lyrics, they are united by the album's title, which embraces a tenet that has been central to THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's output since the very beginning. "Death metal and nighttime are synonymous to me," Strnad explains. "We are the rulers of the darkened hours that the Christian good fears. A lot of archaic ideas that are still upheld - such as marriage and monogamy - came from Christianity, whether people want to acknowledge it or not, and to me, death metal has always been bucking that. It's 'being-the-villain music', because we're the enemy of Christianity, the enemy of all that is good and traditional. Death metal is for free thinkers, it's for showing people the path to inner strength and operating on your own will, instead of being told what to do and living in fear, and songs like the title track and 'Kings Of The Nightworld' are about leading a legion of awakened minds into battle."

'Nightbringers' track-listing
1. Widowmaker
2. Of God and Serpent, Of Spectre and Snake
3. Matriarch
4. Nightbringers
5. Jars
6. Kings of the Nightworld
7. Catacomb Hecatomb
9. The Lonely Deceased

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER tour dates
w/ Cannibal Corpse, No Return (Feb. 9-25), In Arkadia (Feb. 27-Mar. 18)
Feb. 9 - Hannover, Germany - Musikzentrum
Feb. 10 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
Feb. 11 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
Feb. 12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
Feb. 13 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret
Feb. 15 - Kolding, Denmark - Godset
Feb. 16 - Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
Feb. 17 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall
Feb. 18 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
Feb. 20 - Kassel, Germany - 130bpm
Feb. 21 - Prague, Czech Republic - Palac Aropolis
Feb. 22 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
Feb. 23 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
Feb. 24 - Magdeburg, Germany - Factory
Feb. 25 - Stuttgart, Germany - im Wizemann
Feb. 27 - Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
Feb. 28 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
Mar. 1 - Grenoble, France - Belle Electric
Mar. 2 - Toulouse, France - Le Metronum
Mar. 3 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
Mar. 4 - Madrid, Spain - Penelope
Mar. 6 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
Mar. 7 - St. Etienne, France - Le Fil
Mar. 8 - Caen, France - Cargo
Mar. 9 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
Mar. 10 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
Mar. 11 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Dynamo
Mar. 13 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
Mar. 14 - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz
Mar. 15 - Glasgow, UK - O2 ABC
Mar. 16 - Bristol, UK - Bierkeller
Mar. 17 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
Mar. 18 - London, UK - O2 Forum Kentish Town
Mar. 19 - Dublin, Ireland - Tivoli*
Mar. 20 - Limerick, Ireland - Dolan's Warehouse*
Mar. 22 - Belfast, Ireland - Limelight 2*
*= no The Black Dahlia Murder