History Music / TheBlackDahliaMurder

* Brian Eschbach – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2001–present)

* [[Music/{{Arsis}} Ryan Knight]] – lead guitar (2009–2016)

* UpToEleven: They did this to MelodicDeathMetal in regards to musical and lyrical hardness.

* IdenticalStranger: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]]. He is apparently aware of this and doesn't appreciate being reminded. He also bears a strong resemblance to Riley [=McShane=] (Allegaeon, Continuum), to the point where Riley has an entire album on his personal Facebook page of screencaps from times that Facebook mistakenly tried to tag him in photos of Trevor.

* MetalScream: Trevor is known for his [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl vocal chord-crackling]] type 3 shrieks, but he also throws in type 2's here and there.

* MotorMouth: Trevor occasionally indulges in this, but "Threat Level No. 3" is basically an entire song of this. Have the lyrics handy or you ''will'' get left behind.

* RapunzelHair: Trevor and Brandon.

On May 11, 2022, Trevor Strnad's death by suicide was publicly announced. The band's status is unknown.

* Trevor Strnad – lead vocals (2001–present)

* ContemptibleCover: ''Abysmal''. While most of their covers have been pretty tame, this looks like something that could have easily come from a slam act.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: '''''Horrifically''''' {{Averted}} with "Map of Scars"

In February 2011, The Black Dahlia Murder completed the songwriting process for the their fifth studio album, entitled ''Ritual''. It was released on June 21, 2011 in North America to outstanding critical acclaim. The band supported Amon Amarth on their May 2011 European tour, as well as headlined the 2011 Summer Slaughter tour, both in support of Ritual. All was going well until Shannon Lucas announced that he was leaving to pursue other career paths, with Alan filling in as support before joining full-time. Despite their leaving, they announced that they would continue writing music. In 2013, Everblack was completed and announced for a Summer Release.

For the third album, they toured alongside with Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Aeon}}, The Red Chord, Goatwhore and The Absence in 2007, and again in 2008 with Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood, Music/HateEternal, and Music/DecrepitBirth, followed by another alongside Brain Drill and Animosity (which infamously ended up going very poorly for Brain Drill due to a certain incident at a border crossing). John K has left the band and was replaced by Ryan Knight of {{Music/Arsis}} fame during the beginning of 2009

The Black Dahlia Murder are an American melodic death metal band hailing from Detroit and formed in 2001. They released a demo entitled What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse, and a four-track EP, A Cold-Blooded Epitaph. Soon afterwards, they were signed onto Metal Blade Records and have stayed there for all of their albums as on 2013.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Horrifically {{Averted}} with "Map of Scars"

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Horrifficaly {{Averted}} with "Map of Scars"

* BaldOfAwesome: Brian Eschbach, at times. He has been letting it grow out a bit as of the late 2010s and early 2020s, but with a steadily-growing bald spot, he will eventually revert to this for good.

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Usually around a 9-10, due to their heavy use of NightmareFuel[=-=]rific imagery and themes.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They solidly stay at a hard 10/borderline 11, though some songs can go down to a very hard 9 or even climb up to 11, a huge feat for a melodeath band.
** For specific songs, the title track off ''Miasma'' is a hard 9, "Into the Everblack" from ''Everblack'' is a hard 10, "Climatic Degradation" and "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse", both from ''Nocturnal'', are borderline 11's, and "A Vulgar Picture" from ''Miasma'' is a '''soft 11.'''[[note]]They managed to creep up to that level with Zach Gibson on drums.[[/note]]

* BaldOfAwesome: Brian Eschbach, at times. He seems to be growing his hair back out, but only time will tell if he keeps it.

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: "Nocturnal", with the court being a secret society of vampires who ''really'' want to try and bring about eternal night.

!!YOU'LL FEEL THE PULL OF THE MOONLIGHT EQUILIBRIUM! PITCH-BLACK TRANSMISSION OF THE TROPE, INSTINCTS FROM WITHIN RISE!:

* CarpetOfVirility: Many a joke was cracked about Shannon Lucas' extreme amounts of body hair, and Alan Cassidy has quite the pelt himself and once [[KillItWithFire successfully lit it on fire]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: This could be said both musically and lyrically for melodeath standards; within their releases, ''Nocturnal'' and ''Everblack'' have both served this purpose..

* SignatureStyle: Blazing, aggressive melodic death metal with extremely fast drumming, chainsaw guitar riffs, Trevor Strnad's signature ear-splitting screeches, and very noticeable brutal death metal influences. Knight and Ellis both have (or had, with Knight) distinctive guitar styles as well; Knight had a heavily fusion-influenced style with lots of clean legato and extended tapping runs, while Ellis has an extremely aggressive neoclassical style with a very distinctive vibrato and heavy usage of alternate picking.

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* AudienceParticipationSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse". If the fade-in doesn't clue you in that it's about to start, Trevor (or Brian) shouting "GET THOSE FISTS IN THE AIR! PUMP THOSE FISTS!" surely will. It's also not uncommon to hear people shouting the gang vocals to "Vlad, Son of the Dragon".