★★★★★
The kind of record that Reverend Phelps warned you about.
I deliberately went in cold to my first Black Dhalia Murder experience. I drew a chalk circle on the concrete floor of my basement and, as I mumbled through a spell of ancient words and throat-singing (why not?), the vapour rose from my mouth and swirled into vines and sharp spires before taking the ghostly shape of the new disc by the Black Dhalia Murder, Into the Everblack...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-07-02
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentTweetShare Resting on Their Laurels The Black Dahlia Murder is one of the most well known bands in extreme metal. Taking their name from the notorious 1947 unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, they formed 13 years ago and have since then created a handful of full length albums. Oftentimes, they are characterized as a melodic death/metalcore band, which is a fair characterization when taking into account their distinct vocal and riff style...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-06-14
★★★★★
The Black Dahlia Murder have always been a consistent group. However, in the past, that consistency was their downfall, as the uniform nature of the material wasn't just in its quality, but also its sound. Listening to their albums changed from a vicious experience to a viscous one, forcing one to plod through a record of similar-sounding songs to find the gems...
- exclaim.ca
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Sound: In 2007, The Black Dahlia Murder released Nocturnal, which in my opinion, was their best album. Then when I found out John Kempainen had left the band and Ryan Knight had replaced him, I wanted to hear their new material, and they did not disappoint. The band stayed with a similar "Nocturnal" sound, but with greatly improved solos, and some better written songs. When I first heard it, I was like "Woah, that was fast!" but at the same time, it was kind of hard to distinguish the lyrics...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: As the kick off to the Black Dahlia Murder's debut album, the two minute intro piece starts with distorted sounds and voices, and slowly breaks into a slow, trudging, tortured riff. But don't think slow for long; forty seconds later the true opener blasts out of the gate, entitled "Funeral Thirst". This speeding, twin guitar attack is the Black Dahlia Murder's choice weapon, along with the talented also-duel "death metal" and "black metal" vocals styles...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Guitars: Brian Eschbach and John Kempainen are a marvelous guitar duo, Kempainens blistering smooth leads over Brians relentless riffs will make your head bang till your spinal chord begs for mercy! The riffs are some of TBDM's best in my oppinion, this album is an arsenal of heavy. If you like the manic fast riffs, then this album should do it for you, The solos as well are fantastic! smooth melodys or super fast shred, they are just great to listen to...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Once Again, the Black Dahlia Murder rips off your face and stomps it. Probably the best sounding death metal around, the guitars are always harmonized and on this CD the solos have improved a great deal. They stayed with their style but in this release they have a new drummer and a different way of writing the lyrics. // 10 Lyrics and Singing: As always, they are magnificent. But on this release they arent quite so dark, but yet still creepy and odd. But very well written...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: I can distinctly remember the first time I listened to The Black Dahlia Murder's "Nocturnal". I couldn't stand the vocals at the time. However, there was a sinister, feral quality in their music melded to such a beautiful sense of melody that I couldn't help but keep on listening. I always thought some of their passages would sound great arranged for an orchestra or even just a piano. A few times around the disc and I was a freshly converted TBDM fan...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
It had to be something morbid, didn't it? The unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short who was found sliced in half at the waist in 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Or more commonly known as the Black Dahlia Murder, as the media frequently quoted at the time. However, the only murdering we're doing here is to our ears, with The Black Dahlia Murder's marvelously heavy, melodic death metalcore (that's my splice of all the genres they call themselves, anyway)...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2011-09-26
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