THE BEAST

The Black Dahlia Murder recently released their new album, Verminous, via Metal Blade Records; for their efforts, the band has now entered the worldwide charts! See below for all positions:

USA:
#1 Current Hard Music Albums
#1 Internet Albums
#2 Current Rock Albums
#4 Top Current Albums
#4 Billboard Top Albums
#4 LP Vinyl Albums
#5 Top Albums w/TEA
#5 Digital Albums
#99 Billboard Top 200

Japan:
#25 (Oricon Foreign Album)

UK:
#13 Rock / Metal Chart
#22 Indie Chart

Canada:
#5 Top 200
#5 Current Albums
#2 Hard Music
#7 Top Digital Albums

Germany:
#7 Top Albums

Stream and purchase Verminous now at: metalblade.com/tbdm

Verminous is The Black Dahlia Murder's most dynamic, rousing and emotional release to date, and it achieves this without compromising one iota of heaviness. "I think this is the biggest evolutionary leap we've ever taken from one album to the next. We stoked the creative fires with 2017's 'Nightbringers' and it's gone much further now in 'Verminous'," states vocalist Trevor Strnad. "It's a very colorful, moody, and charismatic album that experiments with new sounds and ideas without losing the cutthroat Black Dahlia edge. There is a lot of minutiae to digest. Plenty of delicious little Easter eggs woven into the fabric of each song. Each one is a living, breathing entity that will stand on its own as some of the best music this band has ever created."

While the drums were recorded at The Pipeyard in Plymouth, Michigan by ex-bassist and longtime studio guru Ryan "Bart" Williams, the bulk of the album was recorded in New Jersey at guitarist Brandon Ellis' home studio, the Shred Light District, then mixed by Tue Madsen and mastered by Alan Douches. Produced by Ellis and the band, Verminous sees Black Dahlia having a greater level of control over every facet of recording than on any previous release, enabling them to tweak and fine-tune all the small details right up until the point they sent it to Madsen in Denmark. "To say we were anal-retentive would be an understatement. Tue did an outstanding job. His mix is organic. Classic sounding. Not too slick. It's got an old school 'real life' feel to it rather than being the overly polished quantized-to-hell drek that is coming out these days. We wanted the album's sound to have its own personality, and he helped us achieve just that. Finally, Alan did a great job of smoothing out the final details with his mastering. He beefed it up into what you hear now." The only other outside collaborators with which the band worked were soundscape artist Michael Ghelfi, who provided the sample that opens the record and "sets the pest-ridden vibe", and Juanjo Castellano, who painted the cover. "It's amazing and classically death metal cover artwork. I call it an evil underground sewer world, home to the verminous ones. If you look closely you can find all kinds of rats and bugs and critters scattered throughout. The amount of detail Juanjo put in there is second to none."

Read on for some reviews of Verminous:

"Virtually every band claims that their new record is heavier, more melodic and more dynamic than the last. For once, 'Verminous' fulfills that promise. This is a deeper and smarter realization of the Michigan crew's tried and tested formula, and one blessed with several of the finest songs they have ever written...File next to 'Nocturnal' and 'Ritual' as an unquestionable career peak." - Blabbermouth (USA)

"...['Verminous' is] not JUST another great Black Dahlia Murder album. It's yet more evidence that The Black Dahlia Murder are truly in a league of their own. Do NOT take a gift like this for granted." - Metal Sucks (USA)

"...'Verminous' is one of the sharpest, smartest, and most consistent collections of songs which The Black Dahlia Murder have produced to date." - No Clean Singing (USA)

"The result is a really great Melo Death album that will delight genre fans!" - Legacy Magazine (Germany), 13/15 points

"In general, you have never experienced TBDM in such a creative and versatile way, but still with a core of roughness and love for death metal!" - Slam Magazine (Austria), 10/10 points

"So, in the end you get a typical, i.e. musically excellent, album with a slight twist - which also sounds great!" - Fuze Magazine (Germany)

"Since guitarist Brandon Ellis (also Arsis, ex-Sylosis, etc.) joined The Black Dahlia Murder in 2016, the US Death Metal players have been moving on another level. Ellis has definitely given the gang around Rampensau Trevor Strnad a new quality with his outstanding, highly technical guitar playing." - Rock Hard Magazine (Germany), 9/10 points

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