THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Set Release Date For Nocturnal
June 25, 2007, 17 years ago
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have confirmed a September 18th release date for their new album, Nocturnal (artwork pictured), through Metal Blade Records.
Nocturnal is the group's follow-up to 2005's Miasma.
"It's definitely in the same vein as our older stuff," vocalist Trevor Strnad told MTV.com. "Nothing drastically changed. It's just more tasteful, and some of this new stuff will be faster than the last record."The band is recording the new CD with Eric Rachel, who mixed Miasma. "There's going to be a lot more soloing than we've done previously," Strnad explained. "This record's a bit more European-sounding, I think. More so than we already were, if you can imagine that. The solo stuff has a black metal-ish flavor to it. We messed around with that a little bit previously, but some of the songs have a major DISSECTION kind of feel to them."
Lyrically, Strnad said the record will be "more horror-oriented" than Miasma. "As far as gore and death and stuff like that goes, I mean, that's all been done - into the ground," he said. "I am just trying to do something like that, but with my own flavor to it. There are still ways to repulse people out there - I just need to figure it all out."
The Black Dahlia Murder is also working on its first DVD release, which Strnad hopes will include footage documenting the making of the band's next record.
