The Black Dahlia Murder are one of those bands you can always expect to release quality music with every release they put out. For the past decade they have been doing nothing but making albums, touring, and building upon their past records by injecting new ideas and influences into the mix without it overtaking their melodic death metal base. Having proved themselves as more than just another melodeath band with Nocturnal, the band have since put out Deflorate, an album that I really only liked two or three songs off of, Ritual, which to me is their best and hardest hitting album, and the subject of this review, Everblack. Despite my still preferring Ritual at the end of the day, Everblack shows that the band are still evolving, still shifting ever so slightly with each album, and, most importantly, still making great extreme metal.
If Ritual didn't already do it, then Everblack should be the album where all of The Black Dahlia Murder's detractors realize that the band is not just some two-bit At the Gates rip off, as they have very much shed away that label ever since Nocturnal was released 6 years ago. They have their own identity and sound now, and I expect their future offerings to show them continuing to evolve and making slight adjustments to their music with each passing album. As mentioned many words ago, I still overall prefer Ritual to Everblack when all is said and done, but this in no way significantly diminishes the great music found on this album, and it is a must have for any extreme metal fan.
Tracks
- In Hell is Where She Waits for Me
- Goat of Departure
- Into the Everblack
- Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn
- Phantom Limb Masturbtion
- Control
- Blood Mine
- Every Rope a Noose
- Their Beloved Absentee
- Map of Scars
If you like it, please buy it on their official website/merchandise.
Reference:
Subrick, Continuing to evolve ever so slightly, www.sputnikmusic.com
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