{"id":123978,"date":"2024-09-18T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=123978"},"modified":"2024-09-18T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:14:10","slug":"review-the-black-dahlia-murder-servitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/review-the-black-dahlia-murder-servitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Servitude<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Trevor Strnad, frontman and founding member of The Black Dahlia Murder<\/strong>, passed in 2022 the future of the group was unclear. In losing such a close friend so young, and in losing such a massive part of the band’s musical identity, no one would have blamed the band for disbanding or reuniting under a different project. Such a massive loss would destroy most bands, particularly of the prominence of The Black Dahlia Murder.<\/p>\n

Instead, the band would later announce their continuation and lineup change: fellow founding member and lead guitarist Brian Eschbach would take over vocal duties, while former guitarist Ryan Knight would return for the first time since 2016 in his place. Continuing like they have takes an immense amount of strength, both in their personal lives and in the inherent pressure of meeting the expectations set for them.<\/p>\n

Because with The Black Dahlia Murder, it’s hard to think of a more consistent band in their style, particularly at their level of prominence. Personally I flip-flop between Ritual<\/em> and Everblack<\/em> as their full-length peak, but they’ve always retained a level of high-quality output as a band – even as far back as the Unhallowed<\/em> and Miasma<\/em> days. While their previous record Verminous<\/em> was probably my least favourite record from them, it was still a solid listen throughout in its own right, highlighted in particular by the excellent title track and “Dawn Of Rats.”<\/p>\n