The Black Dahilia Murder are ready to crush all your senses with their brand new studio album titled "Ritual", which is out today! Their fifth studio album will most likely top all their previous releases, because the band is sounding heavier and tighter than ever ever before. The album was once again produced by Mark Lewis (Trivium, Bury Your Dead, Deicide), who also worked on 2009's "Deflorate".
"Ritual" track listing:
01. A Shrine To Madness 02. Moonlight Equilibrium 03. On Stirring Seas Of Salted Blood 04. Conspiring With The Damned 05. The Window 06. Carbonized In Cruciform 07. Den Of The Picquerist 08. Malenchanments Of The Necrosphere 09. The Grave Robber's Work 10. The Raven 11. Great Burning Nullifier 12. Blood In The Ink
The Black Dahilia Murder are ready to crush all your senses with their brand new studio album titled "Ritual" (Due in Europe on June 17 and in North America on June 21 via Metal Blade Records)! Their fifth studio album will most likely top all their previous releases, because the band is sounding heavier and tighter than ever ever before. The album was once again produced by Mark Lewis (Trivium, Bury Your Dead, Deicide), who also worked on 2009's "Deflorate".
"Ritual" track listing:
01. A Shrine To Madness 02. Moonlight Equilibrium 03. On Stirring Seas Of Salted Blood 04. Conspiring With The Damned 05. The Window 06. Carbonized In Cruciform 07. Den Of The Picquerist 08. Malenchanments Of The Necrosphere 09. The Grave Robber's Work 10. The Raven 11. Great Burning Nullifier 12. Blood In The Ink
Here is the OFFICIAL press release:
"The Black Dahlia Murder has invited MSN.com to take part in revealing their new album, Ritual, to the world. The global exclusive premiere of Ritual will take place on Tuesday, June 14th at music.msn.com. The full album, alongside previously released tracks Moonlight Equilibrium, Conspiring With the Damned, and Malenchanments of the Necrosphere, will be available for streaming for an entire week. The stream ends on Tuesday, June 21st, which is the day the album will be released to the masses in North America. The Black Dahlia Murder adds: "Finally, we get to reveal our labor of satanic love, Ritual! Turn out the lights, turn up the tunes, and let the night entrance you!"
Ritual is a collection of 12 tracks that see the band staying true to their sound and style while progressing in both writing and musicianship. Guitarist Ryan Knight has delivered truly searing leads that will without a doubt daze and lay waste the ears of both loyal Black Dahlia diehards and burgeoning fans alike. Music for Ritual was recorded in early 2011 in Detroit, MI with Mark Lewis (Deicide, Unearth) and the band producing with vocals and mixing taking place at Orlando, Florida based studio, Audio Hammer with Jason Suecof (BDM, Beneath the Massacre, Job for a Cowboy, All That Remains). The first single off Ritual, Moonlight Equilibrium, is now live at the following location along with several pre-order options: MetalBlade.com/BDM
The Black Dahlia Murder will return to Europe on June 18th and will appear at various festivals including Hellfest, Graspop, With Full Force, Sonisphere and more. North American fans will be able to catch TBDM live when the band headlines one of the summer's heaviest tours, the Summer Slaughter Tour, with label-mates Whitechapel and Six Feet Under in addition to Darkest Hour, Dying Fetus, and more. To see entire schedule of dates and to order your copy of Ritual, head to MetalBlade.com/BDM.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER:
06/18 Gothenburg, SE Metal Town Festival 06/19 Clisson, FR Hellfest 06/21 Bulle, CH Ebullition 06/22 Augsburg, DE Kantine 06/23 Karlsruhe, DE Stadtmitte 06/24 Dessel, BE Graspop Fest 06/25 Montabaur, DE Mach1 Festival 06/27 Brno, CR S Club 06/28 Graz, AUT Explosiv w/ Protest The Hero 06/29 Budapest, HU Dürer Kert w/Protest The Hero 06/30 Zagreb, HR Mocvara 07/01 Lustenau, AT Culture Factory 07/02 Roitzschjora, DE With Full Force 07/03 Badalona, ES Estraperlo Club 07/04 Madrid, ES Sala Live 07/05 Lisbon, PT Cine Teatro De Corroios 07/06 Gijon, ES Sala Acapulco 07/08 Knebworth, UK Sonisphere
Summer Slaughter Tour w/ The Black Dahilia Murder, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Powerglove:
07/22 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues 07/23 Anaheim, CA The Grove 07/25 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 07/26 Seattle, WA King Cat Theatre 07/28 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades 07/29 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 07/30 San Diego, CA House Of Blues 07/31 Scottsdale, AZ The Venue Scottsdale 08/02 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall 08/04 Louisville, KY Expo Five 08/05 Detroit, MI St. Andrews 08/06 Milwaukee, WI The Rave 08/07 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues 08/08 Chicago, IL House Of Blues 08/09 Toronto, ON Sound Academy 08/10 Montreal, QC Olympia 08/11 New York, NY Irving Plaza 08/12 Worcester, MA The Palladium 08/13 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts 08/14 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom 08/16 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 08/17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution 08/19 Houston, TX House Of Blues 08/20 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live 08/21 Dallas, TX House Of Blues