Tag: The Black Dahlia Murder

Live Review: A Bloodstock 2025 Experience (Sunday)

Emerging from our tents like something being birthed on a David Attenborough documentary it’s safe to say it’s f***ing hot on Sunday morning in Catton Park. After yesterday’s phenomenal line up there are sore heads a plenty as well as queues for the facilities and everyone’s on a bit of a go slow. Machine Head

Playthrough: “Flies” from The Black Dahlia Murder!

The fifth and final part of a series of drum playthrough videos from Alan Cassidy of The Black Dahlia Murder filmed and recorded with Aaron Lumsden at Akuro Productions and mixed by Eliot Bayless has arisen from the black depths in “Flies“. Interestingly enough for this one he is joined by John Kempainen, a man

Playthrough: “Utopia Black” from The Black Dahlia Murder!

Before they incite a circle pit that creates a tunnel to the centre of the earth at Bloodstock Open Air Festival, The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Alan Cassidy has shared a playthrough video for “Utopia Black” from the bands current album “Servitude“. It’s the fourth of five in a series filmed and recorded with Aaron Lumsden at

Playthrough: “Servitude” from The Black Dahlia Murder!

For a third of five playthrough videos filmed and recorded with Aaron Lumsden at Akuro Productions and mixed by Eliot Bayless, The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Alan Cassidy has chosen the title track of the bands current album “Servitude“. That is of course the bands first without the late great Trevor Strnad as they continue

Playthrough: “Evening Ephemeral” from The Black Dahlia Murder!

Following the news of a huge tour run with Frozen Soul supporting Heaven Shall Burn on the “Heimat” across Europe, now seems like the perfect time for The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Alan Cassidy to share the second of a playthrough series. Part of a series of videos filmed and recorded with Aaron Lumsden at

Playthrough: “Cursed Creator” from The Black Dahlia Murder!

The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Alan Cassidy has shared the first of five drum playthrough videos he has lined up from sessions with Aaron Lumsden  at Akuro Productions. The cut of choice is “Cursed Creator” from the bands current album “Servitude” with gear from Tama, Sabian, Evans, Pearl, Roland and Vader absolutely destroyed in the

NEWS: It Comes At Night pay tribute to Trevor Strnad!

Boston, Massachusetts horror themed Deathcore unit It Comes At Night, a quartet known for their blend of crushing groove in classic DJent with dark and fearfully addictive riffs, have shared a cover of “Statutory Ape” by The Black Dahlia Murder. They do so in celebration of the life of the much missed Trevor Strnad, reimaging

Live Review: Soulfly w/Cage Fight at O2 Academy Islington!

If you did a survey back in 1998 there would have been few who thought that Soulfly would still be a going concern in 2024 but 28 years after frontman and guitarist Max Cavalera left Sepultura the band are back in London and still here and going strong. We had the pleasure of witnessing them

NEWS: Snorlax read from the Book Ov Serpents!

The prophecies foretold of a beast rising from the black depths, it’s spitting, snarling, venomous voice perforating ear drums as it hunts in the dead of night and that beast is known simply as Snorlax. The solo project of Australian recording engineer and multi instrumentalist Brendan Auld which has already offered a pair of vicious