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Spectators packed into the Roxian this evening to witness the return of The Black Dahlia Murder to Pittsburgh. It’s been a few years since the band has visited the three rivers area. This is the first outing the band has planned since the unfortunate passing of former beloved front man Trevor Strnad. Also joining TBDMthis night is Terror, Frozen Soul, and Phobophilic.
North Dakota’s Phobophilic took the stage first. This band really reminded me of old school Carcass with the buzz saw guitar tones and growl styled vocals. During their set a small circle pit broke out, which was a great warm up to get the crowd into the action.
Dallas TX death metal band Frozen Soul was up next. This band had me reminiscing of Dying Fetus, and Morbid Angel. Slow churning metal with half tempo breakdowns that just hit you like a sonic sledgehammer. A pushup pit formed early in their set as the crowd was really matching the energy of the bands stage performance. A stand out moment during their set was Arsenal of War, vocalist Chad Green announced this was the 2nd time live this song has been performed, and the song was in honor of his brother who had passed recently.
Terror took the stage with a fury, high energy from start to finish. This Los Angeles hard-core troupe announce security was falling asleep at the show and needed a waking up, so everyone needs to get moving. Vocalist Scott Vogel would frantically pace the stage while ripping through song after song. During the set Vogel could be seen throwing his microphone to audience members to even ramp up the crowd.
The Black Dahlia Murder closed out this night, under a shade of green the band kicked off with Verminous. This was the first time for me seeing Ryan Knight with the band, he was apart of BDM during the Ritual and Deflorate albums. Ryan has returned to guitar duties so that long term guitarist Brian Eschbach could pick up the microphone. Pittsburgh also got to see the return of The Ape. As Statatory Ape began dressed in a tank top and shorts the BDM Ape came out throwing bananas to the crowd. It was nonstop chaos from this point on as the crowd ramped up, to Nightbringers and Miasma.
This was a great show to take in. Some may take this as a toe in the water approach to see what lies next for The Black Dahlia Murder. I for one would love to see the band continue to March forward and am excited to see where they go from here. Supporting acts Terror, Frozen Soul and Phobophilic were interesting and entertaining to watch. If you are looking for a death metal show with high energy, count this show in for a good time.
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