   the black dahlia murder is an american extreme metal band from waterford, michigan, formed in 2001. their name is derived from the 1947 unsolved murder of elizabeth short, often referred to as black dahlia. the band comprises vocalist trevor strnad, guitarists brian eschbach and ryan knight, drummer alan cassidy, and bassist max lavelle. out of the six studio albums they have released to date, the last five of them have charted on the us billboard 200, with their latest album everblack debuting at no.&nbsp;32, marking them as one of the most popular american extreme metal bands. ==history== ===formation, unhallowed and miasma (2001â2006)=== the black dahlia murder began its inception during late 2000 and gained the final band line-up in january 2001. the group released their demo entitled what a horrible night to have a curse, and a four-track ep, a cold-blooded epitaph, the latter of which the group released on lovelost records. after appearing in concerts such as the milwaukee metal fest, the black dahlia murder signed to metal blade records in 2003.{{cite web|url={{allmusic|class=artist|id=p560264/b
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