2000s Metal Band Announces Major 20th Anniversary Tour
Wake up and smell the tour news: The Black Dahlia Murder just announced Two Decades of Nocturnal, a 29-stop headline tour through Europe celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band's landmark 2007 album, Nocturnal.
Performing a special set that will pull from the iconic album, as well as feature fan-favorite tracks spanning the melodic death metal icons' entire catalog, the monthlong tour kicks off Jan. 14, 2027, in Frankfurt, Germany, and includes stops in 13countries before wrapping Feb. 14 back in Germany, this time in Karlsruhe.
"Super excited to announce this celebration of Nocturnal's 20th anniversary, which we will present across Europe this winter," vocalist Brian Eschbach said in a press release. "The set will feature a great deal of material off the band's third release. Can't wait to see y'all again."
Released in September 2007, via Metal Blade Records, Nocturnal helped shape the extreme metal subgenre. It was recorded with Eric Rachel at Trax East, mixed by JasonSuecof at Audiohammer, and peaked on the Billboard 200 at No. 72.
"With its visceral combination of flesh-searing riffage, mind-bending guitar solos, and disgustingly poetic lyricism, Nocturnal pushed the boundaries of melodic death metal with an intensity and craft that resonated far beyond American shores," Blabbermouth wrote. "It remains, nearly two decades on, widely regarded as the gold standard of modern U.S. melodic death metal and one of the most important extreme metal records of the 21st century."
Formed in Michigan in 2001, The Black Dahlia Murder has had to overcome adversity since its founding. Following the death of co-founder and vocalist Trevor Strnad in 2022, the band chose to honor their fallen mate by trudging forward. Their latest album, Servitude, was released in 2024, also via Metal Blade Records, and serves as their first record since Strnad's passing.
"I still feel proud of this album," Strnad told Kerrang! in 2019 of Nocturnal. "I feel like it was us coming into our own as a band. It was a meteoric kind of rise for us at that point--we headlined Summer Slaughter, it's when we recorded the Majesty DVD … it was amazing. It was probably the best time in the band that I can think of."
Today, the band consists of Brian Eschbach on lead vocals, Ryan Knight on guitar, Wes Hauch on guitar, Max Lavelle on bass, and Alan Cassidy on drums.
Tickets for Two Decades of Nocturnal are on sale now attbdmofficial.com.
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This story was originally published June 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM.