The Black Dahlia Murder in Nantes

The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band formed in Waterford, Michigan, in 2001. Fast, harmonized guitar lines and death-metal vocals shaped albums including Unhallowed, Nocturnal and Ritual, while “Funeral Thirst” and “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse” became enduring parts of the band’s catalogue. After performing on Ozzfest in 2005, the band headlined The Summer Slaughter Tour in 2008. They returned to the tour in 2017 to play Nocturnal in full. Following vocalist Trevor Strnad’s death, the band played a memorial concert at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit in 2022, where founding guitarist Brian Eschbach took over lead vocals.

Fuming Mouth is an American death-metal and hardcore band formed in Massachusetts in 2013 by vocalist and guitarist Mark Whelan. The group established its sound on the debut album The Grand Descent and followed it with Last Day of Sun, a record built around songs including “The Silence Beyond Life” and “I’ll Find You.” Fuming Mouth toured North America supporting The Black Dahlia Murder in 2019. After Whelan underwent treatment for leukemia, the band returned to the stage at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest in Philadelphia.