''Miasma'' is the second studio album by American
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band
The Black Dahlia Murder. Released through
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...
on July 12, 2005, ''Miasma'' is the only album to feature drummer Zach Gibson, who replaced founding member and drummer, Cory Grady, as well as being the last with bassist David Lock. Gibson also left the band the following year after the release of the album and was replaced by
Shannon Lucas
Shannon Lucas (born September 27, 1983) is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal drummer from Staunton, Virginia. He is best known as the former drummer for death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder (band), The Black Dahlia Murder and metal ...
, formerly of
All That Remains.
The album's title, ''Miasma'', refers to
Miasma theory
The miasma theory (also called the miasmatic theory) is an obsolete medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a ''miasma'' (, Ancient Greek for 'pollution'), a noxious form of "bad ...
. The track "Dave Goes to Hollywood" was originally entitled "Vice Campaign". Music videos were released for the tracks "Statutory Ape", "A Vulgar Picture", and "Miasma".
Track listing
Personnel
;The Black Dahlia Murder
*Trevor Strnad - vocals
*Brian Eschbach - guitars
*John Kempainen - guitars
* David Lock - bass
* Zach Gibson - drums
;Additional personnel
* Garrett Gross, Randy Vanderbilt and The Black Dahlia Murder - backing vocals
* Amber Blankenship - cello
;Production
*Produced by Andreas Magnuson, Chris Dowhan and The Black Dahlia Murder
*
Brian Slagel
Brian Slagel (born February 14, 1961) is an American music executive. He is the founder and CEO of the independent record label Metal Blade Records. Slagel is known for having initiated the ''Metal Massacre'' series of compilation albums in 1982 ...
- executive producer
Chart positions
References
2005 albums
The Black Dahlia Murder (band) albums
Metal Blade Records albums
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