“Mammoth’s Hand” has taken its place as the second single from The Black Dahlia Murder‘s forthcoming new album “Servitude“. That song draws inspiration from the 1982 sword-and-sorcery film ‘The Beastmaster‘. Brian Eschbach, who has assumed lead vocal duties in the melodic death metal outfit from the late Trevor Strnad, shared the following of how this song came to be:
“We usually like to give some idea of what kind of diversity is gonna be on the album with the first two tracks we release. Ryan Knight [guitars] wrote the music for this, and the slow rhythm made me think of these barbaric warriors riding mammoths out in the snow or that scene from ‘The Beastmaster‘ when the Jun horde takes the village.”
‘Mammoth’s Hand’ is a romp through a fictitious frozen tundra in which a clan of nomadic mammoth riding cannibals conquer villages in a time devoid of technology. The slow groove of this song is a vibe not often implemented by the group but immediately inspired a vision in my mind of a slow moving yet gigantic and powerful beast of antagonistic nature.”
“Servitude” is on course for a September 27th release through Metal Blade Records. A co-headlining tour with Dying Fetus will help usher that new record in, with Spite, AngelMaker and Vomit Forth opening.
10/03 Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
10/04 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
10/05 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
10/06 Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore
10/08 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
10/10 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
10/11 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
10/13 Seattle, WA – Neptune (no AngelMaker)
10/14 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw (no AngelMaker)
10/15 Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom
10/17 Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre
10/18 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
10/19 San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park (no Spite)
10/20 Los Angeles, CA – The Novo (no Spite)
10/21 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
10/23 Dallas, TX – The Factory at Deep Ellum
10/24 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
10/25 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Midtown
10/27 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
10/28 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
10/30 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
10/31 Silver Spring, MD – Fillmore Silver Spring
11/01 Philadelphia, PA – Fillmore
11/02 Worcester, MA – Palladium
11/03 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
11/05 Montreal, QC – MTelus
11/08 Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
11/06 Toronto, ON – The Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/09 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Hall
11/10 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
