Blue Ridge Rock Festival has announced The Black Dahlia Murder as one of its many artists for 2023. The Black Dahlia Murder is currently fronted by guitarist Brian Eschbach, with former guitarist Ryan Knight joining to fill in Eschbach's position. The band played their first show with this new lineup this past October and it sounded fantastic.
"There are going to be tears in the pit for this one. The passing of Trevor Strnad, founder of The Black Dahlia Murder, was a devastating shock to so many in the Rock & Metal world this past year," said festival organizers. "Trevor was a beloved member of the Metal community, and a light to anyone he crossed paths with.
"TBDM has become of the most influential and popular American Death Metal bands of All-Time. They performed their first show without Strnad this past October, selling out the venue instantaneously for a powerful performance that fans in attendance have sworn they will never forget. It is with great honor that we welcome a very special performance from The Black Dahlia Murder at Blue Ridge Rock Festival this September."
Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2023 will take place between September 7 and 10, with early tickets available here. The full lineup so far is as follows:
- 10 Years
- Adema
- After The Burial
- Alpha Wolf
- Atreyu
- Attila playing About That Life
- Avatar
- Beartooth
- Bodysnatcher
- Born Of Osiris
- Bury Tomorrow
- Caskets
- CKY
- Coal Chamber
- Cold (20th anniversary Year Of The Spider)
- Crown The Empire
- Dayseeker
- Dope
- Dropout Kings
- Drowning Pool
- Escape The Fate
- Eva Under Fire
- Finger Eleven
- Fit For An Autopsy
- Flyleaf
- Gemini Syndrome
- Heartsick
- Highly Suspect
- Jinjer
- Kublai Khan TX
- Like Moths To Flames
- Megadeth
- Motionless In White
- No Resolve
- Nonpoint
- Paleface
- Pantera
- Parkway Drive
- Patient Sixty-Seven
- Scott Stapp
- Senses Fail
- Spiritbox
- Stabbing Westward
- Static-X
- Stephen Pearcy
- Tantric
- Taproot
- Tech N9ne
- The Amity Affliction
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- The Ghost Inside
- TRUSTcompany
- Upon A Burning Body
- Vince Neil
- VV
- Woe, Is Me
