History YMMV / TheBlackDahliaMurder

* BaseBreaker: Ryan Knight. He either made the band grow tremendously and brought a whole new dimension to their sound with his far more developed and distinctive leadwork, or he was an annoying noodler who sounded like he was playing to a different song entirely half the time and brought absolutely nothing of value to the table from a songwriting standpoint.

* SeasonalRot: ''Abysmal''. While it does have several fan-favorites (namely "Threat Level No. 3" and "Asylum"), general consensus is that it's a boring ''Miasma'' retread with a lot of songs that go nowhere.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Everything since ''Deflorate'' was at least somewhat divisive; ''Deflorate'' split the fanbase down the middle due to Ryan Knight's presence and their move towards a more technical sound (though it did spawn [[SignatureSong "I Will Return"]]), ''Ritual'' won back some of the fans that were turned off by ''Deflorate'' but was still inconsistently received, ''Everblack'' was straight-up LoveItOrHateIt and is either one of their best or their absolute worst depending on who you ask (thanks to its heavier and darker sound), and ''Abysmal'' tried to address the complaints from the fans who disliked ''Everblack'' and its DarkerAndEdgier turn, but instead went too far in the opposite direction and was generally viewed as a warmed-over, repetitive, and boring redux of ''Miasma''. ''Nightbringers'', on the other hand, has universally received rave reviews and is already being viewed as their best since ''Nocturnal'', if not their best album period.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Everything since ''Deflorate'' was at least somewhat divisive; ''Deflorate'' split the fanbase down the middle due to Ryan Knight's presence and their move towards a more technical sound (though it did spawn [[SignatureSong "I Will Return"]], ''Ritual'' won back some of the fans that were turned off by ''Deflorate'' but was still inconsistently received, ''Everblack'' was straight-up LoveItOrHateIt and is either one of their best or their absolute worst depending on who you ask (thanks to its heavier and darker sound), and ''Abysmal'' tried to address the complaints from the fans who disliked ''Everblack'' and its DarkerAndEdgier turn, but instead went too far in the opposite direction and was generally viewed as a warmed-over, repetitive, and boring redux of ''Miasma''. ''Nightbringers'', on the other hand, has universally received rave reviews and is already being viewed as their best since ''Nocturnal'', if not their best album period.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Miasma'' is generally regarded as this from the fans, as it ditched most of the metalcore influences that ''Unhallowed'' had.

* SignatureSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse" and/or "Miasma".

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Miasma'' is generally regarded as this from the fans, as it ditched most of the metalcore influences that ''Unhallowed'' had.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Strnad, Eschbach, and Kempainen felt this way about Zach Gibson. David Lock was merely a bad case of TheSlacker and didn't practice enough to be able to consistently play his own material, and they made it clear that it broke their heart to have to get rid of him. Gibson, on the other hand, was apparently extremely sloppy, knew about it, and didn't give a shit either way, and they got sick of his ''extremely'' laissez-faire attitude towards band matters real fast and indicated that hiring him was a mistake and that he would not be missed.

* MagnumOpus: ''Ritual''. ''Miasma'', ''Nocturnal'' and ''Everblack'' are not far behind, however.

* NightmareFuel: Quite a given, since they mostly talk about horror tales.

* SuprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Miasma'' is generally regarded as this from the fans, as it ditched most of the metalcore influences that ''Unhallowed'' had.

* CompleteMonster: Quite a few of the protagonists of their songs are incredibly vile individuals with no motivation for doing what they do other than pure sadism, often of the sexual variety.

* MagnumOpus: ''Ritual''

* TheyJustDidntCare: Strnad, Eschbach, and Kempainen felt this way about David Lock and Zach Gibson; they were both lazy, sloppy, and just generally dead weight who never practiced and didn't seem to take anything seriously, and so the rest of the band unceremoniously fired them.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The rest of the band felt this way about David Lock and Zach Gibson; they were both lazy, sloppy, and just generally dead weight who never practiced and didn't seem to take anything seriously, and so the rest of the band unceremoniously fired them.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the more underrated MelodicDeathMetal bands in the public eye due to their association [[{{Deathcore}}with genres]] [[{{Metalcore}} that they are ]] [[HardcorePunk not part of]], but nonetheless one of the most respected and well-loved bands in the melodeath scene.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the more underrated MelodicDeathMetal bands in the public eye due to their association with genres that they are obviously not, but nonetheless one of the most respected and well-loved bands in the melodeath scene.

* SignatureSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse" and/or "Miasma".

* SignatureSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse"

** Regarding the actual music, go ahead and listen to the main riff of "Into the Everblack" of/and of "Miasma" in a dark room. [[SchmuckBait Go ahead.]]

** Regarding the actual music, go ahead and listen to the main riff of "Into the Everblack" in a dark room. [[SchmuckBait Go ahead.]]