_Noctural_ is no different in this regard. An adrenalized onslaught spanning ten tracks, it indulges its thirst for melodic death metal's various hallmarks more feverishly than at any point in the band's back catalogue, but the vehemence with which it does so remains consistently admirable. So too does the band's technical delivery, which comes to the fore particularly on "I Worship Only What You Bleed" and "Climactic Degradation". Yet for all their many virtues, The Black Dahlia Murder struggle and ultimately fail to drown out the nagging feeling that their present modus operandi amounts to little more than supercharged Swedo-metal worship. It certainly doesn't make for unpleasant listening by any means, but whether it will find its way into your CD player in six months from now is another question altogether.