Trevor Strnad
The Black Dahlia Murder vocalist whose encyclopedic enthusiasm and scene advocacy made him a connector across underground extreme metal.
Life, work & what’s documented
Trevor Strnad was born 1981-05-03 and died 2022-05-11 at age 41. The Black Dahlia Murder vocalist whose encyclopedic enthusiasm and scene advocacy made him a connector across underground extreme metal. The Black Dahlia Murder frontman was a tireless ambassador for underground metal and new bands.
Why They're Awesome
The Black Dahlia Murder frontman was a tireless ambassador for underground metal and new bands.
Essential works: Nocturnal · Miasma · Ritual
What changed because they were here
Contribution: Combined precise extreme-metal performance with writing, scene knowledge and unusually visible advocacy for other bands.
Influence: His work with the Black Dahlia Murder and support for younger artists strengthened modern death-metal community ties.
Connections: Co-founder and vocalist of the Black Dahlia Murder; connected to death metal.
Meaningful connections
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- The Black Dahlia MurderBand Member Of / Trevor Strnad co-founded and fronted the Black Dahlia Murder.Relationship source / confidence: high
- Death metalContributed To / Trevor Strnad's writing, performance and scene advocacy made a documented contribution to modern death metal.Relationship source / confidence: high
Positive impact
Positive legacy should foreground his documented championing of lesser-known bands. Publication requires a named interview or label source for each example.
Context is not destiny
Born 1981-05-03; died 2022-05-11; age at death 41. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Trevor Strnad died on 2022-05-11 at age 41. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
The cosmic file
Sun
Taurus 13.0°
MoonAries or Taurus 0.0°
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Libra 1.3°
Saturn
Uranus
Scorpio 28.7°
Neptune
Sagittarius 24.5°
PlutoTime-stable natal aspects
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 7.4°
- Sun conjunction Venus orb 6.9°
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 6.9°
- Mercury conjunction Venus orb 0.5°
- Jupiter conjunction Saturn orb 2.6°
- Jupiter sextile Uranus orb 2.6°
- Jupiter square Neptune orb 6.9°
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 2.1°
These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is presented separately and uncertainty is retained.
Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable. Moon: calculated with uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon is evaluated across the full UTC day. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q908712Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID trevor-strnad:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID trevor-strnad:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
- The Black Dahlia Murder artist pageMetal Blade Records / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID trevor-strnad:label-legacy:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial Site
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
Trevor Strnad photo by Jaime Garcia Perez; Flickr: The Black Dahlia Murder; CC BY 2.0.
Exact source file · CC BY 2.0 2.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.
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