Egyptian themes and imagery separate Nile from other death metal bands but their musicianship and creativity are what make them really stand out. Each composition on Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka feels like an encapsulated epic, brought about by skilled dynamics that never surrender Nile's unapologetic brutality. Adding to the epic feel is the group's bold decision to experiment with chanting, percussion, gongs, and flutes. These experiments are particularly potent when used to offset quiet a   [ read more ]

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If Black Seeds of Vengeance is any indication, the lost souls of Ancient Egypt are coming to destroy the living world. That may sound jestful to some, but Nile are dead serious. On their second full-length release, more low-end and further development of Egyptian thematics (exemplified in chanting and prayers) make for a tremendously dark and heavy statement. Creative themes and epic dynamics once again call Nile to attention; however, what really makes this album notable is its sheer negative forc   [ read more ]

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Call it Discovery Channel metal if you must, but Nile runs circles around the majority of death metal acts that churn out cookie-cutter records crammed with juvenile gore-splattered lyrics and incomprehensible blastbeats. While their third full-length, In Their Darkened Shrines, finds these genre-leaders advancing their sound in minute increments from previous platters Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka and Black Seeds of Vengeance, all can be forgiven when taking into account Nile's s   [ read more ]

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As time goes on, heavy metal continues to get more and more extreme. No, not the "stuff" you hear on the radio or see on MTV that tries to pass itself as metal, but the music that is bubbling under in the metal underground. Nile is one such band that continues to push metal's boundaries to the limits, as it does on its 2005 release Annihilation of the Wicked (produced by Neil Kernon of Queensr che fame). Obviously judging from its name and song titles, the group has a thing for Mi   [ read more ]

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By this point, anyone coming to a Nile record should know exactly what they're there for: assaultive death metal mixed with lyrics informed by Egyptian mythology and occasional interpolations of Middle Eastern folk melodies among the death growl vocals and blitzkrieg riffs. Treasures from the Catacombs is, in the best possible sense, pretty much exactly the same. Centered by the nearly 12-minute epic "Unas Slayer" (which starts with a lovely but foreboding acoustic instrumental rudely split i   [ read more ]

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