Origin: Greenville, SC, USA
Genres: Death Metal
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Nile  


Nile has been at the forefront of old-school American death metal for a number of years now, ever since their album Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka hit the streets in 1998. Much has been made of their fascination of Egypt and Middle Eastern rites, though to an extent this has been overstated. True, their lyrics are steeped with references to Egyptian gods the like, but musically such influences are slight, mostly relegated to the occasional intro or interlude (two fine examples are found on the Nephren-Ka album, these being "Die Rache" and the intro to "Ramses Bringer Of War". No, the musical focus is brutal, heads-down thrashing death metal to the core, flawlessly played and executed. Truly one of the best of the field.

Current Members

Karl Sanders

guitars/vocals

Dallas Toler-Wade

guitars/vocals

George Kollias

drums (Nightfall)

Former Members/Guests

Chief Spires

bass/vocals

Jon Vesano

bass/vocals

Pete Hammoura

drums/vocals

Derek Roddy (guest)

drums (Aurora Borealis, Council Of The Fallen, Divine Empire, Hate Eternal, Malevolent Creation)

Tony Laureano

drums (Acheron, Angel Corpse, Aurora Borealis, God Dethroned, Insidious Disease, Malevolent Creation, Nachtmystium)


Discography


Festivals Of Atonement 
1995 Anubis
  1. Divine Intent
  2. The Black Hand of Set
  3. Wrought
  4. Immortality Through Art/Godless
  5. Extinct
  • Karl Sanders
  • Chief Spires
  • Pete Hammoura

Reviews:   Metal Observer 


Ramses Bringer Of War 
1997 Visceral
  1. The Howling Of The Jinn
  2. Ramses Bringer Of War
  3. Die Rache Krieg Lied Der Assyriche
  • Karl Sanders
  • Chief Spires
  • Pete Hammoura



Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka 
1998 Relapse
  1. Smashing the antiu
  2. Barra edinazzu
  3. Kudurru maglu
  4. Serpent headed mask
  5. Ramses bringer of war
  6. Stones of sorrow
  7. Die rache krieg lied der assyriche
  8. The howling of the Jinn
  9. Pestilence and iniquity
  10. Opening of the mouth
  11. Beneath eternal oceans of sand
  • Karl Sanders
  • Chief Spires
  • Pete Hammoura



In The Beginning 
2000 Relapse

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Lords Of Metal 


Black Seeds Of Vengeance 
2000 Relapse
  1. Invocation Of The Gate Of Aat-Ankh-Es-En-Amenti
  2. Black Seeds Of Vengeance
  3. Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar
  4. The Black Flame
  5. Libation Unto The Shades Who Lurk In The Shadows Of The Temple Of Anhur
  6. Masturbating The War God
  7. Multitude Of Foes
  8. Chapter For Transforming Into A Snake
  9. Nas Akhu Khan She En Asbiu
  10. To Dream Of Ur
  11. The Nameless City Of The Accursed
  12. Khetti Satha Shemsu
  • Karl Sanders
  • Dallas Toler-Wade
  • Chief Spires
  • Pete Hammoura
  • Derek Roddy

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Lords Of Metal  Metal Observer 


In Their Darkened Shrines 
2002 Relapse
  1. The Blessed Dead
  2. Execration Text
  3. Sarcophagous
  4. Kheftiu Asar Butchiu
  5. Unas, Slayer Of The Gods
  6. Churning The Maelstrom
  7. I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead
  8. Wind Of Horus
  9. In Their Darkened Shrines (Parts 1-4)
  • Karl Sanders
  • Dallas Toler-Wade
  • Jon Vesano
  • Tony Laureano

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Chronicles Of Chaos  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal  Metal Observer 


Annihilation Of The Wicked 
2005 Relapse
  1. Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise
  2. Cast Down the Heretic
  3. Sacrifice Unto Sebek
  4. User-Maat-Re
  5. The Burning Pits of the Duat
  6. Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Cresent Shaped Horns
  7. Lashed To the Slave Stick
  8. Spawn of Uamenti
  9. Annihilation of the Wicked
  10. Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten
  • Karl Sanders
  • Dallas Toler-Wade
  • Jon Vesano
  • George Kollias
2005 Internet Top Ten album

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Chronicles Of Chaos  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal  Metal Observer 


Legacy Of The Catacombs  COMPILATION
2007 Relapse
  1. Cast Down the Heretic
  2. Sacrifice Unto Sebek
  3. Lashed to the Slave Stick
  4. Execration Text
  5. Sarcophagus
  6. Unas, Slayer of the Gods
  7. Masturbating the War God
  8. Chapter For Transforming Into A Snake
  9. Black Seeds of Vengeance
  10. The Howling of the Jinn
  11. Barra Edinazzu
  12. Smashing the Antiu



Ithylphallic 
2007 Nuclear Blast
  1. What Can Be Safely Written
  2. As He Creates, So He Destroys
  3. Ithyphallic
  4. Papyrus Containing The Spell To Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is In The Water
  5. Eat Of The Dead
  6. Laying Fire Upon Apep
  7. The Essential Salts
  8. The Infinity Of Stone
  9. The Language Of The Shadows
  10. Even The Gods Must Die
  • Karl Sanders
  • Dallas Toler-Wade
  • George Kollias



Those Whom The Gods Detest 
2009 Nuclear Blast
  1. Kafir!
  2. Hittite Dung Incantation
  3. Utterances of the Crawling Dead
  4. Those Whom the Gods Detest
  5. 4th Arra of Dagon
  6. Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld
  7. Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence
  8. Kem Khefa Kheshef
  9. The Eye of Ra
  10. Iskander D'hul Karnon

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal  Metal Underground  Metal Observer  Angry Metal Guy 


At The Gate Of Sethu 
2012 Nuclear Blast
  1. Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame
  2. The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of The Deceased
  3. The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh
  4. When My Wrath Is Done
  5. Slaves Of Xul
  6. The Gods Who Light Up The Sky At The Gate Of Sethu
  7. Natural Liberation Of Fear Through The Ritual Deception Of Death
  8. Ethno-Musicological Cannibalisms
  9. Tribunal Of The Dead
  10. Supreme Humanism Of Megalomania
  11. The Chaining Of The Iniquitous


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