Country of origin: United States
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Status: Active
Formed in: 1993
Years active: 1993-present
Genre: Brutal/Technical Death Metal
Lyrical themes: Egyptian mythology, Death, Rituals, Lovecraftian
Current label: Nuclear Blast
Members:
Karl Sanders: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Keyboards, BaÄlama, Saz, Bouzouki (1993-present)
George Kollias: Drums, Percussion (2004-present)
Brad Parris: Bass, Vocals (2015-present)
Brian Kingsland: Guitars, Vocals (2017-present)
In the late 1980s, prior to forming Nile, Sanders played with the thrash metal band Morriah, sharing the stage with Morbid Angel among other prominent metal bands. In fact, Nile's first demo was markedly redolent of that thrash identity, which outweighed any of the death metal elements that would later define the band's sound.
The band categorize their music as "Ithyphallic Metal" in reference to its epic Egyptian themes.
Discography:
Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka (1998)
Album: Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Type: Full-length
Release date: April 28th, 1998
Catalog ID: RR 6983-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 31:39 | 29,2Mb
Tracklist:
1. Smashing the Antiu 02:18
2. Barra Edinazzu 02:47
3. Kudurru Maqlu 01:05 instrumental
4. Serpent Headed Mask 02:18
5. Ramses Bringer of War 04:45
6. Stones of Sorrow 04:17
7. Die Rache Krieg, Lied der Assyriche 03:13
8. The Howling of the Jinn 02:34
9. Pestilence and Iniquity 01:54
10. Opening of the Mouth 03:39
11. Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand 04:17
Additional musicians and instrumentation:
Tibetan Monks led by the Khamtul Incarnation of Lobsang Kampa.
Orchestral intro on track 5 is strongly inspired by "Mars, Bringer of War" from "The Planets" (Op. 32), seven movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916.
Recorded at: the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.
Type: Full-length
Release date: April 28th, 1998
Catalog ID: RR 6983-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 31:39 | 29,2Mb
Tracklist:
1. Smashing the Antiu 02:18
2. Barra Edinazzu 02:47
3. Kudurru Maqlu 01:05 instrumental
4. Serpent Headed Mask 02:18
5. Ramses Bringer of War 04:45
6. Stones of Sorrow 04:17
7. Die Rache Krieg, Lied der Assyriche 03:13
8. The Howling of the Jinn 02:34
9. Pestilence and Iniquity 01:54
10. Opening of the Mouth 03:39
11. Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand 04:17
Additional musicians and instrumentation:
Tibetan Monks led by the Khamtul Incarnation of Lobsang Kampa.
Orchestral intro on track 5 is strongly inspired by "Mars, Bringer of War" from "The Planets" (Op. 32), seven movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916.
Recorded at: the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.
Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000)
Album: Black Seeds of Vengeance
Type: Full-length
Release date: September 5th, 2000
Catalog ID: RR 6448-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 42:53 | 100Mb
Tracklist:
1. Invocation of the Gate of Aat-Ankh-es-en-Amenti 00:43 instrumental
2. Black Seeds of Vengeance 03:35
3. Defiling the Gates of Ishtar 03:38
4. The Black Flame 03:21
5. Libation unto the Shades Who Lurk in the Shadows of the Temple of Anhur 01:32 instrumental
6. Masturbating the War God 05:41
7. Multitude of Foes 02:09
8. Chapter for Transforming into a Snake 02:25
9. Nas Akhu Khan she en Asbiu 04:15
10. To Dream of Ur 09:07
11. The Nameless City of the Accursed 02:51 instrumental
12. Khetti Satha Shemsu 03:32
The liner notes detail the theme and writing/recording process of each song.
Prior to the recording of this album, Pete Hammoura left the band due to injuries sustained while
touring. Derek Roddy performed on all of the tracks except "To Dream of Ur" as a session drummer.
Mixed by Bob Moore and Nile.
Recorded at the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.
Mastered at Sonorous Mastering Inc., Tempe, AZ.
Type: Full-length
Release date: September 5th, 2000
Catalog ID: RR 6448-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 42:53 | 100Mb
Tracklist:
1. Invocation of the Gate of Aat-Ankh-es-en-Amenti 00:43 instrumental
2. Black Seeds of Vengeance 03:35
3. Defiling the Gates of Ishtar 03:38
4. The Black Flame 03:21
5. Libation unto the Shades Who Lurk in the Shadows of the Temple of Anhur 01:32 instrumental
6. Masturbating the War God 05:41
7. Multitude of Foes 02:09
8. Chapter for Transforming into a Snake 02:25
9. Nas Akhu Khan she en Asbiu 04:15
10. To Dream of Ur 09:07
11. The Nameless City of the Accursed 02:51 instrumental
12. Khetti Satha Shemsu 03:32
The liner notes detail the theme and writing/recording process of each song.
Prior to the recording of this album, Pete Hammoura left the band due to injuries sustained while
touring. Derek Roddy performed on all of the tracks except "To Dream of Ur" as a session drummer.
Mixed by Bob Moore and Nile.
Recorded at the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.
Mastered at Sonorous Mastering Inc., Tempe, AZ.
In Their Darkened Shrines (2002)
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Type: Full-length
Release date: August 20th, 2002
Catalog ID: RR 6542-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 160Kbps | 58:44 | 67,5Mb
Tracklist:
1. The Blessed Dead 04:53
2. Execration Text 02:46
3. Sarcophagus 05:09
4. Kheftiu Asar Butchiu 03:52
5. Unas, Slayer of the Gods 11:43
6. Churning the Maelstrom 03:07
7. I Whisper in the Ear of the Dead 05:10
8. Wind of Horus 03:47
9. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part I: Hall of Saurian Entombment) 05:09
10. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part II: Invocation to Seditious Heresy) 03:51
11. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part III: Destruction of the Temple of the Enemies of Ra) 03:11
12. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part IV: Ruins) 06:01
"In Their Darkened Shrines (Part IV: Ruins)" is actually an instrumental but the booklet contains lyrics for it.
The liner notes detail the theme and writing/recording process of each song.
Music videos:
- Execration Text
- Sarcophagus
Mixed by Bob Moore and Nile.
Recorded at the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.
Mastered at Visceralsound, MD.
Type: Full-length
Release date: August 20th, 2002
Catalog ID: RR 6542-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 160Kbps | 58:44 | 67,5Mb
Tracklist:
1. The Blessed Dead 04:53
2. Execration Text 02:46
3. Sarcophagus 05:09
4. Kheftiu Asar Butchiu 03:52
5. Unas, Slayer of the Gods 11:43
6. Churning the Maelstrom 03:07
7. I Whisper in the Ear of the Dead 05:10
8. Wind of Horus 03:47
9. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part I: Hall of Saurian Entombment) 05:09
10. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part II: Invocation to Seditious Heresy) 03:51
11. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part III: Destruction of the Temple of the Enemies of Ra) 03:11
12. In Their Darkened Shrines (Part IV: Ruins) 06:01
"In Their Darkened Shrines (Part IV: Ruins)" is actually an instrumental but the booklet contains lyrics for it.
The liner notes detail the theme and writing/recording process of each song.
Music videos:
- Execration Text
- Sarcophagus
Mixed by Bob Moore and Nile.
Recorded at the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.
Mastered at Visceralsound, MD.
Annihilation of the Wicked (2005)
Album: Annihilation of the Wicked
Type: Full-length
Release date: May 24th, 2005
Catalog ID: RR 6630-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD, Digipak
MP3 | 128Kbps | 54:41 | 47,7Mb
Tracklist:
1. Dusk Falls upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise 00:51 instrumental
2. Cast Down the Heretic 05:45
3. Sacrifice unto Sebek 03:03
4. User-Maat-Re 09:14
5. The Burning Pits of the Duat 03:52
6. Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Crescent Shaped Horns 05:21
7. Lashed to the Slave Stick 04:18
8. Spawn of Uamenti 01:14 instrumental
9. Annihilation of the Wicked 08:36
10. Von unaussprechlichen Kulten 09:46
Limited edition box set comes in a tin box with a custom Serpent Ankh necklace, full color album poster, vinyl sticker and an embroidered patch limited to 5000 copies.
The title of the 10th track is German and translates to "Of Unspeakable Cults" and is a title of a fictional book from H.P. Lovecraft's universe.
The liner notes detail the theme and writing/recording process of each song.
A music video was made for the song "Sacrifice Unto Sebek".
Recorded at the Soundlab in Columbia, SC
Mixed at Rax Trax in Chicago.
Type: Full-length
Release date: May 24th, 2005
Catalog ID: RR 6630-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD, Digipak
MP3 | 128Kbps | 54:41 | 47,7Mb
Tracklist:
1. Dusk Falls upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise 00:51 instrumental
2. Cast Down the Heretic 05:45
3. Sacrifice unto Sebek 03:03
4. User-Maat-Re 09:14
5. The Burning Pits of the Duat 03:52
6. Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Crescent Shaped Horns 05:21
7. Lashed to the Slave Stick 04:18
8. Spawn of Uamenti 01:14 instrumental
9. Annihilation of the Wicked 08:36
10. Von unaussprechlichen Kulten 09:46
Limited edition box set comes in a tin box with a custom Serpent Ankh necklace, full color album poster, vinyl sticker and an embroidered patch limited to 5000 copies.
The title of the 10th track is German and translates to "Of Unspeakable Cults" and is a title of a fictional book from H.P. Lovecraft's universe.
The liner notes detail the theme and writing/recording process of each song.
A music video was made for the song "Sacrifice Unto Sebek".
Recorded at the Soundlab in Columbia, SC
Mixed at Rax Trax in Chicago.
Ithyphallic (2007)
Album: Ithyphallic
Type: Full-length
Release date: July 17th, 2007
Catalog ID: NB 1721-2 / 27361 17212
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 49:53 | 45,7Mb
Tracklist:
1. What Can Be Safely Written 08:15
2. As He Creates So He Destroys 04:36
3. Ithyphallic 04:40
4. Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks from He Who Is in the Water 02:56
5. Eat of the Dead 06:29
6. Laying Fire upon Apep 03:25
7. The Essential Salts 03:51
8. The Infinity of Stone 02:04 instrumental
9. The Language of the Shadows 03:30
10. Even the Gods Must Die 10:01
Songwriting on tracks 2, 7, 9 and 10 by Dallas Toler-Wade.
Songwriting on tracks 1, 3- 6, 8, 10 by Karl Sanders.
Songwriting on tracks 1-7, 9, 10 by George Kollias.
"Ithyphallic" means Erected Phallus in ancient Greek.
A music video was made for the song "Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks from He Who Is in the Water".
Recorded at The Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Mixed at Rax Trax Recording, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Type: Full-length
Release date: July 17th, 2007
Catalog ID: NB 1721-2 / 27361 17212
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 49:53 | 45,7Mb
Tracklist:
1. What Can Be Safely Written 08:15
2. As He Creates So He Destroys 04:36
3. Ithyphallic 04:40
4. Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks from He Who Is in the Water 02:56
5. Eat of the Dead 06:29
6. Laying Fire upon Apep 03:25
7. The Essential Salts 03:51
8. The Infinity of Stone 02:04 instrumental
9. The Language of the Shadows 03:30
10. Even the Gods Must Die 10:01
Songwriting on tracks 2, 7, 9 and 10 by Dallas Toler-Wade.
Songwriting on tracks 1, 3- 6, 8, 10 by Karl Sanders.
Songwriting on tracks 1-7, 9, 10 by George Kollias.
"Ithyphallic" means Erected Phallus in ancient Greek.
A music video was made for the song "Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks from He Who Is in the Water".
Recorded at The Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Mixed at Rax Trax Recording, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009)
Album: Those Whom the Gods Detest
Type: Full-length
Release date: November 3rd, 2009
Catalog ID: NB 2224-2 / 27361 22242
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 56:40 | 51,9Mb
Tracklist:
1. Kafir 06:50
2. Hittite Dung Incantation 03:48
3. Utterances of the Crawling Dead 05:09
4. Those Whom the Gods Detest 08:07
5. 4th Arra of Dagon 08:40
6. Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld 03:32
7. Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence 02:33 instrumental
8. Kem Khefa Khesef 06:18
9. The Eye of Ra 05:01
10. Iskander dhul Kharnon 06:41
Music video:
- Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld
Produced, engineered and mixed for Auslander.
Drums recorded at Mana Recording Studios Tampa Fla.
All other tracking done at Serpent Headed Studios/OTB Greenville SC.
Mixed at Rax Trax Recording Chicago.
Type: Full-length
Release date: November 3rd, 2009
Catalog ID: NB 2224-2 / 27361 22242
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 128Kbps | 56:40 | 51,9Mb
Tracklist:
1. Kafir 06:50
2. Hittite Dung Incantation 03:48
3. Utterances of the Crawling Dead 05:09
4. Those Whom the Gods Detest 08:07
5. 4th Arra of Dagon 08:40
6. Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld 03:32
7. Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence 02:33 instrumental
8. Kem Khefa Khesef 06:18
9. The Eye of Ra 05:01
10. Iskander dhul Kharnon 06:41
Music video:
- Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld
Produced, engineered and mixed for Auslander.
Drums recorded at Mana Recording Studios Tampa Fla.
All other tracking done at Serpent Headed Studios/OTB Greenville SC.
Mixed at Rax Trax Recording Chicago.
At the Gate of Sethu (2012)
Album: At the Gate of Sethu
Type: Full-length
Release date: June 29th, 2012
Catalog ID: NB 2818-2 / 27361 28182
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 47:38 | 109Mb
Tracklist:
1. Enduring the Eternal Molestation of Flame 04:29
2. The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased 04:30
3. The Inevitable Degradation of Flesh 05:30
4. When My Wrath Is Done 03:11
5. Slaves of Xul 01:24 instrumental
6. The Gods Who Light Up the Sky at the Gate of Sethu 05:43
7. Natural Liberation of Fear Through the Ritual Deception of Death 03:30
8. Ethno-Musicological Cannibalisms 01:40 instrumental
9. Tribunal of the Dead 05:54
10. Supreme Humanism of Megalomania 04:37
11. The Chaining of the Iniquitous 07:05
Music video:
- Enduring the Eternal Molestation of Flame
Drums recorded at Sound Lab, Columbia SC.
Recorded at Serpent Headed Studio/OTB.
Mixed at Narcotic Wasteland Studio/OTB.
Type: Full-length
Release date: June 29th, 2012
Catalog ID: NB 2818-2 / 27361 28182
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 47:38 | 109Mb
Tracklist:
1. Enduring the Eternal Molestation of Flame 04:29
2. The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased 04:30
3. The Inevitable Degradation of Flesh 05:30
4. When My Wrath Is Done 03:11
5. Slaves of Xul 01:24 instrumental
6. The Gods Who Light Up the Sky at the Gate of Sethu 05:43
7. Natural Liberation of Fear Through the Ritual Deception of Death 03:30
8. Ethno-Musicological Cannibalisms 01:40 instrumental
9. Tribunal of the Dead 05:54
10. Supreme Humanism of Megalomania 04:37
11. The Chaining of the Iniquitous 07:05
Music video:
- Enduring the Eternal Molestation of Flame
Drums recorded at Sound Lab, Columbia SC.
Recorded at Serpent Headed Studio/OTB.
Mixed at Narcotic Wasteland Studio/OTB.
What Should Not Be Unearthed (2015)
Album: What Should Not Be Unearthed
Type: Full-length
Release date: August 28th, 2015
Catalog ID: NB 3334-2 / 27361 33342
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD, Slipcase
MP3 | 192Kbps | 50:06 | 79,6Mb
Tracklist:
1. Call to Destruction 05:45
2. Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep 04:14
3. Liber Stellae Rubeae 03:48
4. In the Name of Amun 06:50
5. What Should Not Be Unearthed 06:58
6. Evil to Cast Out Evil 05:38
7. Age of Famine 04:12
8. Ushabti Reanimator 01:30 instrumental
9. Rape of the Black Earth 04:35
10. To Walk Forth from Flames Unscathed 06:36
The booklet contains liner notes explaining the lyrics and background of each song.
Recorded at Serpent Headed Studios.
Produced by Nile.
Mixed at OTB.
Drums engineered at Soundlab Studios.
Type: Full-length
Release date: August 28th, 2015
Catalog ID: NB 3334-2 / 27361 33342
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD, Slipcase
MP3 | 192Kbps | 50:06 | 79,6Mb
Tracklist:
1. Call to Destruction 05:45
2. Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep 04:14
3. Liber Stellae Rubeae 03:48
4. In the Name of Amun 06:50
5. What Should Not Be Unearthed 06:58
6. Evil to Cast Out Evil 05:38
7. Age of Famine 04:12
8. Ushabti Reanimator 01:30 instrumental
9. Rape of the Black Earth 04:35
10. To Walk Forth from Flames Unscathed 06:36
The booklet contains liner notes explaining the lyrics and background of each song.
Recorded at Serpent Headed Studios.
Produced by Nile.
Mixed at OTB.
Drums engineered at Soundlab Studios.
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