Page 29 - RYAN'S GIG GUIDE June 2014

Formed in by Karl Sanders (guitar/vo
cals) Chief Spires (bass/vocals) and Pete
Hammoura (drums) NILE soon started com
bining their interest in Egyptian history cul
ture and lore with the ferocity of modern
death metal Using a symphonic approach to
song writing and arrangement NILE un
leashed an uncompromising attack that fused
technical death metal with organic Middle
Eastern tones Their unique lyrical bias was in
spired by Sander’s interpretation of ancient
Egyptian inscriptions temple carvings papyri
hieroglyphics and tomb paintings depicting
ancient battles rituals and religious cere
monies
In this vein after Dallas Toler Wade had
come aboard in the band created nu
merous soon to be technical death metal clas
sics such as their debut “Amongst The
Catacombs Of Nephren Ka" the hugely suc
cessful follow up "Black Seeds Of Vengeance"
(“album of the year” in Terrorizer mag
azine) and the release "In Their Dark
ened Shrines" Three years after that
“Annihilation Of The Wicked" marked another
milestone in NILE’s carreer by entering the
Swedish album charts at an incredible rank
! The following addition of drumming sen
sation George Kollias strengthened an already
stellar line up of musicians
In summer NILE guided you down into
the depths of their ominous catacombs to tor
ture your souls with the darkest tunes in a
long time! As far as the sound is concerned
“At The Gate Of Sethu” can be considered a re
turn to the era of “Amongst The Catacombs
Of Nephren Ka” and “In Their Darkened
Shrines” with main man Karl Sanders deliver
ing the most evil vocals of his entire career
while his sidekicks are creating massive sound
walls of pure dooming nightmarish atmos
phere around you from which you can’t es
cape Overall “At The Gate Of Sethu” was
created true to a credo that Karl sums up with
the words: “We’re following a high and pure
purpose – creating music in order to plant evil
emotions into the hearts brains and ears of
our listeners!”
Mission accomplished!
JUNE
26 Egyptian inspired death metal from the USA - Nile
'At The Gate Of Sethu' tour
“This album sends you right into the deepest catacombs and the song
structures with their brutal psychological effect will make you want
to scream: `Yeah that hurts – please beat me again with such
merciless intensity!” Karl Sanders