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Death metal is such a limitless genre. You can do whatever you'd like. It can be over the top technical or slow. Brutal or insane and it's all so good. When we made "Visions of Death" it just came out with a natural old school-ish vibe and that's great, but our newer material has a much more modern technical vibe. I love how death metal has evolved.
For me, death metal should be heavy as fuck, brutal (which doesn't necessarily mean "fast"), atmospheric and evil. If the "evil" thing is not there, you can't label yourself death metal, that's a fact. I'm so fucking close minded when it comes to metal music... I listen to the SAME hard rock, heavy, thrash, doom, death and black metal that I used to listen to 15 years ago.
South Carolina death metal Egyptologists Nile might just have done the impossible. Their first four records on Relapse Records set the ground for something big to happen. Upon signing to Nuclear Blast Records in 2006 and releasing the decidedly hit-and-miss "Ithyphallic" in 2007 they seemed to be loosing momentum. Now, some two years later, Nile have written what can be only called a spiritual successor to "The Black Seeds Of Vengeance" and "In Their Darkened Shrines". Combining the primal fury of "The Black Seeds Of Vengeance" with the epic songcraft of "In Their Darkened Shrines" this new record sees Nile at their finest, delivering a watershed record. From the bestial opener 'Kafir!', the fast 'Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld', to the melodic Egyptian chants in the title track – everything about this record sits just right. The vocal interaction between Karl Sanders and Dallas Toler-Wade is perhaps the best in the genre, although the three-way vocal work of "In Their Darkened Shrines" remains unmatched. Sanders is vocally again more present on this album and drummer George Kollias has become more involved in the songwriting process. Recorded at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with Neil Kernon (Cannibal Corpse, Nevermore), drum production by in-house producer Erik Rutan (Goatwhore, Vital Remains). The cover artwork, a depiction of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, is a possible reference to the album's title and the Pharaoh's unpopular religious reforms, was created by Michal "Xaay" Loranc (Behemoth, Cerebrum, Karl Sanders). "Those Whom the Gods Detest" sees Nile at the heights of its power and is without a doubt their strongest offering to date.http://www.nuclearblast.decomment itWouter 8
infection / 2010-01-22 - 10:48:24 (CET)
#1This album is really sick! I saw them live and the these tunes are fucking vicious. Nile rules.Groteska / 2010-02-10 - 12:41:07 (CET)
#2It is a solid album, and if you like Nile you will not be disappointed, but calling it "... without a doubt their strongest offering to date." is simply not true.