Well following on from my last article on my favourite recent death metal finds, I went on a big spree of death metal listening. Normally I like to vary my metal styles, keep it fresh but just for the past few days it has been solid death metal. Carcass, Death, Bolt Thrower, Immolation, Cryptopsy, all have passed through my ears and more. Overall I think I've made it through 20 death metal albums in the past 4 days:
1. Decapitated - Winds of Creation
2. Vader - Litany
3. Hate Eternal - King of All Kings
4. Death - Leprosy
5. Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance
6. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
7. Morbid Angel - Covenant
8. Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
9. Immolation - Here in After
10. Deicide - Once Upon the Cross
11. Cryptopsy - Whipser Supremacy
12. Vital Remains - Into Cold Darkness
13. Carcass - Necrotism
14. Suffocation - Souls to Deny
15. Immolation - Harnessing Ruin
16. Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine
17. Death - Human
18. Hypocrisy - Virus
19. Cannibal Corpse - Kill
20. Nile - Ithyphallic
Thats just going my iTunes recently played list. I tried to make a mix, old and new, technical with all out brutality, satanic to gore, and I have to say my overwhelming favourite has been Black Seeds of Vengeance by Nile. It combines wonderful technicality with suffocating atmosphere to a devastating effect. I once heard Nile being described as 'like being pummelled repeatedly over the head with a pyramid'. Can't think of any description more suited. But the thing I loved most about Nile's masterpiece is the impressive use of ethnic instrumentation. It creates a great originality and signature sound for the band. It would be a style perfected on Annihilation of the Wicked and Ithyphallic, but probably never bettered than right here.
I can't wait to see them when they tour here soon!
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The best thing about Nile, in my opinion, is their liner notes. Their explanation for the last song on Annihilation of the Wicked is hilarious--there's actually a lesson on German grammar in there! Mind you, the music is bloody good too.
I totally agree, i think its great that bands actually go into that much effort to research their lyrical material before their songs, and then put the extra effort to explain it to the listeners. Nile are by far and away the best death metal band in the world right now I feel
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