Nile (band)

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Nile
Nile performing live at Ozzfest on August 27, 2007 in Springfield, Virginia.
Background information
Origin	Greenville, South Carolina
Genre(s)	Technical death metal Brutal death metal
Years active	1993−present
Label(s)	Relapse Nuclear Blast Megaforce
Associated acts	1349, Acheron, Angelcorpse, Belphegor, The Black Dahlia Murder, Brujeria, God Dethroned, Hate Eternal, Malevolent Creation, Nachtmystium, Nightfall
Website	www.nile-catacombs.net
Members
Karl Sanders Dallas Toler-Wade George Kollias Chris Lollis
Former members
See below

Nile is a brutal / technical death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina that assembled in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian mysticism, history, religion, art, and the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.

History

Nile's music is written mostly by founding member and vocalist/guitarist Karl Sanders. It combines traditional and technical death metal with elements of Middle Eastern music, incorporating traditional Egyptian instruments in some songs. Nile's music is also characterized by its extreme complexity and speed – for which the band has received acknowledgment from many music fans and journalists and its extremely "heavy" riffing, due to Nile's guitar and bass tunings.^{[citation needed]}

Much of the lyrical content is based on Karl Sanders' interest in Egyptology and other ancient Middle Eastern cultures, such as Mesopotamia. Lengthy sleeve notes are included with the albums Black Seeds of Vengeance, In Their Darkened Shrines and Annihilation of the Wicked, explaining the inspiration or source for the lyrics of each song. Some songs, moreover, are based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft, whose writing has strongly influenced the style and grammatical peculiarities of Nile's lyrics.

In May 2006, Nile signed a recording contract with Nuclear Blast. On February 26, 2007, Nile entered the studio and began recording their fifth full-length album entitled Ithyphallic, which was their first release with Nuclear Blast. Karl Sanders had confirmed a release date of June 29 via a posting on the band's message board, which was later pushed back to July 20, 2007. As a special bonus, Nuclear Blast gave several fans the opportunity to listen to the new album two weeks before its release if they could decipher a hieroglyphic message, of which "papyrus" was the answer.

On March 21, 2007, Nile was confirmed as a "Second Stage" act for Ozzfest 2007. A message from Karl Sanders via Nile's MySpace page indicated that they were excited to finally bring true death metal to an Ozzfest audience. In March/April 2008, Nile went on a USA headlining tour with Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Unexpect, and Warbringer.^[1] In September/October 2008, Nile will set out on a European headlining tour with Grave and Belphegor.^[2]

Band members

Current members

• Karl Sanders − vocals, guitars, keyboards, additional instruments (1993−present)
• Dallas Toler-Wade − vocals, guitars (1996−present)
• George Kollias − drums, percussion (2004−present)
• Chris Lollis − bass, vocals (live, 2007−present)

Former members

• John Ellers − guitars (1996−1997)
• Pete Hammoura − drums, percussion, vocals (1993−2000)
• Derek Roddy − drums, percussion (2000)
• Chief Spires − bass, vocals (1993−2001)
• Tony Laureano − drums, percussion (2000−2004)
• Jon Vesano − bass, vocals (2000−2005)

Live members

• Tim Yeung − drums, percussion (live, 2003)
• Joe Payne − bass, vocals (live, 2005−2007)

Discography

Main article: Nile discography

Studio albums

• Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka (1998)
• Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000)
• In Their Darkened Shrines (2002)
• Annihilation of the Wicked (2005)
• Ithyphallic (2007)

See also

• List of bands named after places

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Nile

• Nile Official homepage
• Nile Official MySpace page
• Unofficial Nile homepage
• Official Nile forum
• Relapse Records - Nile's former Record Label
• Nuclear Blast Nile's new Record Label
• Nile discography at MusicBrainz
• Reviews and interviews at Chronicles of Chaos
• Nile at The Gauntlet