Nile

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Nile is a brutal / technical death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, USA assembled in 1993. Nile's music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian mysticism, history, religion and art.

Nile's music is written mostly by founding member and vocalist / guitarist Karl Sanders. Nile 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 Nile has received acknowledgment from many music fans and journalists[citation needed] – and its extremely 'heavy' riffing, due to Nile's guitar and bass tunings.

The lyrical content is based on Karl Sanders' interest in Egyptology as well as 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 albums, explaining the inspiration or source for the lyrics of each song. Also, some of the songs are based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft, an early 20th century author, who has also inspired many other bands from various genres.

Karl Sanders has also released one solo album called Saurian Meditation.

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

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