PERHAPS THE GODS DETEST NILE, BUT WE DON’T
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 11:30am by Axl RosenbergWow. For some reason I didn’t think we’d be getting a new Nile album ’til 2010, but their latest offering, Those Whom the Gods Detest, will be out November 3 on Nuclear Blast. Sweeeeet.
Here’s the cover art, which, natch, sticks to the whole Egyptian theme, but I think is still pretty cool:
And here’s what Karl Sanders told me about the new album a few months back:
“This [Nile album] is probably going to be a polar opposite to the last record… In terms of the song structures, instrumentation, things like that. There are a lot of other influences that are going to be on this record. The last two Nile records I felt were more straight ahead kind of death metal. They were big and sprawling and orchestrated out the ass with lots of stuff on it. I think for awhile we wanted to show people the more metal side of us. This new record is going in lots of different directions. The songs that are written so far have lots of layers and different ideas. It’s going to be an interesting record.”
I guess we’ll see if Karl was talkin’ da truth in November!
-AR
This is my abso-fuckin-lutely favorite band… Karl Sanders is a genius, I have yet to be disappointed.
if you wanna be dissapointed check out his “betcha cant play this” on youtube. i was gonna meet him in a bar where he was gonna be but i was too young, i like sanders but just watch that video
I’m hoping they stray away from the straight death sound. Hopefully he can bring more of what he did on his latest solo album into this new Nile offering.
Fuck that.
JUST PLAY REAL FAST!
As long as they don’t pull a 1349 and go shitstain ambient on us, I’m fine.
Yes sir that album sucked ass.
Fuck yeah! Now I have TWO albums to be excited about this fall. Baroness and NILE! What an awesome surprise
Great cover art.
Great Album title.
Killer band.
November 3rd is too far away.
hmmm i thought they were signed to nuclear blast. back with relapse i guess
they are still with nuclear blast!
I WANT!
You know what would be cool? A new Carcass album.
May the (Grind) gods hear you!!!
As long as it was in the vein of their earlier records I would love a new Carcass album.
I love every single one of Carcass’ albums. I’m sure anything they put out would be fantastic.
Nile get bonus points for spelling whom instead of who.
Great cover art – way better than that blurry mess that was “Ithyphallic”. I wasn’t too fond of “Ithyphallic”, hope this one is more in the vein of “In Their Darkened Shrines” and “Black Seeds Of Vengeance”.
anybody who claims nile sucks surely have a vagina
I have a vagina and I think Nile rules.
Holy shit, a new Nile record!!!???? And it comes out in less than 2 months? Have I been living under a rock?
This is going to rule very hard, and probably end up being one of my personal favorites for the year.