New Nile album coming

SD83 · Jul 24, 2015

...and after this, I'm rather exited (sorry if there already is a thread and I was just too stupid to find it)

vilk · Jul 24, 2015

Nile was one of the first metal bands I ever got into. I saw the music video for Sarcophagus on Headbangers Ball and I was hooked instantly. I couldn't believe the vocals were so low, I thought they were like special fx or something. I went and bought their cd, and I was expecting more slow stuff like Sarcophagus--but boy was I surprised!

I've been to see the band twice (or three times? huh? I know I've seen them in 2 different places, but I thought I went to one of the places twice). And they are seriously one of the best death metal acts. Kollias is a freak. Karl Sanders bends and sustains the note for so long you think your heads gonna pop. Every Nile album I hear is great (though I doubt they'll ever top Annihilation of the Wicked), and I really enjoyed the last one even though some people apparently had a hard time with it. I can't hear this youtube video at work but I'm definitely very pumped.

Thep · Jul 24, 2015

In my opinion, this seems really uninspired. I appreciate them branching out their lyrical themes, but the lyrics themselves seem like they didn't put much thought into it.

As for the music...After listening to Nile for the past 12 years, its not that interesting anymore and sounds the same. I'm sure its still fresh for new listeners.

Andromalia · Jul 24, 2015

10€ they're going to get fatwahed or that the song will actually be distributed among the crazy islam extremists and taken at first level. :/

I also do wish Nile would stop boosting the 18k Hz frequency like mad, too.

Mprinsje · Jul 24, 2015

killer music, weaksauce lyrics IMO.

Also lol'd (or not really, it's kinda sad) at the incredible amounts of racism in those youtube comments. Holy ....balls.

PlumbTheDerps · Jul 24, 2015

Oh ..... There's the songwriting I missed on the last couple of records. This is so good. I think the lyrics are genius- they're just like your average Nile lyrics, which is a nice reminder/statement that ISIS never really moved out of the pre-modern era.

Nile · Jul 24, 2015

I like it.

Esp Griffyn · Jul 24, 2015

Music is sick, lyrics fill my spirit with rage. Ironically, some people don't seem to get that this song (while sung from the perspective of a mad mullah) is vehemently anti-ISIL and seeks to demonstrate how heinous their actions are.

Floppystrings · Jul 24, 2015

I think Nile is pissed about cool ancient stuff in Egypt getting destroyed.

The music was good, they seem to have some extra energy.

Acrid · Jul 24, 2015

Fukin epic, can't wait for the album :hbang:

neurosis · Jul 25, 2015

This album is going to be great. I sort of prefer the lower almost indecipherable vocals. maybe it was reading the lyrics in the video that made them feel disjointed from the music.

Anyway, good for them. I wonder what reactions the video will have though. Some comments are insane.

quattro19tdi · Jul 25, 2015

Awesome new song from my favorite band! :hbang:

I can't wait to hear the rest of the album!

EmaDaCuz · Jul 25, 2015

The song is pretty nice and solid, but not very Nile-ish. It sounds like an offspring of Dying Fetus raping Deeds of Flesh, with Morbid Angel giving their bless. Cool stuff.
The lyrics are not really theirs, as Karl said they "are actual direct quotes from the words of Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud".
Looking forward to hearing other songs, though.

fps · Jul 25, 2015

Why not actually write lyrics that reject these things, rather than repeat them and sing them? This right here is Poe's Law, no? If it needs a disclaimer before it to say "Just so you know, we don't believe a thing we're saying here", then hasn't the artist failed? Still, credit to them for a song on a topic few artists dare to touch.

Esp Griffyn · Jul 25, 2015

fps said:
Why not actually write lyrics that reject these things, rather than repeat them and sing them? This right here is Poe's Law, no? If it needs a disclaimer before it to say "Just so you know, we don't believe a thing we're saying here", then hasn't the artist failed? Still, credit to them for a song on a topic few artists dare to touch.

Cradle of Filth's "Nemesis" is written from the perspective of a mad mullah jihadi. No disclaimers from them, people should have sense enough to realise they aren't condoning or promoting these topics.

Also, as far as I know, ISIL have not destroyed any historical sites in Egypt, mainly because they are contained to Iraq and Syria.

fps · Jul 25, 2015

Esp Griffyn said:
Cradle of Filth's "Nemesis" is written from the perspective of a mad mullah jihadi. No disclaimers from them, people should have sense enough to realise they aren't condoning or promoting these topics.

Also, as far as I know, ISIL have not destroyed any historical sites in Egypt, mainly because they are contained to Iraq and Syria.

I guess what I'm asking is, what ARE they doing with this topic, really? It looks a lot like nothing. And yes indeed, Iraq and Syria. In the metal world, people say Slayer don't promote violence or hatred, yet in America they're notorious for attracting neo- Nazis to their gigs. People should have sense, sure, but do they? And are the songs not open enough that they are open to interpretations that have very little to do with a grinning smiley Tom Araya wearing a Chile football shirt?

Just read the Cradle lyrics, they don't specifically mention Allah, and I really think that makes them different, they're less explicit.

SD83 · Jul 25, 2015

Esp Griffyn said:
No disclaimers from them, people should have sense enough to realise they aren't condoning or promoting these topics.

That. If people misunderstand it and get offended, so be it. If you need someone to explain everything, you unlearn to think for yourself. Welcome to ISIL. I'm sure that was not a message that Nile had in mind though

fps · Jul 26, 2015

SD83 said:
That. If people misunderstand it and get offended, so be it. If you need someone to explain everything, you unlearn to think for yourself. Welcome to ISIL. I'm sure that was not a message that Nile had in mind though

You could play that to Isis themselves and they could think it an endorsement. This isn't about explaining. The words are definitely an explicit endorsement of a world view which Nile are allegedly trying to undercut by just... repeating those words, with really angry hate-filled music as a backing. How does that teach you to think for yourself again? All you're doing is bringing a western viewpoint to it and deciding to interpret the words as wrong based on that, the words and music do nothing to move a person in one direction or another, they will reinforce pre-existing cultural bias.

Nile · Jul 26, 2015

Why not write a song from their perspective? I thought that was a valid way of writing a song about a certain subject. It's not like it is sugar coated or anything, trying to show support for it or present it in a different way to present it as a favorable group.

Inverted11 · Jul 26, 2015

Pretty sick. Wonder if this got flagged by some NSA-type agency :ugh:

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