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Oblivion – Called to Rise

Filed Under: Reviews
Mar.25, 2013

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Called To Rise

01. Oblivion Part I: The Chant Of Tyrants
02. Black Veils Of Justice
03. Between Suns of Light
04. Binary Souls
05. Reclamation
06. Canon in D Minor
07. Annunaki
08. Reigns in Fire
09. Cancer in Wraiths
10. Multiverse
11. Oblivion Part II: Infinite Descent

[01/01/13]
[Self Released]

Technical death metal is, admittedly, a rather demanding genre to be a part of. Even when disregarding the usual musical tropes such as song structure, melody, and memorability, the sheer instrumental virtuosity required makes for enough of a filter to wade off most aspiring musicians. Naturally, the real difficulty lies in not disregarding said tropes, rather incorporating them tastefully into the music while staying true to the foundations; but when even the “bad” bands that comprise the genre have to be, in a way, masters of their craft, it’s evident why very few actually reach the plateau of near-universal recognition and praise. Enter Oblivion, a Bay Area-based supergroup of sorts that, while still in their infancy  as a band, have a good deal of mileage within their individual careers.  Sporting members such as All Shall Perish founding member Ben Orum on bass, and music professor/award-winning composer Nick Vasallo on vocals, Oblivion certainly possess enough potential to join the pantheon of tech-death heavyweights even on their first release. But, does Called to Rise really see this potential come to fruition?

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PHOTOS: Nile — March 7th at Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia, PA

Filed Under: Live, Photos, Tours and Rumors of Tours
Mar.08, 2013

Nile 2013 tour

Death metal titans Nile are currently on tour across North America in support of their latest record At The Gates Of Sethu, and they’re pulling double duty the whole way through by playing two full sets featuring songs spanning the group’s entire career. Nile are taking along no regular support across this tour either, instead opting exclusively for local openers. Regular contributor Maclyn Bean attended the Philadelphia stop of the tour on March 7th to photograph the show, which you can see below.

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Farewell, 2012: Nayon’s Top 15 Albums of 2012

Filed Under: Lists!
Dec.21, 2012

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Let’s celebrate with champagne

Because it’s that time of the year again

When everyone gives each other gifts

And makes end of the year lists

2012 was a great year

Many albums I did revere

But only a few I must choose

Now before more rhymes I abuse

Let’s get to the favorite albums

So take this list into your cerebellums

(Yes, I know that the cerebellum doesn’t do that, shut up!)

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Nile Will Molest You With Flame

Filed Under: Video
Nov.29, 2012

Legendary Egyptian-themed death metallers Nile have released a video for the opening track of their latest album At the Gates of Sethu, titled ‘Enduring the Eternal Molestation of Flame’. The video has a theme of ritual sacrifice interspersed with performance shots of the band. It does a good job of highlighting the grisly, dirty aspect of Nile’s music. It’s probably their best video yet. The song is also one of the best songs of the album, so definitely check this video out! Also of note is that the song was written without time signatures, the band just rolled with the recording and thus measures constantly spill over, which makes this a very hard track to perform! Yet another reason for why Nile are awesome, as if anyone needed any more reasons.

-NT

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Rapidfire Reviews: Konkeror, God Seed, & Mokoma

Filed Under: Reviews
Nov.09, 2012


Konkeror – The Abysmal Horizons

[08/21/12]
[Self-Released]

Hailing from Detroit, Konkeror are a no-frills death metal band. They self-released their album so it was a bit under the radar, but their blend of death metal that is influenced by Nile, Behemoth and older Morbid Angel is definitely impressive for a new band. Their production is top notch; and their riffing and drumming are tight, fast and bludgeoningly heavy. The occasionally middle-eastern influenced songwriting definitely evokes their influences heavily, but their sound is original enough to be recognizable. There is something distinctly oldschool about Konkeror, the drumming doesn’t resort to having fills at the end of every measure like a lot of modern death metal bands tend to, instead it’s usually a constant assault of blast beating. This might be odd for some newer listeners, but most old school death metal fans prefer this. At other times, the riffing is very modern in the sense of newer Behemoth, and the band’s juxtaposition of these styles in a way that alienates fans of neither makes them worth attention. An incredibly solid debut with great songwriting, The Abysmal Horizons should put Konkeror on the map with other big names of death metal.

4/5

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Full Sets Of Pro-Shot Footage From Bloodstock, Including Nile, Machine Head, Behemoth And More!

Filed Under: Live, Video
Aug.15, 2012

Bloodstock is by far the best festival in the UK. Every year has an better line-up than the last and the atmosphere is so friendly and down to earth, that it’s hard to not return each and every time. However, this year it just didn’t work out for me and with a line up including Nile, Behemoth, Machine Head, Deicide and Alice Cooper, by the time August rolled around, I just had to resign myself to waiting for those bands to come around another time.

But thankfully this cloud had a silver lining, in the form of a live-stream of the main stage that would be showing nearly all the bands over the weekend. So while I didn’t get to camp in a puddle or drink way too much and do terrible karaoke to Pantera songs, I still managed to catch quite a few bands through the stream and, naturally, it wasn’t long before they ended up on YouTube. So here’s a collection of performances, more after the jump!

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70,000 Tons Of Metal 2013 Announces First Wave Of Bands, Featuring In Flames and Nile

Filed Under: Tours and Rumors of Tours
Jun.27, 2012

Music cruises seem to be the big thing coming up in the metal festival world. I’ve even been super excited about Barge To Hell this year, which includes bands such as At The Gates, Soilwork, and Enslaved. I’ll be all up on that this December. However, if you can’t make it on The Barge, it’s sister cruise 70,000 Tons of Metal (which takes off January 28th), might be a good bet. They’ve just announced the first wave of bands for the cruise, and it is as follows:

ANACRUSIS
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
DORO
HELSTAR
IMMOLATION
IN FLAMES
LACUNA COIL
NILE
SABATON
SUBWAY TO SALLY

I’ve only ever heard of half those bands, but it still looks like it’s going to be a good one. More will be announced in the coming months! For more information, visit the 70,000 Tons of Metal website.

- JR

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Nile – At The Gate Of Sethu

Filed Under: Reviews
Jun.21, 2012

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At The Gate Of Sethu

01. Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame
02. The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of The Deceased
03. The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh
04. When My Wrath Is Done
05. Slaves Of Xul
06. The Gods Who Light Up The Sky At The Gate Of Sethu
07. Natural Liberation Of Fear Through The Ritual Deception Of Death
08. Ethno-Musicologial Cannibalisms
09. Tribunal Of The Dead
10. Supreme Humanism Of Megalomania
11. The Chaining Of The Iniquitous

[07/03/12]
[Nuclear Blast Records]

What can be said about Nile that hasn’t already been said before? The Ancient Egyptian historians, some of the fastest musicians in the game right now, and some of the most memorable songs to come out of the death metal scene since all the classic Cannibal Corpse records of the early ‘90s. They really don’t have one bad record; just records from the early stages before they began evolving and making progress. Their last record Those Whom The Gods Detest was one of the best death metal releases to come out of 2009, beating out Cannibal Corpse, Obscura, and even Suffocation in terms of overall brutality and technicality. After such a monumental success, can their new album live up to the hype? Sadly, it can not.

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Nile Will Steal Your Magick

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases
May.29, 2012

Nile are one of my favorite death metal bands. They have a no-bullshit attitude while sticking to their concept of Egyptian mythology, and they’re all crazy good at their instruments. Well, they’re releasing a new album soon, titled At The Gate of Sethu, and they’ve released a new song!  Are you ready? It’s called ‘The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased’, and you can check it out below.

At first, this song might be off-putting to some Nile fans, especially if they’re more familiar with the newer work of the band. However, the production, the disgusting (in a good way) vocals, the riffing, all of these are very reminiscent of the first two albums of Nile. Furthermore, I can hear elements from every single Nile album in this song. If you’re a longtime Nile fan I’d wager that you’d love this song. I do, and I’m excited for the new album, which will be out on Nuclear Blast on July 3rd. You can see the full track listing after the jump.

- NT

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Art and Release Date for Nile’s At The Gate Of Sethu Revealed

Filed Under: Upcoming releases
Apr.26, 2012

I was never a fan of brutal tech death metal legends Nile, but my tastes have changed since I last tried to give them a good hard listen, so their upcoming album might be a great avenue to try to get into them. The band previously announced their new album At The Gate Of Sethu a month or so back, but now there’s a tad bit more to tell! The follow up to 2009′s Those Whom The Gods Detest will see a July 3rd release via Nuclear Blast Records.

The new cover art (above) at least looks better than anything they’ve ever slapped on their albums. For those of you out there more well versed in Nile than I, what’s a good starting point? I want to cross them off my list of bands to stop being a lazy dick about.

- JR

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