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/:: Artist :: Nile ::\
:: Album :: What Should Not Be Unearthed ::
:: Year :: 2015 ::
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:: . Genre :: Death Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Nuclear Blast R.date :: 2015.09.05 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: NB33342 Size :: 102,73 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo .
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Website :: http://www.nile-catacombs.net/
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:: 01. Call to Destruction 05:46 ::
:: 02. Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep 04:14 ::
:: 03. Liber Stellae - Rubaeae 03:48 ::
:: 04. In the Name of Amun 06:50 ::
:: 05. What Should Not Be Unearthed 06:58 ::
:: 06. Evil to Cast Out Evil 05:38 ::
:: 07. Age of Famine 04:12 ::
:: 08. Ushabti Reanimator 01:31 ::
:: 09. Rape of the Black Earth 04:35 ::
:: 10. To Walk Forth from Flames Unscathed 06:36 ::
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:: ::
:: NILE are ready to unleash their new, eighth bone-crushing ::
:: masterpiece to the masses now - "What Should Not Be ::
:: Unearthed". ::
:: ::
:: The band had only one goal for their new record: "The goal ::
:: for the new record was sheer epic brutality," guitarist Karl ::
:: Sanders jokes, but then he answers seriously: "Really ::
:: though, the focus this time around is on brutal Heavy Metal ::
:: riffing and songwriting; kind of like of an "Annihilation Of ::
:: The Wicked" approach but very streamlined to achieve maximum ::
:: destructive impact. So we believe that we have a truly ::
:: crushing disc to bring to metal fans. Although "Unearthed" ::
:: is still full of the kind of undeniable musicianship people ::
:: have come to expect from us over the years, itÆs the songs ::
:: themselves that will hit listeners over the head this time ::
:: around." ::
:: ::
:: The production of "What Should Not Be Unearthed" was handled ::
:: by the band at Sanders' own Serpent Headed Studios. All the ::
:: tracking was done there too, except for the initial drum ::
:: tracking, which was done with Bob Moore at Soundlab in ::
:: Columbia. "It all went fairly smooth, although as we all ::
:: know, no record is without its share of challenges," the ::
:: guitarist tells. "Overall, though, I can say that this time ::
:: around the recording/composing/rehearsing was a rewarding ::
:: and enjoyable experience, and the band worked together as a ::
:: team with a level of consistence and confidence in a way ::
:: IÆve not seen since the golden early years of working with ::
:: original NILE drummer Pete Hammoura." After all recordings ::
:: were done, Neil Kernon in Chicago did the final mix of "What ::
:: Should Not Be Unearthed". ::
:: ::
:: The artwork was created by Michal "Xaay" Loranc. "I ::
:: excavated the theories of an elder ancient civilization ::
:: which could give the origin to ancient Egypt," Xaay starts ::
:: to tell about the background of the cover. "That's why you ::
:: can find a new ingredient in the band imagery, pointing at ::
:: some higher obscure intelligence, eroding and covered with ::
:: time. That trace of a dismal legacy is resembled in the ::
:: outer structure which radiates from the block, sealing the ::
:: unknown, and it's only an adumbration of what we will meet, ::
:: once it is removed. The pyramid-shaped seal in the center ::
:: doesn't contain a recipe for some camel stew or a pharaoh's ::
:: dining menu. An experienced eye will notice hieroglyphs ::
:: taken from the 'Book Of The Dead', or the Seven Islands of ::
:: Amentet glyph - depicting the ancient underworld, and ::
:: describing the elder reign of God-kings, which had ended ::
:: circa 9850 B.C. (perhaps some similarity with that of ::
:: Atlantis?)." But the main thing of the artwork is a winged ::
:: scarab sign in the exact center: "We all know this most ::
:: common Egyptian artifact giving protection... so the message ::
:: is pretty clear... I hope it may become another fine element ::
:: in band's repository for the NILE themed tattoos. To sum it ::
:: up: This album is definitely not a box of candies. Keep in ::
:: mind that opening the package means you will deal with the ::
:: deadliest essence..." ::
:: ::
:: Once again, the title and the lyrical themes of NILEÆs album ::
:: are heavily inspired by old Egypt and archaeology: "'What ::
:: Should Not Be Unearthed' is somewhat like the idea that what ::
:: if archaeologists accidentally dug up something, so old and ::
:: unimaginable in its implications of the origin of humanity ::
:: that it rocked the foundations of modern civilization," ::
:: explains guitarist Karl Sanders and continues: "As if ::
:: everything we all believed to be true about humans, our ::
:: history, and our place in the universe were shown to be so ::
:: horribly wrong by these new discoveries that it drove the ::
:: general population to madness and despair. It's a classic ::
:: Lovecraftian sort of idea. Basically, this song grew out of ::
:: the concept - of the many recent excavations in Egypt ::
:: containing fantastical discoveries." ::
:: ::
:: Altogether, Karl Sanders says: "Sethu and Ithyphallic - ::
:: while full of incredible musicianship and unique songwriting ::
:: approaches - were not ever intended to be definitive NILE ::
:: records. They were representative of where we were and how ::
:: we felt as a band and as musicians at those points in our ::
:: careers." ::
:: ::
:: "Unearthed is somewhat reactionary in that aspect; it's a ::
:: record that we are confident NILE fans will love," the ::
:: guitarist promises and closes: "In that respect, some of ::
:: these tracks will be instant NILE classics and fan ::
:: favorites: If someone can listen to tracks like 'Call To ::
:: Destruction' or 'Evil To Cast Out Evil' and somehow NOT feel ::
:: that intoxicating, empowering rush of metal adrenaline and ::
:: feel compelled to raise the horns in metal, I would be ::
:: genuinely shocked." ::
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