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Nile Format: Audio CD

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Relapse Records is an American independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990. The label features many grindcore, death metal, metalcore and sludge metal artists.

Track Listings

1	The Blessed Dead
2	Execration Text
3	Sarcophagus
4	Kheftiu Asar Butchiu
5	Unas, Slayer Of The Gods
6	Churning The Maelstrom
7	I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead
8	Wind Of Horus
9	Hall Of Saurian Entombment
10	Invocation To Seditious Heresy
11	Destruction Of The Temple Of The Enemies Of Ra
12	Ruins

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ARguably the perfect combination of the old and new school of metal, Nile blends ferocious power and astrouding technical prowess with mesmerizing dynamic and resounding songs. It's epic death metal.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.96 x 5.59 x 0.41 inches; 3.52 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Relapse
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 82 3 00000812
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2005
Run time ‏ : ‎ 59 minutes
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Relapse
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006FYFY
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Wheelchair Assassin

Nile slay once again

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2002

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Coming off the masterful "Black Seeds of Vengeance," Nile have returned with another ambitious project. "In Their Darkened Shrines" again showcases the unbridled creativity and awe-inspiring technicality that make Nile such a unique and excellent band. With their innovative dynamics and heavy use of Egyptian themes, Nile have managed to bring something extremely valuable to death metal: a fresh sound. Their lyrics often read more like they were written by a bunch of history majors than by a killer death metal band, but Nile are dead serious when it comes to creating crushingly heavy music.
I'll admit a was a little nervous when I read about the departure of two members of the "Black Seeds of Vengeance" lineup, most notably massively skilled drummer Pete Hammoura. However, I was relieved to find that new skinsman Tony Laureano does an excellent job of filling his predecessor's kit. Perhaps the highest compliment I can pay to Tony is that if I didn't know better I'd swear Pete hadn't left. He manages to match Pete fill for fill and blastbeat for blastbeat, and that's no small task. And Karl Sanders and Dallas Toler-Wade are once again rock-solid on guitars.
Although the first four songs on "In Their Darkened Shrines" are all strong, the album really kicks into high gear with the almost-indescribable "Unas, Slayer of the Gods." Nile had shown somewhat of an inclination toward epic songwriting on "BSOV," and that tendency culminates with "Unas." At more than eleven and a half bruising minutes, the song is chock full of tempo changes, stunning musical interludes, and the band's trademark Egyptian/Middle-Eastern elements. The lyrics, meanwhile, tell a frightening tale of an Egyptian Pharaoh's legend in Nile's typically foreboding style. It's just an amazing song, one of the best in death-metal history.
Although I chose to single out "Unas, Slayer of the Gods," it's important to note that every song on "In Their Darkened Shrines" is solid at the very least. Some may take a little time to get going, but this isn't supposed to be easy listening. With some patience and attention, the payoff will come, and when it does it's more than worth the wait. I'm trying to be really careful with my five-star ratings, but the only reason this album doesn't get one is that the vocals don't guite reach the levels attained by the music. Still, "In Their Darkened Shrines" gets my highest four-star rating, and my utmost recommendation for ALL metal fans.

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A. Stutheit

There's death metal, then there's Nile

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2006

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Nile's third full length release is generally thought of by fans as being their best. And with good reason, too! "In Their Darkened Shrines" is a masterful blend of dark, brooding, fascinating, epic, and very finely, meticulously crafted songs. Much of it is as technical and brutal as any Cryptopsy record, but it also offsets these heavy parts with creative, melodic ones. Most of the songs are full of bludgeoning, gnarly guitar riffs, airtight double bass drumming, and very deep--but not quite monstrous--bellows. But several of the other tracks are melodic, atmospheric, and experimental. And this isn't your typical tribal beat metal album, either, as it's much more creative than that. Frontman Karl Sanders (who is famous for this type of thing) dabbles in beautiful string arrangements, keyboards, (what sounds like) a French horn, and Middle Eastern (mainly Egyptian) and even Oriental instruments.

The first song, "The Blessed Dead," storms out of the starting gate with a pounding rhythm, thunderous riffs, insistent, walloping drums, and even a ripping guitar solo. The proceeding song, "Execration Text," features careening guitars and also retains the super fast, ultra heavy double kick drums. Other highlights of the heavy songs include the massive third track, "Sarcophagus," which is slower but equally as heavy, "Kheftiu Asar Butchiu," which brings a hyper speed death metal blast, bludgeoning riffs, and a long, searing solo to top it all off, and the buzzsaw guitar flurry on "Wind Of Hours."

"Ruins" is a slow, somewhat ambient album closer, but it's the only completely peaceful song on this entire disc. "Unas Slayer Of The Gods" and "I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead" are two partially melodic songs, but they are also partially brutal. The former is one very big highpoint of the album. It's an eleven and a half minute epic which begins with a pretty string arrangement before launching into another fast onslaught and eventually becoming melodic again (with what could be a Japanese or Chinese gong). And the latter song ("I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead") has a great soft-loud dynamic, as it alternates between surging, jackhammer thrash rhythms and slow, haunting, melodic sections with ominous, echoing guitar strums.

In short, this might be the most expansive and best work of Nile's twelve year career. It's easily one of the best death metal records of The Twenty-First Century, and this disc is also about as addictive, technical, dark, creative, interesting, and all around brilliant as extreme music (and music in general) gets nowadays. "In Their Darkened Shrines" is very highly recommended listening.

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Music from another galaxy.

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2006

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The first time I heard this Cd I was left with my mouth hanging open in disbelief of what I had just heard. If there are any fellow 'old guys' of Death Metal reading this like me and remember what their faces looked like when the godfather's like Deicide, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse and Death emerged on the scene to slay minds forevermore, you will have a much more amazed look on your face when first hearing Nile. Musical skills alone make these guys unable to be really copied, I think. Cryptopsy are probably the only other band I can think of where you know there can be no copies. It's just impossible when you're dealing with bands that can play this amazing. There's no need to go into a song by song analogy, no need to talk about sound or anything else for that matter. If you like Death Metal you will love Nile: that simple. There will never be another like them. Easy 5 stars.

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IGOR TAN

the special characteristics of their music - Nile rules !!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021

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CD arrived in good condition & faster than expected from estimed delivery time, Fast as the music too. Nile deathmetal & i collected for some album.

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Homer Bilbo

Brutality mixed with a dash of epicness

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2010

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This is not my favorite album of Nile but it is pretty rock solid. I pretty much bought it for the song Unas, slayer of the gods. It was an album only track that couldn't be downloaded so I had to drop the money for a cd but it's worth the extra dough. It's a butt kicking epic. And it's worth buying the album for the insightful liner notes written by the well read scholar Karl Sanders. Well, I assume he is well read. As with other Nile albums the album is loaded with speed and technical guitar playing. If you like your death metal epic then this is a good pick up.

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todd

Awesome cd

Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2023

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I love the cd! 5 out 5! And fast delivery too!!

Martin O'Connell

Nile!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2022

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Excellent album from the tech death metal legends

Simone

un muro sonoro distruttivo

Reviewed in Italy on September 24, 2015

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questo disco è una bomba, insieme al predecessore "black seeds of vengeance" sono considerati dei capolavori del genere. in their darkned shrines però è un gradino sopra, la tecnica è stata affinata, il sound è migliorato, e nella formazione oltre al formidabile duo chitarristico/voce inseparabile, composto da sanders e dallas, abbiamo un mastodontico jon vesano, che oltre a suonare il basso fa da cantante insieme agli altri due (3 cantanti!), poi c'è una macchina da guerra che porta il nome di tony laureano dietro la batteria, considerato uno dei migliori batteristi del genere, e ascoltando il disco scoprirete perchè. insomma con questa formazione hanno sfornato molto probabilmente il loro più grande disco, portando in musica i miti cthulhu, e ovviamente dell'antico egitto. il suono non lascia scampo, maestoso, oscuro, ed evocativo, che ti prende per la gola e ti porta direttamente nelle catacombe, canzoni devastanti, di una brutalità unica, come the blessed dead , execration text, a tracce come sarcophagus, traccia insolita per via della sua lentezza, oscura ed evocativa che, a parer mio, è uno dei picchi più alti di questo capolavoro. il disco continua con la sua forza distruttrice, e si conclude con una suite, la title track, divisa in 4 capitoli, c'è poco da aggiungere, è un vero viaggio. insomma, questo a parer mio è uno dei dischi più belli del brutal death metal, provare per credere, grandi Nile!

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RAUL GWIRIS

GRAN ALBUM

Reviewed in Mexico on January 12, 2022

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Gran disco y la version de album doble y en la edicion de plastico verde salpicado es hermosa.

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Falsche Beschreibung des Angebots

Reviewed in Germany on May 12, 2022

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Digi Pack stand im Angebot, tatsächlich geliefert wurde ein normales Jewel Case.

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