Name: Those Whom the Gods Detest
Brand: Nuclear Blast Int'L
SKU: 30009610
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Those Whom the Gods Detest

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Album: Those Whom the Gods Detest
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Kafir!	More Info...
2)	Hittite Dung Incantation	More Info...
3)	Utterances of the Crawling Dead	More Info...
4)	Those Whom the Gods Detest	More Info...
5)	4th Arra of Dagon	More Info...
6)	Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld	More Info...
7)	Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence	More Info...
8)	Kem Khefa Kheshef	More Info...
9)	The Eye of Ra	More Info...
10)	Iskander D'hul Karnon	More Info...

Album: Those Whom the Gods Detest
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Kafir!	More Info...
2)	Hittite Dung Incantation	More Info...
3)	Utterances of the Crawling Dead	More Info...
4)	Those Whom the Gods Detest	More Info...
5)	4th Arra of Dagon	More Info...
6)	Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld	More Info...
7)	Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence	More Info...
8)	Kem Khefa Kheshef	More Info...
9)	The Eye of Ra	More Info...
10)	Iskander D'hul Karnon	More Info...

Performer Notes

It's hard to not be impressed by the sheer sonic onslaught that is otherwise known as Nile. Except to the most hardened death metal fanatic, the genre has a way of sounding the same after a while, but Nile is one of the few exceptions -- able to put their own unmistakable fingerprints on this heavy duty style (Egyptian-influenced lyrics and musical bits, highly impressive instrumental dexterity, etc.). And on their sixth studio effort overall, 2009's Those Whom the Gods Detest, Nile has once again proven that they are a step ahead of the rest of the pack. Although some of the sonic depth has to be attributed to producer Neil Kernon (after all, he worked with such sticklers for audio perfection as Queensr?che in the past), it's the true metallic fury that Nile create themselves that makes it all extremely impressive. Case in point, such delicious death metal ditties as "Kafir!," while on selections such as the title track and what's sure to be top metal song title of 2009, "Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence," Karl Sanders shows why he is considered by many to be the finest guitarist of the extreme metal genre (both songs incorporate Sanders' love of all things Middle Eastern). "Exotic" and "heavy metal" are not often terms used together, but in the case of Those Whom the Gods Detest, they go together as splendidly as peanut butter and jelly. ~ Greg Prato