for the first time i stumbled upon nile was in my "korn" times :) i've had a metal hammer magazine at home coming along with a bonus cd. the cd featured a couple of bands including nile with the song "lashed to the slave stick" of the annihilation of the wicked album. i found it pretty extreme and didn't know if i should like it but their was a certain attraction to it.
years later i looked through the mp3 collection of a friend of mine to see if there's something interesting for me to check out. now hardened :) by bands like whitechapel, job for a cowboy, suicide silence and the like i grabbed the digital copies of "ithyphallic" and "annihilation of the wicked". all i can say is that i fell in love with them. Great music + great egyptological and lovecraftian lyrics + great liner notes to get even more involved in the topic. so now i'm working on a nile vinyl collection because their wax releases are awesome.
my first catch is "in their darkened shrines". i bought this one at ebay for a fair price. i was lucky that a different seller had another copy at auction just half an hour intermediately and so most bidder seemed to try to get the first auction's item.
i know all nile stuff upward from this record and i couldn't pick a favourite. listening to "in their darkened shrines" you close your eyes and plunge into a hot, sandy world lined with pyramids and big statues depicting gods of the underworld. fantastic...
double clear green vinyl + printed dust sleeves with all lyrics + gatefold cover with liner notes. relapse records. didn't find pressing information but i think it's limited to 500. correct me if i'm wrong.
