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Release date: 23 May 2005
Style: Brutal death metal, Technical death metal

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01. Dusk Falls Upon The Temple Of The Serpent On The Mount Of Sunrise
02. Cast Down The Heretic
03. Sacrifice Unto Sebek
04. User-Maat-Re
05. The Burning Pits Of The Duat
06. Chapter Of Obeisance Before Giving Breath To The Inert One In The Presence Of The Crescent-Shaped Horns
07. Lashed To The Slave Stick
08. Spawn Of Uamenti
09. Annihilation Of The Wicked
10. Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten
11. Sss Haa Set Yoth [Japanese bonus]

The Best Death Metal Album Of 2005

Reviews (2)
Lyrics (10)


Line-up
Karl Sanders - guitars, lead vocals, bağlama, saz, keyboards, bouzouki
Dallas Toler-Wade - guitars, vocals
George Kollias - drums, percussion
Jon Vesano - bass, vocals

Guest musicians
Mike Breazale - exorcism chants, pazuzu bowl


Additional info
Recorded at The Sound Lab in Columbia, South Carolina, December 2004 - January 2005
Mixed at Rax Trax in Chicago
Recorded, mixed and produced by Neil Kernon
Recording engineer: Bob Moore

The collector's edition (5,000 copies) comes in a tin box with a custom Serpent-Ankh necklace, full-color album poster, vinyl sticker, and embroidered patch

Vinyl presses:
100 clear
200 blue swirl/black
700 tan
900 gray
1500 black (180g)

Release date for North America: 24 May 2005

Guest review by
Passenger

Rating:
9.0
In such an over explored style like Death Metal it takes a really original and virtuous band to achieve success and project their name to the top of the fans' list of favourites right on their first album. But you just started to read a review about Nile, so you already know that they are unmatchable and dominate all their instruments with the most perfect chaotic precision; to expect the best is never a mistake. "Annihilation Of The Wicked" is their fourth strike, the follow up for the masterpiece "In Their Darkened Shrines", and, well, if there was a lot to be said about the past works there's probably even more to say about this one.

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published 03.07.2005 | Comments (24)

Guest review by
danielllewis

Rating:
9.4
What else can be said about Nile? They are far greater than the average death metal band with how they manage to successfully combine raw brutality and technicality with melodic and doomy elements, all topped off with an Egyptian theme. Annihilation Of The Wicked is no exception. If for some reason you haven't heard Nile before, you're in for a treat. With Annihilation Of The Wicked, Nile has taken what they had done before, and improved upon it in every way.

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published 29.05.2009 | Comments (14)

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derplo - 13.07.2010 at 09:27  
  Tasty album
I_Die_Often - 13.07.2010 at 15:25  
Rating: 10 Great album!
*MetalSlave* - 23.02.2011 at 14:58  
  Masterpiece..!
wormdrink414 - 09.03.2011 at 07:29  
Rating: 9 Nile is the only death metal band that comes to mind that has unquestionably benefited from cleaner production.
Deadmeat - 09.03.2011 at 17:24  
Rating: 9
Written by wormdrink414 on 09.03.2011 at 07:29

Nile is the only death metal band that comes to mind that has unquestionably benefited from cleaner production.

why, dying fetus or suffocation didnt have?
wormdrink414 - 09.03.2011 at 22:23  
Rating: 9
Written by Deadmeat on 09.03.2011 at 17:24

Written by wormdrink414 on 09.03.2011 at 07:29

Nile is the only death metal band that comes to mind that has unquestionably benefited from cleaner production.

why, dying fetus or suffocation didnt have?


Maybe Dying Fetus, but I don't think Suffocation has. But this is obviously a matter of opinion.
DeathMetal - 01.05.2011 at 07:08  
Rating: 8 HEAD BANGING TO IT RIGHT NOW!!
JD - 28.07.2011 at 21:44  
Rating: 10 Easily one of my all time favorite albums _/\_
king_matt - 15.11.2011 at 23:34  
Rating: 9 A bit overrated but still pretty awesome \m/
Oaken - 21.06.2012 at 00:57  
Rating: 9 Great album. It has some amazing tracks, especially "Cast Down The Heretic" and "Lashed To The Slave Stick".
BanksD - 15.07.2012 at 04:29  
Rating: 10 My favorite death metal album.


I could seriously listen to it all day
HAAZBRUTAL8666 - 19.11.2012 at 14:55  
Rating: 10 One of my favorite death metal albums of all time!!!
EMols86 - 10.12.2012 at 22:50  
Rating: 9 One of my favourite death metal albums too (which isn't hard considering death metal isn't one of my favourite subgenres). The last (10th) song is the only track I like a bit less than the others, while my favourites are Lashed To The Slave Stick (whatever the hell that means, but it sounds cool) and Annihilation Of The Wicked.
Maco - 10.02.2013 at 20:32  
Rating: 2 TOO FUCKING TECHNICAL, is this shit "brutal"? it's too much for me
Mr. Doctor - 10.02.2013 at 21:30  
 
Written by Maco on 10.02.2013 at 20:32
TOO FUCKING TECHNICAL


Yet you have no problem with the later Death albums which are waaaaay more technical than this? That's quite qeird to say the least.
Maco - 10.02.2013 at 21:42  
Rating: 2
Written by Mr. Doctor on 10.02.2013 at 21:30

Written by Maco on 10.02.2013 at 20:32
TOO FUCKING TECHNICAL


Yet you have no problem with the later Death albums which are waaaaay more technical than this? That's quite qeird to say the least.



i don't feel it more technical, in other case i found it catchy, like necrophagist or antropofagus
Mr. Doctor - 10.02.2013 at 21:47  
 
Written by Maco on 10.02.2013 at 21:42
necrophagist


Now that's even more unusual... Those guys are by far more technical than Nile (to the point of sounding wanky).
psykometal - 10.02.2013 at 22:06  
  Yea, but they are catchier than Nile. I think Maco just went about his Nile complaint all wrong, he's complaining about them not being catchy from the looks of things. Too much tech and brutality and not very catchy. And he makes a valid point, although I still think Nile is the shit.
Mr. Doctor - 10.02.2013 at 23:54  
 
Written by psykometal on 10.02.2013 at 22:06

Yea, but they are catchier than Nile. I think Maco just went about his Nile complaint all wrong, he's complaining about them not being catchy from the looks of things. Too much tech and brutality and not very catchy. And he makes a valid point, although I still think Nile is the shit.


He could try "In Their Darkened Shrines", I don't find it THAT technical... It's not catchy but it's quite atmospheric to me. Very nice stuff.
Lit. - 11.02.2013 at 00:06  
 
Written by Maco on 10.02.2013 at 20:32

TOO FUCKING TECHNICAL, is this shit "brutal"? it's too much for me

Heh, light-weight.
psykometal - 11.02.2013 at 00:08  
 
Written by Mr. Doctor on 10.02.2013 at 23:54

He could try "In Their Darkened Shrines", I don't find it THAT technical... It's not catchy but it's quite atmospheric to me. Very nice stuff.

Well there's not really anything catchy about anything Nile has ever done so if anybody is concerned with catchiness in a band's music they should just avoid Nile. In Their Darkened Shrines is a great album though.
Illog1cal - 16.02.2013 at 00:06  
Rating: 9 While the atmosphere is not as well integrated as on 'In Their Darkened Shrines' I still believe this album hits much harder than that album and this is not only due to production.
psykometal - 16.02.2013 at 07:59  
 
Written by Illog1cal on 16.02.2013 at 00:06

While the atmosphere is not as well integrated as on 'In Their Darkened Shrines' I still believe this album hits much harder than that album and this is not only due to production.

Oh it definitely hits harder and I attribute that to George's drumming, which is definitely helped by the cleaner production.
lord hoomann - 06.03.2013 at 22:58  
Rating: 10 My god! !
What a powerful album!
This album is a masterpiece of art ... I love everything about this album ... I love ** Jon Vesano ** and his bass playing and his style'm ... This is a really great bassist. And pity the brief collaboration with the band was Nile...
lord hoomann - 06.03.2013 at 23:00  
Rating: 10 Jon Vesano , You are the best
qlacs - 28.04.2013 at 22:07  
  The intro is the best song.

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