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Old 02-12-2015, 01:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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90. Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines (2002)




Proof that brutal, technical death metal can be epic and left-field without sacrificing intensity. This band is as vicious and dense as Suffocation or Cryptopsy, but the Egyptian atmospheric touches and extended musical passages make them truly unique. Relatively straight-ahead death metal songs stand next to extended epics such as "Unas Slayer of the Gods" and the eighteen-minute, four-part title track--Nile's crowning achievement and masterpiece, which is worth the price of admission alone--to create something that satisfies purists, while flirting with the avant garde.

Also gotta love that tribute to Candlemass' "Gothic Stone/The Well of Souls" throughout "Unas Slayer of the Gods". Even more that their longer songs often employ some delicious death/doom passages.


Spoiler for Title track should be Egypt's national anthem.:






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