Nile

Rameses Bringer of War

1997

Review by Neil StLaurent

Thanks to Visceral Prod for the Tape

Often I get a tape claiming to be a new form of death metal. Ocasionally, as with Nile, the proclamation is correct. To show that they aren't just doing something different because they're unable to play the old forms, the demo opens up with an almost insanely fast song that is there to rip you apart rather than to provide a meaningful listening experience. The title song's intro reminds me a lot of Bal-Sagoth's new overpowering classical feel. But then Nile just breaks out into blazing death metal again...

The interesting song is the third song, most of which is in some language I don't recognize, probably one of the Egyptian languages -- black metal Set style. Its well achieved tribal/ritual style intrigues me as to what their upcoming album will sound like.

Being a short demo there isn't much to say. Nile plays some amazingly nice and fast death metal, but judging by their info sheets and bio their October release will likely have a lot more of the type of music from the third song. Either way, I'm eagerly anticipating the release.