Annihilation of the Wicked

Infobox Album |
Name = Annihilation of the Wicked
Type = Album
Artist = Nile

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Released = May 23, 2005 (Europe)
May 24, 2005 (North America)
Recorded = December 2004 – January 2005 at The Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina
Genre = Brutal death metal
Technical death metal
Length = 51:41
Label = Relapse
Producer = Neil Kernon
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nm1z82a5yv2 link]
* PopMatters rating-10|9 [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/n/nile-annihilation.shtml link]
Last album = "In Their Darkened Shrines"
(2002)
This album = "Annihilation of the Wicked"
(2005)
Next album = "Legacy of the Catacombs"
(2007)

"Annihilation of the Wicked" is the fourth studio album by American death metal band Nile. It was released on May 23, 2005 through Relapse Records. The album continues in the same thematic vein of Nile's previous works, drawing heavy inspiration on ancient Egyptian history and the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. This album marks Nile's last record released from Relapse Records.

Track listing

# "Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise" – 0:51
# "Cast Down the Heretic" – 5:45
# "Sacrifice Unto Sebek" – 3:03
# "User-Maat-Re" – 9:14
# "The Burning Pits of the Duat" – 3:52
# "Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Crescent Shaped Horns" – 5:21
# "Lashed to the Slave Stick" – 4:18
# "Spawn of Uamenti" – 1:14
# "Annihilation of the Wicked" – 8:36
# "Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten" – 9:46

Bonus tracks

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"Sss Haa Set Yoth" (Japanese bonus track) – 5:15

Personnel

* Karl Sanders − guitar, vocals, bağlama, saz, keyboards, bouzouki
* Dallas Toler-Wade − guitar, vocals
* George Kollias − drums, percussion
* Jon Vesano − bass guitar, vocals
* Mike Brezeale − Exorcism chants and pazuzu bowl on "Chapter of Obeisance"