Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

Infobox Album | Name = Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Type = studio
Artist = Nile


Released = 28 April, 1998
Recorded = 1998, at The Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina
Genre = Technical death metal
Brutal death metal
Length = 33:12
Label = Relapse Records
Producer = Bob Moore
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfoxqujldje link]
Last album = "Ramses Bringer of War
(1997)"
This album = "Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka"
(1998)
Next album = "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
(2000)

"Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka" is the first full length album by American brutal death metal band Nile. It was released on April 28, 1998 through Relapse Records. The album is considered to be their breakthrough record. In contrast with the following album, "Black Seeds of Vengeance", the songs are much shorter in length.

Track listing

# "Smashing the Antiu" - 2:18
# "Barra Edinazzu" - 2:47
# "Kudurru Maqlu" - 1:05
# "Serpent Headed Mask" - 2:18
# "Ramses Bringer of War" - 4:45
# "Stones of Sorrow" - 4:17
# "Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche" - 3:13
# "The Howling of the Jinn" - 2:34
# "Pestilence and Iniquity" - 1:54
# "Opening of the Mouth" - 3:39
# "Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand" - 4:17

Notes

*The title of the album is a reference to the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Outsider". The phrase is featured in the song "Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand" which has lyrics paraphrased from the aforementioned tale. In Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Nephren-Ka was an Egyptian Pharaoh whose unspeakable cult worship led him to be stricken from almost all Egyptian records. The catacombs where he is buried are referenced in several Lovecraft stories as well as many stories by other mythos authors.

*The song "Ramses Bringer of War" covers the intro of Gustav Holst's "Mars" movement from "The Planets".

*The word Assyriche from the song "Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche" could be a misspelling of Assyrische. If that were the case, then the song would mean "The Revenge War Song of the Assyrians" in German ("Das Rache-Kriegslied der Assyrer").

Credits

* Karl Sanders - vocals, guitar
* Chief Spires - vocals, bass guitar
* Pete Hammoura - vocals, drums, percussion
* Gyuto Drukpa - Choir chants
* Drilbu Dungkar - Thigh bone flutes, Turkish gongs


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