Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
| 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
Top 20 albums of 2005: 11
Top 200 albums of all time: 181
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
Top 20 albums of 2005: 11
Top 200 albums of all time: 181
Reviews 
Lyrics 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
Released via Relapse Records.
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 engineering by 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)
Rating:
9.4
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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. Read more ›› |
Rating:
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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. Read more ›› |
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| I_Die_Often Posts: 697  |
Great album!
---- Old enough to be your Daddy... speaking of which... you look familiar... do I know your mother???
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| wormdrink414 Elite Posts: 1295  |
Nile is the only death metal band that comes to mind that has unquestionably benefited from cleaner production.
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2437  |
Written by wormdrink414 on 09.03.2011 at 07:29 why, dying fetus or suffocation didnt have?
---- Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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| wormdrink414 Elite Posts: 1295 |
Written by Deadmeat on 09.03.2011 at 17:24 Maybe Dying Fetus, but I don't think Suffocation has. But this is obviously a matter of opinion.
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| king_matt Posts: 449  |
A bit overrated but still pretty awesome \m/
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| Oaken Hipster Posts: 1322  |
Great album. It has some amazing tracks, especially "Cast Down The Heretic" and "Lashed To The Slave Stick".
---- In that case, man is only air as well.
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| HAAZBRUTAL8666 Posts: 24  |
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104  |
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.
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593  |
TOO FUCKING TECHNICAL, is this shit "brutal"? it's too much for me
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18439  |
Written by Maco on 10.02.2013 at 20:32 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. 
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 10.02.2013 at 21:30 i don't feel it more technical, in other case i found it catchy, like necrophagist or antropofagus
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18439 |
Written by Maco on 10.02.2013 at 21:42 Now that's even more unusual... Those guys are by far more technical than Nile (to the point of sounding wanky).
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101  |
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. 
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18439 |
Written by psykometal on 10.02.2013 at 22:06 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.
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 10.02.2013 at 23:54 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.
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by [user id=130590] on 16.02.2013 at 00:06 Oh it definitely hits harder and I attribute that to George's drumming, which is definitely helped by the cleaner production. 
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| nille Posts: 135  |
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... 
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by [user id=110592] on 25.08.2013 at 12:47 They're really more technical than they are brutal. 
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Written by psykometal on 25.08.2013 at 14:38 That doesn't mean they're not brutal though... hehe All of Nile's stuff is great, just sometimes to a lesser extent, but this one is definitely one of their best works. It's in the top 3 certainly, along with the debut and "In Their Darkened Shrines". And I love the production on it, as it's not too clean, and it's not too raw, which is just right for this kind of metal. This album is definitely one of the highlights of Nile's career, and arguably their last classic album (although I do like all the albums released after this one too).
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 25.08.2013 at 15:07 Didn't say they weren't brutal, just that they're more technical than they are brutal. And I agree, Annihilation is definitely the highlight of their career. I enjoyed their earlier works, especially In Their Darkened Shrines, but Annihilation of the Wicked is by far and above my favorite Nile album. 
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