MABB v6.6.6

Just got this.



47 seconds into first listen.

Okay that high pitched shit during Kafir is pretty questionable..

The singing towards the end?



The riff under that is class.

I'm as far as "Permitting The Noble Dead To Descend To The Underworld". I haven't really been awestruck by the album thus far. Although although I have headphones on, and it's playing, I'm not really "listening" to it. I haven't been paying attention to it. This song actually seems ok. I think I need to listen to this again when I'm less tired.

The album steps up a gear after permitting.

Permitting is probably my favourite track, the last riff is ridiculously epic.

Nile peaked with Black Seeds.

[quote name="MorbidAngle"]The album steps up a gear after permitting.

Permitting is probably my favourite track, the last riff is ridiculously epic.[/quote]



its the only one i've heard and i really like the first vocal phrase. the fast part is addictive.

[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Black Seeds.[/quote]



Albums dont have to be a bands best for you to enjoy them.

[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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[quote name="MorbidAngle"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Black Seeds.[/quote]



Albums dont have to be a bands best for you to enjoy them.[/quote]

never said they did.



[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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i can't get into that damn album. i dunno why. the last album of theirs that i cared about was itds

[quote name="MorbidAngle"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Black Seeds.[/quote]



Albums dont have to be a bands best for you to enjoy them.[/quote]

It's still true.

[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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Wrong. Seeds is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Annihilation.

[quote name="HbW"]
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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Wrong. Seeds is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Annihilation.[/quote]

BSoD was no question the peak for them, but they've had plenty of good material since. just nothing as consistent, or without some really boring stretches.

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[quote name="HbW"]
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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Wrong. Seeds is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Annihilation.[/quote]



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There's at least 4 tracks on Annihilation that I can't even sit through. It's easily their worst album.

Catacombs is my favourite.

Fuck yeah, dude, Catacombs is a fucking classic.

[quote name="HbW"]
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="HbW"]
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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Wrong. Seeds is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Annihilation.[/quote]



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There's at least 4 tracks on Annihilation that I can't even sit through. It's easily their worst album.[/quote]

i'll have to make a note to never ever take into consideration your opinion about anything music related

hbw is kinda right. black seeds and catacombs are their best work. itds gets an honorable mention. other than that, everything else is very meh.

this album kicks ass

[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="HbW"]
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="HbW"]
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="Teresa"]Nile peaked with Annihilation.[/quote]



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Wrong. Seeds is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Annihilation.[/quote]



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There's at least 4 tracks on Annihilation that I can't even sit through. It's easily their worst album.[/quote]

i'll have to make a note to never ever take into consideration your opinion about anything music related [/quote]



Done that for you ages ago. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Ithyphallic, to me, is by Far their weakest album. I can say with hand on heart that i've listened to The Unspoken King by Cryptopsy more times than Ithyphallic. It's not that it's a terrible album, it's just so mediocre and nile-by-numbers that i can't really justify listening to it from start to finish.

[quote name="MorbidAngle"]The Unspoken King by Cryptopsy more times than Ithyphallic[/quote]





daaaaaang, that's harsh.



still, i agree with your assessment. the only difference is i listened to both of them about once the whole way through. cryptopsy was mostly for laughs though, i wasn't actually expecting to be so let down by ithyphallic.

There are more parts on TUK that i enjoy than there are on Ithy. I'm just being honest.

More parts by itself shouldn't necessarily make it better.



You really need to plot a function of "amount enjoyed" versus "time", and find the area.

[quote name="Johnny"]More parts by itself shouldn't necessarily make it better.



You really need to plot a function of "amount enjoyed" versus "time", and find the area.[/quote]

Do it up.

nile

[quote name="abzu"]
[quote name="Johnny"]More parts by itself shouldn't necessarily make it better.



You really need to plot a function of "amount enjoyed" versus "time", and find the area.[/quote]

Do it up.[/quote]



Oh cursed leibnizian task! Who are they? Lesbians?

Ah yes, 'amount enjoyed.' The worlds most definable quantity.

Feeble subtleties from a forrest unkown.

TWtGD is a good album, a hell a lot better than AotW and Ithylphalic, but it's nowhere near enjoyable as their earlier stuff prior to these albums. To my ears, Black Seeds and Shrines are my favourites hands down.

I think Kollias added a lot of monotony to Nile. My theory is that Karl felt upstaged by Laureano so he ordered Kollias as a 'metronome.'

His drumming is far more creative this time round though.

There's a recent thread on the NIle board where Karl takes credit for Laureanos drumming.

[quote name="MorbidAngle"]There's a recent thread on the NIle board where Karl takes credit for Laureanos drumming. [/quote]

[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="MorbidAngle"]There's a recent thread on the NIle board where Karl takes credit for Laureanos drumming. [/quote]



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[quote name="MorbidAngle"]There's a recent thread on the NIle board where Karl takes credit for Laureanos drumming. [/quote]



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[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="MorbidAngle"]There's a recent thread on the NIle board where Karl takes credit for Laureanos drumming. [/quote]



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kollias' drumming on twtgd >>>>> laureano

I loved Tony's drumming, especially his hi-hat sound on ITDS

tony is just a pretty standard death metal drummer imo. i mean on itds it was pretty much just blasting punctuated with crazy tom fills. Kollias drumming on twtgd on the other hand just takes the band to a whole new level of awesome.

[quote name="Johnny"]
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[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="MorbidAngle"]There's a recent thread on the NIle board where Karl takes credit for Laureanos drumming. [/quote]



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[quote name="The faded scar"]

Didn't Tony basically play drums parts that Karl or Dallas had already written?[/quote]

[quote name="KarlSanders"]Well yeah , but out of courtesy to Tony , we try not to mention that .



Tony still manged to work in "Tony-isms" here and there ,

so it was OK with us .[/quote][/quote]



they were talking about "Winds of Horus" being played live - someone said they though nobody could play it like Laureano did on the record, then others (as well as Karl) chimed in and said that George plays it far better than Tony ever did live.

I actually posted in that thread!



How exciting.

It was me who said that George's live drumming > Laureanos.



Laureano is far from standard. If anything Kollias has been guilty of this. Tony utilises far more types of blast than Kollias. He's heavily influenced by Gene Hoglans blasting and drumroll style and his drumming is more diverse than Kollias'. That said, TWTGD is a vast improvement, drumwise and otherwise on the other 'kollias' albums.



There's no doubt that Kollias's live abilty is superior. I believe that Sanders has held him back creatively in the past (Kollias's other projects feature some very creative drumming\), but theres greater diversification of style on the new one.



I think that Sanders has had a wake up call of sorts, Ithy got some bad (by nile standards that is) reviews and naming you album after mythically proportion penises is just a major indicator of the macho ego trip youre on if you ask me.



[quote name="Johnny"]I actually posted in that thread!



How exciting.[/quote]



You and your posting, Johnny.

I've seen em both live, and yeah, Kollias>Laureano.

i haven't listened to Nile in years

I love the drumming on this so much, I wonder what it would have sounded like if Kollias had done it.



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[quote name="Johnny"]Okay that high pitched shit during Kafir is pretty questionable..[/quote]

[quote name="zim"]I love the drumming on this so much, I wonder what it would have sounded like if Kollias had done it.

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Emm..... less interessant.

Catacombs is comfortably my favourite Nile album.



But to say it's the only one you enjoy. Damn. Them's strong words.



Black Seeds me sideways.

A good set of headphones and the production suits the album well.

I love the production on Black Seeds. Especially the drum sound.