NILE — In Their Darkened Shrines (review)

NILE — In Their Darkened Shrines album cover Album · 2002 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
bartosso
Catacombs have best acoustics for death metal!

This was the first Nile album I heard and I still remember a staggering impact this music had on me - trampling my brain like a playground lawn. An awesome experience for sure! IN THEIR DARKENED SHRINES is a brutal death metal at its finest, and saying it's executed by masterclass musicians is actually stating the obvious.

The sound is very dense and the low frequencies seem to be slightly highlighted. The music abound with extremely fast drumming, blasts, ultra technical solos and riffs. Some songs are slower and more atmospheric but they don't lessen the overall heaviness. If I was asked to mention truly epic and artistic death metal (in fact it's brutal death metal) it would be Nile. Really, this is so massive, uncompromising and harsh that combining it with more atmospheric sound might seem impossible. But these guys did it! The music they create is immersed in ancient Egypt ambiance, but it's not a synthesizer or mummy groaning what makes it that way. The riffs, the very structure of melodies determine its sound and character.

IN THEIR DARKENED SHRINES is definitely their best work to date. Every sound is intriguing, every riff crushing, every blast mind-blowing and the atmosphere breathtaking. You can't call yourself a death metal fan if you haven't heard this record.
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