Nile is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, formed in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian mysticism, history, religion, and art as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.
n May 2006, Nile signed a recording contract with Nuclear Blast. On February 26, 2007, Nile entered the studio and began recording their fifth full-length album entitled Ithyphallic, which was their first release with Nuclear Blast. Karl Sanders had confirmed a release date of June 29 via a posting on the band's message board, which was later pushed back to July 20, 2007. As a special bonus, Nuclear Blast gave several fans the opportunity to listen to the new album two weeks before its release if they could decipher a hieroglyphic message, of which "papyrus" was the answer.
On March 21, 2007, Nile was confirmed as a "Second Stage" act for Ozzfest 2007. A message from Karl Sanders via Nile's MySpace page indicated that they were excited to finally bring true death metal to an Ozzfest audience. In March/April 2008, Nile went on a USA headlining tour with Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Unexpect, and Warbringer. In September/October 2008, Nile set out on a European headlining tour with Grave, Omnium Gatherum and Severe Torture. In October 2008 the band planned to take their Ithyphallic tour to South Africa for a booking of three shows but they were canceled for unknown reasons.
Since January, 2009, Nile have been writing new material for their sixth full-length album, entitled Those Whom the Gods Detest. The group intends to enter the recording studio on June 11, 2009 as stated by Karl Sanders on MySpace, while the album is planned to be released in November 2009.
United States of America (Greenville, South Carolina)
Current line-up Karl Sanders - Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards (1993-) (Morriah) Dallas Toler-Wade - Guitar, bass, vocals (2000-) (Lecherous Nocturne) George Kollias - Drums (2004-) (Sickening Horror, Nightfall (Grc), The Circle of Zaphyan, System Shock, Extremity Obsession, Cerebrum (Grc))