Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
{{Album infobox |Name = Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka |Type =
Album |Artist =
Nile |Cover = Nile_ATCON.jpg |Background = orange |Released =
28 April,
1998 |Recorded = 1998, at The Sound Lab,
Columbia, South Carolina |Genre =
Death metal |Length = 33:14|Label =
Relapse Records |Producer = Bob Moore |Reviews =
*
All Music Guide review *
The Metal Observer 9/10 |Last album =
Festivals of Atonement
(1995) |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 from the
death metal band
Nile. It was released on the 28th of April 1998 through
Relapse Records. The album is considered to be their breakthrough record.
# "Smashing the Antiu"# "Barra Edinazzu"# "Kudurru Maqlu"# "Serpent Headed Mask"# "Ramses, Bringer of War"# "Stones of Sorrow"# "Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche"# "The Howling of the Jinn"# "Pestilence and Iniquity"# "Opening of the Mouth"# "Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand"
*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.
*
Karl Sanders --
Vocals,
guitar*
Chief Spires --
Vocals,
bass guitar*
Pete Hammoura --
Vocals,
drums,
percussion* Choir chants by Gyuto Drukpa
* Thigh bone flutes & Turkish gongs played by Drilbu Dungkar
