NILE – new album ┬╗What Should Not Be Unearthed┬½ and European tour dates announced!

The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality, NILE, are currently in the studio wrapping up the mix of their upcoming album ┬╗What Should Not Be Unearthed┬½.

Produced by NILE and mixed by Neil Kernon. The album will be released August 28th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast Records

Pre-order your copy here: http://nblast.de/NILEUnearthedNB

The artwork was handled this time by Michal ‘Xaay’ Loranc.

Mastermind Karl Sanders states:

ÔÇ£All of us in NILE are happy to announce our upcoming newest album ┬╗What Should Not Be Unearthed┬½. ItÔÇÖs our 8th official album, and this time we believe we have a truly crushing disc to bring to metal fans. The focus this time around is on brutally Heavy Metal riffing and songwriting; kind of like of an ┬╗Annihilation Of The Wicked┬½ approach but very streamlined to achieve maximum destructive impact. Our last record, ┬╗At The Gates Of Sethu┬½, was super surgically clean and very ÔÇ£musicianship orientedÔÇØ whereas the new disc is a polar opposite; ┬╗Unearthed┬½ is aimed straight at utter metal heaviness and memorable songwriting. Although ┬╗Unearthed┬½ is still full of the kind of undeniable musicianship people have come to expect from NILE over the years, itÔÇÖs the songs themselves that will hit listeners over the head this time around. These songs will be a blast to play live, and we are stoked at the opportunity to bring these songs to metal fans everywhere. See you on tour!ÔÇØ

Xaay states about the artwork:
ÔÇ£At first, I would like to express that it was great experience to work on another Nile cover / artwork again. I’m really grateful having been a big fan of the band for all these years.
The Story behind the title goes deeply beneath everything we have already known, and we may not be ready to face. ┬áWith the art I excavated the theories of an elder ancient civilization which could give the origin to ancient Egypt. That’s why you can find a new ingredient in the band imagery, pointing at some higher obscure intelligence, eroding and covered with time. That trace of a dismal legacy is resembled in the outer structure which radiates from the block, sealing the unknown, and it’s only an adumbration of what we will meet, once it is removed.
The pyramid-shaped seal in the center doesn’t contain a recipe for some Camel Stew or a Pharaoh’s dining menu. An experienced eye will notice hieroglyphs taken from the “Book of the Dead”, or the Seven Islands of Amentet glyph – depicting the ancient Underworld, and describing the elder reign of God-kings, which had ended circa. 9850 B.C. (perhaps some similarity with that of Atlantis?). But the main thing we should not miss here is a winged scarab sign in the exact center. We all know this most common Egyptian artifact giving protection… so the message is pretty clear… I hope it may become another fine element in band’s repository for the Nile themed tattoos.
To sum it up: this album is definitely not a box of candies. Keep in mind that opening the package means you will deal with the deadliest essence…
However, it will be a hard task to hold on to your curiosity. Well… it’s a new Nile!ÔÇØ

NILE will hit the road together with their label mates SUFFOCATION as special guests, to support their upcoming masterpiece ┬╗What Should Not Be Unearthed┬½.

┬╗What Should Not Be Unearthed┬½
┬áEuropean tour 2015

NILE
SUFFOCATION┬á& guests

29.08.2015 ┬á┬á┬áPOL ┬á┬á┬áWarszawa / Progresja Music Zone /Massivefest
30.08.2015 ┬á┬á┬áPOL ┬á┬á┬áWroc┼éaw / Alibi
31.08.2015 ┬á┬á┬áGER ┬á┬áBerlin / K17
01.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áGER ┬áBremen / Tivoli
02.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áGER ┬á┬á┬áSaarbrucken / ┬áGarage
03.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áGER ┬á┬á┬áMunich ┬á/ Backstage
04.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áCH ┬á┬á┬áHuttikon ┬á/ ┬áMeh Stuff! Metal Festival
05.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áFR ┬á┬á┬áTorcy / Fall Of Summer
06.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áUK ┬á┬á┬áPlymouth ┬á/ ┬áThe Hub
07.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áUK ┬á┬á┬áManchester / ┬áSound Control
08.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áUK ┬á┬á┬áLondon / ┬áThe Dome
09.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áUK ┬á┬á┬áBristol ┬á/ ┬áThe Marble Factory
10.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áHOL ┬á┬á┬áNijmegen ┬á/ Doornroosje
11.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áGER ┬á┬á┬áAndernach / Death Feast Open Air
13.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áFR ┬á┬á┬áToulouse / Connexion Live
15.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áSP ┬á┬á┬áBilbao ┬á/ ┬áSantana 27
16.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áPOR ┬á┬á┬áPorto ┬á/ ┬áHard Club
17.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áPOR ┬á┬á┬áLisbon ┬á/ ┬áRCA Club
18.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áSP ┬á┬á┬áMadrid ┬á/ ┬áArena
19.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áSP ┬á┬á┬áBarcelona ┬á/ Razzamataz 2
20.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áFR Marseille / Moulin
21.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áCH ┬á┬á┬áLa Chaux-de-Fonds / Bikini Test
23.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áITA ┬á┬á┬á┬áBrescia / ┬áCircolo Colony
24.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áSLO ┬á┬á┬áLjubljana ┬á/ ┬áKino Siska
25.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áHUN ┬á┬á┬áBudapest ┬á/ ┬áA38
26.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áA ┬á┬á┬áWien / ┬áSzene
27.09.2015 ┬á┬á┬áSK ┬á┬á┬áKosice ┬á/ Collosseum

The latest NILE studio album AT THE GATE OF SETHU entered the official German charts at the position number #27.
It was the best chart result ever for NILE in Germany.

Get your copy of the CD + Digipak at the Nuclear Blast Webshop under: http://bit.ly/LEl2Al
NILE on iTunes: http://bit.ly/nilegate

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