Annihilation Of The Wicked

[Stormwatch]

How come no one's mentioned this (or did I miss it?)
I've not listened to it enough to rate it, but my initial view is that it's their best effort so far.


Sorry GoD, can you delete one of these threads - the first time I tried posting the board came up with an error so I reposted it only to find both had worked.

 

[Life Sucks]

It is indeed a good CD, and probably Nile's best work to date. It isn't just incessant blasting this time around, and the blasts don't drown out the riffs either, like they often did in the past.

 

[Stormwatch]

Agree completely - that "incessant blasting" was the one thing I didn't like about Nile previously. This new album still blasts, but not as much, so you can hear the riffs - and cracking riffs they are too. I think, from early impressions, this is their best work, and probably death metal's best work in the past 10 years or so at least. IMO.

 

[Spirit In Black]

death metal's best work in the past 10 years or so at least. IMO.

um........no

 

[anonymousnick2001]

I liked the track I heard.

 

[skeptik]

I've only heard a handful of tracks, but this is definitely an improvement from the above mentioned incessant blasting of the past.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Nile is tops in my book and AotW is just amazing.

AotW > ITDS > Catacombs > Black Seeds

 

[MasterOLightning]

Good news. I'm seeing them with King Diamond, Behemoth, and Black Dahlia Murder in a few weeks. Should be good.

 

[AsModEe]

I only heard the sample on the internet, but I'll probably be buying it soon.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Good news. I'm seeing them with King Diamond, Behemoth, and Black Dahlia Murder in a few weeks. Should be good.

hell yeah, I'll be in St. Louis on the 29th.

 

[CF87]

I heard a song from the relapse page and did not like it, oh well.

 

[deliverance]

i like AotW, after a few listens. i'll have a stronger opinion after a few more listens though. i'll be seeing them tomorrow in philly!

 

[The ORIGINAL South Of Heaven]

Overall I think it's allright, but it's my least favorite Nile album. Oddly enough, I didn't too particularly care for Lashed to the Slave Stick when I first heard the sample, and now it's one of my favorite songs, in general.

 

[Arrakis]

well it's not very often that i hear a death metal album that makes me want to listen to it again and again. I like a lot of death metal, i just find these days like 5% of the death metal is great, and the rest sounds like a wall of noise with no definition.

 

[Stormwatch]

um........no

You clearly didn't notice the "IMO" at the end of that statement.
Have you even heard the album? Your lack of any sort of observation on the actual music makes me think not. Thanks anyway.

 

[Christie_fell]

I didn't like the song I heard.

 

[Henrik Main]

Overall I think it's allright, but it's my least favorite Nile album. Oddly enough, I didn't too particularly care for Lashed to the Slave Stick when I first heard the sample, and now it's one of my favorite songs, in general.

Agreed, even regarding Lashed To The Slave Stick

I listened to "Amongs The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka", "Black Seeds Of Vengeance" and "In Their Darkened Shrines" today, and I feel that "Annihilation Of The Wicked" pales in comparison to "Catacombs" and "Shrines", and isn't really on par with "Seeds" either. Some of the interesting twists and takes are gone, I feel, and there is definitely something lacking in the song writing department. The songs don't feel so memorable.