When it comes right down to it though, To the Nameless Dead takes the fucking cake.
Definitely do not get the love this album gets. It's probably their worst album imo. Something about it just comes off too 'anthemic' which isn't something I've ever gotten from them prior to that album. It's not bad by any stretch of the imagination and if any other band released it I'd probably love it, but as a Primordial album it doesn't do it for me.
Well, not as good as Shock Relief obviously.
2) Annihilation of the Wicked by Nile
Your doom hath been decreed by Ra...
"The talent and vision have always been there (see "To Dream of Ur"), but the band long held themselves back by being too wedded to their schtick and too solicitous of the expectations of brutal death metal fans. The soundtrack elements have been toned down to serve the music, rather than than serving as a distraction, and of the 10 tracks, only "Cast Down the Heretic," "Sacrifice Unto Sebek" and the sixth track (which has some ridiculously long title I'm not going to bother writing out) fall into that generic Incantation meets Morbid Angel meets Suffocation pit that ensnared so much of their past offerings. The rest of the material is complex, epic, innovative and, for the first time, consistently coherent. "User-Maat-Re" alone is worth the price of admission, and ranks among the better extreme metal pieces ever written." - @Mornelithe Falconsbane
"AOTW has 'lashed to the slave stick' and is therefore best nile album by default" - @no country for old wainds
"That album is boring as shit." - @The Ozzman
"I actually think Nile got better with each album, up until Annihilation of the Wicked, with which they peaked." - @Life Sucks
"I'd say that Annihilation Of The Wicked is probably their best. Great songs and atmosphere." - @Master_Yoda77
"It's their best imo. Memorable riffs, great solos, cool lyrics..." - @Bitencourt29
"Don't waste your time. I had been hearing all the praise this band got a while back and apparently Annihilation was great so I bought it...and sold it 6 months later after trying many times to get into it. There was nothing I enjoyed about this. The drum performance might be flawless to some but to me it's just some monotonous mechanical drumming. Sure they all have technical skills but it doesn't even come close to have interesting results." - @Ben_t
Chosen by:
Bobzilla7954 (#1)
Krow (#2)
Talos of Atmora (#2)
-CyanideChrist- (#2)
CASSETTEISGOD (#4)
TechnicalBarbarity (#4)
The Ozzman (#4)
Atomic Tide (#4)
-CyanideChrist- (#7)
RedinTheSky (#=7)
Draehl (#7)
Sirjack (#9)
crimsonfloyd (#9)
TOTAL POINTS: 81