Live shows

[CiG]

I still occasionally listen to Festivals of Atonement and Catacombs

So you still occasionally listen to the material they were probably playing when you "saw the absolute shit out of them" but you refuse to see them play newer material live, because you got burned out on their old material...?

None of that makes any sense to me.

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

I saw Nile live around 7 years ago, with Morbid Angel and Carcass. The show was incredibly powerful. The performances and sound were spot on. It's a band that any metalhead into extreme metal must see live at least once.

The Karl Sanders Machine with all the samples on it wasn't terribly reliable in the early days, tbh, but dude has always been profesh and surrounded himself mostly with people that take the job seriously.

Same with Cannibal Corpse.

The Cannibal Corpse comparison is an apt one, in the sense that both bands have elevated professionally executed, well-constructed, but not particularly earth shattering death metal to levels it would not have reached otherwise with a smartly integrated, thoroughgoing concept/gimmick.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

ok i cant take this clown seriously, Amongst the Catacombs was indeed fucking groundbreaking and sounded like absolutely nothing else that was being put out at the time. Its pretty obvious that this dude didnt even listened to them back then.

 

[CiG]

The Cannibal Corpse comparison is an apt one, in the sense that both bands have elevated professionally executed, well-constructed, but not particularly earth shattering death metal to levels it would not have reached otherwise with a smartly integrated, thoroughgoing concept/gimmick.

I fucking love Cannibal Corpse but Nile absolutely blow them out of the water, they're not really comparable to me at all. Nile are earth-shattering and unlike Cannibal Corpse's gore gimmick, Nile actually integrates their theme into the music in a fantastic way. They don't just have thematic lyrics, they go over and above most bands with gimmicks.

One of the best bands at walking that fine line between technicality and brutality that I've ever seen. Pure class.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

yea, and tbh an argument can be made for Cannibal Corpse also being "ground breaking" since they're aesthetics/lyrical themes did influence a whole fucking subgenre of metal. Still wouldn't necessarily refer to their music as groundbreaking though. And the weird thing with them is i like them more and more as time goes on. All that "overexposure" nonsense means jack shit to me.

 

[CiG]

Now let's not overrate Nile. They're an ok little band with a real clever gimmick, and the musicianship has been solid to top notch throughout their run. Karl Sanders is a consummate professional. Thing is you take the samples away and it's a moderately above average death metal band.

 

[Bourbon]

Considering going to see Overkill and Exhorder in Atlanta in March but it's 3 days before my wedding and on a work night. And Atlanta is two hours away.

Might say fuck it, though.

Also, just saw this...

Now let's not overrate Nile...

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

you're saying two different things. I have no problem with you saying "i dont like them as much now because they're not as good as i thought they were when i was younger" .... but saying "i dont like them as much now because i've heard them too much" basically indicates that you were never a true fan of the band to begin with.

This is a semantics issue, and I perhaps didn't express myself clearly. What I was trying to convey was something much closer to the former. Repeated exposure can lead to discovering new and cool things, but it can also lay bare the flaws in a band. In particular, hearing Nile have to play without samples and orchestration due to technical difficulties called attention to how much of the distinction between songs is carried in that orchestration, rather than in the underlying death metal. For whatever reason, I cannot unhear that when I listen to Nile.

The other thing is I probably am not a "true fan" of this style of music. I listened to a fair amount of it, all around the same time. A lot of Cryptopsy and Kataklysm alongside Nile, in particular. But some that was kinda just that was what was in the record shops at the time. I like it well enough, but I rarely listen to any of it anymore. I developed a preference for death metal in the Scandinavian styles, and that slow shit like early Incantation, and that's where my listening attention mostly goes.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

This is a semantics issue

and this is where i stopped reading. This cunt just reeks of in-crowd.

 

[CiG]

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

Considering going to see Overkill and Exhorder in Atlanta in March but it's 3 days before my wedding and on a work night. And Atlanta is two hours away.

Might say fuck it, though.

I've been kinda thinking about this one. Never really cared for Exhorder, but Overkill is always a great show.

Also, just saw this...

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Good movie

 

[Allfader]

In particular, hearing Nile have to play without samples and orchestration due to technical difficulties called attention to how much of the distinction between songs is carried in that orchestration, rather than in the underlying death metal. For whatever reason, I cannot unhear that when I listen to Nile.

Looks like you confused Nile with Septicflesh. Check the tags on your mp3 files.

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

Sorry for having a less than fully sexual adoration for Nile, y'all. Carry on.

 

[CiG]

Your criticisms just don't make any sense is all.

 

[mutantllama]

So this is another Omni alt I take it? What's up with the nazi stuff, was that dude a nazi or some shit?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

So this is another Omni alt I take it? What's up with the nazi stuff, was that dude a nazi or some shit?

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/womanizing-mysogyny-and-libertinism.1130163/page-5


he's definitely someones alt. I'm not buying into all these dudes who supposedly posted here 15 years ago all of a sudden coming back in the last few months. Some bin-crowd level shit is going on.

 

[CiG]

So this is another Omni alt I take it? What's up with the nazi stuff, was that dude a nazi or some shit?

They're a feminazi.

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

They're a feminazi.

That's fair.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@CiG i think this simpleton thinks you just called him a female. He probably jizzed all over himself after reading that

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

So this is another Omni alt I take it? What's up with the nazi stuff, was that dude a nazi or some shit?

For the record, this was the last handle I used on these forums.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/members/armageddons-child.2827/