Ithyphallic

by Nile

Ithyphallic cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 July 2007
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:38
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Karl Sanders, Dallas Toler-Wade, George Kollias

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking their major-label debut after signing with Nuclear Blast, the ancient Egypt-obsessed metal veterans slightly streamlined their dense, labyrinthine sound. The album remains a showcase of terrifyingly fast, virtuosic musicianship and guttural ferocity, while pushing massive, memorable groove-oriented riffs further to the forefront.

Genres

Descriptors: death, occult, technical, mythology, uncommon-time-signatures

Tracklist

  1. What Can Be Safely Written (8:15)
  2. As He Creates so He Destroys (4:36)
  3. Ithyphallic (4:40)
  4. Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks from He Who Is in the Water (2:56)
  5. Eat of the Dead (6:29)
  6. Laying Fire Upon Apep (3:25)
  7. The Essential Salts (3:51)
  8. The Infinity of Stone (2:04)
  9. The Language of the Shadows (3:30)
  10. Even the Gods Must Die (10:01)
  11. As He Creates so He Destroys - Instrumental (4:50)
  12. Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks from He Who Is in the Water - Instrumental (2:56)

Credits

  • Nile - primary artist
  • George Kollias - drums, written-by
  • Karl Sanders - guitar, vocals, lyrics by [all], soloist [2nd & 3rd solos], written-by, soloist [solo], soloist [1st solo], soloist [2nd solo]
  • Dallas Toler-Wade - guitar, vocals, bass, soloist [1st solo], soloist [solo], written-by, soloist [2nd solo]
  • Chris Lollis - vocals [additional]

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