Alternative Press (p.177) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Nile's signature Pyrrhic blaze ultimately prevails, the notes-per-beat ratio spiraling into the blackened stratosphere like two giant cobras locked in an eternal death-dance."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "[T]here's still something undeniably compelling about the band's Egyptian stylings."
Initial Pressings of 50,000 Copies Will Contain 2 Bonus Tracks And Sticker.
Personnel: Karl Sanders (vocals); Dallas Toler Wade (guitar); George Kollias (drums).
South Carolina's Nile have done a nice job setting themselves apart from the extreme metal pack. For 14 years and counting, the group has carried on its tradition of technical musicianship suited with unique lyrics inspired by an odd obsession with ancient Egyptian culture, history, and mythology. It's an odd combination, but it works. And ITHYPHALLIC (their fifth full-length, and first for Nuclear Blast) is a representative heap of the band's savagely good thinking-man's death metal.