Nile Black Seeds of Vengeance CD (Jewel Case, 2009, Relapse Records)

Black Seeds of Vengeance is the ferocious second full-length studio album from US technical death metal titans Nile, originally released in 2000 via Relapse Records. Widely regarded as a landmark release in extreme metal, this album represents a major leap forward in Nile’s sound, combining uncompromising technical death metal brutality with the band’s signature fixation on ancient Egyptian history, warfare, and mythological violence.

There is death metal - and then there is Nile. On Black Seeds of Vengeance, the band refined their approach into something more focused, more complex, and more devastating. Every riff, blast beat, and arrangement choice was subjected to ruthless musical discipline: if a part did not serve the song’s structure or narrative, it was discarded. What remained was a collection of compositions that are razor-sharp, brutally efficient, and thematically unified.

Featuring guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade, and session drumming from Derek Roddy, the album delivers relentless speed, crushing low-end heaviness, and intricate rhythmic precision. Tracks such as “Black Seeds of Vengeance,” “That Which Is Forbidden,” “Revel in Their Suffering,” and “Oxford Handbook of Savage Genocidal Warfare” showcase Nile at their most merciless, balancing technical complexity with overwhelming aggression.

Praised by critics and fans alike, Black Seeds of Vengeance was named among the best metal albums of 2000 and remains a cornerstone of early 2000s death metal. It stands as an essential release for fans of technical death metal, brutal death metal, and extreme metal with depth and discipline, and a defining chapter in Nile’s legendary catalog.

Recommended if you like: Vader, Aborted, Bloodbath, At the Gates, Deicide, Carcass, Obituary, Mortician, Napalm Death, Mortician, Six Feet Under, Morbid Angel, Obscura, Exhumed, Dismember, Bolt Thrower

Artist: Nile
Title: Black Seeds of Vengeance
Label: Relapse Records
Catalogue Number: RRCD6630-2
UPC: 781676644827
Release Year: 2000/2009
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
Condition: New & Factory sealed

Tracklist:
1. Invocation of the Gate of Aat-Ankh-es-en-Amenti
2. Black Seeds of Vengeance
3. Defiling the Gates of Ishtar
4. The Black Flame
5. Libation unto the Shades Who Lurk in the Shadows of the Temple of Anhur
6. Masturbating the War God
7. Multitude of Foes
8. Chapter for Transforming into a Snake
9. Nas Akhu Khan she en Asbiu
10. To Dream of Ur
11. The Nameless City of the Accursed
12. Khetti Satha Shemsu