Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
Nile‘s Egyptian-ness is no longer merely a shtick. After 16 years, , Middle Eastern tonalities are now so deeply ingrained in Nile that they seem inevitable. In metal’s mongrel tradition, guitarists like Kirk Hammett and Dave Mustaine mixed blues, classical, and Middle Eastern licks, sometimes within the same solo. Not so in Nile, who compose...
Metal pets: Oberon and Callisto, celestial cats
Cats mistaken for stars Oberon and Callisto are Tonkinese cats named after various moons in the cold, dark depths of the outer Solar System, far from the warmth of the Sun. It is only fitting that grim, frostbitten black metal is their muse of choice as they complete a journey to the stars and take...