Relapse Records unearthed one of the bands that helped bring Death Metal back from the dead. In 1997, the label signed NILE, a South Carolina-based act founded by guitarist Karl Sanders in 1993…Following a pair of self-released demos and one EP, the band’s debut LP Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka, released in April of 1998, combined Sanders fascination with Egyptian culture and lore with the ferocity of time-honored death metal. By adding an extra layer of technicality to the riff-structures, along with the relatively unexplored world of the Pharaohs, NILE played an indispensible role in making the genre feel fresh again. They still do and that´s fantastic.