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Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

Label
relapse records
Release date
26 Jun 2007
Running length
11 tracks
Running time
33:10

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Smashing the Antiu 2:16 34,591
2 Barra Edinazzu 2:45 33,334
3 Kudurru Maqlu 1:06 30,084
4 Serpent Headed Mask 2:16 31,513
5 Ramses Bringer of War 4:54 37,294
6 Stones of Sorrow 4:18 29,445
7 Die Rache Krieg Lied Der Assyriche 3:11 29,583
8 The Howling of the Jinn 2:33 35,541
9 Pestilence and Iniquity 1:53 27,954
10 Opening of the Mouth 3:39 26,540
11 Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand 4:19 25,115

About this album

Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka is the debut studio album by American band Nile. The album was released on April 28, 1998 through Relapse Records. The album is considered to be their breakthrough record. In contrast with the following album, Black Seeds of Vengeance, the songs are much shorter in length than the songs featured on many later Nile albums.

The title of the album is a reference to the H. P. Lovecraft story “The Outsider”. The phrase is featured in the song Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand which has lyrics paraphrased from the aforementioned tale. In Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, Nephren-Ka was an Egyptian Pharaoh whose unspeakable cult worship led him to be stricken from almost all Egyptian records. The catacombs where he is buried are referenced in several Lovecraft stories as well as many stories by other mythos authors.
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