Nile – Those Whom The Gods Detest (2009)

August 12, 2024

Any album with Akhenaten on the cover is immediately going to grab my attention, even if such a deep dive into ancient Egyptian history is fully expected from a band named Nile. On top of that, whilst Those Whom The Gods Detest is an improvement on the weak Ithyphallic, the production does a stellar job of homogenising what is can only decipher as an otherwise extremely excellent set of composed sounds. At first, it hits you like a dump truck, but very quickly it wears you down, landing (only just) on the side of being too sterile and clinical. Nevertheless, performances are second to none despite all of this.