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I'll start off by saying I own all the Nile albums to date and will buy their new one as soon as it comes out. However, this release is probably their weakest so far. I can't pin it down really as to why because it's still egyptian themed death metal so that part doesn't bother me. It maybe just the whole flow of the album and that maybe there isn't just enough tracks that stand out enough for me to give this album a higher rating.
The opening track, What Can Be Safely Written, is great and I've always been a fan of their longer tracks for some reason. If a death metal track that's over 5 minutes can keep me interested in it the whole time then that fucking rules! This album had a single for the track Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is in the Water and I found that I don't even care to much for that track at all, but luckly it's the shortest one on the album. There's some awesome riff'n tracks on here though, like As He Creates, So He Destroys and Even the Gods Must Die, which are probably my two favourite on here.
I will also make a point by saying that these bonus tracks are pointless. I personally don't give two shits about hearing an instrumental version of a death metal track. I wanna hear vocals damn it. I would rather have them put in shit sounding demos or something. Overall it's not a terrible album and I play it often, just not as much as this groups other epic albums!!!!
