Lollipop Magazine

House of Blues Chicago, IL January 2006

January 30, 2006

Nile at House of Blues Chicago, IL January 2006 | Photos by Vivianne J. Odisho

House of Blues Chicago, IL April 2005

April 30, 2005

Nile at House of Blues Chicago, IL April 2005 | Photos by Adam Bielawski

Contaminated 5.0 – Review

July 2, 2003

Death, technical, sludge-y, grinding, stoner, and occasionally “weird.” The best are death metal gods. Some decent stuff with horrible crap in between.

Nile – In Their Darkened Shrines – Review

January 31, 2003

Extreme, guttural, thick and progressive, Nile delivering the somewhat expected snaky Middle Eastern lead patterns, twinned and beyond.

Nile – Black Seeds of Vengeance – Review

April 1, 2001

A record that charms by being so in love with death metal, while pushing the form ever-forward, using progressive breaks and weird exotic instruments.

Nile – In The Beginning – Review

June 1, 2000

In The Beginning is a reissue of the band’s pre-debut recordings, gathering two batches, Festivals Of Atonement from ’95 and Ramses Bringer Of War from ’97.

Relapse Sampler – Review

September 1, 1999

With a roster like Neurosis, Soilent Green, Nile, Incantation, Amorphis, Today Is The Day, and Dillinger Escape Plan, how can Relapse be anything but quality?