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Nile Saved By Immolation Vocalist

Nile has issued the following statement about Immolation vocalist Ross Dolan coming to their rescue when their tour bus driver left unexpectedly:

"So what do you do when your bus driver decides to hit the road? (...and not in a good way). Well, this very thing happened this past Saturday when Nile's tour bus driver couldn't make it to the Gallup, NM show due to 'certain circumstances' which caused Nile and their bus to be stranded at some random truck stop in the middle of the desert.

"It just so happens that the Immolation and Krisiun bus was stopped at the same place, and at the same time (weird). So, after a couple of hours of trying to find a solution, all options were exhausted, and Nile's tour manager, Punchy, went to tell the Immolation and Krisiun guys that Nile wasn't going to be able to make it to the show, because we had no available driver.

"Turns out, Ross has a Class B license, and that makes him legal to drive a bus. So, he got out of bed and drove the last four hours to the gig! So what's the moral of the story? If we can work miracles and pull this type of stuff off at the last minute to make it to one of our gigs, then this means that you should have no excuse on why you should miss one of our shows!"

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Nile And Immolation Tear Down The Trocadero

Nile’s first big US tour in support of their latest album, “Those Whom The Gods Detest,” rolled its way through Philly on January 17th. Immolation, Krisiun, and Dreaming Dead provided support, ensuring that a night of brutal death metal was on the menu. A dreary, drizzle-soaked night made for a perfect accompaniment to the reign of terror that was on display from the time the doors of the Trocadero opened to the bitter end. While the lack of Abigail Williams, who had to drop off the tour due to a band injury, was disappointing, the rest of the bands held their own and put on a show that left many necks aching from all the headbanging going on. More...

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Enemy Reign Announces To Open for Nile

Denver, CO extreme metal band ENEMY REIGN will play a hometown show with death metal bands Nile, Immolation, Krisiun and Dreaming Dead on Monday, January 25, 2010 at the Bluebird Theater [3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO]. View tour poster here.

In related news, the band will release their "Means To A Dead End EP" in Europe through Neurotic Records. The EP was recorded by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio (Cephalic Carnage, Martriden, Cobalt et al) in 2008 and, until now, was self-distributed through the ENEMY REIGN online webstore. The European version of this EP will contain one newly recorded exclusive bonus track entitled "If The Truth Hurts...Suffer," as well as exclusive art work. More...

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Seven More Bands Confirmed For Graspop 2010

The organisers of Belgium's biggest rock festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, has announced the addition of seven more bands to the bill. The biggest news is that iconic rockers Motorhead will be performing at the event along with Belgian metal veterans Channel Zero. Also added to the lineup are death metal legends Obituary, Swedish viking metallers Amon Amarth, As I Lay Dying, Job For A Cowboy and Ghost Brigade.

The lineup now reads as follows (in alphabetical order): More...

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Abigail Williams Drops Off Nile Tour

Abigail Williams has issued the following statement about canceling their upcoming tour dates alongside Nile:

"Due to a recent injury to drummer Ken Meyers, Abigail Williams are forced to cancel their upcoming tour with Nile that was scheduled to start January 15 in Baltimore, Maryland. The tour was planned to support the recent release of a deluxe version of the band’s latest album, In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (released this week featuring five bonus songs, a CD-ROM video track and all new artwork) and the vinyl pressing of the popular record originally released late 2008."

Abigail Williams have also announced that they will soon begin writing and recording their second full-length album which is tentatively set for release by the end of 2010.

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Krisiun Post New Video Online For Streaming

Brazilian death squad KRISIUN have launched a new video clip for the song "Sentenced Morning" on its Myspace.

KRISIUN are currently preparing to tour the USA with Nile, Immolation, Abigail Williams and Dreaming Dead before they will head back to Brazil and other South American countries in March 2010.

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Hackneyed Single Available, Recaps Nile Tour

Hackneyed's single "Deatholution, taken off the latest album, "Burn After Reaping," is now available online via JamLegend. Check it out at http://www.jamlegend.com/songs/86606

Hackneyed has released the following recap of the Nile tour:

"Hey guys and gals! Yes, we're back from some amazing and successful days together with the almighty Nile, Krisiun, Grave and Ulcerate! It was really great to meet and to get to know all these cool guys of these cool bands. We had a lot of fun in our tourbus and in the cities, for example London or Enschede. Also we met some amazing people at the shows and, oh yeah, had a lot of fun with the polish crew of MassiveMusic, hehe... Thanks to the whole Tour crew, the clubs and venues and especially all you guys who visited this tour and checked us out! Also check our new tour-video!"

Here is Hackneyed tour 2009 video. More...

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More Bands Confirmed For Graspop 2010

The organizers of Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting has announced a string of new additions to the lineup for next years event, which will take place in the town of Dessel between June 25th-27th. The latest bands confirmed for the event are Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Doro, Nile, Sabaton, Therion, Bloodbath, Mucky Pup and Hail Of Bullets.

The lineup for the festival is now as follows: More...

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Nile Announces Latin American Tour Dates

NILE has announced more tour dates on the band's ongoing world tour in support of "Those Whom the Gods Detest," adding a run of Latin American tour dates. The newly announced tour dates are:

NILE "Those Whom The Gods Detest" Latin American Tour 2010
3/5/10 Monterrey, Mexico (venue TBA)
3/7/10 March 7th.- Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador
3/10/10 March 10th.-Santiago, Chilie (venue TBA)
3/13/10 Caracas, Venezuela (venue TBA)
3/14/10 Bogota, Columbia (venue TBA)

Catch NILE on their North American headlining tour with label mates IMMOLATION, as well as KRISIUN, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and female fronted blackened/deathsters DREAMING DEAD. More...

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Nile Announces New Album Chart Positions

Last Tuesday, November 3rd saw the North American release date of "Those Whom The Gods Detest," the latest album from Egyptian themed technical death metallers Nile. The band has announced that "Those Whom The Gods Detest" landed the following Billboard chart entries:

#160 on the Top 200
#27 on Top Hard Music Albums

The new tracks "Permitting The Noble Dead To Descend To The Underworld" and "Utterances of The Crawling Dead" can be heard at Nile's MySpace page.

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