Decibel’s Deciblog has just posted an exclusive interview with recording engineer Erik Rutan about the upcoming NILE record:

What impressed you?

Erik Rutan: First of all, working with Nile in any capacity is something great. The collaboration with Neil (Kernon) is just awesome. I’m used to manning the ship all the time, so having someone like Neil, who is obviously a well-known producer, was really cool. Nile is one of the best death metal bands out there, they’re great guys and incredible musicians. To get the call that they were going to do drums at Mana (Recording Studios), I was totally stoked about it. I didn’t hear any pre-production before they came in. I normally get pre-production months in advance. My role for this record was engineering drums. George’s (Kollias) drums were huge. It was a massive beast of a kit, befitting a massive beast of a drummer. He came in and tore the place apart. He’s one of the best death metal drummers I’ve worked with and I’ve worked with the best. It was an intense session with some intense people. The drum takes, the performances, the tones came out stellar. Just having all those ears on things was a great experience. Because of the collaboration the drums came out incredible.

Read the entire interview here.

Nile are partnering up with long-time friends IMMOLATION and KRISIUN as well as ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and DREAMING DEAD for the first round of American tour dates in support of their new album, due out in late 2009. The 32-date tour commences on January 15th, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Pre-sale tickets for the Those Whom The Gods Detest tour are on sale exclusively at EnterTheVault.com through August 13th. On August 14th, tickets go on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.

For tour dates, visit Nile's MySpace page.