NILE mastermind Karl Sanders is featured in a new interview with Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal at Metal Assault discussing a variety of subjects, including the cancellation of the band's India tour. An excerpt is available below:

Q: The first question concerns your fans here in India. The tour that you were supposed to do here last month was canceled because of visa problems, which was really unfortunate. What was your reaction when you found that out just a few days before you were supposed to play?

Sanders: "Well, I was really pissed. We are very angry about the entire situation. We’ve been struggling for over a month at the Indian Embassy, and they caused so many problems. We tried for our visa eight times, and each time they made us fill out the paperwork, and again, and again. So, we did everything they asked. It cost us money, rehearsal time, and time when we were out on tour in America, filling out visa forms all the time. It was a headache. So when it came down to the last minute, we were still keeping our hopes alive but finally it gets turned down the last time. They didn’t give any reason why they turned it down, because there was no reason to turn it down."

Q: Is it more frustrating when such things happen, that are out of your control, when all band members are available to tour, and when you obviously want to tour?

Sanders: "Of course, it’s very frustrating. It’s heartbreaking. It’s a big messy inconvenience. We had to reschedule all our flights because they kept us hanging till the very last minute. It would have been better for us if they had just told us, 'Fuck you, you can’t come in' when we had applied the first time, instead of making us wait eight fucking times. And it’s even more frustrating because we’d been waiting for a chance to come to India for years now."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Nile recently released the track ‘The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh’ off the band’s upcoming release At The Gate Of Sethu, which will be released July 3rd via Nuclear Blast.

To listen to the track visit the Nuclear Blast webstore and click on one of the pre-order links.

North American digi/ European digi tracklisting:

'Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame'

'The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of The Deceased'

'The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh'

'When My Wrath Is Done'

'Slaves Of Xul'

'The Gods Who Light Up The Sky At The Gate Of Sethu'

'Natural Liberation Of Fear Through The Ritual Deception Of Death'

'Ethno-Musicological Cannibalisms'

'Tribunal Of The Dead'

'Supreme Humanism Of Megalomania'

'The Chaining Of The Iniquitous'

Bonus:

'Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame' (Instrumental)

'The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh' (Instrumental)

European jewel case tracklisting:

'Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame'

'The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of The Deceased'

'The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh'

'When My Wrath Is Done'

'Slaves of Xul'

'The Gods Who Light Up The Sky At The Gate Of Sethu'

'Natural Liberation Of Fear Through The Ritual Deception Of Death'

'Ethno-Musicological Cannibalisms'

'Tribunal Of The Dead'

'Supreme Humanism Of Megalomania'

'The Chaining Of The Iniquitous'

World Management has announced festival and tour dates for Nile, as well as some first-time special shows in the Ukraine, and two shows in the Russian Federation.

Current dates include:

August

2 - Metal Heads Mission Festival - Yevpatoriya, Crimea, Ukraine
4 - Zal Ozhidaniya - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
5 - Milk - Moscow, Russian Federation
8 - Metal Camp Festival - Tolmin, Slovenia
9 - Brutal Assault Festival - Jaromer, Czech Republic
10 - Party.San Open Air - Schlotheim, Germany
12 - Bloodstock Festival - Walton On Trent, England
16 - Dynamo - Zurich, Switzerland
17 - Summer Breeze Open Air - Dinkelsbuehl, Germany
18 - Metal Mean Festival - Mean Belgium