Radio Metal has issued a new interview with NILE frontman Karl Sanders. An excerpt follows:

Q: In February of this year, you explained that you had lost contact with your bass player, Chris Lollis, during the writing and

recording of the album. After three months of silence from him, you hired a replacement, Todd Ellis. Have you had any news from Chris since then? What happened on his side?

A: "It turns out he had some legal troubles and decided not to tell anybody about it. It was a very bad choice on his part. All he really had to do was pick up the phone, call us and tell us what was going on. It would have been simple. But simply not contacting us

and disappearing… He wasn’t home, his girlfriend didn’t know where he was, he didn’t answer any e-mails or phone calls… You can’t run a band if you can’t get in touch with people! What were we supposed to do? Wait around and wonder if he was going to show up in time for our tour? We couldn’t do that. It was a poor choice on his part."

Q: I guess you didn’t have much time to find a replacement, since you were in the middle of the recording of the new album. How did you end up getting Todd?

A: "As you said, we realized we had no time: as soon as we would finish our album, it would be time to go on THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER tour. So we went back through all the audition tapes we had taken two years ago. Out of all the people in those video tapes, Todd was the best."

Q: It looks like Nile is having a hard time getting a stable bass player. If I’m correct, you’ve had like five different bass players since the creation of the band?

A: "Yeah. It would give me a good reason to always hate bass players!"

Q: In an interview, you stated that you haven’t abandoned your identity and that you shouldn’t “fuck over your fans”. It is important for you to stay true to a certain course of action?

A: "Sure, yeah, absolutely. I think there are many bands who radically changed what they do, and I think that, if you change too much, then your fans don’t necessarily understand. I’m not going to name any names of other bands, or anything. But Nile is known for a certain kind of music, and I think it’s important to maintain an identity. Who is Nile? Well, Nile certainly has some identifying characters. The people that have been loyal to us over the years, who follow us, come to our shows, buy our records and support the band – I think those people matter. Without fans, you can have no music in the first place. So the fans are important to us."

Read the full interview at this location.

Nile will release their new album, At The Gate Of Sethu, on July 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The second track-by-track video for the album has been released. Check out both below:

The official lyric video for the album track, 'The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of The Deceased', can be seen below:

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