Nile have released a lyric video for the brand new track “Call To Destruction”. The song is taken from the band's new masterpiece, What Should Not Be Unearthed, which will be released on August 28th via Nuclear Blast.

“Call To Destruction” is also available as digital single. Pre-order the album now on iTunes and get the instant grat single “Call To Destruction” now.

Mastermind Karl Sanders states: ““Call To Destruction” should leave no doubt as to the explicit and extreme nature of the new Nile Album.

These are some of our heaviest yet memorable tracks ever. The violence contained in every aspect of Call to Destruction is echoed , through many varieties and creative permutations of Heaviness and Brutality , throughout the entire What Should not be Unearthed disc.

The inspiration for the song itself comes from news reports in 2012 – when radical Clerics were calling for the destruction of Egypt’s Pyramids. Most of the lyrics to “Call To Destruction” are actual direct quotes from the words of Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud – whose eloquence and quote-ability are clearly second-to-none. While this lyric video is filled with many images of volence and destruction of historical artifacts culled from common everyday newsreel imagery , its message is to communicate the insanity and futility of war as a tragic result of the clash of ideologies. This video’s sole purpose is to bring attention to the wanton destruction of Artifacts in the middle east. None of the members of Nile in any way  endorse any political or religious agenda with this video;  Nile as students of Egyptian History are concerned about the preservation of the cultures of all peoples of our Greater Global Community.”  

Nile recently revealed the tracklisting for What Should Not Be Unearthed. Produced by Nile and mixed by Neil Kernon, the album can be pre-ordered here.

Karl Sanders states: ““The goal for the new record was sheer epic brutality. The focus this time around is on brutal heavy metal riffing and songwriting; kind of like of an Annihilation Of The Wicked approach but very streamlined to achieve maximum destructive impact. So we believe that we have a truly crushing disc to bring to metal fans. Although Unearthed is still full of the kind of undeniable musicianship people have come to expect from us over the years, it’s the songs themselves that will hit listeners over the head this time around.”

The artwork was handled this time by Michal 'Xaay' Loranc.

Xaay states about the artwork: “At first, I would like to express that it was great experience to work on another Nile cover / artwork again. I'm really grateful having been a big fan of the band for all these years.

The Story behind the title goes deeply beneath everything we have already known, and we may not be ready to face.  With the art I excavated the theories of an elder ancient civilization which could give the origin to ancient Egypt. That's why you can find a new ingredient in the band imagery, pointing at some higher obscure intelligence, eroding and covered with time. That trace of a dismal legacy is resembled in the outer structure which radiates from the block, sealing the unknown, and it's only an adumbration of what we will meet, once it is removed.

The pyramid-shaped seal in the center doesn't contain a recipe for some Camel Stew or a Pharaoh's dining menu. An experienced eye will notice hieroglyphs taken from the "Book of the Dead", or the Seven Islands of Amentet glyph - depicting the ancient Underworld, and describing the elder reign of God-kings, which had ended circa. 9850 B.C. (perhaps some similarity with that of Atlantis?). But the main thing we should not miss here is a winged scarab sign in the exact center. We all know this most common Egyptian artifact giving protection... so the message is pretty clear... I hope it may become another fine element in band's repository for the Nile themed tattoos.

To sum it up: this album is definitely not a box of candies. Keep in mind that opening the package means you will deal with the deadliest essence...

However, it will be a hard task to hold on to your curiosity. Well... it's a new Nile!”

Tracklisting:

“Call To Destruction”
“Negating The Abominable Coils Of Apep”
“Liber Stellae Rubeae”
“In The Name Of Amun”
“What Should Not Be Unearthed”
“Evil To Cast Out Evil”
“Age Of Famine”
“Ushabti Reanimator”
“Rape Of The Black Earth”
“To Walk Forth From Flames Unscathed”

Nile will hit the road together with their label mates Suffocation as special guests, to support their upcoming masterpiece What Should Not Be Unearthed.

Tour dates:

August
29 - Warszawa, Poland - Progresja Music Zone /Massivefest
30 - Wrocław, Poland - Alibi
31 - Berlin, Germany - K17    

September
1 - Bremen, Germany - Tivoli  
2 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Garage
3 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
4 - Huttikon, Switzerland - Meh Stuff! Metal Festival
5 - Torcy, France - Fall Of Summer
6 - Plymouth, UK - The Hub
7 - Manchester, UK - Sound Control
8 - London, UK -  The Dome
9 - Bristol, UK -  The Marble Factory
10 - Nijmegen, Holland - Doornroosje
11 - Andernach, Germany - Death Feast Open Air
13 - Toulouse, France - Connexion Live           
15 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
16 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
17 - Lisbon, Portugal - RCA Club
18 - Madrid, Spain - Arena
19 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzamataz 2
20 - Marseille, France - Moulin    
21 - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland - Bikini Test
23 - Brescia, Italy - Circolo Colony
24 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska
25 - Budapest, Hungary - A38
26 - Wien, Austria - Szene
27 - Kosice, Slovakia - Collosseum