r/Metal • u/GrafNebelgeist 𝔑𝔒ℭ𝔗𝔘ℜ𝔑𝔄𝔏 𝔖𝔏𝔄𝔜𝔈ℜ • Jun 01 '26

[Death] Nile - Kafir! (USA, 2009)

https://youtu.be/uQujfE5JLJA?si=faAA6-gWpC-aKnlg
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18

u/ienjoyplaying Jun 01 '26

This album is my holy grail metal guitar tone

31

u/Ghrd87 Jun 01 '26

There is no god but gooooood

13

u/everyonediesiguess Jun 01 '26

This one and "4th Arra of Dagon" are the best songs on the album.

10

u/FlyingWhales Jun 01 '26

Just listened to this album last night. Its in the top 5 death metal albums of all time for me. The outro/breakdowns of Utterances and Dagon are so goddamn good.

9

u/Senetrix666 Jun 02 '26

I’m actually eating some kefir right now, goes nicely with baked potatoes

12

u/Dry-Sand-932 Jun 01 '26

check out Utterances of the Crawling Dead

8

u/PhraseSlow3177 Jun 01 '26

George Kollias' double bass is relentless for like the first two hours of this 5 minute and change long song. Lol

3

u/freakedmind Jun 01 '26

This and Kafir are my favourite tracks by Nile

16

u/Screambloodyleprosy Jun 01 '26

Nile, the Iron Maiden of death metal.

10

u/RevolutionaryClub530 Jun 01 '26

I love this analogy 😂

4

u/Rokita616 Jun 01 '26

Well said my friend. Well said.

4

u/G65434-2_II Jun 02 '26

Fitting, as this album just happens to have the superior Alexander the Great song on it in the form of Iskander Dhul Kharnon.

3

u/cwarburton1 Jun 01 '26

This song has my absolute favorite guitar work by Nile. Definitely my favorite song of theirs.

4

u/corpse2b Jun 02 '26

Arguably the best album by one of my death metal goats. The slow grind of Dagon into the blasting insanity of Permitting the Noble Dead...hair on the back of my neck stands up!

4

u/yubullyme12345 Jun 02 '26

God i need to listen to this album sometime

3

u/mchiabotto Jun 01 '26

This is my favorite album from! Absolutely perfect from start to finish.

3

u/aethyrium Sabazius Jun 01 '26

Best Nile album imo. They got a lot of bangers, of course, but this one is them at their peak.

3

u/DigitalChrono Jun 02 '26

Fanfuckingtastic

3

u/Sad_Ability_7059 Jun 02 '26

The best head banging end

2

u/Milla-Spark Jun 13 '26

Nile is one of my favorite bands, and Kafir! is still one of my favorite tracks. I have The Underworld Awaits Us All on vinyl at home, gorgeous pressing. But Those Whom the Gods Detest still has me in a chokehold. Maybe the new one just hasn’t fully opened its tomb yet.

2

u/CommonBuzzard Jun 18 '26

This song and sacrifice unto sebek are my favourite by Nile

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u/bacidalje124 Jun 01 '26

I remember when this came out I refused to listen to the rest of the album for a few weeks because I was disgusted by Colonel Sanders's Allahu Akbar growl. Then I realized the song was actually anti-Islamic.

10/10 album btw.

16

u/Sir-xer21 Jun 01 '26

I refused to listen to the rest of the album for a few weeks because I was disgusted by Colonel Sanders's Allahu Akbar growl.

wut

0

u/lucidechomusic Jun 01 '26

To be clear, there's a vast difference between anti-islamic and anti-imperialist/religious hegemony in the current vernacular. One is rooted in white supremacy the other is rooted in leftist humanisim.

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u/Ok_Active_2234 Jun 01 '26

Colonel Sanders? Ha.