Annihilation of the Wicked

Annihilation of the Wicked
Studio album by Nile
Released	May 23, 2005 (Europe) May 24, 2005 (North America)
Recorded	December 2004 – January 2005 at The Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina
Genre	Death metal, technical death metal
Length	51:41
Label	Relapse
Producer	Neil Kernon
Nile chronology
In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) Legacy of the Catacombs (2007)

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Blabbermouth	(9/10)
PopMatters	(9/10)

Annihilation of the Wicked is the fourth studio album by American death metal band Nile. The album was released on May 23, 2005 by Relapse Records. This is the first Nile album to feature George Kollias on drums, replacing Tony Laureano. The album continues in the same thematic vein of Nile's previous works, drawing heavy inspiration from ancient Egyptian history and the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. This album marks Nile's last record released by Relapse.

The album art features an artist's depiction of the Winged Disk of Horus surrounded by the goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet in serpent form.

Track listing

1. "Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise" – 0:51
2. "Cast Down the Heretic" – 5:45
3. "Sacrifice Unto Sebek" – 3:03
4. "User-Maat-Re" – 9:14
5. "The Burning Pits of the Duat" – 3:52
6. "Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Crescent Shaped Horns" – 5:21
7. "Lashed to the Slave Stick" – 4:18
8. "Spawn of Uamenti" – 1:14
9. "Annihilation of the Wicked" – 8:36
10. "Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten" – 9:46

Bonus tracks

11. "Sss Haa Set Yoth" (Japanese bonus track) – 5:15

Personnel

• Karl Sanders − guitar, lead vocals, bağlama, saz, keyboards, bouzouki
• Dallas Toler-Wade − guitar, vocals
• George Kollias − drums, percussion
• Jon Vesano − bass guitar, vocals
• Mike Brezeale − exorcism chants and Pazuzu bowl on "Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Crescent Shaped Horns"