The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality, NILE, are proud to announce they are touring Asia this April/May. This marks the band’s first time in these markets and the guys are extremely excited to be playing for their Asian metal brothers. “The whole idea of spreading NILE’s music into this part of the world has been a long time coming” commented the band. “We are extremely pleased to go to there and are looking forward to an amazing cultural exchange and experience.” NILE are currently in the studio wrapping up the mix of their latest effort At The Gate of Sethu with producer Neil Kernon. The album is tentatively scheduled to be released the 2nd quarter of 2012.
NILE / ASIA INVASION 2012
April 26 Diablo Open Air Singapore , Singapore
April 28 Hammersonic Jakarta International Metal Festival, Lapangan D, Jakarta INDONESIA
May 2 A.U.A. Auditorium, Bangkok, Thailand. (w/ HATE ETERNAL)
May 5 Summer Blaze Metal Festival, New Delhi INDIA
May 6 Nile live in Bangalore, E-Zone Club, Bangalore India
Prior to that NILE will be the main support to Detroit, Michigan's melodic death metal outfit THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. Additional support on this package is to come from SKELETONWITCH and HOUR OF PENANCE. Those dates will kick off on March 24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at The Intersection and wrap on April 20 in Worcester, Massachusetts at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival.
The dates are as follows:
Mar. 22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar** NILE only
Mar. 23 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s** NILE only
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, NILE, SKELETONWITCH, HOUR OF PENANCE
Mar. 24 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
Mar. 25 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club
Mar. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - Station 4
Mar. 27 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Mar. 28 – Lawrence, KS – Granada ** NILE only
Mar. 29 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
Mar. 30 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
Apr. 02 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Apr. 03 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
Apr. 04 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
Apr. 05 – West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
Apr. 06 - Phoenix, AZ - Nile Theater
Apr. 07 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Apr. 09 - Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar
Apr. 10 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
Apr. 11 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
Apr. 13 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Apr. 15 – Detroit, MI - Blondies ** NILE only
Apr. 17 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
Apr. 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts
Apr. 19 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Apr. 20 - Worcester, MA - New England Metal & Hardcore Fest at The Palladium
NILE have made the video clip for the song “Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld” available for streaming at the following location http://goo.gl/UYGi. The track come off the bands the latest release Those Whom the Gods Detest and was directed by Juan “Punchy” Gonzalez.
NILE’s latest state-of-the-death-metal-art release Those Whom the Gods Detest, was produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, QUEENSRYCHE). Along with a stellar drum recording job by Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, GOATWHORE), Those Whom the Gods Detest features the bands strongest production and perhaps their best material to date!
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