Nile:"The gods who light up the sky at the Gate of Sethu", (from the album "At the Gate of Sethu", 2012):
The Great God cometh forth to the Gate
the gods who are therein acclaim Him
Guarded by sixteen UraeiStandeth the mummified form of Nemi
a Knife in his hands Swept by Flames of Fire
Come thou who art at the Horizon
Who Unveils the secret place And unfolds the Fathomless Depths of the Earth
Sethu the Hideous serpent stands on his tail
And guards the Way
Sayeth Sa
Rend thy Gate Tear open thy Portal Illuminate the darkness
The Gate Shuts behind ra
Uraci wail when the gate closes upon them
The Procession of Ra Incinerates the Sky
Unti the God of the Hour a Star in each Hand
Horus the Hawk Headed
SereqAbeshi
Sekhet the Lioness
The winged serpent Semi
Besi Receives the flame
of a horned animal Transfixed by a knife
From the neck of The serpent Ankhi
grows the Skulls of the undead
The criers Raise their Hands in adoration
Uraci rear their heads
unto Horus Set
Maketh thou a Rising up for Ra
In his hand is the fire from the head and upon the Horns
The weapon in the hand of the slayer is within the follower of the God
Those who cry unto Ra say
Enter in O Ra
Hail Come forth thou who art Born of the Underworld
Light up the Night sky Set ablaze a Conflagration that Sears the Firmament
(lyrics: Karl Sanders)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0GBd4isAJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKPZGqrGqG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_bAM8dqLCQ
http://www.nile-catacombs.net/
(Do you remember Ritchie Blackmore´s classic riff from the classic Deep Purple-song "Smoke on the water"? Of course you do, or at least I hope so....ha ha....This totally unforgettable and, (as I have been told), quite easy riff to play was one of the reasons, why I got hooked on the heavy metal-genre back in the late 1980´s. Since that time an endless stream of great heavy metal-riffs have passed through my life, and last month the greatest death metal-riff ever hit my ears....Namely the opening/closing riff from the Nile-song "The gods who light up the sky at the Gate of Sethu" taken from last year´s Nile-album "At the Gate of Sethu". This riff is totally stunning to say the least!!! The very first time I was listening to it, I was like WTF....How on earth did I end in heaven from one moment to another....ha ha....
....And the new Nile-album as a whole? I like it, I REALLY REALLY REALLY like it :-) In fact I consider "At the Gate of Sethu" their best sine my ultimate Nile-favorite "In their darkened shrines" from 2002! It just sounds so fresh and some of the songs included on "At the Gate...." have this charming PUNK-feeling to it....PUNK AND NILE?!?!....To be honest: I didn´t see it coming....ha ha....
See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time my nephew, (the little drummer-boy :-)), is back....And by the way, we´re heading to Texas :-)
See you :-)
Kind regards
Carsten
