Finally, Nile’s first two recordings, ‘Festivals of atonement’ and ‘Ramses, bringer of war’, are made available to everyone. I already own a copy of the ‘Ramses…’ EP, but as the songs on this are also featured on ‘Amongst the catacombs…’ and have a duration of 10 (!) minutes, it is the ‘Festivals of Atonement’ EP that makes this album worth the money!
This EP was recorded in 1995 and consists of five songs plus an instrumental track. On this release, Nile were not yet as technical as nowadays, but you will unmistakably recognize this material as Nile.
The songs on ‘Festivals of Atonement” are also very long (5 or 6 minutes) compared to Nile’s more recent material. Tracks like ‘Divine intent’, ‘Wrought’ or ‘Extinct’ are more straightforward, but already have the typical Nile touch in them. The three songs from the ‘Ramses, Bringer of War’ EP are ‘The howling of the Jinn’, ‘Ramses…’ and ‘Die Rache krieg lied der Assyriche’.
All in all, a great release, with a total playing time is 43 minutes, for those who wanted to get Nile’s previous outputs!
