In Their Darkened Shrines

In Their Darkened Shrines
Studio album by Nile
Released	August 20, 2002
Recorded	2002 at The Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina
Genre	Technical death metal
Length	58:44
Label	Relapse
Producer	Bob Moore
Nile chronology
In the Beginning (2000) In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) Annihilation of the Wicked (2005)

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In Their Darkened Shrines is the third studio album by American death metal band Nile. It was released on August 20, 2002 through Relapse Records. The lyrics to "In Their Darkened Shrines IV: Ruins" are borrowed from the H. P. Lovecraft short story, "The Nameless City". These lyrics are not actually spoken in the song, as it is an instrumental. Along with "In Their Darkened Shrines I: Hall of Saurian Entombment", the lyrics are supplementary to the theme of the instrumental. The two main melodies of "Unas Slayer Of The Gods" are a tribute to "Gothic Stone/The Well of Souls" by Candlemass, from their doom metal album Nightfall.

Track listing

• All songs composed by Karl Sanders, except where noted.

1. "The Blessed Dead" – 4:53
2. "Execration Text" – 2:46 (Sanders, Dallas Toler-Wade)
3. "Sarcophagus" – 5:09
4. "Kheftiu Asar Butchiu" – 3:52
5. "Unas Slayer of the Gods" – 11:43
6. "Churning the Maelstrom" – 3:07
7. "I Whisper in the Ear of the Dead" – 5:10
8. "Wind of Horus" – 3:47 (Toler-Wade)
9. "In Their Darkened Shrines: I. Hall of Saurian Entombment" – 5:09
10. "In Their Darkened Shrines: II. Invocation to Seditious Heresy" – 3:51 (Sanders, Toler-Wade)
11. "In Their Darkened Shrines: III. Destruction of the Temple of the Enemies of Ra" – 3:11
12. "In Their Darkened Shrines: IV. Ruins" – 6:01

Personnel

Nile

• Karl Sanders – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
• Dallas Toler-Wade – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
• Tony Laureano – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Jon Vesano – additional vocals
• Mike Breazeale – additional vocals

Production

• Produced by Bob Moore
• Recorded & engineered by Bob Moore
• Mixed by Bob Moore & Nile
• Mastered by Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer)