November 28th, 2007
Exclusive NILE Guitar Riff Lesson
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On August 21, 2007, when South Carolina’s Nile played an Ozzfest one-off date at BB King’s, in support of their new album Ithyphallic (Nuclear Blast), we invited guitarist/vocalists Karl Sanders and Dallas Toler-Wade to stop by MetalKult’s Manhattan headquarters for an in-depth Q&A and riff lesson.
The two technical death metal shredders accepted, and, axes in hand, stopped by our New York offices to demonstrate the key elements of their style, and show how to play Nile classics like “Barra Edinazzu,” “Howling of the Jinn,” “Black Seeds of Vengeance” and more!
Check out the clips below:
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fucking incredible! but it was kind of sloppy
fucking sick sound. they’re own style got’em where they are today. awesome. loved the stacked harmonies.
Don’t like their tone at all. Its all crunch. Their riffs sound better when they play them slow.
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Great!! excellent video.. post more of ‘em!!
Great!! excellent video.. post more of ‘em!!
Bret , do you even understand metal whatsoever dude. Cuz your fucking insane to say their tone is bad. BadAss yea, like 2 see you play some Paul Gilbert!!!!!!!! Nile is to the core. Metal…
These guys are the best death metal guitarists,
..ya..i just sOo love their soundz..love’n'heilz. ..xXx.
^^^No, Chuck Schuldiner was.
Awesome stuff, just wish it came with tabs :-/
^^^No Chuck Schuldiner was.
Nice, but I wish it came with tabs
It’s very cool to see these videos. I am Nile’s guitar tech and remember that day… while I was setting up gear at BB Kings, our tour manager handed me $40 and told me to catch a cab to Guitar World’s offices to deliver picks to Karl who neglected to bring any, not knowing he and Dallas were actually going to have to play. They had assumed it was an interview only.
Karl and Dallas are amazing players. True, some of what you see on these videos seems a bit sloppy but that’s just because they are normal, down to earth, working class guys from SC… guys that might have felt a little out of place being videoed in Guitar World’s NYC studio. Sit down in a hotel or on the bus with either of them, unplugged, and the precision and speed is astounding. It’s also amazing because they are tuned lower than the guitar is physically designed for and thus, one must have an extremely precise touch to actually play in tune. Karl’s guitars are especially impossible with the scalloped necks and light gauge strings on the top end. It was nearly impossible for me to actually tune his main guitar (Dean ML) because of this and the thin neck. You can tune it perfectly but if you hold the guitar at any angle, move or press down on the strings like you would a normal guitar, there’s no way to play it in tune. How he does it is beyond me. It drove me crazy every day, trying to get everything perfect and only being successful about 10% of the time! It does my heart good to see him, out of tune in these videos, knowing he tuned it himself! Personally, I don’t anyone but he could play his guitars!
I do wish there was a video of “Ithyphallic”, where Karl uses the 11 string fretless (top part of the double neck) though. That’s another wild ass guitar and no one can play or ever thought of playing really. Other than having to change the strings, that guitar, like all the custom KRK guitars Nile uses, is extremely solid and stays in tune very well. By the way, the bottom part of the guitar, the six string Karl is playing here, he NEVER used on stage. Only once when Dallas called out the wrong song on the set list, did Karl play that lower half of the guitar and he suffered all the way through the song until I could switch him over to the ML. So… the fact that he had to play it on these videos probably handicapped him a little!
Thanks for the vids and letting me make these comments!
Oops…. I guess I spoke too soon! I just found the “interview” section of this article where Karl does indeed play the 11 string fretless on, “Ithyphallic”! Cool! Oh and another correction, the guitar is a KXK, not a KRK. Sorry… sometimes I type too fast!
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Sebek, these guys are playing super hard riffs, harmonized, and they probably did it all in one take, too. Cut them some slack
i need to figure out how to tune my guitar like that…
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Wow….metal for us old guys…..that being metal with precision and melody and intelligence. The guy that called it sloppy….well, adolescence is something he’ll get past eventually. Thanx to GW for sending this to me! Thanx to Ish for his enlightening comments regarding the clips and his personal involvement.
you guys are fucking incredible!
Really thick tone and nice playing, I was waiting for something like this to come for some time. NILE ARE REALLY AMAZING! BRUTAL TONE!
Just going to shamelessly promote my Nile tabs site here, not wrote all these tabs up yet but there’s plenty of others…
http://www.niletabs.netfirms.com
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do you plan on making a movie on the recording of your next album
I Think you guys are truly ahead of your time playing these kind riffs and progressions! I’ll say what everyone is thinking in that you guys really need to put out some Tablature books! Tablature books that included a DVD of you guys ripping and shredding in all of your glory!!
Nile is the best death metal bad and i am the biggest fan!!!!!!!
Metal As Fuck \m/
correction: Nile is The Best Death Metal Band ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and i am the biggest Fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fucking incredible
I’ve been trying for so long to play the guiter and it does seme to be coming to gether but its been taking me so long to learn to play this guiter but I.m not going to give up I just need a little help on some riffs if you could send me some it would be great. trusting i may hear from you in the very near future I remain c.nixon41@yahoo.com
so…..does anyone know where to get strings with those gauges? Ish, if you know let us know. I’m tuned down to B w/ the heaviest strings I can find and its pretty loose. Especially the 3rd. Karl probably hand makes his own in his basement w/ nothing but his two hands and a papyri reed. These guys DOMINATE!!
Craziness Machine Fingers..
Owesome, no more i can write..just owesome..
How dare him, play guitar with that speed?..ahaha..
“My name is Ramphis: prepare to die, heretics!”
Nile is THE band.
NILE TOTALLY DOMINATE THIS TYPE OF METAL!!!
SAW THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO-UNDISPUTED KINGS OF METAL!!!
BUT I DO LIKE TO SEE MY GUITAR GODS IN FULL SCREEN!!!-SORT IT PLEASE METALKULT!!!