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NILE: New Audio Interview With KARL SANDERS Posted Online

March 14, 2008

Speaking to NILE's Karl Sanders while the band was en route to the first show of their current "Ithyphallic" North American tour with SUICIDE SILENCE, THE FACELESS, UNEXPECT, and WARBRINGER, Headbanger's Blog journalist Jon Wiederhorn asked if there were any upcoming surprises planned on this road trek. His answer is SURE to cause a stir among longtime NILE fans.

Click here for a direct MP3 download of the podcast interview.

In an interview with Metal Maniacs magazine, Sanders explained the choice behind the title for their fifth studio album: "'Ithyphallic' refers to the ancient practice of portraying statues of gods with huge, mythically-proportioned erections. It's a sign of strength and fertility. When we were just a demo band, everyone had to have their own little thing that made your band different from the others. So we said, 'Let's call this brutal, ithyphallic metal,' and it just stuck."

"We're ready to go back on the road and we're grateful for all the airplay our video's ['Papyrus Containing The Spell To Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is In The Water'] been receiving on 'Headbanger's Ball'. It proves we picked the right song," adds Sanders. "We're all for being taken seriously as a band."

Selling 4,600 copies of "Ithyphallic" during the first week of release and landing on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #162 in July, 2007 would be enough of an achievement for some people, but being taken seriously as a musician is something Sanders takes to heart. Thanks to the monumental creativity he's displayed on guitar, he's been ranked #4 in Decibel magazine's "Top 20 Death Metal Guitarists of All Time" and has been featured (alongside his bandmate Dallas Toler-Wade) in Guitar World's "Betcha Can't Play This" column.

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