Nile have not built a career based on dramatic evolution from one record to the next. They do what they do — Egyptian-themed brutal/technical death metal — and they do it ridiculously well, each release having its own character while sticking to their guns, and their tenth full-length captures them at their best. When you title a song — deep breath — Chapter For Not Being Hung Upside Down On A Stake In The Underworld And Made To Eat Feces By The Four Apes, you better back it up with some weight so no one thinks you are taking the piss (or the feces). And back it up they do, the blastbeat-ravaged second track upping the ante laid out by powerful opener Stelae Of Vultures. Said ante is in fact upped repeatedly, with the likes of Overlords Of The Black Earth a little ...