What Should Not Be Unearthed

What Should Not Be Unearthed
Cover art by Michal "Xaay" Loranc
Studio album by Nile
Released	August 28, 2015
Genre	Technical death metal, death metal
Length	50:03
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Neil Kernon
Nile chronology
At the Gate of Sethu (2012) What Should Not Be Unearthed (2015)

What Should Not Be Unearthed is the eighth studio album by American technical death metal band Nile. The album was released on August 28, 2015 in North America through Nuclear Blast.

On July 7, 2015, the album's track listing was revealed.^[1]

On July 24, 2015, the album's first lyric video, for the track "Call to Destruction", was released.^[2]

On August 13, 2015, the album's second lyric video, for the track "Evil to Cast Out Evil", was released.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Karl Sanders.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Call to Destruction"	5:45
2.	"Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep"	4:14
3.	"Liber Stellae Rubeae"	3:48
4.	"In the Name of Amun"	6:49
5.	"What Should Not Be Unearthed"	6:58
6.	"Evil to Cast Out Evil"	5:37
7.	"Age of Famine"	4:11
8.	"Ushabti Reanimator"	1:30
9.	"Rape of the Black Earth"	4:35
10.	"To Walk Forth from Flames Unscathed"	6:36
Total length:		50:03

^[4]

Personnel

Nile

• Karl Sanders − guitar, vocals, bass, glissentar, baglama saz, keyboards
• Dallas Toler-Wade − guitar, vocals, bass
• George Kollias − drums

Additional personnel

• Pete Hammoura - percussion, vocals
• Mike Breazeale - vocals
• Brad Parris - vocals

Production

• Neil Kernon − production, mixing, engineering
• Bob Moore - drum engineering
• Alan Douches - mastering

Cover Artwork

• Michał "Xaay" Loranc

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	94
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	129
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8]	59
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	24
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	132
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[11]	35
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12]	2

References

1. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nile-what-should-not-be-unearthed-track-listing-unveiled/
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSVqclCr4fI
3. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nile-lyric-video-for-new-song-evil-to-cast-out-evil/
4. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Nile/What_Should_Not_Be_Unearthed/520412
5. Ryan, Gavin (September 5, 2015). "ARIA Albums: The Weeknd Takes Top Spot On Australian Chart". Noise11. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
6. "Ultratop.be – Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
7. "Ultratop.be – Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
9. "Nile: What Should Not Be Unearthed" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
10. "Lescharts.com – Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
11. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2015. 35. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
12. "Nile – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Nile. Retrieved September 10, 2015.