

This record is completely obscure, and I would have never heard of it except for an Iranian friend of mine who sent it to me. Yeganeh sings and plays an instrument called the dutar, a two stringed Persian lute of ancient origin. Ostad Mohammad-Hoseyn Yeganeh, ‘Music of Northern Khorasan’ Karl Sanders, "Skull Fuck Ritual (Skull Breach Edition)" Hear more of Sanders' solo music on Spotify. Get your copy of 'Saurian Apocalypse' here and follow Nile on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The timing was quite interesting as well - Sanders continued to explore this musical avenue while simultaneously expanding the sonic and lyrical scope of Nile into Egypt's neighboring Middle East region.Įvolution and open-mindedness is generally the key to long-lasting success and this seems to be true of Nile and Sanders, so join in below and see his picks for world music albums for metal fans! At the least, this was the case for one Loudwire writer in particular.įive years later, Sanders served up Saurian Exorcisms, another exercise in Eastern-ambient music and a refreshing change of pace from the downtuned riffing fury and blast beast-intensive death metal purveyed by Nile. For many metal fans, it was likely their first taste of true world music and an eye-opener to cultural sounds played with more traditional intent amid the folk metal explosion that took place around this time as well. but none of them were ever really right.Sanders, who formed Nile in 1993 and released the otherworldly Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka Nile debut in 1998, branched out with his first solo release, Saurian Meditation, in 2004. there was a wooden one that I sat on in 1996. "There were comic book versions, and there were versions in the card game and the board game, and there were versions on the cover, and there were versions that were done for conventions. Martin explained during a panel how no one ever gets the iconic throne correct.Īt the event, held Sunday evening at the 92Y in New York City for Martin's new book " The World of Ice & Fire ," he said that while numerous replicas existed throughout the world, none depicted the throne he had in mind while writing the series.

While the HBO version is the one fans and audiences may be most familiar with, "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. HBO was even selling a version of the chair for $32,000. Several promotional thrones travel the world for fans to sit on and take photos with at "Game of Thrones" events. It has become so iconic that magazines have parodied it and fans have commissioned their own versions.
