Nile - The Essential Salts Lyrics
The necromancers of Giza
A cult of reanimators
Concerned with interrogation of the long dead
Corpses who may be revived and made to talk
And describe the contents of rare books
Although they are often reluctant to reveal their secrets
And must be encouraged with fire and blade
A corpse chosen for resurrection
Is cut into parts of convenient size
Boiled in clean water
Linen strips of mummification are removed
And the skull and bones liquefied
And boiled until all water is gone
What remains in the bottom
That may be carried in the palms of two hands
This white powder contains the essential salts
Of the man whose corpse was boiled
It is from this powder that the living body may be reconstituted
And made to serve as a house for the soul
Which is called back into its former flesh by words of power
It is a great shock to the soul
To tear it back from its resting place and reanimate it
The resurrected are often insane and scream ceaselessly or dash themselves into walls
If the salts are contaminated with the essence of other living beings
When the mummy has been the breeding place of vermin
The revitalization of the salts produces something
That is part man and part whatever gnawed his corpse
These horrors lack the faculty of speech
Or their speech is crazed and bestial
And must be immediately slain
For though the memory of the man may remain intact
The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
Inhibit his human expression
Those who have served their purpose are killed
By strangulation with a cord around the neck
And their bodies burned
Their ashes gathered and cast into the Nile
Where the currents carry them to sea
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Nile The Essential Salts Comments
Dragonforce: I'm fast
Nile: hold my blast beats
just by following image by image what the lyrics describe, a hilarious video could be made for this song
Dragonforce: we are the fastest metal band in the world
Nile: hold my beer
Dragonforce isnt even that fast, most of their songs doesnt cross 200 bpm while this one is like 250.
One of my favorites BUT your highs are to high. When I jam this loud it's to much and have to turn it down a bit unlike Evil to cast out evil among many others I can blast. Is it my ears only or is this an issue?
Still boots the arse of everything
Just as Belle Delphine sells her bath water, so NILE should sell these salts :DD
Una técnica absolutamente monstruosa e inhumana , Sanders , Dallas Kollias son unas bestias , esto es digno de un Faraón Egipcio
Music like this is like Chaos but in harmony
Charles Dexter Ward
i played this at 2x speed
Essential bath salts for that out of the womb feeling.
God dammit that’s good shit
On today's Cooking With Dallas, Dallas shows you how to boil a corpse.
The best death metal band!
Mine god!!!!! Epic
this is fucking insane
*Music my little 2 year old listen to when she takes a Bubble bath. Makes sense why she can levitate water.*
Prepare thy phallus for consumaaatiooon
im both terrified and interested about the lyrics
OK, I have done almost everything, but jammed on one peculiar detail, that stopped all the process: WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE WORDS OF POWER?
Tried everything, but...nothing happens.
And yes, PLEASE doesn't worked too.
Som por 1000 vezes fodastico !!!
I want to go to Egypt now. Blasting this in front of the great pyramids is now on my bucket list.
Nile should play in Egypt
Ooof eargasm! I've have seen many interviews by sir Sanders n Dallas. Both is extremely tired of those questions about egyptology but not me. I love ancient history besides music Do you now any documentarys or book on this subject? All the Best:)
A work of art,awesome lyrics,nile rule
Joseph Curwen sent me here.
quality is shit but great song!
This video should be labeled in education, i just learned how to resurrect my grandparents and stuff.
That's nice.
Hahaha nice. Good to hear that
Listen to this at x1.25 speed.
NecroSmokist It sounded great but now Im dead
Some of the best lyrics I have ever read:
The necromancers of Giza
A cult of reanimators
Concerned with interrogation of the long dead
Corpses who may be revived and made to talk
And describe the contents of rare books
And gold hidden in the earth
Although they are often reluctant to reveal their secrets
And must be encouraged with fire and blade
A corpse chosen for resurrection
Is cut into parts of convenient size
Boiled in clean water
Linen strips of mummification are removed
And the skull and bones liquefied
And boiled until all water is gone
What remains in the bottom
Is a white crystalline substance
That may be carried in the palms of two hands
This white powder contains the essential salts
Of the man whose corpse was boiled
It is from this powder that the living body may be reconstituted
And made to serve as a house for the soul
Which is called back into its former flesh by words of power
It is a great shock to the soul
To tear it back from its resting place and reanimate it
The resurrected are often insane and scream ceaselessly or dash themselves into walls
If the salts are contaminated with the essence of other living beings
When the mummy has been the breeding place of vermin
The revitalization of the salts produces something
That is part man and part whatever gnawed his corpse
These horrors lack the faculty of speech
Or their speech is crazed and bestial
And must be immediately slain
For though the memory of the man may remain intact
The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
Inhibit his human expression
Those who have served their purpose are killed
By strangulation with a cord around the neck
And their bodies burned
Their ashes gathered and cast into the Nile
Where the currents carry them to sea
"These horrors lack the faculty of speech
Or their speech is crazed and bestial
And must be immediately slain
For though the memory of the man may remain intact
The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
Inhibit his human expression".
This bit ^ along with the heaving riffing and insane drumming at the same time make for such a brutal experience. Fantastic stuff!
The drumming on the song (well most Nile songs) is just insane.
george kollias was born from the satan's ass
Kollias completely loses his shit in this track, it's crazy.
1:01 - 1:15 Nothing compares
2:42 That heavenly end......
+somesh kadam Makes my spine tingle
+Davinder Grewal It ll suit for Egyptian history movie trailers!!
I swear to you man, that jingle has been in my head since I was in high school. I am 23 now.
@2% milk same
1:40 wtf george?
was this song inspired by a specific story from Egyptian mythology or did they think up the idea on their own?
+charlie ricketts The large majority of Nile songs are inspired by actual Egyptian Mythology. In the case of this song, the lyrics are actually pretty heavily plagiarized from a man named Donald Tyson. Source: http://www.last.fm/group/--NILE--/forum/26162/_/437456
thats very interesting I have never heard of that guy before. Thanks for sharing!
I wear my nile tour shirt to almost every show we play. So fucking good. It was an honor to see these guys live at Empire. My old band was supposed to play that same show until they dropped out like a bunch of pussies. \m/
Ritualistic Band the empire in Springfield Virginia?
1:00 that riff man....
2:42 i felt almost orgasmic
1:40 cool riff
14 people don't know about the Necromancers of Giza
very hard drummer and sONg
This has been a very informative manual.
haha, boil those corpses
Did it worked?
It even tells you what happens if the recipe doesn't work properly
Home Alone
Essential Salts... Bath Salts!
fuck off wow a bath salt joke wayy ahead of its time highfive
2:42 DAMN Orgasm!
Very Cathy Nilesong and the ourto is pretty nasty. my favorite song of this album..
The fuck is wrong with you John?
The dmfu
i feel like i just read a fucking google exlpanation....... the fuck
Fuck this. I was brought here couse i love Nile and Lovecraft.
Perfect and powerfull combinations. Result = this song.
I laughed at burp789 comment for days. What I saw was a mummy waking from the dead because this music was so terrifying. And yeah, he runs into wall because his eyes are wrapped up in cloth.
Sweet! Yea Entombed are great, seen em live too. I play the guitar as well, I always love a distinguish guitar, preferably technical too! Peace out my metal-bro! \oo/
so brutal
One of the greatest metal-bands there is. :) The founding-member/guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders is a professor in in (I think) Egyptian mythology too, which is kinda cool.
Headbanging at 100000 bpm \mmmm/
What is love?
I got here because Nile kicks ass !
Especially this song !
A friend showed me the band. And that jeopardizes my manhood?
FucKing Fast ...
I have a mental image of a mummy screaming and running into walls, lol
The lyrics match the song perfectly
this band is so god damn awesome. GK is just unbelievable
This song give me goosebumps every single time i listen to it ! Nile are just fucking brilliant \m/
Dayum those lyrics man
hahahahhahaha
sweet melody!!! cool song, nothing to say more)
I want to meet the one dude who blasts this in his truck when he's plowing and salting the roads after and before it snows lol
Necromancers of Giza brought me here...
My cock brought me here.
this is so fucking manly fuck yeah. feel the testosterone fuckers
One of Nile's best songs
Nile brought me here.
niun brillo musica pa gueones!!!
This song is based in the chapter "The Essential Salts and their Use" from the book "Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred" by Donald Tyson.
i think Potassium Chloride. used in lethal injections
1:46 is the best riff..
Giza! This guy is talking about my country!
"The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
Inhibit his human expression"
Awesome.
I can understand all the instruments. I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't think so.
BATH SALTS!!!!
1:55 fattest blast beat section ever
Is this song based on a Lovecraft story or something?
I furiously headbang to this when I'm putting salt on my food!
8 fucking beliebers retarded jajaja
I listen to Nile while playing Act II in D3
didn't even need a roid junkie to tell me to come here
Sounds like 4/4 to me dude, but I could be wrong :P
охуенная песенка
really? it doesn't sound like it.
I WANT 1080P NOW!!!!
This song almost killed me.
Written in 1/4
Going to see Nile in Grand Rapids, Mich March 24th!!! BRUTAL!!!
These lyrics belong in a Necromancer's instruction guide
@MyBandNameWasTaken that comment made my week
God tier main riff
fucking kanye lol