Karl Sanders

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Karl Sanders
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Sanders at Party.San Metal Open Air 2017
Background information
Born (1963-06-05) June 5, 1963 (age 59)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres Technical death metal, death metal, thrash metal, folk, ambient, post-rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years activeLate 1980s – present
LabelsAnubis
Relapse
Nuclear Blast
Napalm

Karl Sanders (born June 5, 1963) is an American singer and guitarist, most widely known as the founding member of the ancient Egyptian-themed technical death metal band Nile.

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Early life

Before creating Nile, Sanders was in a thrash metal band during the late 1980s called Morriah and played local shows with the young Morbid Angel and other US death metal bands. [1]

Other projects

Sanders began his own solo side project in 2004. Much of the music that he plays includes similar elements of his band Nile, however presented in an ambient/Egyptian folk format, rather than death metal. Sanders explained that "he got sick of hearing big loud death metal everyday after touring", and started writing quieter music to relax, and recorded them. [1]

His first solo full-length album, Saurian Meditation , was released in October 2004 under the Relapse record label. A second solo album, Saurian Exorcisms , was released in April 2009. In May 2022, he announced his third solo album, Saurian Apocalypse, would be released on July 22. [2]

Equipment

Sanders performing with Nile Nile, Karl Sanders.jpg
Sanders performing with Nile

According to Sanders in the official Nile forum and in an article on MetalSucks, [3] the equipment he uses is:

Guitars

Pickups

Strings

Picks

Amps

Other equipment

Guest appearances

Sanders guested on Behemoth's 2004 CD release, Demigod , playing a guitar solo on the track "XUL". He also performed a guitar solo at the end of the track "God of Our Own Divinity" by Morbid Angel, on their 2003 album Heretic, as well as a solo on the song "The Final War (Battle of Actium)" on Ex Deo's 2009 album Romulus. [5] Sanders also played on Grave's 2010 album Burial Ground on the tracks "Bloodtrail" and "Naafa". Sanders traveled to Dubai to collaborate on guest vocals for Nervecell's song "Shunq (To the Despaired... King of Darkness)" on their 2011 album Psychogenocide. [6] On Tourniquet's 2012 album Antiseptic Bloodbath , Sanders contributed a guitar solo to the track "Chamunda Temple Stampede". Sanders was also featured in episode one of Rusty Cooley's and Zachary Adkins' podcast "Guitar Autopsy" available on YouTube. In 2017 Sanders traveled to Egypt to collaborate with Nader Sadek, Derek Roddy, and Mahmud Gecekusu on The Serapeum EP [7] In 2018 Sanders did a guest solo on the song "Sacred War of Lawlessness" for Polish Blackened Death Metal Band Veld [8] Sanders provided lead guitars for THŪN's self-titled EP in 2021. [9] [10]

Discography

Release dateAlbum detailsLabelFormat
October 26, 2004 Saurian Meditation Relapse Records CD
April 14, 2009 Saurian Exorcisms The End Records CD
July 22, 2022Saurian Apocalypse Napalm Records CD, vinyl, digital download, cassette

With Nile

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References

  1. 1 2 Metalship (February 12, 2013). "Interview with Karl Sanders of Nile". Metalship.
  2. ↑ Greg Kennelty (May 25, 2022). "KARL SANDERS Recruits Original NILE Drummer For First New Solo Album In 13 Years, Streams New Single". Metal Injection. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rigged: Nile's Karl Sanders". MetalSucks. August 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Karl Sanders Custom KxK Double Neck Guitar | eBay". Archived from the original on August 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Karl Sanders' Special Guest Appearance on new EX DEO album! Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine blogs.myspace.com. May 12, 2009. Retrieved on 2010-03-16.
  6. ↑ aliblackdiamond (May 14, 2012). "NERVECELL Release New Video Featuring Karl Sanders Of Nile". Metal Shock Finland. Metal Shock Finland. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ Pearce, Dutch (October 21, 2020). "Video Premiere: Nader Sadek – "The Serapeum (Polluted Waters)"". Decibel Magazine. Decibel Magazine. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ Iskander (May 10, 2018). "AN NCS PREMIERE: VELD – "GRAND DAY OF DEMISE"". No Clean Singing. No Clean Singing. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  9. ↑ Reeder (May 18, 2021). "THŪN Releasing Debut Album In June; NILE's KARL SANDERS On Lead Guitar". Metal Addicts. Metal Addicts.net. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  10. ↑ Super Metal. "Eat Lead and die Music". Super Metal.net. EAT LEAD AND DIE MUSIC. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
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