| Black Seeds of Vengeance | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nile |
| Cover: | Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance.jpg |
| Released: | 5 September 2000 |
| Recorded: | 2000 |
| Studio: | The Sound Lab, Lexington, South Carolina |
| Genre: | Technical death metal |
| Length: | 42:49 |
| Label: | Relapse Records |
| Producer: | Bob Moore, Karl Sanders |
| Prev Title: | Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | In the Beginning |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
Black Seeds of Vengeance is the second album by American technical death metal band Nile, released on September 5, 2000, through Relapse Records. It was the first album in Nile's discography to mark a more complex musical direction, as well as feature extensive liner notes in the booklet, written by Karl Sanders to explain the concept and themes behind each song. It also was the band's first album recorded with vocalist/guitarist Dallas Toler-Wade (who performed with the band until 2017), and features Derek Roddy as a session drummer, temporarily replacing previous drummer Pete Hammoura who left the band due to injuries sustained while touring. Bassist Chief Spires left shortly after touring for the album.[1]
Sean Palmerston of Exclaim! called the album "some of the most brutal American death metal to ever be released" and said it was one of the top five metal releases of the year.[2]
In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 2000 by Metal Hammer magazine.[3]
In another issue of Metal Hammer, founding member Karl Sanders described the album as a "terrible fucking mix", but when asked about the album's retrospective he said "it touched people. They were able to get something they wanted from it, which I believe is the songs, the violence, the energy, the darkness of it. That’s what matters. This record is far from perfect, but there is a vibe to it… there’s a definite violence. If I had to choose between violence and evil or technical perfection, I choose violence and evil!”[1]