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Song: Stones of Sorrow
Band: Nile
Album: Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Year: 1998


Lyrics:

Slaves Whipped to Death
In the Hot Sun
Drag the Stones of Sorrow

Vast Monolithic a Collossus of Stone
Greased with the Blood of Abraham

Of Human Bondage
and Suffering
We carve a monument to Megalomania

Bleak and Endless is my Sorrow
For the chain of Sut
Is around my Neck

Aperu Heseb Semedet!
It is I who lift up the arm of the Inert
I have gone out of Khemenu
and am no longer a living soul
I have been initiated into the hearts of the Baboons
And I claim Dominion over the legions
of Uninscribed Shabitiu
Khunumu Khufu!
The God Khnum is my Protector

Ushabti
Tekenu
Ushabti

*All music written and arranged by Nile**


Track list:

1. "Smashing the Antiu" - 2:18
2. "Barra Edinazzu" - 2:47
3. "Kudurru Maqlu" (Instrumental) 1:06
4. "Serpent Headed Mask" - 2:18
5. "Ramses, Bringer of War" - 4:46
6. "Stones of Sorrow" - 4:17
7. "Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche" - 3:13
8. "The Howling of the Jinn" - 2:35
9. "Pestilence and Iniquity" - 1:54
10. "Opening of the Mouth" - 3:40
11. "Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand" - 4:18


Line-up on Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka:

Karl Sanders: guitar, vocals
Chief Spires: bass, vocals
Pete Hammoura: drums, percussion
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*Relapse Records (1998)