Review: Nile at Wulfrun, Wolverhampton
Nile
WULFRUN, WOLVERHAMPTON
AS SOME of the early explorers to the pyramids found to their cost, mess about with ancient Egyptian mythology and you could fall victim to the curse of the mummy.
Unfortunately it’s one lesson that came back to haunt Nile at the Wulfrun this week.
As their very name suggests this quartet draw much of their inspiration from the Egyptians with song titles such as Sarcophogus, Spawn of Uamenti and I Whisper in the Ears of the Dead.
From the opening thundering cacophony of Kafir, from the new Those Whom The Gods Detest album, the less than full Wulfrun crowd seemed set for an absorbing night in the company of these mighty South Carolina metal maestros.
Unfortunately midway through the set, the first of what proved to be several enforced stoppages took place when the power went out like a light.
Singer Karl Sanders laughed it off, apologised, and the power returned.
However, when a few minutes later the mummy’s curse struck again, Sanders was much less sympathetic firing accusatory looks to the mixing desk and stage hands.
With the momentum by now well and truly lost, to cheers from the faithful, Nile decided to give it one more go.
“With our energy up here and yours down there I guess there’s just not enough voltage in this place for us,” bellowed the frustrated frontman.
But within minutes the gravel-voiced growl of Nile’s very own King Tut was again silenced when the gremlins pulled the plug yet again.
An unsatisfactory end to the evening, and just like in ancient Egypt, heads will roll.
VERDICT: 3/5
PAUL CASTLES
