NILE Mastermind KARL SANDERS Reveals Second Saurian Apocalypse Single, “Skull Fuck Ritual (Skull Breach Edition)” + New Video

Upcoming Solo Album, Saurian Apocalypse, out July 22 via Napalm Records | Pre-Order HERE

Previous Solo Albums Saurian Meditation (2004) and Saurian Exorcisms (2009) Re-Issued, Available on Vinyl for the First Time | Pre-Order HERE

After revealing the album’s ominous first single, “The Sun Has Set on the Age of Man”, featuring a contextual acoustic guest solo by guitar virtuoso Rusty Cooley, Sanders returns with the cinematic second single, “Skull Fuck Ritual (Skull Breach Edition)”. The score-like track begins with a cautionary chime before marching drums make way for eerie tribal voices and Middle Eastern-inspired leads on uniquely curated, exotic instruments. Its haunting aura inspires a calming yet foreboding look into the Saurian universe. 

Witness the track for the first time today alongside another mind-bending animated music video.     

KARL SANDERS says about “Skull Fuck Ritual (Skull Breach Edition)”:        

“‘Skull Fuck Ritual’ was one of the earlier songs written for Saurian Apocalypse and it set the tone for much of the recording that followed. This song has a slow, hypnotic, ancient ritualistic vibe that will softly caress and then crack open your skull for Necromantic Carnal Communion with the Ancients. Please don’t listen to this track while driving or operating heavy machinery.”    

Watch the new music video for

“Skull Fuck Ritual (Skull Breach Edition)” HERE:

Emphasized by unique instruments like the baglama saz (Turkish lute), Ancient Egyptian Anubis Sistrum, Dumbek (Middle Eastern goblet drum), glissentar and gongs, the album’s score weaves cinematic auras and deep grooves, accented by the tribal percussive stylings of original NILE drummer Pete Hammoura and returning Saurian vocalist Mike Breazeale. A wealth of musical growth and refinement, both in Sanders’ guitar technique and compositional development, is strikingly evident. Eons more than just an album of interludes or ambient scores, Saurian Apocalypse is a shining advancement in the Saurian series, and the most dynamic, detailed KARL SANDERS solo release yet.     

KARL SANDERS adds about Saurian Apocalypse:       

“I have been driven for years by the knowledge of an inevitable doom, of an unyielding calling to realize what seems to me a preordained fate of making a third Saurian album. It’s a record that fans have been asking about for over a decade. It’s not a record born of casual intent, it’s a record that has quietly burned within me for many years awaiting its appointed hour. I have bided my time with near inhuman patience, yet that day is now imminently upon us. This new release, Saurian Apocalypse, is a deeply personal record of quiet and exotic, hypnotic dark music spawned from somewhere deep within the Reptilian part of my brain and soul. In some way, sharing this music with fans is much like sharing the lurking, haunting visions in my skull, of quiet blasphemies and an inexorable dread of the looming demise of our species. I am beyond happy that listeners and fans will finally be able to enjoy this music as much as I and my colleagues have while making it. It is my earnest hope that the music of this Saurian Apocalypse record will bring others as much inner peace as it has me. Fuck Yes.”         

Pre-Order Saurian Apocalypse HERE:

Saurian Apocalypse track listing:

1. The Sun Has Set on the Age of Man

2. The Disembodied Yet Slither Among Us

3. The Evil Inherent in us All

4. Skull Fuck Ritual (Skull Breach Edition)

5. Nada Zaag

6. An Altered Saurian Theta State

7. Nihil Emplexus

8. Divergence: The Long Awaited Third Primordial Ascension

9. Mask of Immutable Self Delusion

10. No Creature More Deserving of Cataclysmic Annihilation

Saurian Apocalypse is available in varying formats in various territories:

– 1-CD Digisleeve (6 Panel)

– 1-CD Digisleeve + Shirt Bundle (RoW Napalm Shop Mailorder Only)

– 2-LP Dark Green Vinyl Gatefold

– Music Cassette (Napalm Shop Mailorder Only, Limited to 100)

– Digital Album

In addition to the upcoming release of Saurian Apocalypse, KARL SANDERS and Napalm Records are proud to re-release 2004’s Saurian Meditation and 2009’s Saurian Exorcisms on vinyl for the very first time – out on the same day, July 22, 2022. Saurian Meditation will be available in both 4-Panel CD Digipak and Transparent Orange 2-LP Gatefold Vinyl formats, while Saurian Exorcisms will be available in both 4-Panel CD Digipak and 1-LP Gatefold White formats. Act now while copies last! 

Pre-Order Saurian Meditation (2004) and Saurian Exorcisms (2009) HERE:

Saurian Meditation                                         Saurian Exorcisms

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