Karl Sanders (NILE)-Why Drop A? Why Cubase? Are Amp Simulators Good Enough? New Saurian Solo Album?

[@AndyGrouch]

I saw Nile in 2010 in Oulu, Finland. Small Finnish town middle of nowhere, far north, cold, dark and miserable. Mr. Sanders still had a time of his life playing, he smiled and was so into it. Respect.

[@OGbrundle]

I've seen Nile twice and every time he looks like he's having an absolute blast

[@yvesheinrich5013]

There's deathcore in drop A and then there's Nile in drop A. That's all you need to know. Great interview!

[@deluge71]

I was fortunate enough to see Nile play live on three occasions. Karl is among the nicest, most genuine people I've ever met. Despite his stature as one of the best guitarists in death metal, there is no arrogance or pretentiousness about him.

[@martinpidhany8278]

Black seeds of vengeance is a metal masterpiece. Makes this world bearable.

[@HoldMyBeerFam]

The fact that Chernobyl actually took the extra time to timestamp this video... I have to give credit where credit is due when people are actually professional with their videos. Means a lot!

[@basilisakritidis4883]

You can't just watch THE KARL SANDERS talking about Nile and all and not just listen to the whole discography afterwards... I can't even explain how good this band is, my heart can, but she can't talk..

[@ChernobylAudio666]

TRUTH!

[@joristimmermans5058]

Alternative title: Karl Sanders teaches Cubase. That actually blows my mind, to see someone who's writing I admire a lot just showing the nitty gritty of how he assembles songs. I'm sure I'll be using this in future.

[@ManuSDP]

One of my death metal heroes. Karl is such an amazing guy, met him last year when Nile played in Milan with Hate Eternal and Vitriol. In Their Darkened Shrines HAS to be one of my favorite album s ever. Thanks Scott!!

[@the72u7h4]

Indeed. I met Karl back in late 90's. He used to roll around this rig with a CRT monitor and a computer below in a rack for all the background stuff and music that would play prior to a song (and samples and such) it was so odd at the time. When I guessed what it was, he said 'Ya brother exactly" haha.

[@tdogg1281]

I agree In Their Darkened Shrines is basically a perfect album

[@despot666]

This is incredible. Saw Nile live about 20 years ago when they opened for Cradle of Filth of all bands. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing and that it was being played by seemingly ordinary human beings and not actual gods of Egypt.

[@TheGreatGodPan]

Karl seems such a cool guy honestly and you can tell that by how much he is willing to share, he doesn't big himself up or talk down to people at all or enter pretentious "muso" mode even though he could as he's a technically brilliant guitarist, there aren't many really who would so comfortably chat away and genuinely enjoy it on an ordinary level like this, get stuck into chatting about vst plugins etc., it is really great to see and the kind of stuff I love, being a bit of a "spergy" nerd myself and loving rambling on about my obsessive interests in the same way, I can relate to Karl a lot like I could with his legendary liner notes haha. Great interview.

[@grindworker]

good interview. Karl is one of my favorite guitar players of all time with Bill Steer.

[@desTroyeth999]

Karl is a guitar master. One of the greatest of all time. Nile is amazing.

[@tyberard5736]

Karl is instrumental in most all of us wanting to better our guitar playing and show us a caliber of playing death metal that I expect from bands. Not to say that there wasn't great musicians prior but guys like Karl and George really set the bar high and then Erik Rutan in Hate Eternal later set the bar for ferocity in my death metal.

[@Bristleback1988]

Karl is a person that should be on top of whole death metal arena. I listen to him almost 20 years and Nile was for me smth special like deep in my heart and mind which help me a lot in my life. Really appreciate that person and Nile group. Cheers from Ukraine!!!

[@ShreddedShredder0]

I've been using Cubase for 15 years and just now I discovered the arranger function. I'm so glad I clicked on this video. Also, if it weren't for cracked versions of Cubase 3 and 5 I don't think most of us metal musicians would have started using it in the first place.

[@marcorodriguez7694]

How is this channel not any bigger with more subs is disturbing to me! This shit is dope!

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Thanks man! Please spread the word!

[@marcorodriguez7694]

@@ChernobylAudio666 Will do!

[@jackhartleyaudio]

I love how excited and enthusiastic he is about this stuff. Inspiring.

[@sticksman7819]

Great interview and have been very lucky enough to see Nile live 6 times what a band to see live.Also the Barker interview was great my favourite drummer.Karl is so correct about listening to death/thrash/grind that sometimes you just need to chill out and I've found if I'm listening to something relaxing people always say "this is different for you".I think metal heads have a very diverse library.

[@danadane2501]

As of the year 2000 I have seen Nile perform the 7 times . At least 5 separate occasions I had the opportunity to converse Karl . Really nice guy . What you see is what you get . I have to respect that.

[@jamesrichardson6701]

I like watching this. I met Karl at ozzfesy 07 and I thought he looked like a kindergarten teacher, and this video really makes me think that

[@pletcherscott]

Great interview- Karl is an amazing musician and a down to earth guy. He always takes time to interact with fans. That type of thing really goes a long way with people.

[@CaptnShred]

Karl is an absolute death metal hero. Amazing player, composer and lyricist, plus a great guy from what I can hear in this interview. Great choice of topics too! Especially loved the insight into the Cubase arranger feature and the discussion about ampsims

[@Nekrist218]

Amazing interview! Nile is one of my favorite Metal bands ever.

[@ЭльфридаЭлениэльЦиэль]

Ещё понимать бы до конца, о чем речь и интервью))) слишком быстро говорят мальчики 💗кое-что понятно, но не всё...

[@WillPower911]

Great interview - interesting topics discussed

[@gguolo]

fuck man, what a killer interview! karls my idol and its cool to see hes just so down to earth and authentic.

[@Heka41]

Karl really is a genius

[@Krigloch]

A year later and I'm still blasting Vile Nilotic Rites. Album is damn near perfect

[@sticksman7819]

Oxford handbook, snake pit and seven horns are 3 of my faves off that album.

[@jeffarab4947]

small hell yea those are great

[@ar156]

I remember when I saw Nile back in 2013 here in Santiago, Chile at The Metal fest. They sounded so great, crystal clear sound (many songs sounding better than in the albums), amazing performance and I remember Karl with a big smile looking at the audience and I was thinking "well... that's not very death metal of him! haha great memories from that fest. Amazing musician and one of the truly original bands in this subgenre. Great interview!

[@tommcmahon3200]

Great fucking interview. I'm new to the genre (via Chuck Schuldiner) and find myself drawn to the great and open personalities behind the music. Karl Sanders is a great example of that and I appreciate the interviewers approach. Great vibe and great subject matter! Cheers from Australia

[@gingataff]

Great interview! Karl is engaging and has such an inspiring work ethic. I'm a Logic user but the Arranger function in Cubase is really interesting. Also a big thanks for the heads up on Eduardo Tarilonte's instruments, they sound stellar! I'm curious to know how good Karl's keyboard chops are, I suspect he knows his way around a keyboard pretty well. But a bit about drop tunings and downtuning. Van Halen was in drop C# in 1981 and Bolt Thrower was in A Carcass in B in 1988. Vai even played a 7 string with Whitesnake in 1989. So I think low tunings were coming of age by the early 90s.

[@justinwolz4932]

Holy Shit! I use cubase and didn't know it had an arranger. I got so used to using Acid Music Studio to move shit around and demo it. I am glad he offered this free lesson. Karl is a super nice and accommodating dude.

[@gabriel_guitar]

Thank you for this Scott, by far the best interview with Karl on the internet! Not only on a technical and musical level, you can tell he's just a great dude.

[@rafatarasiewicz8954]

Karl is a good man and a great guitarist! Greetings from Poland...

[@rafatarasiewicz8954]

Thanks:)

[@Deathspade66]

for what it's worth; watching your videos has greatly helped me. Thanks, dude.

[@titanoboaoficial2014]

Man this guy is a genius and so humble!! Greetings from Colombia man amazing interview!!

[@Diogolindir]

I loved the parts when he talks about Saurian projects and also revealed his Tarilonte's favorite which I've been wondering for a while since I've been trying to create a track inspired by Karl. He also seems like a pretty fun and nice man.

[@Metalbaum]

really enjoyed this, since i somehow have rediscovered nile, and am still gasing over his new guitar

[@ЭльфридаЭлениэльЦиэль]

Nile - one love for me. Only one Nile in my heart &soul staying forever the best.

[@Killahead.]

So...using my DAW, I'll often just record myself playing guitar. No idea in mind, just riffing. I later go back and turn those riffs essentially into sound samples that I can later arrange, cut and paste, mix around, whatever into a full song. I had the idea to do that because I make industrial music and I use a lot of samples anyways. It made sense for me to treat the guitars as samples. Am I understanding that the Arranger is essentially the same idea?

[@LeafsKid19]

You sir have the best channel on KZbin. Thank you!

[@davidvincent9545]

Saw Nile 2 times both on my birthday in new Zealand. Screw the haters Karl, Saurean Apocalypse Rules

[@MyBichSustained]

I saw nile back in 98 for the first time and I was tripping on shrooms and chaos had a new meaning too me and Egyptian music was amazing with the blue lights!

[@Fitheach81]

about 6-7yrs ago I spent about a year trying to get my guitar to handle drop A or just Bb standard, but I couldn't get the balance right with the high strings, either to taut or a little too loose. For me, and it's guitar dependent, I've been happy with C# standard.

[@saltpeter7429]

I understand what you are saying here. I struggle with "tension" in regard to string gauge and scale. I've come to like STRING THROUGH guitars tuned to D standard with 10-46 strings. I dont like heavy strings. D is about where I can get with a 24 fret, string through set up.

[@A10-Wart-Hog]

Excellent interview! Karl Sanders is incredible!

[@quetz666]

Scott thanks for a great video! Very informative and entertaining.

[@pablobarrera7613]

Great interview! Al laaaast an interview to a metal musician asking him how he does technical procedures in the band. I wish all metal interviews were like this and not talking about how tough they have been or about attitude.

[@btk4010]

Cheers Scott and Karl. Anyone else hear Bill Clinton when Karl speaks? In their darkened shrines is still all killer no filler!

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Never thought of Bill CLinton at all :D

[@btk4010]

@@ChernobylAudio666 Really enjoyed the show dude. Can you enlighten me as to the difference in the arranger in cubase vs cakewalk - or are they much the same now? From what I gathered Karl seems to say the cubase arranger is a much quicker process?

[@ZakkiLowe]

I LOVE that description of the drop A tuning. He not only liked the sound, but he also felt it when hitting that open A. That's how you know you're listening to a dude that's totally in tune with music. Pun intended.

[@OmegaStationMusic]

Awesome interview Scott! Karl is really amazing

[@blakepennycook8952]

Wow, never knew that about "Shrines". that it was so hated. I loved that album when it came out.

[@dimifisher]

Still hate it, you cant understand anything they play on that record, it has too much bass sound

[@lglemon666]

Hey Scott! just got KZbin recommended you, and I'm happy:) I'm Russian living in Czech, and i think you would get noticed by russian speaking people by adding russian subtitles, as you have great and unique interviews going on! wish your channel to grow fast!

[@CarcPazu]

This was fucking awesome! Thank you for doing this Scott.

[@VafaMottahedin]

Very cool interview with a legend! Really interesting to see that arranger feature

[@pyre6955]

Great interview!! 🤘🏻

[@benmiddleton9984]

Karl is seriously one of the nicest guys in metal

[@spitefulwar]

I don't know how many karma points one has to achieve but dude every metal heads goal should be to get reborn as Karl Sanders.

[@joaopedroprado1138]

Epic interview

[@lyledurand]

Great interview this the legend himself!

[@SafffOneee]

great interview - wow sibelius! we used to use it in school for writing hadnt heard it since then! but i always preferred guitar pro for writing. funnily enough we used cubase as well (4 at the time iirc), really good questions yea am so glad they stayed in drop A cos i had 1 of my bass set up as BEAD so cud play Nile \m/

[@KnjazNazrath]

New Saurian? It might be a bit late, but I'm willing to wait! Also, nice to know I'm not the only person allergic to drum triggers.

[@Epochstudios]

SCOTT!!!! BRO!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! KARL SANDERS!!!! THANK YOU. This is the content (MINUS THE VIDEO GAME TALK IMO LOL) I have always wanted to see since being a Nile Fan in 2003!!! Wow, i am beside myself seriously. I never thought I'd get to see this. Thank you guys, really!!! Hopefully we could get a Part II of this where, Karl Dives deeper into how he get his guitar tones and how he Uses Cubase to compose those songs. That would be amazing if you guys could put that together. *hint* *hint*

[@DMJ69]

I have a question for any upcoming interviews. Is the intro to seven horns of war from vile necrotic rites intentionally a replication as "simon says" by Pharoahe Monch? Or was the original source of the music, Akira Ifukube, the inspiration?

[@elcuatedesmadre]

GREAT INTERVIEW

[@mrlkv]

That was a fun to watch, thanks!

[@Metal-lz8td]

That Cubase arrange feature is pretty damn killer

[@CrypticusOfficial]

Wonderful interview! I love Karl.

[@dimifisher]

Awesome interview, i was really wondering who could get Trey from Morbid angel finally speak a word out! i really miss this band, Nile guys are always cool and friendly, whats wrong with Morbid angel!

[@nakedbeekeeper9610]

Can't believe Nile got hate for In Their Darkened Shrines. The atmosphere in that album is something out of this world. You just can't find stuff like that in other Death Metal releases. One of the best ever released in the genre.

[@TheCuttingBureau]

That was so enjoyable. As is the latest album. : )

[@jim7300]

question for karl: how do you create the whole arabic sounding riffs and licks in death metal?

[@drugjoza5000]

You need arabic scales such as the minor scale, phyrigian etc. You use this scale to choose notes in soloing and chors/notes for riffs. But you also need good phrasing with slides and agressive bends to get that middle easterm feel

[@MRSludgedude]

@@drugjoza5000 best to use a electric sitar. Or CGCGGC tunings. The scales are very easy in some tunings.

[@DustinWHiser]

Holy shit, new solo record!? Yessssssss

[@ajn2747]

Thank you for this. That cubase arranger track discussion was sick - anyone know if Logic can do the same? Will also need to check out Neural's Nameless DSP and OBS for streaming

[@dadirtyone1461]

That's Crazy! In their Darkened Shrines is the BEST! in my opinion

[@lennyblandino]

They invented a style for sure!

[@morbidcorpse5954]

Top 4 metal guitar players: Erik Rutan, Pat O'Brien, Karl Sanders, Dallas Wade. Nile has a tendency to play really fast technical metal then out of the blue in the middle of the song it gets dark as f..k and heavy. 4th Arra of Dagon and the Imperishable Stars are Sickened are two examples of this. Sent chills throughout my body when I first heard those songs. I'm like where da f..ck did this come from 😂

[@Kamil_Srnka]

That story about dropping down to A was killer 😂

[@c0xb0x]

Karl must have access to some serious Egyptian embalming preservation magic because he doesn't fucking age.

[@makita3680]

Dude what a shame to hear about the hate about Darkened Shrines. I loved that record since I first heard it. The booklet notes and research fascinated me and I loved it. I can't emphasize enough how much I love that record, I feel sorry that Karl had to go through that for that masterpiece!

[@PunishedByRobots]

Karl is a really cool guy 👍

[@hazardeur]

Nile are one of the only hyperspeed dm bands that can actually wrtie interesting songs and they just keep coming. no band has that much consistence of quality work

[@neoconnor4395]

The best metal band. Ever.

[@shatteredstiks7392]

Chenobyl is a good interviewer he did good with Nicholas barker.

[@keithg1628]

I saw this guy with chief and Dallas, Tony was the drummer at l'mours in 2000 and he hasn't aged a day

[@toemasmeems]

Do you have these uploaded to Apple Podcasts!!?

[@konradbott350]

I solemnly swear on Annihilation of the Wicked too! 😊

[@Stargazerz]

Damn, Karl looks amazing for being in his late 50s

[@Codevil.]

Metal, Death Metal is the only thing I love exept weapons and beautiful ladies, there are The most heavy songs that make me tongle and laugh cry, other songs, I cant sing along with , because iwill be choked up and i t ll be lik r im crying but km in love with it, it happened 3 times today already

[@TheGreatGodPan]

It's funny all the other albums got so much hate, I can see why with In Their Darkened Shrines because it's "progressive" and conceptual, even though it is still my favourite. To me the only album that really warrants dislike is At the Gates of Sethu and that's mainly because the production is crap. I struggle to get into the new sound a bit with Vile Necrotic Rites, but I never used to like Ithyphallic that much and even that grows on me these days.

[@mercurymangonada]

Yo I could legit see Karl coming out with guided meditations lmao 🤣 it would be killer

[@joebidenelcerdo4732]

CARL SANDERS DE FUCKING KING OF BRUTAL DEATH METAL , BRUTAL GUITARRIST 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@juliusmaximus753]

Cheetos and soda, i like interview !

[@JEKAZOL]

Listen to my 'Eschatology' to hear how I made the Line 6 pod work for me. I found the fizz frequency and removed it.

[@Youtubeissokewl]

Cool guy cool band

[@antonbarkland2194]

55:02 "Nu metal KoЯn craze bullshit..." I really don't think it's fair to throw in KoЯn in that line just like that... They have had an own original sound and style and their first album was quite original. (I know they have been called the fathers of nu metal though... Maybe they inspired later bands of that genre.)

[@saltpeter7429]

I cant tell you how much I agree with you. ( well, I kind of just did.) I hear so much hate towards Korn these days, particularly the first album, as if it is responsible for a bunch of terrible music in the 90's. Being there it was different, I think this is a view often adopted by people who got into music in the 00's. I love that first Korn release. There was NOTHING that had sounded anything like it up to that point, it was very Raw and kind of DIY like a punk aesthetic. I grew up in a very rural area, I didnt have MTV or heavy metal magazines when Korn came out, it was a few years before I knew what they looked like and I kind of wish I didnt because the whole hip hop look unfortunately had a negative mental association, my bad. That's fairly lame of me to care what people look like. And I hear a ton of hate toward Sepultura ROOTS. I hear that Sepultura " sold their soul to play Nu Metal and sound like Korn". I didnt get that at all. ROOTS was extremely interesting with me in that it embraced an ethnic exploration, particularly rhythmic in regards to percussion, and dealt with a different culture from mine from a different part of the world. It never felt like a betrayl of Thrash Metal, or any of the accusations I have witnessed against it. I think a lot of these negative perceptions are retroactive and inaccurate. In the early 90's it was good to break away from the traditional standards of what was presented by the record industry inregard to what is considered metal. By the late 90's the scum at the record companies flooded the market with formulaic crap that tried to copy the sounds of good bands that came out at the begining of the decade. And the pendulum swings back again.... it's what always happens. By the mid 00's there was 6 billion bands trying to sound like Maiden meets Metallica and noodling for 20 to 30 minutes on lifeless solo's. That will get maxed out and something new will come and be copied into oblivioin. Korn 1 is still killer today as a stand alone piece of music. Wherever they ended up, hey, it's tough to keep being interesting and relevant as the world keeps going on. Nile is still kicking ass for now.

[@demodeiowa]

55:46 Metal Guitar Limbo

[@SJ-ym4yt]

Where would one be able to listen to Skull Fuck Ritual?

[@0d1nnquake14]

On his upcoming Saurian release

[@SJ-ym4yt]

@@0d1nnquake14 ah thanks, didn’t listen to the entire reply before that

[@genustinca5565]

Karl 'fuckin' Sanders

[@HabAnagarek]

After looking at the chernobyl ("chair-no-bill") website, I disagree with everything re: "editing" (anti-music) and mastering. At any rate, I still love Karl, a metal superhero.

[@jasonlauritsen5587]

Lmao!!!! There is an obvious best albums list, and #1 is obviously Annihilation of the Wicked. Vile Nilotic Rites is the best in many years though. This lineyo change was one if those few instances where it was well needed to reinvigorate the sound just enough to sound like a classic Nile sound while losing the staleness that Nile had been for several albums in recent years. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Nile, but Thise Whom the Gods Detest was the last great album prior to Vile

[@Alterwill]

Great video! Though "nu metal, korn...bullshit"? Sad 😞