What Should Not Be Unearthed

What Should Not Be Unearthed is the eighth studio album by American technical death metal band Nile. The album was released on August 28, 2015 in North America through Nuclear Blast. It is the last album to feature Dallas Toler-Wade before his departure from the band in 2017.^[1]

What Should Not Be Unearthed
Cover art by Michal "Xaay" Loranc
Studio album by Nile
Released	August 28, 2015
Studio	Sound Lab, Columbia, South Carolina (drums) Serpent Headed Studios/OTB, Greenville, South Carolina
Genre	Technical death metal
Length	50:03
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Nile
Nile chronology
At the Gate of Sethu (2012) What Should Not Be Unearthed (2015) Vile Nilotic Rites (2019)

On July 7, 2015, the album's track listing was revealed with two lyric videos being released soon after.^[2][3][4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	9/10[5]
Metal Injection	7.5/10[6]
Metal Storm	7.5/10[7]
New Noise Magazine	[8]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Karl Sanders.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Call to Destruction"	Sanders George Kollias	5:45
2.	"Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep"	Sanders Kollias	4:14
3.	"Liber Stellae Rubeae"	Sanders Dallas Toler-Wade Kollias	3:48
4.	"In the Name of Amun"	Sanders Kollias	6:49
5.	"What Should Not Be Unearthed"	Sanders Kollias	6:58
6.	"Evil to Cast Out Evil"	Sanders Toler-Wade Kollias	5:37
7.	"Age of Famine"	Sanders Kollias	4:11
8.	"Ushabti Reanimator" (Instrumental)	Sanders	1:30
9.	"Rape of the Black Earth"	Sanders Toler-Wade Kollias	4:35
10.	"To Walk Forth from Flames Unscathed"	Sanders Kollias	6:36
Total length:			50:03

Personnel

Nile

• Karl Sanders − guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, glissentar, baglama saz
• Dallas Toler-Wade − guitars, vocals, bass
• George Kollias − drums

Additional personnel

• Pete Hammoura − percussion, vocals
• Mike Breazeale − vocals
• Brad Parris − vocals

Production

• Nile − production
• Neil Kernon − mixing
• Bob Moore − drum engineering
• Alan Douches − mastering

Cover artwork

• Michał "Xaay" Loranc

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	94
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11]	129
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	59
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13]	24
French Albums (SNEP)[14]	132
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15]	35
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16]	2