Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka is the debut studio album by American death metal band Nile. The album was released on April 28, 1998 through Relapse Records. The album is considered to be their breakthrough record. In contrast with the following album, Black Seeds of Vengeance, the songs are much shorter in length than the songs featured on many later Nile albums. The title of the album is a reference to the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Outsider". The phrase is featured in the song Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand which has lyrics paraphrased from the aforementioned tale. In Lovecraft's Read more on Last.fm.
