Karl Sanders (born June 5, 1964) is a vocalist/guitar virtuoso and founding member of the Egyptian-themed death metal band Nile. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He is known for his extremely fast and technical guitar work. Karl is endorsed by Jackson Guitars and Dean Guitars, and has a signature model by Kxk-guitars. He is ranked 100 on the Digital Dream Doors 100 greatest hard rock/metal guitarists. He has a strong knowledge of Egyptian mythology which heavily influences his work, and is known as the "brains" behind Nile's music.
Before creating Nile, Karl was in a thrash metal band during the late 1980s called "Morriah" and played local shows with the young Morbid Angel and other US death metal bands.

Solo project

Sanders began his own solo side project in 2004. Much of the music that he plays includes similar elements of his band Nile.

He has recorded one solo full-length album, Saurian Meditation, released on October 26, 2004 under the Relapse record label. He is currently also working on tracks for a new solo album, of which he has four of. The label it will be released on is unknown at this time, but he's expected the album to be released somewhere by mid 2008.

Sanders was also featured on Behemoth's 2004 CD release, Demigod, playing a guitar solo on the track "XUL".

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Sanders