PROGRESSIVE DEATH METAL PROGENITORS Rivers of Nihil Will relaase their eponymous Fifth Full-LEngth album on May 30 via Metal Blade Records.
Sixteen Years and Five Albums into the Pennsylvania Band’s Career, Rivers of Nihil is upping the before with “Rivers of Nihil”. Traditionally, A Self-Titled Record Can Signal A Return to Basics and/Or A Fresh Beginning, and in Ten Powerful Songs, It’s Clear That BuchoSe Factors Are In Play. Founding Bassist Adam Biggs Became The Band’s New Lead Vocalist/Bassist in 2023; The Same Year Marked The Appearance of Additional Guitarist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Initiate), WHOEE VOCALS ALSO PLAY PROMINENTLY ON “Rivers of Nihil”. Producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland AT Atrium Audio Captured The New Dynamics Across More than Fifty Minutes of Music.
“I Feel Like The Songs are the Perfect Blend of All Our Albums, With All The Fat Cut Away,” Says Founding Guitarist Brody Uttley. “There are technical songs that call back to ‘The Conscious Seed of Light’ and ‘Monarchy’ Sound, But with a More Mature Underestanding of How to Pace a Song. There’s a Fair Bit of The ‘WHERE OWLS KNOW MY NAME’ and ‘The Work’-S experimental style stuff, but with a more refreshing perspective on Those styles for the current was of the band. “
On June 15, 2023, Rivers of Nihil Release New Single, “The Sub-Gues Blues”The First Track With Biggs Handling Lead Vocals Following The 2022 Departure of Singer Jake Dieffenbach. It was also the first track to feature Thomas. A Second Single, “Hellbirds”Dropped on October 19 of that year. On April 29, 2024, The Band Release the Cut “Criminals” and an Accompanying Music Video. Both “Criminals” and “The Sub-Gues Blues” Appeal on “Rivers of Nihil”.
The New Album’s First Single of 2025, “House of Light”Is a Track That “Encapsulates The Nature of What It Is That We Do Perfectly While Offering A Different Perspective on The Sound With The New Lineup,” Explainsins UttleyWho Also Plays Piano and Does The Programming in the Band. “Everything that out fans have come to love about out is demonstrated in This Song With the New Adionion of Andy Singing and Biggs ON MAIN VOCALS. It has the riffs, it has the big chorus, it has the prog, it has the solos, it has the sax. Just a Real Classic Example of What We do a Band In 2025. “
“Rivers of Nihil” Also Showcases Additionional Musicians, Including Patrick Corona on high saxophone, Stephan Lopez On Banjo, McFarland On Cello, and A Slate of Other Guest Vocalists. LEATING THE FREV APPROACH ON “Rivers of Nihil” However, The Album Fits Neatly into the Band’s Discography. With “WHERE OWLS KNOW MY NAME” (2018),Rivers of Nihil Transcended All Labels Applied to Them, and with its 2021 follow-up, “The Work”they forged further into new territory with Metal Injection Calling The Latter Album “The Group’s Most Cohesive, Ambitious, Meditative, and Varied Effort, With Greater Usses of Philosophical Meaning and Transcendental Respites.”
“Rivers of Nihil” Track listing:
01. The Sub-Gues Blues
02. Dustman
03. Criminals
04. Despair Church
05. Water & Time
06. House of Light
07. Evidence
08. American Death
09. The Logical End
10. Rivers of Nihil
Late this months, Rivers of Nihil Will Kick off their “Aggressive Progressive” European Headling Tour with Support from Cynic, BEYOND CREATION and Labelmates Dååth. In May, The Band Will Return To North American Stages for Another Month-Long Headliner with Support Provide By Holy Fawn, Inter weapon and Glacial Tomb.
Rivers of Nihil es:
Adam Biggs – Bass Guitar, Vocals
Andy Thomas – Guitar, vocals
Brody Uttley – Guitar, piano, keys, programming
Jared Klein – Drums, vocals
Photo Credit: Mike Truehart
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