– February sixth, 2025 –
New Video / Single Now Taking part in + Pre-Orders Obtainable
Watch / Stream RIVERS OF NIHIL’s “Home Of Mild” HERE
Progressive demise steel progenitors RIVERS OF NIHIL will launch their eponymous fifth full-length on Could thirtieth by way of Steel Blade Data.
Sixteen years and 5 albums into the Pennsylvania band’s profession, RIVERS OF NIHIL is upping the ante with Rivers Of Nihil. Historically, a self-titled file can sign a return to fundamentals and/or a contemporary starting, and in ten highly effective songs, it’s clear that each these elements are in play. Founding bassist Adam Biggs grew to become the band’s new lead vocalist/bassist in 2023; the identical yr marked the looks of further guitarist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Provoke), whose vocals additionally play prominently on Rivers Of Nihil. Producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio captured the brand new dynamics throughout greater than fifty minutes of music.
Picture by Mike Truehart
“I really feel like these songs are the proper mix of all our albums, with all of the fats lower away,” says founding guitarist Brody Uttley. “There are extra technical songs that decision again to The Acutely aware Seed Of Mild and Monarchy sound, however with a extra mature understanding of tips on how to tempo a music. There’s a good bit of the The place Owls Know My Identify and The Work-type experimental stuff, however with a extra refreshed perspective on these kinds for the present period of the band.”
On June fifteenth, 2023, the band launched a brand new single, “The Sub-Orbital Blues,” the primary monitor with Biggs dealing with lead vocals following the 2022 departure of singer Jake Dieffenbach. It was additionally the primary monitor to characteristic Thomas. A second single, “Hellbirds,” dropped on October nineteenth of that yr. On April twenty ninth, 2024, the band launched the lower “Criminals” and an accompanying music video. Each “Criminals” and “The Sub-Orbital Blues” seem on Rivers Of Nihil.
The brand new album’s first single of 2025, “Home Of Mild,” is a monitor that “encapsulates the character of what it’s that we do completely whereas providing a distinct perspective on the sound with the brand new lineup,” explains founding member/guitarist Brody Uttley, who additionally performs piano and does the programming within the band. “Every thing that our followers have come to like about our sound is demonstrated on this music with the brand new addition of Andy singing and Biggs on primary vocals. It has the riffs, it has the massive refrain, it has the prog, it has the solos, it has the sax. Only a actual basic instance of what we do as a band in 2025.”
Watch RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s “Home Of Mild” video, directed By My Good Eye Music Visuals, HERE.
Rivers Of Nihil additionally showcases further musicians, together with Patrick Corona on alto saxophone, Stephan Lopez on banjo, McFarland on cello, and a slate of different visitor vocalists. Regardless of the contemporary method on Rivers Of Nihil nevertheless, the album suits neatly into the band’s discography. With The place Owls Know My Identify (2018), RIVERS OF NIHIL transcended all labels utilized to them, and with its 2021 follow-up, The Work, they solid additional into new territory with Steel Injection calling the latter album “the group’s most cohesive, formidable, meditative, and diverse effort, with higher makes use of of philosophical significance and transcendental respites.”
Rivers Of Nihil will probably be launched on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following colour variants:
Bleach & Ammonia (Mild Blue Smoke – US)
Adenochrome (Tiger’s Eye – US)
Water & Time (Blue / Inexperienced Smoke – US)
Abdomen Acid (Blue / Yellow Smoke – US)
Home of Mild (Yellow / Inexperienced Marbled – US Tour Unique)
180g Black (EU)
Radiant Mild (Neon Yellow Marbled – EU)
Darkish Teal w/ Orange & Yellow Splatter (EU – Ltd. 500)
Gold w/ Black Mud (EU Impericon Unique – Ltd. 200)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/riversofnihil
Rivers Of Nihil Monitor Itemizing:
01. The Sub-Orbital Blues
02. Dustman
03. Criminals
04. Despair Church
05. Water & Time
06. Home of Mild
07. Proof
08. American Demise
09. The Logical Finish
10. Rivers of Nihil
Later this month, RIVERS OF NIHIL will kick off their Aggressive Progressive EU/UK headlining tour with assist from Cynic, Past Creation and labelmates, Dååth. In Could, the band will return to North American levels for an additional month-long headliner with assist supplied by Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, and Glacial Tomb. Tickets and VIP packages can be found now at: ron.soundrink.com. See all confirmed dates under.
RIVERS OF NIHIL w/ Cynic, Past Creation, Dååth:
2/28/2025 Essigfabrik – Köln, DE
3/01/2025 Zappa – Antwerp, BE
3/02/2025 La Machine – Paris, FR
3/04/2025 Slay – Glasgow, GB
3/05/2025 Academy – Dublin, IE
3/06/2025 The Fleece- Bristol, GB
3/07/2025 Engine Rooms – Southampton, GB
3/08/2025 Membership Academy – Manchester, GB
3/09/2025 Electrical Ballroom – London, GB
3/10/2025 XOYO – Birmingham, GB
3/12/2025 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
3/13/2025 Gruenspan – Hamburg, DE
3/14/2025 Fryshuset Klubben – Stockholm, SE
3/16/2025 Tavastia – Helsinki, FI
3/18/2025 John Dee – Oslo, NO
3/19/2025 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
3/21/2025 Proxima – Warsaw, PL
3/22/2025 Columbia Theater – Berlin, DE
3/23/2025 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
3/24/2025 Flex – Wien, AT
3/25/2025 Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU
3/26/2025 Backstage – München, DE
3/27/2025 Slaughter Membership – Milan, IT
3/28/2025 Kiff – Aarau, CH
3/29/2025 Substage – Karlsruhe, DE
w/ Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, Glacial Tomb:
5/22/2025 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
5/23/2025 The Palladium (Upstairs) – Worcester, MA
5/24/2025 Rec Room – Buffalo, NY
5/25/2025 The King Of Golf equipment – Columbus, OH
5/27/2025 Pike Room @ Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
5/28/2025 Reggies – Chicago, IL
5/29/2025 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
5/30/2025 Bourbon Theater – Lincoln, NE
5/31/2025 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
6/01/2025 Metro Music Corridor – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
6/03/2025 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
6/04/2025 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
6/05/2025 Dante’s – Portland, OR
6/06/2025 Goldfield Buying and selling Publish – Roseville, CA
6/07/2025 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
6/08/2025 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
6/10/2025 Nile – Mesa, AZ
6/11/2025 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
6/12/2025 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
6/13/2025 The Rail – Ft. Value, TX
6/14/2025 Come And Take It Dwell – Austin, TX
6/15/2025 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
6/17/2025 Basement East – Nashville, TN
6/18/2025 Eulogy – Asheville, NC
6/19/2025 The Canal Membership – Richmond, VA
6/20/2025 The Meadows – Brooklyn, NY
6/21/2025 Fairmount Theatre – Montreal, QC
6/22/2025 Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
RIVERS OF NIHIL:
Adam Biggs – bass guitar, vocals
Andy Thomas – guitar, vocals
Brody Uttley – guitar, piano, keys, programming
Jared Klein – drums, vocals
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