– July nineteenth, 2024 –
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Stream / buy RIVERS OF NIHIL’s The Work (Instrumentals) HERE
Studying, Pennsylvania-based progressive dying metallers RIVERS OF NIHIL are happy to launch the instrumental version of their acclaimed full-length, The Work, out as we speak on Steel Blade Data.
RIVERS OF NIHIL has by no means match neatly right into a field, however with 2018′s The place Owls Know My Title, they transcended all labels utilized to them. Returning in 2021 with The Work, they cast additional into new territory, delivering an album that was as cerebral because it was visceral, and that covers a staggering sonic vary, definitively putting them in a class of their very own.
With the primary observe penned within the fall of 2018, whereas the band had been touring on …Owls…, the writing course of for The Work was lengthy, lasting properly into 2020. Even earlier than the music business shutdown that occurred concurrently with the Covid pandemic, the band meant to take most of 2020 off to give attention to writing, that means that their schedule was not disrupted. Guitarist Brody Uttley describes the ultimate product as a “Sound World,” a time period coined by a good friend. “It’s an album that nearly appears like a spot moderately than a factor. It places you on this world the place you’re not precisely positive what’s going on at sure factors, however ultimately, all of it comes collectively. It’s harsh and chilly, but additionally heat and alluring,” he provides.
Watch a visualizer for “Terrestria IV: Work” at THIS LOCATION.
RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s The Work (Instrumentals) is out as we speak digitally. Stream/buy the file at: metalblade.com/riversofnihil
The Work (Instrumentals) Observe Itemizing:
01. The Tower (Theme from “The Work”) [Instrumental]
02. Dreaming Black Clockwork (Instrumental)
03. Wait (Instrumental)
04. Focus (Instrumental)
05. Clear (Instrumental)
06. The Void from Which No Sound Escapes (Instrumental)
07. MORE? (Instrumental)
08. Tower 2 (Instrumental)
09. Episode (Instrumental)
10. Possibly One Day (Instrumental)
11. Terrestria IV: Work (Instrumental)
RIVERS OF NIHIL Dwell:
9/19/2024 Empire Underground – Albany, NY
9/20/2024 New England Steel And Hardcore Fest Pre-Celebration @ The Palladium Upstairs – Worcester, MA
9/21/2024 Montage Music Corridor – Rochester, NY
9/22/2024 Steel Injection Fest – Brooklyn, NY
RIVERS OF NIHIL Instrumental Lineup:
Brody Uttley – guitar
Jon Topore- guitar
Adam Biggs – bass/vocals
Jared Klein – drums
Zach Strouse – Saxophone
Grant McFarland – Cello on “The Void from Which No Sound Escapes”
“The Work is nothing lower than a murals. It’s by far the group’s most cohesive, formidable, meditative, and assorted effort, with better makes use of of philosophical significance and transcendental respites.” — Steel Injection
“Having birthed a beloved progressive metallic idea album in 2018′s The place Owls Know My Title, RIVERS OF NIHIL beat down any confinements of style of their extra experimental and private follow-up The Work…certainly one of progressive metallic’s most interesting artists.” — V13
“The Work is exhilarating, however it’s additionally heartfelt. Past the technical prowess the band showcases,, The Work is a surprising exploration of perseverance. Life may be devastating; whether or not it’s striving by means of the times in opposition to a demoralizing day job, habit, grief or psychological sickness, life takes work to exist. On The Work, the band don’t simply seize this harsh actuality, but additionally present a ray of hope-that perseverance is critical and one thing higher is inside one’s grasp.” — Treble
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