– June sixteenth, 2025 –
North American Tour Underway
Photograph by Mike Truehart
RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s eponymous fifth full-length, launched on Could thirtieth by way of Metallic Blade Information, reaped 2.8 million Spotify streams globally and toppled Billboard charts upon its first week of launch incomes the #2 place on the Present Onerous Music Albums chart, #7 on the Present Rock Albums chart, #7 on the Impartial Label Albums chart, and extra! See extra chart positions beneath.
USA – Billboard:
#2 Present Onerous Music Albums
#7 Present Rock Albums
#7 Impartial Label Albums
#9 Present Digital Albums
#23 Present Album Gross sales
Canada – Billboard:
#1 Onerous Music Albums
#7 Present Digital Albums
#8 Prime Present Albums
#23 LP Vinyl Gross sales
European Chart Entries from launch day/week:
#60 Official Prime 100 Albums DE weekly
#21 Official Prime 100 Albums Downloaded DE weekly
#22 Official Prime 100 Albums Midweek DE weekly
#9 iTunes Prime 10 Albums AT every day
#33 iTunes Prime 100 Albums DE every day
#87 Official Prime 100 Albums CH weekly
#12 Official Prime 20 Rock/Metallic Albums DE weekly
#44 Official Prime 75 Albums AT weekly
Australian iTunes Entries from launch day:
#1 Metallic Chart
#7 Rock Chart
#28 ALL Chart
“It’s not simply album advertising communicate to say that this genuinely looks like a brand new period for the band,” wrote Decibel Journal. Blabbermouth concurred crowning the providing, “one in every of this 12 months’s most unmissable metallic (and prog) data… RIVERS OF NIHIL are starting to sound unstoppable,” whereas Metallic Injection lauded a document that’s, “sonically sound, emotionally poignant, experimental in the fitting locations.”
The reward didn’t cease right here with retailers throughout the globe chiming in with their tackle the band’s self-titled launch. “RIVERS OF NIHIL dare to experiment, and it pays off” says Deaf Eternally (Germany) who gave the discharge an 8/10 whereas Arrow Lords of Metallic (Netherlands) gave the album a 9.5/10 stating “That is progressive loss of life metallic of the best stage!” FUZE (Germany) mentioned “For a number of years now, RIVERS OF NIHIL have stood for extra than simply progressive loss of life metallic, and with their self-titled album, they’re pushing this improvement even additional. Thus, this work maybe lays the proper basis for what might but come within the band’s hopefully lengthy profession.”
Rivers Of Nihil was created in a really “rock n’ roll” method. “On 2021′s The Work, I wrote a number of the document on the piano after which the band crammed within the gaps,” explains guitarist Brody Uttley. “On this new document, I needed to guarantee that these things would hit onerous stay with simply the 4 of us earlier than including in all the sparkly auxiliary ‘frosting’ on high.”
Rivers Of Nihil additionally showcases extra 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 recent strategy on Rivers Of Nihil nevertheless, the album nonetheless 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 Metallic Injection calling the latter album “the group’s most cohesive, formidable, meditative, and various effort, with larger makes use of of philosophical significance and transcendental respites.”
Rivers Of Nihil is offered on CD, LP, and digital codecs. Preview and buy the document at: metalblade.com/riversofnihil
Watch RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s movies for “Home Of Mild,” “American Dying,” and “Water & Time” HERE.
RIVERS OF NIHIL is at the moment wrapping up a month-long North American headlining tour with help offered by Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, and Glacial Tomb. Tickets and VIP packages can be found now at: ron.soundrink.com. See all remaining dates beneath.
RIVERS OF NIHIL w/ Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, Glacial Tomb [remaining dates]:
6/13/2025 The Rail – Ft. Value, TX
6/14/2025 Come And Take It Reside – 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 Lees Palace – Toronto, ON
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 document can sign a return to fundamentals and/or a recent starting, and in ten highly effective songs, it’s clear that each these components are in play. Founding bassist Adam Biggs turned the band’s new lead vocalist/bassist in 2023; the identical 12 months marked the looks of extra 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.
On June fifteenth, 2023, the band launched the one, “The Sub-Orbital Blues,” the primary observe with Biggs dealing with lead vocals following the 2022 departure of singer Jake Dieffenbach. It was additionally the primary observe to function Thomas. A second single, “Hellbirds,” dropped on October nineteenth of that 12 months. 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.
“It’s not simply album advertising communicate to say that this genuinely looks like a brand new period for the band…” – Decibel Journal
“…[Rivers Of Nihil] focuses on metronome-exploding kick work, riffs brawnier than a full-grown Kodiak, and a vocal tandem of hovering highs (guitarist Andy Thomas) and demonic lows (bassist Adam Biggs).” – Revolver
“Sonically sound, emotionally poignant, experimental in the fitting locations…” – Metallic Injection
“…one in every of this 12 months’s most unmissable metallic (and prog) data… RIVERS OF NIHIL are starting to sound unstoppable.” – Blabbermouth
“Monstrously lovely, identical to the quilt of Dan Seagrave.” 9/10 Rock Tribune (Belgium)
“…their best, most full model of themselves up to now. Asserting masterclass stage musicianship, songwriting experience that ropes in components like cello, banjo and saxophone and an actual sense of collaboration all through, River of Nihil is transcendent of any class of maximum music.” – Knotfest
“…an absolute ass-beater that you could be or will not be completely prepared for. Proper from the rip, it’s heavy and imply. Punishing rhythms, excessive octane guitar, and impeccable vocals actually drive the entire thing collectively.” — MetalSucks on “American Dying“
“…the foursome has revamped its idea: the vocals are extra of a spotlight than on its direct predecessor, The Work. Biggs fires his brutal growls into the ether with much more energy than Dieffenbach, however it’s particularly in the usage of guitarist Andy Thomas’s clear vocals that Rivers Of Nihil surpasses all earlier works… anthemic passages now kind the highlights of the songs as an alternative of being whispered timidly into the background… RIVERS OF NIHIL exchanges quiet moments for highly effective sing-along components, one thing uncommon in progressive music. The fifth album is subsequently easier than its earlier ones, even when the band on no account abandons technical loss of life metallic, however merely rethinks it – and efficiently.” – Metallic Hammer Germany
“The songs hit the mark comparatively straight, with the pleasantly pure manufacturing probably making the quartet’s truly fairly new-school sound palatable to extra conventional minds for the primary time ever.” – Rock Onerous Germany
“…a masterful work that exemplifies the band’s development and maturity as musicians. The manufacturing high quality, thematic depth, and progressive musical components come collectively to create a cohesive and compelling narrative. Whereas it might problem some listeners’ expectations, it’s a rewarding and enriching expertise for these keen to interact with its complexities. Total, this album stands as a testomony to Rivers Of Nihil’s artistry and their capability to push the boundaries of the style.” – Lambgoat
“True to its identify, there may be a right away and mesmerizing splendor to this track, with extravagant voices raised excessive and the sax seductively wailing away. However the music is ever-changing. The band additionally unchain their ferocity, with obliterating drums, chopping riffage, and barbaric growls, and so they make the music dreamy, dauntingly dramatic, and instrumentally head-spinning too.” – No Clear Singing on “Home Of Mild“
“…this borders on the unbelievable! It’s superb how this album has grown over the past whereas right here, from a puzzle to be solved to a picturesque sound palette the place the climate modifications each minute. It’s as if each track passes by on a cloud, flowing, floating, however elusive. I can solely suggest everybody to present this gem the time to find the true masterful nature of this band, step-by-step and repeatedly. That is progressive loss of life metallic of the best stage!” 9.5/10 Arrow Lords of Metallic (Netherlands)
“This album isn’t a rebrand. It’s a reaffirmation. Of function. Of evolution. Of sheer goddamned energy.” – Joedaly.com
“…because the band already stretched the progressive framework on ‘The place Owls Know My Identify’ (2018), I’m effectively ready for what awaits. Then got here ‘The Work’ (2021), which is probably the most strong providing of their profession, the place progressive braveness met genre-defying integrity. What the Individuals now current is enormously well-played and sophisticatedly seamless, however as a complete extra of a reliable effort… even the band’s lowest stage is way above their colleagues in the identical discipline.” – Sweden Rock Journal
“Rivers Of Nihil serves as an efficient re-introduction for this newest iteration of members and gives a showcase for the place this band intends to go from their profitable four-album seasons cycle. Because the self-title would recommend, there’s a brand new feeling from this group, and whereas it’s nonetheless likened to experimentation and development, they’ve as soon as once more bared their aggressive tooth. A incredible document that’s going to thrill for a lot of listens as followers peel by means of its layers.” – Lifeless Rhetoric
“There actually isn’t a weak second on Rivers Of Nihil. In reality – and on the danger of sounding hyperbolic – it’s an nearly immaculate journey that each fan of progressive loss of life metallic wants to listen to. It doesn’t matter what’s been misplaced or gained with the altering of members, Rivers Of Nihil haven’t sacrificed a modicum of high quality within the course of. Quite the opposite, they’ve returned with a stronger tenacity and skill to exhibit why they’re on the forefront of the style.” – Sonic Views
“…one in every of, if not the perfect (progressive) loss of life metallic bands of the previous decade.” – Heavy Weblog Is Heavy
“The general expertise of this document will go away you breathless, and pondering ‘ah, it is likely to be time to take heed to that once more’ as you most likely missed one thing the primary time. It’s an album that rewards re-listens. So you possibly can tip your hats to the Rivers fellas, for as soon as once more they’ve produced one thing that not solely elevates their very own lofty commonplace, however ensures that the style itself stays alive and kicking.” – Out Of Rage
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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