– June sixteenth, 2025 –
North American Tour Underway
Photograph by Mike Truehart
RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s eponymous fifth full-length, launched on Could thirtieth through Steel Blade Data, reaped 2.8 million Spotify streams globally and toppled Billboard charts upon its first week of launch incomes the #2 place on the Present Arduous Music Albums chart, #7 on the Present Rock Albums chart, #7 on the Unbiased Label Albums chart, and extra! See further chart positions beneath.
USA – Billboard:
#2 Present Arduous Music Albums
#7 Present Rock Albums
#7 Unbiased Label Albums
#9 Present Digital Albums
#23 Present Album Gross sales
Canada – Billboard:
#1 Arduous 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 each day
#33 iTunes Prime 100 Albums DE each day
#87 Official Prime 100 Albums CH weekly
#12 Official Prime 20 Rock/Steel Albums DE weekly
#44 Official Prime 75 Albums AT weekly
Australian iTunes Entries from launch day:
#1 Steel Chart
#7 Rock Chart
#28 ALL Chart
“It’s not simply album advertising and marketing converse to say that this genuinely looks like a brand new period for the band,” wrote Decibel Journal. Blabbermouth concurred crowning the providing, “one among this 12 months’s most unmissable steel (and prog) data… RIVERS OF NIHIL are starting to sound unstoppable,” whereas Steel Injection lauded a document that’s, “sonically sound, emotionally poignant, experimental in the precise locations.”
The reward didn’t cease right here with shops 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 Ceaselessly (Germany) who gave the discharge an 8/10 whereas Arrow Lords of Steel (Netherlands) gave the album a 9.5/10 stating “That is progressive loss of life steel of the very best stage!” FUZE (Germany) stated “For a number of years now, RIVERS OF NIHIL have stood for extra than simply progressive loss of life steel, and with their self-titled album, they’re pushing this improvement even additional. Thus, this work maybe lays the right 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 quite a lot of the document on the piano after which the band crammed within the gaps,” explains guitarist Brody Uttley. “On this new document, I wished to ensure that these things would hit exhausting dwell with simply the 4 of us earlier than including in the entire sparkly auxiliary ‘frosting’ on high.”
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 recent method on Rivers Of Nihil nevertheless, the album nonetheless matches 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 is obtainable on CD, LP, and digital codecs. Preview and buy the document at: metalblade.com/riversofnihil
Watch RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s movies for “Home Of Gentle,” “American Loss of life,” and “Water & Time” HERE.
RIVERS OF NIHIL is at present wrapping up a month-long North American headlining tour with assist 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 Stay – 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 elements are in play. Founding bassist Adam Biggs grew to become the band’s new lead vocalist/bassist in 2023; the identical 12 months 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.
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 minimize “Criminals” and an accompanying music video. Each “Criminals” and “The Sub-Orbital Blues” seem on Rivers Of Nihil.
“It’s not simply album advertising and marketing converse 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 precise locations…” – Steel Injection
“…one among this 12 months’s most unmissable steel (and prog) data… RIVERS OF NIHIL are starting to sound unstoppable.” – Blabbermouth
“Monstrously stunning, similar to the quilt of Dan Seagrave.” 9/10 Rock Tribune (Belgium)
“…their most interesting, most full model of themselves up to now. Asserting masterclass stage musicianship, songwriting experience that ropes in parts like cello, banjo and saxophone and an actual sense of collaboration all through, River of Nihil is transcendent of any class of utmost music.” – Knotfest
“…an absolute ass-beater that you could be or is probably not 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 Loss of life“
“…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 using guitarist Andy Thomas’s clear vocals that Rivers Of Nihil surpasses all earlier works… anthemic passages now kind the highlights of the songs as a substitute of being whispered timidly into the background… RIVERS OF NIHIL exchanges quiet moments for highly effective sing-along parts, one thing uncommon in progressive music. The fifth album is subsequently easier than its earlier ones, even when the band in no way abandons technical loss of life steel, however merely rethinks it – and efficiently.” – Steel Hammer Germany
“The songs hit the mark comparatively straight, with the pleasantly pure manufacturing doubtlessly making the quartet’s truly fairly new-school sound palatable to extra conventional minds for the primary time ever.” – Rock Arduous Germany
“…a masterful work that exemplifies the band’s development and maturity as musicians. The manufacturing high quality, thematic depth, and progressive musical parts come collectively to create a cohesive and compelling narrative. Whereas it could problem some listeners’ expectations, it’s a rewarding and enriching expertise for these prepared 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’s an instantaneous 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, reducing riffage, and barbaric growls, they usually make the music dreamy, dauntingly dramatic, and instrumentally head-spinning too.” – No Clear Singing on “Home Of Gentle“
“…this borders on the unbelievable! It’s wonderful how this album has grown during the last whereas right here, from a puzzle to be solved to a picturesque sound palette the place the climate adjustments each minute. It’s as if each track passes by on a cloud, flowing, floating, however elusive. I can solely suggest everybody to offer this gem the time to find the true masterful nature of this band, step-by-step and time and again. That is progressive loss of life steel of the very best stage!” 9.5/10 Arrow Lords of Steel (Netherlands)
“This album isn’t a rebrand. It’s a reaffirmation. Of objective. 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 properly ready for what awaits. Then got here ‘The Work’ (2021), which is essentially the most stable 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 an entire extra of a reliable effort… even the band’s lowest stage is much 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 counsel, 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 improbable document that’s going to thrill for a lot of listens as followers peel via its layers.” – Useless Rhetoric
“There actually isn’t a weak second on Rivers Of Nihil. Actually – and on the danger of sounding hyperbolic – it’s an virtually immaculate journey that each fan of progressive loss of life steel 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 talent to show why they’re on the forefront of the style.” – Sonic Views
“…one among, if not the very best (progressive) loss of life steel bands of the previous decade.” – Heavy Weblog Is Heavy
“The general expertise of this document will go away you breathless, and considering ‘ah, it is likely to be time to hearken 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 customary, 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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