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riversofnihil2021Set to kick off North American tour next week with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, AFTER THE BURIAL, CARNIFEX, UNDEATH. On September 24th, RIVERS OF NIHIL will release their fourth full-length, ‘The Work’, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, a video for the new single ‘Focus’ (directed by David Brodsky) can be viewed now.

Brody Uttley (lead guitar, keyboards) comments: “For the ‘Focus’ video, we once again recruited Mr David Brodsky, Allie Woest and the team at MyGoodEye. This video tells the story of an individual in a fractured state of mind confronting the darkest parts of his inner self and battling with a physical manifestation of his deepest fears and concerns; the worst parts of himself. This manifestation represents the presence in all of our heads that tries to pull us down into the throes of self-destructive behaviour and patterns of thinking. The creature that he is interacting with becomes more apparent as the video progresses (with the main character slipping deeper into psychosis) until the end when he loses his battle and is plunged down into the blackness once and for all; existing permanently in the prison that his delusions have constructed for him...Perhaps finally at peace, or just as likely: never again at peace.”



The previously released track, ‘Clean’, can be heard at: https://www.metalblade.com/riversofnihil/?utm_campaign=RiversofNihillaunchesvideofornewsingle, where ‘The Work’ can also be pre-ordered in the following formats:
- digipak-CD
- deluxe box set (hardcover box includes: CD digipak (w/ bonus track), blue w/ black & white splatter vinyl, 52-page photo book, slipmat, and exclusive download content)
- 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
- silver w/ blue & black splatter vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 500 copies)
- natural clear w/ black & red splatter vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies)
- crystal clear w/ white & turquoise splatter vinyl (Kings Road exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- red / white melt vinyl (EMP exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- transparent orange w/ black swirls vinyl (Eyesore exclusive - limited to 300 copies)
- silver / black marbled vinyl (Impericon exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- aqua blue / canary yellow galaxy vinyl (US exclusive)
- white / cyan blue galaxy vinyl (US exclusive)

Next week, Rivers of Nihil will head out on the road with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, AFTER THE BURIAL, CARNIFEX, and UNDEATH for an extensive North American tour. Dates are already selling out (noted below), so be sure to get your ticket now at: https://www.nightshiftmerch.com/pages/up-from-the-sewer-tour-2021

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Reading, Pennsylvania’s RIVERS OF NIHIL have never fit neatly into a box, but with 2018s ‘Where Owls Know My Name’, they transcended all labels applied to them. Returning in 2021 with ‘The Work’, they have forged further into new territory, delivering an album that is as cerebral as it is visceral, and that covers a staggering sonic range, definitively placing them in a category of their own. Inarguably a very dense, heavy collection, ‘The Work’ is far too dynamic to be considered a solely metal record, and there is a genuine warmth that shows through, particularly on ‘Wait’ and the gorgeous ‘Maybe One Day,’ and the band have included far more clean vocals alongside the screaming that tears through many of the heavier tracks. Courtesy of their friend Zach Strouse, saxophone once again adds extra layers of atmosphere to the collection, utilizing baritone, soprano and alto saxes to great effect.

With guitars and synths / keys tracked at Uttley’s home studio, the band then went back for the third album in a row to Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio to do drums, vocals, bass, sax, and mixing. “We’ve done so many sessions with those guys that they’re basically an extension of our band at this point. They usually know what we like, and we always encourage them to roast us to make stuff better,” says guitarist Brody Uttley. Alongside the band, James Dorton from Black Crown Initiate provided some vocals on ‘Episode’, Grant McFarland played cello on ‘The Void From Which No Sound Escapes’, and Uttley’s friend Stephan Lopez helped out with all of the field recordings, an integral part of the sonic textures of the record.

‘The Work’ Tracklist
01. The Tower (Theme from ‘The Work’)
02. Dreaming Black Clockwork
03. Wait
04. Focus
05. Clean
06. The Void from Which No Sound Escapes
07. MORE?
08. Tower 2
09. Episode
10. Maybe One Day
11. Terrestria IV: Work

Rivers of Nihil Line-up
Jake Dieffenbach - lead vocals
Brody Uttley - lead guitar, keyboards
Adam Biggs - bass, backing vocals
Jon Topore - rhythm guitar
Jared Klein - drums, backing vocals

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Source: Press Release / Band photo credit: Mike Truehart

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