Reading, Pennsylvania natives, RIVERS OF NIHIL, continue their ascent of the death metal ladder with a brand new music video. “Birth Of The Omnisavior” is a sleek and dark video that captures visually what this band does so well sonically: play emboldened, deftly-executed death metal at a level far beyond their years. Watch “Birth Of The Omnisavior” from latest album, The Conscious Seed Of Light, now at THIS LOCATION.
Formed in 2009, the modern progressive death metal quintet’s music is as dark and heavy as the coal and iron their home city was built upon, taking influences from some of the scene’s heaviest, most abrasive brutality peddlers a la Morbid Angel, Gojira, Spawn Of Possession, and Decapitated. RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s debut, The Conscious Seed Of Light, was recorded in March of 2013 at Mana Recording Studios in Florida with famed metal producer/musician Erik Rutan. While The Conscious Seed Of Light is not necessarily a concept album traditionally speaking, RIVERS OF NIHIL began their project with the idea that they would release four separate albums tied together with one common theme: each reflecting a particular season of a year. Bassist Adam Biggs elaborates: “The Conscious Seed Of Light is intended to be representative of Spring and explores various themes concerning new beginnings, growth, and an attachment to the natural world in a post-human Earth. Unlike some concept records however, we wanted to allow each song to work on its own terms. Rather than have the songs rely on each other to move a specific story structure forward; they work within their own separate narratives, but ultimately serve the album’s broader concept.” RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s lineup is rounded out by guitarists Brody Uttley and Jon Kunz, vocalist Jake Dieffenbach, and drummer Alan Balamut.
RIVERS OF NIHIL
w/ Whitechapel, Revocation
5/14/2014 Fubar – St Louis, MO
5/15/2014 Czar Bar – Kansas City, MO
w/ Whitechapel, Devildriver, Revocation, Carnifex, Fit For An Autopsy
5/17/2014 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
5/18/2014 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
5/19/2014 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
5/20/2014 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
5/21/2014 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
5/22/2014 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
5/23/2014 Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA
5/24/2014 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
5/25/2014 Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
5/26/2014 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
5/27/2014 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
5/29/2014 Marquee Beer Market & Stage – Calgary, AB
5/30/2014 Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
5/31/2014 Riddell Centre – Regina, SK
6/1/2014 The Venue – Fargo, ND
6/2/2014 Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
6/3/2014 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
6/4/2014 Mojoes – Joliet, IL
6/5/2014 CenterStage Bar and Grill – Kokomo, IN
6/7/2014 The International – Knoxville, TN
6/8/2014 Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
6/10/2014 The Opera House – Toronto, ON
6/11/2014 Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
6/12/2014 Stage 48 – New York, NY
6/13/2014 Theatre of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
6/14/2014 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
6/15/2014 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
6/16/2014 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
6/17/2014 Firestone Live – Orlando, FL
6/18/2014 Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
6/20/2014 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
6/21/2014 House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
6/22/2014 Gas Monkey Bar N Grill – Dallas, TX
6/23/2014 Mohawk – Austin, TX
w/ Whitechapel, Revocation
6/25/2014 The Hi-Tone – Memphis, TN
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