Rivers Of Nihil announce new self-titled album

February 7, 2025 James Weaver

RIVERS OF NIHIL have announced a new album!

A self-titled effort, the upcoming album from the Pennsylvania-based progressive metal band is the follow-up to 2021’s The Work, and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Metal Blade Records.

Speaking about the upcoming album, founding member/guitarist Brody Uttley shares, “I feel like these songs are the perfect blend of all our albums, with all the fat cut away. There are more technical songs that call back to The Conscious Seed Of Light and Monarchy sound, but with a more mature understanding of how to pace a song. There’s a fair bit of the Where Owls Know My Name and The Work-type experimental stuff, but with a more refreshed perspective on those styles for the current era of the band.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, RIVERS OF NIHIL have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; House Of Light. The new song is the third single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Criminals and The Sub-Orbital Blues.

“House Of Light, is a track that encapsulates the nature of what it is that we do perfectly while offering a different perspective on the sound with the new lineup,” explains Uttley, who also plays piano and does the programming in the band. “Everything that our fans have come to love about our sound is demonstrated in this song with the new addition of Andy singing and Biggs on main vocals. It has the riffs, it has the big chorus, it has the prog, it has the solos, it has the sax. Just a real classic example of what we do as a band in 2025.”

Watch the official music video for House Of Light here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. The Sub-Orbital Blues
2. Dustman
3. Criminals
4. Despair Church
5. Water & Time
6. House Of Light
7. Evidence
8. American Death
9. The Logical End
10. Rivers Of Nihil