Artist
Rivers of Nihil
Rivers of Nihil is a black metal artist from Reading, Pennsylvania, USA formed in 2009. 20 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Black Metal · Reading, Pennsylvania, USA · Best black metal albums
- 20
- Releases
- 2013–2025
- Active years
- 2009
- Formed
Discography
6
Most popular
The Work
2021
Singles & EPs
14
Where Owls Know My Name
Single · 2018
House of Light
Single · 2025
Water & Time
Single · 2025
American Death
Single · 2025
Criminals
Single · 2024
Hierarchy
EP · 2024
Rivers of Nihil | Audiotree From Nothing
Single · 2023
Hellbirds
Single · 2023
The Sub-Orbital Blues
Single · 2023
Focus
Single · 2021
Clean
Single · 2021
The Silent Life
Single · 2018
A Home
Single · 2018
Perpetual Growth Machine - Single
Single · 2015
Upcoming shows
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About
Rivers of Nihil is an American technical death metal band from Reading, Pennsylvania. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. To date the band has released two EPs and three studio albums. Their most recent release is 2018's Where Owls Know My Name, which debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200, selling 2,750 copies in its first week, per Metal Insider. Rivers of Nihil was formed in 2009. They recorded their first EP Hierarchy later that year with Century vocalist Carson Slovak, who produced numerous works by other bands such as August Burns Red, Texas in July, and Black Crown Initiate (Slovak would later work with the bands on their second and third studio albums, adding writing credits to "Terrestria III: Wither" on Where Owls Know My Name). During this period the band opened shows for bands such as Decapitated, Decrepit Birth, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, and Misery Index. In 2011 the band worked with producer Len Carmichael to record their second EP Temporality Unbound. The album would spawn a music video for the song "(sin)Chronos". In February 2012 Metal Sucks referred to Rivers of Nihil as the "best new Death metal band you'll hear this year".
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On December 10, 2012, Metal Blade Records announced that they'd signed Rivers of Nihil to a record deal, and released a demo for the song "Rain Eater". The label also announced that the band would be working with Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal and Morbid Angel to record their first studio album at Mana Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida. The band released the album in the United States on October 15, 2013. Album artwork was created by Dan Seagrave, who would handle the artwork on the band's next two albums as well. Rivers of Nihil returned to Atrium studios to work again with Slovak on their second full length studio album, Monarchy, which was released on August 21, 2015. The album sold 1,175 copies in its first week. On August 17, 2015, the band made Monarchy available for streaming in full. On September 7, 2017, the band announced via their Facebook account that they'd returned to the studio, once again working at Atrium Audio, and working again with audio engineers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland. The band recruited The Kennedy Veil's live drummer Jared Klein to track drums. On March 16, 2018, the band released Where Owls Know My Name as well as a music video for the song "A Home". Metal Injection gave the album a perfect 10/10 score.
Rivers of Nihil in brief
- How many Rivers of Nihil releases are on Riffiter?
- 20 releases are catalogued, spanning 2013 to 2025.
- When was Rivers of Nihil formed?
- Rivers of Nihil formed in 2009, in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
- What genre is Rivers of Nihil?
- Rivers of Nihil is catalogued under Black Metal.
- What is the most recent Rivers of Nihil release on Riffiter?
- Rivers of Nihil, released in 2025.