Rivers of Nihil - The Work (FULL ALBUM)
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- ARTIST: Rivers of Nihil
ALBUM: The Work
RELEASE DATE: 09/24/2021
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01. The Tower [Theme from "The Work"] (00:00)
02. Dreaming Black Clockwork (04:30)
03. Wait (11:10)
04. Focus (15:16)
05. Clean (20:10)
06. The Void from Which No Sound Escapes (26:18)
07. MORE? (33:01)
08. Tower 2 (36:27)
09. Episode (38:25)
10. Maybe One Day (45:54)
11. Terrestria IV: Work (52:58)
#riversofnihil #thework
I was jamming to Mastadon and went to the bathroom and came back to this playing and My god how did I miss this band :O This is phenomenal. Has such a Neurosis and doom metal vibe. I am sold.
Its crazy that music like this is being put out, yet there are a lot of folks in our society who think music today sucks. Its sad that so many people dont know all the great music thats out there.
It's because they still expect their favourite music to be played on the radio and TV like it was in the analogue age. Where technology evolves so do the channels of promotion.
I'm 33, not old, but a lot of my contemporaries are already turning into old men that think this way, they're not willing to do...ehem...."the work" to find amazing new music such as this.
@@MoonOvIce Yeah "the work". It should be exciting to hunt out new music.
They're clearly not looking in the right styles if they think music sucks today.
Normies gonna norm.
The screams of "DO THE WORK" in episode is just so powerful that it gives me energy on every listen. It's just crazy good.
It's one of my favorite points in the whole album, maybe even their whole discography.
The Void from Which No Sound Escapes is probably my favorite
Same here, bud! Amazing structure and composition. Sounds like it could've also been on WOKMN. Love how they ended the song by bringing that beautiful chorus round again.
that sax solo damn neaer brought tears to my eyes.
Love this song too. I also love how they transition into the next song. Very creative
This band keeps getting better and better with each album. They are definitely putting in the work.
What I love about the discography concept is the pragmatic philisophy behind it.
@@arturorubio7114 Shut up you pretentious nerd.
didn't expect to have an existential crisis listening to this but am i ever glad i checked it out. So raw and pure, Straight up masterpiece
Great art causes great experiencies.
This album is by far better than their last one.
You should see them play the whole thing live. That shit made me cry happy tears it was so good.
I like to listen to this at work :)
4 listens in. This is one of the hardest albums to describe that I've ever listened to. There is so much variety in a way that is unique to almost anything I've ever heard before. It's not like they're just throwing different sounds together like say, BTBAM, but rather that they've created a new sound in the genre. It's heavy, it's alternative, it's industrial, it's atmospheric, it's doomy, it's spacey, it's depressing, it's uplifting. While it doesn't have the sheer amount of catchy riffs of past albums, this is by far their best piece of work and deserves multiple front-to-back listens to fully digest.
Well said. I've given it a good few listens now, and I keep coming back to Wait as one of the most stand out tracks for those exact reasons. So many elements that by all rights should clash just sound so great together.
This comment needs to get pinned. There is a lot going on in this album. So many pieces in this album that give it an otherworldly feel to it. They cover so many different sounds that really affect the tone in each song. I will also say that albums like this definitely feel like they need to be consumed as one piece not as individual songs.
@@Metal4ever69 definitely. I've tried just having random tracks from the album in a playlist and it doesn't quite do it for me.
One of the best comments. This album is a work of art, one of the few bands around doing real concept albums, front to back is definitely the only way to listen to their albums.
@@Metal4ever69 I'd probably say that another album kinda like what you've described, is Oh What the Future Holds by Fit For an Autopsy. Just one of those albums that you really have to listen to as a whole even though there's a bunch of singles that stand out on their own. For example, The Man That I Was Not, excellent track as a single, but quite different in a lot of ways than any other track on the album.
When he says I hope it fucking kills you in MORE? The goosebumps fly out of my skin. If you've been through any kind of rough time or are in one this album will put you through a roller coaster of emotion.
Album is aging better and better the more time that goes by. What a fantastic piece of work (pun not intended).
I feel like this is the hardest listen of all their albuns, but not in a bad way. The album is depressing and bitter, as RoN intended it to be. They perfectly captured the feeling they envisioned in a masterful way. Although heavy and depressive you can sense some kind of hope and acceptance too. That ending with the throwback to Terrestria I had me in tears, with the spring birds chirping, as a new cycle begins anew. Rivers of Nihil, thank you for this experience
Work is depressing and bitter
I agree, after the second or third time, it just “made sense” as a Rivers fan. It doesn’t click right away, but it’s crafted and arranged in a way that does connect with all Rivers fans.
@TeCrayShawn Johnson true
if you like super dark music, id suggest
"none, damp chill of life" album
Also shape of despair
If you've lived long enough to feel your soul ripped away from you this album will hit the way it's meant to. If you aren't getting it, be happy, you've lived a good life.
God, how I wish that didn't resonate with me. Well, time to go do the Work...
@@maxmillman9477 I know its hard, but you have to (make this work)
@@aaronhutzel9211 There's just no getting it past you...
You are so deep and brooding.
@@phantomshtter my infant son died within a month of this coming out.
the owls will never know which album i like the most.
its probably better 2 not compare them. they are all great.
i could not stop to listen to owls back then, and i just enabled the loop for this one.
a few days of coding while the subwoofer in my office blasts out 'The Work' will tell only something i know alrdy. i fkn love it.
they are more than just these deathmetal guys using a sax. they create a unique atmosphere. the more i think about rivers of nihil, the more i like that the vocals are actually crisp and understandable. something i never placed very high on my agenda. another thing is the beauty of the bass. im in love with it br0000!
this band will continue to grow in their own brand. love it.
much love,
cheers from germany
Tech Prog DM has evolved and this album is the perfect example. Full of originality & surprises. Beyond epic. Modern Metal at its finest. 10/10
i like the direction that some extreme bands have taken in the last maybe 10 years,blast beats and growl are now elements to be careful used and not the rule to the entire music
This album can be interpreted in many different ways. I love it.
The only thing missing in this album is some more LADIDADIDA
The world definetly needs more Ladidadida at the moment, yes...
Ladygagaaah
😂
I am wondering who is the one that sings the clean parts and that Ladidadida part.
"It's myyyyyyy fault"
Already listened from start to finish twice. Great songwriting, the layering is exquisite and the tones are superb. Couldn't ask for more, really. I'll be coming back to this one a lot.
cursedghost revere reverent
Several months after release this is still in my regular rotation. One of my worse musical character traits is that I'm often pessimistic about future releases from artists I love. Naturally, after an absolute masterpiece of a record like Where Owls Know My Name I was worried their next record would fall short of pushing their sound forward in a pleasant way. What a fantastic time to be wrong, as they absolutely killed it everywhere on this album.
A whisper in the void!! *double bass drilling*
That has to be the best section of the whole album
timestamp pls
this album is a grower. initially none of the songs struck me as "hits", and they're not really, at least individually. but i kept coming back and have listened to the album several times from start to finish and it works so well as an entire piece
This is absolutely wonderful. My only "gripe" is that it's absolutely headphone music, best experienced by far in a quiet room. I.e. in my car I don't get the same experience at all and miss a lot. But this album's (and really this band's) biggest strengths are clearly intended for active listening on good headphones. Fortunately for home I have Sony MDR-7506 studio monitor headphones that I use; they're like my 4th pair.
I'll get over it :)
This album is everything! It's crazy when a highly anticipated album literally gave me everything I wanted and surpassed my overhyped expectations. After Where Owls Know My Name, I was hoping this band would continue to push the progressive elements with more experimentation, more atmosphere, more cleans, more sax, more synth, and an overall more adventurous soundscape. This band delivered it all and I couldn't be happier. They even gave me the death growls I was clamoring for. This is not only one of the best albums of the year...it's Rivers Of Nihil's best album to date.
I kinda wish they'd just make the sax player a full-time member.
@@stevemarston2936 I agree, but I understand that they also don't want be known for just that. They use it really effectively on this album, but I'm really loving the industrial elements on this album more than anything. I could use some more of that in the future.
@@thefilmeffect6089 That's true, but I don't think casual listeners will know the difference between a member and session player. Their video for The Void from Which No Sound Escapes does credit him separately so I suppose they're trying to make that more clear.
I appreciate that you mention the atmosphere of this album because that's the main draw for me. This is different than some songs just for the fact that it creates this atmosphere that draws in the listener. I personally like to get stoned and transported to another place. The Work is indeed a welcome addition to the previous albums.
I completely agree , actually got merch from this album which I haven't done in a minute. Focus and wait are surprisingly my favorite on the album.
I saw Rivers of Nihil live in Atlanta on September 28th. Before then, I had only heard their album, Where Owls Know My Name. Since I saw them live, I've been obsessed with Monarchy and The Work. I literally can't stop listening to these boys. Keep jamming fellas!
Great fucking show! 🤘
Totally different from WOKMN, but good all on its own. I'm kind of surprised by the "uninspired" comments, I feel this has some of their most interesting writing yet, and there's not a bad song in the whole album. It's dark, it's depressing, it's got hopelessness with a twinge of hope, and I'd go so far as to say they've continued to put out the most refreshing, unique prog that the genre really needed.
I have a feeling that once the initial "It's not like the other one!" wears off, this album is going to age very well.
I agree, I absolutely fell in love with WOKMN and listening to this might be jarring to some but I absolutely enjoy it and I still I got the goose nipples on a lot of songs. I don't follow or expect a band to sound the same. Some might not enjoy the creative direction they went in but I love the BAND. They are innovating and no one should tell them do it any different than what their heart tells them. Thus is art. Repulsive to some, beauty to the others and this album feels like THEIR art like WOKMN was in vain of being a creative art piece. It's super refreshing and feels like a new orchstrated piece.
@@C10r0x Yeah, I was saying to some friends that this album isn't at all what I expected, and it's actually better for it.
I don't understand how people call this uninspired. It's different, experimental and very diverse. If they recycled their previous work, they can call it that.
Exactly. WOKMN was an incredible album, and I might even still hold it as better on initial impact, this album still goes deep and strong. Its got a sense there's still plenty to unpack, and I've already got a good few song I keep wanting to hear again the moment its over. No regrets had, and it can even stand a chance to age as more of my favorite with time.
This album is definitely more progressive and the songs have so much going on in them, that nothing really stands out. At least to me. It feels like they tried a little too much to go deep down the progressive rabbit hole that the album just sounds all over the place with no connecting flow. I don't think it's a bad album, but I'm definitely disappointed and this is coming from a guy who really enjoys some prog.
I just think they're better at being more techy and adding prog elements than being more prog. I personally think their best album is Monarchy.
This album is simply amazing. It's so complex and unique. These guys have huge balls, no attempt to please anyone with one genre. What an epic story.
I'm trying to find a video that one of my friends apparently stumbled upon, when he wanted to find it again it had already been deleted. It apparently happened to be on LiveLeak for a really brief time? It's about a guy shooting presumably acid up his dick before instantly regretting it because the inside of it melts to a "grilled cheese" like substance (his words). After a while the outer layer of the dick collapsed and the gross grilled cheese like substance got everywhere
It took me a good while to get into river of nihil, but man this album and where owls know my name are absolute masterpieces. The Work perfectly encapsulates the struggle between despair and hope and trying to keep going when it feels like nothing you do matters. The lyrics are beautiful and heartbreaking.
This is the best thing I’ve ever heard in my life
your life must fucking suck then
The Tower reminds me a lot of Steven Wilson’s The Raven that Refused to Sing at least the background music anyways. Very good stuff!
I've never listened to much of their work before and this started autoplaying after something random.
This 100% feels like I'm listening to something really really musically important and I'm beyond impressed by this.
Oh man I can't believe I was doubting this CD at first. I forgot how good these guys are! They've surprised me with how good this switch is. This is around the 50th time I've heard it since the show I saw 3 day's before releasing. I can't stop playing it.
Like it or not, RoN threw caution to the wind to express themselves with this album. What a huge sonic palette, I'm privileged to have listened to them.
Listen to the album while reading the lyrics. TRUST ME. I didn't do this the first couple of times but the third time I did and i swear it changed everything.
* EDIT *
DO THE F'N WORK!!!!
I got hooked on this band while doing my lesson plans. Now listening to this while I grade. Somehow this music puts me in the zone. Thanks for the state of mind, guys!
From one teacher to another... I feel ya.
Another teacher here! Just commenting in teacher solidarity 🤘
ha, also grading to this.
Definitely the right style for marking math assignments!
@@BozoTheBear I might have to try it this weekend. It's a long record and I have lots to grade.
This gives me the same vibes that I get from alot of old school prog rock bands (Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis) and it really shows that they went full on experimental mode. Fucking love it. 10/10.
Now that the Cycle is complete, I'm looking forward to listening to all 4 albums back to back. Hopefully I can catch a freaking show too.
Be careful, you will unlock the portal
I think they turned a corner with this album, brilliant release.
I had but heard of the band before this album, but listened to this and loved it. Gone and listened to the back catalog and even considering driving 330 miles to see them play a headline show soon.
Just when you thought the world had forever ran out of Aum and Ladidadida, along comes this to save us all!
Thank you oh mighty Rivers of Nihil for this lifesaving music!
UA-cam's algorithm fails to suggest this to me, despite me having previous albums saved on playlists. Goddamnit I could have enjoyed this for 62 days already!
first listen, thought id listen to it to pump me up for an interview im having soon. There was no pump really but a definite soothing relaxation that calmed my nerves and helped me focus. There are more interviews to come later and i believe ill give this an entire listen to again before each one.
I have nothing to say except thank you. you become the best in the metal scene. I give you my vote from the hinterland of Russia.Terrestria series must live on.
Best album of the year. It even motivates me at work because I keep hearing “DO THE WORK” in my head
I am getting a ton of Dark Tranquility Projector vibes. That and Type O Negative with a dash of Opeth, Pink Floyd and Leporous. This is truly an album that defies genre. A masterpiece that will go down in metal history.
Super amazing.. Can't believe my luck is so good I stubled upon this.. Great work... Thanks
Interesting direction they've gone in with this album, the proggy clean vocal songs actually slap. The void and maybe one day are my favs so far
Wait is killer too! I was really surprised at how developed and focused their cleans have become on TW.
I wasnt a fan after the 1st listen then after 2 more I was hooked I absolutely love the album and while I feel it can be a little too ambitious at times I simply love this album now. Definitely a grower of an album.
Saw them live with The Contortionist. Never looked into them before but after hearing them play the entirety of this album, I'm now a fan. They played fucking well live
That was my first hearing them too and The Work is now one of my top 5 albums of all time. So influential and relatable.
Kinda album that you can't play a single song, it has to be experienced from start to finish simply amazing.
I was listening to the single and instantly said fuck that I'm not missing out on the bad ass other songs time to put some headphones on and trip out on the tapestry I got from the Up from the Sewers tour. I'm really hoping they play Las Vegas Again. I feel so cheated only hearing 5 songs. Even though they were all Amazing I wanted more.
Same with You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters.
i can't get enough of this album and this band, absolutely phenominal every time.
Can't wait for this. The songs we've gotten so far are straight up bangers
Oh my god, these guys have become my favorites with their recent 2 albums just several months ago and there is new album already, feels like holiday.
Suppose the best thing from them.. So atmospheric and full of anger...monstrous!
Incredible Album congratulations
It's deep, it's innovating, it's captivating, it's emotional, it's entertaining, it's a goddamn masterpiece!
I love it. The production quality is superb, an album to get lost in on a long ride or drive.
Think I will play it again now….
I was listening to WONMN and I was blown away by it... and i didnt expect to like another album by them as much as that, but this might have to take 1st place.
So damn good, every track just makes me feel things Ive been craving to feel I guess. Just less alone, and inspired to carry on, even when everything feels painful. It has everything i want musically and lyrically, thank you RON. You guys are real musicians.
I drew so many comparisons to Pinks Floyd’s The Wall. I feel like there is a storyline that runs through this. I haven’t pinned it down yet.
Random notes:
I think that “noise” in clockwork is the train on the front cover derailing and freezing.
Opening lyrics are about waiting for that train to come. It came, derailed, and froze and now they are trapped somewhere. (As i said, i don’t have the whole story figured yet) there they are forced to build a tower by a master type figure
The place they are trapped is a tower that as it grows produces more prosperity for the master. They are forced to build. They try to find virtue in the work as they build, however feel resentment as well.
The video of Focus is a dude in Tar in a bathtub….the next song is clean. “We will never be clean again!” Tar is hard to get off, presumably the “focus” has made the filth, which is the tar, the song clean is about realization of the filth. I believe this is the master focusing on the tower being built. Clean is about the master feeling out his moral decay.
Birds to finish the album….winter is over..spring is here… they finish the “season theme” of the previous 4 records.
I am thoroughly enthralled with this album. It hits all my personal likes…proggy, interpretive, non-literal, and skillful. I’d give it an 9.5 on my meter. What’s more, when i listened to Owls directly after it…it makes owls seem…simplistic in nature….which is an INSANE thing to say about one of my favorite albums of all time.
For what I can understand (english is not my native language) it's about a broken relationship and "The Work" they try to do to solve their difference...
This thing is just a stone cold prog-metal masterpiece. Took me about 3 full listens for it to click, but once it did....whooooo boy. Congrats on an amazing release!
This album is heavy, incredibly so, and I feel it achieves this not in a tropey or generic way, it is genuinely a challenging listen that feels like a ten tonne truck is slowly being lowered onto me.
this album delivered far more than expected. so damn good. their mellow passages are so well together. great compositions. also love the call back to terrestria I at the end of iv
An insanely good album, hard to stop listening to it.
Rivers Of Nihil seems to be transitioning a similar way Between The Buried And Me did over the years. This album is fantastic. We've been spoiled these past few months.
If that's the case I hope this is like their Coma Ecliptic and they recover on the next album, don't get me wrong I like it but not as much as I was hoping for.
I found the album today, this is my 4th time listening it. Hope I am going to wake up tomorrow morning to continue :D
Masterful. Breathtaking. A musical journey.
Un album tellement fort et aussi tellement difficile d'approche!
il est aussi bon que "where owl knew my name" la facilité à ingurgiter lors de la première écoute en moins.
Le cerveau turbine à plein tube et dieu que c'est bon!
Bravo Rivers of Nihil!
It took a while but this album has grown on me exponentially. Incredible.
Okay, it's finally happened. After over a year and maybe 15 listens, this is now my favorite RoN album. Musically, it's just so intricate and thematic, but the theme is still hard to pick up on completely (even though it's literally announced in the first song lol). Lyrically super brutal and a bit on the nose, but I mean that's the point. I'm ready to DO THE WORK
Edit: About 10 of those listens have been this week alone btw
Getting better with every new release, hyped for the next
New to this band, very interesting, seems that a certain mindset and mood is required to be able to fully grasp the context of the lyrics and the music. It's my opinion that this type of album is meant to put a mirror infront of the listener, inner reflection, pretty deep, depending on your perspective and life experiences.
The album art is beautiful, I can certainly relate to living in a cabin, deep in a cosmic frozen wasteland, in my mind.
Episode is like the death metal version of Comfortably Numb.
Fantastic album, all the way through.
I'm repeatedly feeling this album is like The Wall of progressive death metal. There's something similar about the way the album feels as a whole.
Nice. The way ive been describing this album to people is if David Gilmour decided to make a death metal record
@@HevyDevyD the synth keys remind me a lot of Richard Wrights parts on Echoes.
The guitar solo towards the end, I imagine spotlights pointed towards a disco ball that gently unfurls into...
@@billythakid_6664 Yes! I must admit, Owls knocked me sideways. I think I wasn't really expecting that from a metal album. The slide guitar in Maybe One Day is another thing that bring to mind the Floyd.
I appreciate R.O.N for having a unique style and sound. This album is badass 👏🤘🔥
I'm not a fan of the beginning of the album ( especially Dreaming Black Clockwork ) but damnit, the ending of Episode @ 43:20 will be in my playlist, maybe forever, such inspirational power.
I was hoping to see someone mention this part of Episode! Jesus there’s so much of this album I love but that entire last part of the song has to be one of if not my favorite part
When a band is able to achieve channeling deep and dark emotions into their music with great composition it becomes far heavier than rest.... sterling album
Oh hell yeah!!!!! So good! Maybe one day really took me by surprise and the context in this album lends to it's depth and heaviness!!!
I see a lot of people saying that Dreaming Back Clockwork is their least favorite, but that's honestly one of my favorites? 😅
What an amazing album. So, so beautiful.
I don't know what those people are talking about, it's one of my favorites on the album as well
I think thw song itself is great, also one of my favs but the ending is kinda painful to listen too
Clockwork has a demafacture feel .. I love it.
More than a year since it came out? I'd swear I haven't heard it more than 365 times ...
This album is a masterpiece. It's dark, emotional, heavy, complex. I've enjoyed from the first to the last minute. I love the way they are evolving.
this album is amazing! expect nothing less from this band. love all their albums, not one song that I don't like. cant wait for more new stuff!
The album is a piece of art! Listening to this while WORKing!
Wow. Halfway through the album and I’m not going to list all of the reasons why it’s so good but I will say that the influence of many other bands and genres come through loud and clear and the production “feel” is just crushing it! Great listen and thanks RoN and Metal Blade!🏴☠️
Winter brings death and cold. This album matches he brutalness of the season
One word describes this album. AWESOME!!!!
This collection of sounds is becoming one of the best... 🤙🤘👽🎶
4 songs in and this is hauntingly beautiful so far
Right now, I'm really digging FOCUS. What an epic chorus
33:00 you're goddamn right i want more
I have been looking for some good melodic death metal lately, and this is definitely scratching that itch.
Masterpiece, it requires more than one listen
So awesome. First two songs for me really do it. So cool.
Dreaming Black Clockwork was okay, but I fucking loved the rest of the album. GG
I'm on my 20th listen or so, and have found that dreaming black clockwork works really well if you listen to Wait right after. The tension at the end of DBC abruptly transitioning into the spaced out and mellow vibe of Wait feels like an escape.
That artwork fucking slams
Totally fits the music
such an incredible album, love the ballads so much, great work
Governing several real feelings, "The Work" is overwhelming.
Holy shit this fucking slays
A work of art🖤
Saw them this 9/19 at HOB SD... Great set... Awesome band!!!
Absolutely loving the new album it's really not what I expected and the flow of it and transitions is just mezmarizing
Incredible musicians.
very fine work indeed! cheers.