Rivers of Nihil is the fifth studio album by American technical death metal band Rivers of Nihil. The album was released on May 30, 2025 via Metal Blade Records.[3] It is the band's first album without founding member and vocalist Jake Dieffenbach, and the first to feature Andy Thomas.[3] Commercially, the album is the band's most successful to date, debuting on multiple charts, debuting at #2 position on the Current Hard Music Albums chart, #7 on the Current Rock Albums chart, #7 on the Independent Label Albums chart.[3][4]
In April of 2022, the band announced that guitarist Jonathan Topore would be leaving the band, and that Black Crown Initiate guitarist Andy Thomas would be replacing him.[5]
In October of 2022, the band announced that they had parted ways with founding member and vocalist Jake Dieffenbach, and that Adam Biggs would be handling vocal duties on upcoming tours.[6]
In March of 2023, the band announced via social media that they were in the studio recording their fifth full-length album.[7]
On June 15, 2023, the band released its first piece of new music featuring their new members, "The Sub Orbital Blues," with an accompanying music video.[8] The single was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland of Atrium Audio, with additional engineering by guitarist Brody Uttley.[8] The band entered the studio again in April of 2024 to record additional material.[9] On April 29, the band released the single "Criminals" with an accompanying music video.[10] The single was recorded during their March 2023 recording session.[10]
In February of 2025, the band shared that their self-titled fifth LP would be released on May 30, and that the album's first single, "House of Light" would debut on February 6.[1] On March 12, the band debuted the single "American Death" with an accompanying music video,[11] and on April 17 the band debuted the single "Water & Time" with an accompanying video.[12] The band shared a guitar play-trhough of the track "Dustman" on June 10.[13]
Critical reception
Rivers of Nihil was the band's highest-debuting album to date, appearing on a number of charts and recording over 2.8 million streams on Spotify in its first week.[3]
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