Rivers Of Nihil

About

Rivers of Nihil is an American progressive death metal band from Reading, Pennsylvania, founded in 2009 and signed to Metal Blade Records. Their 2018 album Where Owls Know My Name - which debuted at #61 on the Billboard 200 - broke them to a wider audience by weaving jazz saxophone and atmospheric textures into technical death metal. The 2025 self-titled fifth album, recorded with a rebuilt lineup after vocalist Jake Dieffenbach's 2022 departure, became the band's highest-charting release to date.

132.2K

Spotify monthly listeners

2.8M

Spotify streams in debut week of self-titled album (2025)

Billboard peak - self-titled album (2025), Current Hard Music Albums

#61

Billboard peak - Where Owls Know My Name (2018), Billboard 200

What's new

2026-02
Rivers of Nihil were announced as part of the Louder Than Life 2026 festival lineup in Louisville, Kentucky (September 17-20).
2025-06
The self-titled fifth album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Albums chart and racked up 2.8 million Spotify streams in its first week.
2025-05
The self-titled fifth album Rivers of Nihil was released on May 30, 2025 via Metal Blade Records, the band's first with bassist Adam Biggs as lead vocalist and guitarist Andy Thomas.
2025-02
The band launched the 'Aggressive Progressive Tour' across Europe and the UK in February-March 2025, headlining with Cynic, Beyond Creation, and Daath as support.
2024-10
Metal Blade Records announced a remixed and remastered reissue of the band's 2010 debut EP Hierarchy, released November 8, 2024.