“Where Owls Know My Name” has been chosen as the title to Rivers Of Nihil‘s forthcoming new album. Metal Blade Records have scheduled it for a March 16th release date with pre-orders available now via metalblade.com.
Recording sessions for the effort took place with producer/musician Carson Slovak (August Burns Red, The Last Ten Seconds Of Life), while Dan Seagrave did the cover art. The band’s guitarist Brody Uttley commented of the outing:
“This record is Rivers Of Nihil being exactly who we want to be. Many bands get stuck in a comfortable routine of releasing the same album over and over again. Constantly relying on the same familiar formula may work for some bands, but it does not work for us. Music is art, and art is ever-changing. Without change, there is no progress. Without progress, the very fire that powers art and expression will die. This record is the sound of where we come from, where we are, and where we are going.”
Bassist/vocalist Adam Biggs added:
“This time around, the lyrics feel a little more personal than on previous albums. The story picks up several millennia after the events of ‘Monarchy‘, where one person still remains alive, chosen by the planet to be the sole intelligent witness of its ultimate fate. But ‘Where Owls Know My Name‘ is less about overarching narrative than our previous albums. The scenario is just a backdrop for the more emotional material we tried to put forth this time around. Ultimately, this is an album about loss, getting older, and reaching a point where death becomes a much more present part of your life.”
A new track from it titled “The Silent Life” has premiered online and can be streamed below.
01 – “Cancer / Moonspeak”
02 – “The Silent Life”
03 – “A Home”
04 – “Old Nothing”
05 – “Subtle Change (Including The Forest Of Transition And Dissatisfaction Dance)”
06 – “Terrestria III: Wither”
07 – “Hollow”
08 – “Death Is Real”
09 – “Where Owls Know My Name”
10 – “Capricorn / Agoratopia”
The spring the band will join up with Dying Fetus, Thy Art Is Murder and more on this U.S. tour.
