Rivers Of Nihil - The Conscious Seed Of Light Review

This year I tried to focus more on underground and less known bands than on the "big ones". I was hoping to find talented bands that deserve much more attention and my results were unbelivable so far. You simply have no idea how many young bands put out incredible releases in every sub genre of metal and a few people get to listen to them and enjoy them. If you don't know this blog yet : check out realmofmetal.org, it became my favorite source of metal straight from the beggining. They post new music daily, only new releases, some of them even leaked, but I don't want you to steal the music! Just download anything you want and buy what you really enjoy. Every album on that page has a "buy" link as well, use it when you really enjoy an album! 

So this is like a said my daily source of metal, and a few weeks ago I found a band with a cool name that I also heared in the past but I never gave them a listen. The album cover, name of the album and the names of the songs were also killer, and the music genre "technical death metal" is also one of my favorites, so I decided to download the album and check them out. After only 1-3 songs I already knew that this new album called "The Conscious Seed Of Light" by the american quintet RIVERS OF NIHIL (MetalBlade Records) from Reading, Pennsylvania will become one of my favorite 2013' releases and bought the album shortly after. 

The album starts with an intro called "Terrestria I : Thaw" that is a beast of an opener for an album. It starts in an almost atmospheric black metal style with tremolo picked guitars and a dark ambient and ends with fast blast beats and double bass patterns. It is a very structured intro that gives the listener an awesome first impression about the album in my opinion. The transition between the intro and the next song called "Rain Eater" is also very tight and good. "Rain Eater" is probably my favorite track of the album because of the catchy guitar riffs and really powerful vocals and lyrics. Vocalist Jake has some very agressive screams / mid - low growls and can also do some tight harsh vocals. No clean singing, no bullshit, just pure brutality and awesomeness. 

All songs fit perfectly to eachother and create and unique atmosphere that you will not find on no other album. The tracks were very well composed and the band consists of very talented and dedicated musicians and songwritters. Every single riff on this album is awesome and as a fan of technical death metal you will enjoy them without doubt. 

The drumming is very diverse and dynamic and was recorded very tight. If you concentrate on the drums while listening to the album, you will hear a lot of details that make this album so good. The album also has a bass line that doesn't always play the same thing as the guitar and sounds very deep and tight. Very good mixing/editing and mastering as well, respect Erik Rutan for that! The guitars also have a very cool distorted sound that sounds very good. You can find very fast tremolo picked riffs, classic death metal riffs, more atmospheric "let ring" riffs, breathtaking solos, some very fitting and interesting speed/tempo changes and much more on these 41 minutes of intense metal. It is a very technical album with an progressive vibe and a lot of other influences that will make you listen to it over an over again; there's always something new to discover!. 

All in all, "The Conscious Seed Of Light" by tech death quintet Rivers Of Nihil is one of the best releases in the metal world this year in my opinion and it is something for every fan of bands like Obscura, Beyond Creation, Spawn Of Possession, Decapitated, Fallujah and so on. Buy this shit! It's worth the money ! Stay metal.

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