Rivers of Nihil in Rochester

Rivers of Nihil are an American progressive death metal band formed in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 2009. They play technical death metal with atmospheric passages and, notably on Where Owls Know My Name, saxophone. Their albums include The Conscious Seed of Light, Monarchy, Where Owls Know My Name and The Work; key songs include “The Silent Life” and “Where Owls Know My Name.” Rivers of Nihil joined The Black Dahlia Murder’s Up From the Sewer Tour in 2021, appearing on a North American package that also included After the Burial, Carnifex and Undeath. In 2022, the band headlined a North American run supported by Fallujah, Alluvial and Warforged.