If you dont know this album by sight (Dan Seagrave art), you may not know about this band. Constantly morphing from one sound to the next, with an ever changing landscape of musicians Rivers Of Nihil is here to stay. In my opinion, this album is the reason why they are cemented. The future and present of technical death metal, this album is a definition of sound. The lead single "Where Owls Know My Name" is more progressive in that arena with instrumentation not heard as often in technical landscapes. Zach Strouse from "Burial In The Sky" provides that sax. Brody Uttley is the driving force behind this album (and possibly the band) and the journey he steers is mesmerizing.
Jake Dieffenbach's last outting with them brings ferocity unequaled in the following releases, some say. Though I tend to disagree. The trilogy on this record are definitely "Hollow", "Death Is Real", & " Where Owls Know My Name". I'll leave you with their description of it:
"Owls is essentially the story of the last man on earth. He was made immortal by the planet itself (the conscious seed of light, as it were) to be the sole intelligent witness of the death of the planet. Really though this is all set dressing for the more emotional content on display here, so looking too closely at the lyrics for story purposes is probably a bit of a futile effort in my opinion. It's really just about loss and getting older and coping with the things you've done in your life."
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