In honor of the recent release of their latest album, their 8th, the fine ID.Entity, here is a show from Riverside from 2018. Riverside is a Polish Prog band that was founded in 2001, and features a blend of atmospheric rock, emotive themes, and metal elements. Although they are generally considered to be a progressive metal band, their sound and style is quite different from others in that category, as emotion figures much more strongly in their sound, both in their moody soundscapes and the powerful emotive vocals and melodies of band leader Mariusz Duda. Sure they also feature some pretty heavy riffage and themes, but in service of a more majestic and moving whole. It took a few albums before they became known outside of Poland, but with each new album, their reputation grew in the Prog world, with greater success and acclaim, culminating in 2015 with the release of Love, Fear and the Time Machine. However, disaster struck the following year, as tragically, lead guitarist Piotr Grudzinski died suddenly of pulmonary embolism in February 2016, stopping the band in its tracks. But by 2018, the band had re-grouped, adding Maciej Meller as their new guitarist, and began recording a new album, Wasteland (2018). And now, this year, 2023, the band has released their next album, ID.Entity (short review previously posted here). The show presented here is from 2018, several months before the release of Wasteland (only 1 song from Wasteland, in an early improvisational version, is played in the show), at the Night of the Prog Festival in Loreley, Germany. A fine show that features a nice selection of songs from throughout their earlier catalog.
Set List
01 Pre-Show Soundscapes 8:22
02 Intro 1:49
03 02 Panic Room 6:01
04 #Addicted 4:25
05 The Depth Of Self-Delusion 5:59
06 Band Introduction 2:26
07 Escalator Shrine 6:13
08 Saturate Me 7:27
09 Reality Dream I 7:15
10 Towards The Blue Horizon 9:27
11 Left Out 13:40
12 Encore Break 1:57
13 Second Life Syndrome 18:42
14 The Day After (Improvisation) 5:47
15 Outro 1:40
Total Time: 101:20 (1:41:20)
Band:
Mariusz Duda - Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar
Michal Lapaj - Keyboars
Maciej Meller - Guitars
Piotr Kozieradzki - Drums
FLAC - Riverside_2018-07-13_Nightof Prog_Loreley_FLAC.rar
1 comment:
Jeszcze raz, wielkie dzięki.
Michał.
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