RSS Feed


RIVERSIDE Release Seventh Studio Album ‘Wasteland’
September 28th, 2018

Warsaw, Poland-based progressive rock group Riverside issued seventh full-length studio album Wasteland on September 28th, 2018 through InsideOut Music.

Wasteland marks the first Riverside outing not to feature co-founding guitarist Piotr Grudziński, who died on February 21st, 2016 following a sudden cardiac arrest. He was aged 40.

Riverside mainman Mariusz Duda commented on Wasteland’s overall concept: “I’d been thinking about exploring ‘post-apocalyptic’ regions for a long time. I read books, watched films, played video games, all connected by stories about an attempt to survive in a world that had just ended. But writing such a story myself didn’t make much sense until now.

“Riverside are starting a new chapter and after our recent experiences, a story like that has gained more meaning. Wasteland is mostly about what’s happening in the world these days but it also makes a reference to the tragedy that befell the band in 2016. Musically, we’ve returned to darker sounds but we have also turned a new page and recorded the album in a different style. It’s still Riverside, but expressed in a much deeper and more mature way.

“Most artists say the same thing while promoting their new releases: that they have just created their best work to date. I won’t say that because everything we have done so far has been consistently very good and unique. But I will say that we have never had such an incredible emotional load on any of our previous releases, and it’s not likely that we will ever make such a charged album again. Wasteland is an epic, multidimensional, poetic and very deep album. Perhaps of the once-in-a-lifetime kind.”

Cover artwork duties fell to Travis Smith.

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘The Day After’
02. ‘Acid Rain’
03. ‘Vale Of Tears’
04. ‘Guardian Angel’
05. ‘Lament’
06. ‘The Struggle For Survival’
07. ‘River Down Below’
08. ‘Wasteland’
09. ‘The Night Before’

Riverside’s line-up is as follows;

Mariusz Duda (vocals, bass guitar, and acoustic guitars)
Piotr Kozieradzki (drums)
Michał Łapaj (keyboards)

Created by Tomasz Pulsakowski / Sightsphere, music videos were released for the title track and the song ‘Lament’. In addition, an official live performance video was also issued for the title track. All three clips can be viewed below.

Sixth studio record Love, Fear And The Time Machine was released in September 2015 via InsideOut Music (excluding Poland). Polish release was handled by Mystic Production.

Promotional photograph by Oskar Szramka.