{"id":70933,"date":"2018-09-28T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=70933"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:45:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:45:43","slug":"news-riverside-release-seventh-studio-album-wasteland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-riverside-release-seventh-studio-album-wasteland\/","title":{"rendered":"RIVERSIDE Release Seventh Studio Album \u2018Wasteland\u2019 (September 28th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIVERSIDE Release Seventh Studio Album \u2018Wasteland\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 28th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Warsaw, Poland-based progressive rock group Riverside issued seventh full-length studio album Wasteland<\/em> on September 28th, 2018 through InsideOut Music.<\/p>\n

Wasteland<\/em> marks the first Riverside outing not to feature co-founding guitarist Piotr Grudzi\u0144ski, who died<\/a> on February 21st, 2016 following a sudden cardiac arrest. He was aged 40. <\/p>\n

Riverside mainman Mariusz Duda commented on Wasteland<\/em>\u2019s overall concept: \u201cI\u2019d been thinking about exploring \u2018post-apocalyptic\u2019 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\u2019t make much sense until now.<\/p>\n

\u201cRiverside are starting a new chapter and after our recent experiences, a story like that has gained more meaning. Wasteland<\/em> is mostly about what\u2019s happening in the world these days but it also makes a reference to the tragedy that befell the band in 2016. Musically, we\u2019ve returned to darker sounds but we have also turned a new page and recorded the album in a different style. It\u2019s still Riverside, but expressed in a much deeper and more mature way.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost artists say the same thing while promoting their new releases: that they have just created their best work to date. I won\u2019t 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\u2019s not likely that we will ever make such a charged album again. Wasteland<\/em> is an epic, multidimensional, poetic and very deep album. Perhaps of the once-in-a-lifetime kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Travis Smith.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018The Day After\u2019
\n02. \u2018Acid Rain\u2019
\n03. \u2018Vale Of Tears\u2019
\n04. \u2018Guardian Angel\u2019
\n05. \u2018Lament\u2019
\n06. \u2018The Struggle For Survival\u2019
\n07. \u2018River Down Below\u2019
\n08. \u2018Wasteland\u2019
\n09. \u2018The Night Before\u2019<\/p>\n

Riverside\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Mariusz Duda (vocals, bass guitar, and acoustic guitars)
\nPiotr Kozieradzki (drums)
\nMicha\u0142 \u0141apaj (keyboards)<\/p>\n

Created by Tomasz Pulsakowski \/ Sightsphere, music videos were released for the title track and the song \u2018Lament\u2019. In addition, an official live performance video was also issued for the title track. All three clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Sixth studio record Love, Fear And The Time Machine<\/em> was released<\/a> in September 2015 via InsideOut Music (excluding Poland). Polish release was handled by Mystic Production.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Oskar Szramka.<\/em><\/p>\n