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Riverside are a Polish progressive rock band from Warsaw.They were founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared a love for progressive rock and heavy metal, although Duda, the main lyricist and composer of the band, was originally a fan of electronic, ambient, experimental music, like Radiohead, Massive Attack, Dead Can Dance ...
This speaks not only to the sonic feel of the album, but also to Riverside’s cohesiveness as a band of performers. The album’s production is as detailed and superior as one would expect. It is also very adventurous, with Duda flexing his audio skills to the maximum. Marvelous sounds, scenes and scapes are to be heard in abundance, and that ...
Feb 21, 2024 · With a shift to a more melodic sound, Riverside's sixth studio album Love, Fear And The Time Machine saw the band at the threshold of great things. Sadly guitarist Piotr Grudziński would tragically die within six mnths of its release. Before that, in 2015, Prog spoke to mainman Mariusz Duda about the then new Riverside...
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An album seemingly designed to reflect the modern world's confusions and conflicts, "ID.Entity" is modern prog in excelsis. RIVERSIDE have always been an intensely individual band, and despite an ...
Jan 20, 2023 · This is the band’s eighth studio album and their first since 2018’s ‘Wasteland' also the first to include relatively new (2020) member, guitarist Maciej Meller - and it's a cracker! Sonically, it is something of a departure from their recent albums and perhaps aligns more with some of Riverside's earlier material in having a more direct, harder edge, yet retaining the overall feel so ...
Sep 13, 2018 · Riverside is a great entry point to today’s Progressive Rock, because unlike most modern Prog bands, they are not primarily focused on advancing the technical aspects of the music. Much like Pink Floyd, Marillion, and Queensryche, Riverside are concerned with the songs themselves – the soundscapes, textures, and emotions of it all.
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May 13, 2015 · The lyrics are, conventionally, dark. Duda's dynamic voice is smooth throughout, another nice trademark that distinguishes Riverside from most metal bands, singing lyrics about the struggle for individuality in modern life and addiction to stress/electronics (with a bit of Plato's "The Cave" thrown in). They're poetic, cynical, and well sung.
