Rivers of Nihil returned to Atrium studios to work again with Slovak on their second full-length studio album, Monarchy, which was released on August 21, 2015.[6] The album sold 1,175 copies in its first week.[7] On August 17, 2015, the band made Monarchy available for streaming in full.[8]
Album artwork was created by Dan Seagrave, who would handle the artwork on the band's other two albums as well. Dan Seagrave explained, "This image continues the theme from the previous record. The season is now based around summer. In the text of the narrative we have shifted significantly forward in time, many thousands of years. The image depicts roughly the same location as the last album. The middle eroded tower holds on the top left, the steps which had led up to the life form 'pod'. A very small detail. In the background are the now heavily eroded, and sand covered structures seen in that last artwork. The small statues dotted around depict the new life form that had succeeded us."[9]
In promotion of the album, the band released three singles, some of which have their own videos: "Perpetual Growth Machine",[10] the title track,[11] and "Sand Baptism".[12]
Track listing
All music is composed by Rivers of Nihil
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Heirless"
2:24
2.
"Perpetual Growth Machine"
4:52
3.
"Reign of Dreams"
3:16
4.
"Sand Baptism"
4:49
5.
"Ancestral, I"
4:33
6.
"Dehydrate"
4:00
7.
"Monarchy"
5:43
8.
"Terrestria II: Thrive"
5:59
9.
"Circles in the Sky"
6:27
10.
"Suntold"
7:23
Total length:
49:26
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Rivers of Nihil
Jake Dieffenbach – lead vocals
Brody Uttley – lead guitar
Adam Biggs – bass, backing vocals
Jon Topore – rhythm guitar
Alan Balamut – drums
Production
Dan Seagrave – artwork
Brody Uttley – additional engineering
Alan Douches – mastering
Carson Slovak, Grant McFarland – production, engineering, mixing
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