Saturday, September 27, 2025

Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves (2013)

 

The fifth album from this band from Poland.

The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, ukulele, guitars, mandolin, theremin, organ, keyboards and vocals.

One guest added saxophones.

The band continued on after a four years long album break.

The result is this fifty minutes long album. 

Most of the Dream Theater like progressive metal had been ditched and the band adopted, and indeed invented a much more modern blend of art-rock and progressive metal.

The band still retains their Porcupine Tree influences. They have incorporated some Radiohead and indeed A-Ha (their last two albums), Pink Floyd and RPWL influences too in their album. 

The vocals is very good and their use of organs is excellent. We still get the usual keyboards and guitar runs here too.

The music is very good throughout and this is their best album of their first five albums. Check it out.

3.5 points 

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