Technical and progressive death metal fans will be in nerd heaven next month when The Contortionist hits the road to perform Language and Exoplanet in their entireties, especially because they’re bringing along Rivers of Nihil on those dates to perform 2021’s The Work in full.
It’s a pretty large tour and Rivers of Nihil just expanded it for themselves, announcing a number of solo headlining shows on off dates. The entirety of the tour is listed below, with asterisks denoting Rivers of Nihil solo shows.
Writing about The Work in 2021, our beloved founder and former editor Axl Rosenberg said:
“Rivers of Nihil’s new album, The Work, is every bit as good as, if not better than, their last album, Where Owls Know My Name. That’s a big deal, because even the Metal Internet couldn’t find any reason to complain about Owls. Rivers of Nihil have always been great, but now they’ve pulled off the rare feat of producing two back-to-back masterpieces, propelling themselves (assuming there’s any justice in the world) to the next level of Heavy Metal Glory.”
In other words: go see Rivers of Nihil.
RIVERS OF NIHIL w/ The Contortionist:
9/11/2022 The Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
9/12/2022 Vino’s – Little Rock, AR **
9/13/2022 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
9/14/2022 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
9/15/2022 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM **
9/16/2022 Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
9/17/2022 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
9/18/2022 El Rey Theater – Los Angeles, CA
9/19/2022 The Alpine – Reno, NV **
9/20/2022 Bossanova – Portland, OR
9/21/2022 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
9/23/2022 Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
9/24/2022 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
9/25/2022 Lefty’s – Des Moines, IA **
9/26/2022 Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
9/27/2022 Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
9/28/2022 St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
9/29/2022 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY **
9/30/2022 Le Studio TD -Montreal, QC
10/01/2022 Opera House – Toronto, ON
10/02/2022 Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
10/03/2022 Ace Of Cups – Columbus, OH **
10/04/2022 Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
10/05/2022 The L – Horseheads, NY **
10/06/2022 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
10/07/2022 Union Stage – Washington, DC
10/08/2022 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
10/09/2022 Paradise – Boston, MA
10/11/2022 Arizona Pete’s – Greensboro, NC
10/12/2022 Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
10/13/2022 Eastside Bowl – Nashville, TN
10/14/2022 The Concourse – Knoxville, TN **
10/15/2022 Deluxe @ Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN
** RIVERS OF NIHIL headlining show; No Contortionist 
