Rivers of Nihil slice a trail through the forests of technical death metal that is uniquely their own. Coming together in 2009, the Pennsylvania outfit put themselves on the extreme-metal map with a pair of albums that established their bona fides in terms of bone-snapping heaviness and djent-fuelled complexity. Then in 2018 they unleashed Where Owls Know My Name, a magnum opus that opens up technical death metal’s suffocating attack to King Crimson-style progressive rock, jazz fusion and even electronic music. This is truly daring music from a group who are firmly committed to subverting convention.