RIVERSIDE

JERRY EWING

VENUE KOKO, LONDON  DATE 19/05/2024  SUPPORT KLONE Prog ponders the wisdom of Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda, who’s standing in front of a venue full of prog fans and questioning his band’s role within that very genre. He may couch his language to imply a certain element of tongue-in-cheek – his point that Riverside have been likened to Dream Theater but have little in common with the latter’s “guitar-shredding” definitely rings true – but further protestations veer a little towards biting the hand that feeds. Notleast when, following a splendid rendition of Post-Truth from latest album ID. Entity, the band launch into the very long – 13 minutes and counting – and very proggy The Place Where I Belong. Despite the intended humour, one can sense an element of frustration that…

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