LIVE ID.

12 tracks with 6 on each CD, the LP on 3 vinyls, the Blu-Ray DVD with its 12 tracks piled up and a bonus with the pleasure of the video recorded in Poland: "#Addicted" as a well-rehearsed intro to 2015's 'Love', "Panic Room" for one of the two hits from 2007's 'Rapid'. "Landmine Blast" and "Big Tech Brother" from last year's ID' to really open the musical ball with this innovative sound from their latest album; a sound unique to them that has no equal and that the live performance transcends a little more, with a great DZIĘKI launched to the audience, in conquered territory. "Lost" from 'Love' for the dithyrambic crescendo, the very fat synth solo and this chorus taken up in unison, Maciej's solo who appropriates his space in a solemn and masterful way. Finally, "Left Out" from 'Anno' from 2009 concludes this first set with this bewitching, repetitive, trance-inducing tune, with a Floydian tune that repeats itself endlessly and the purely progressive metal break. A bit of DEEP PURPLE-style sound made to reprise Oh Oh Ohhhh, in his room in front of his stereo at the top of his lungs.

"Post-Truth" and the first track of 2023, which was not in the set at the Loreley; just for this heavy finale, a sound sticking to the skin that makes you get up and move endlessly on it while screaming; prog metal I say. "The Place Where I Belong" long track with its Floydian peregrination, its progressive variation taking you far, far, so far that time stops and melts any prog fan in need of a concert. "Egoist Hedonist" by Anno again, 2nd track in addition with a trumpet sample that is even more confusing live. "Friend or Foe?" follows for the es'80s track, to dance, sing, snap your fingers to, TEARS FOR FEARS, ULTRAVOX in sight. "Self-Aware" with the DEEP PURPLE intro and the reggae air, innovative, confusing and a finale worthy of a live performance. "Conceiving You" with this basic intro, reminiscent of the soundtrack of 'Silent Hill', I digress but it's the captivating atmosphere that strikes me every time. The pearl of their 2nd album with the radio hit, then the variation, the progressive deviance with Mariusz and his bass, yes it's not just RUSH, IRON MAIDEN, QUEEN, THIN LIZZY or DREAM THEATER who had great bassists. The title that puts the live CD back in the spotlight with its unique enjoyable digressions and the dialogue of the said DUDA in final communion with his audience, with you; go one, two, three, four, RIVERSIDE makes rock'n'roll.

RIVERSIDE recorded this live in June 2024 in Poland; 3 Lps, 2 Cds, the blu-ray for those who haven't seen them yet. At a time when concerts are becoming increasingly rare, throwing yourself on these pieces is a real plus showing the fluidity, the movement, the delicacy of prog rock of the new millennium. Arrangements boost the soul of Mariusz and his friends, half of the tracks coming from their latest album prove, if it were still necessary, that RIVERSIDE is indeed the band looking to the future. They offer new music, original music as he had so rightly told me a few years ago. An evolving sound that does not remain in the progressive straitjackets and a RIVERSIDE that continues to innovate with the perpetual search for recent sounds bathed in the flavors of yesterday. The pleasant musical association with a disconcerting and changing aspect of the beaten paths. The Blu-Ray offers a quarter-hour documentary to bathe in the backstage of the concert and to have this unspeakable pleasure: to see RIVERSIDE in concert at home comfortably installed, the musical pleasure is definitely priceless, no limit.