Riverside (band)

Riverside
Riverside in 2023.
Background information
Origin	Warsaw, Poland
Genres	Progressive rock, progressive metal
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Inside Out, Mystic Production
Spinoffs	Hate, Lunatic Soul, Meller Gołyźniak Duda
Members	Mariusz Duda Piotr Kozieradzki Michał Łapaj Maciej Meller
Past members	Jacek Melnicki Piotr Grudziński (died 2016)
Website	Riversideband.pl

Riverside are a Polish progressive rock band from Warsaw. They were founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared a love for progressive rock and heavy metal, although Duda, the main lyricist and composer of the band, was originally a fan of electronic, ambient, experimental music, like Radiohead, Massive Attack, Dead Can Dance, Tangerine Dream, Peter Gabriel,^[1] and later on, prog rock like Pink Floyd, Rush, Tool, Marillion, as well as thrash metal.^[2] Riverside can be described as a blend of atmospheric rock and metal elements, resulting in a sound similar to that of Porcupine Tree, and Pain of Salvation.^[2]