Shrine of New Generation Slaves, the fifth studio outing from Polish progressive rock outfit
Riverside, offers up another vast, propulsive, mercurial, and cinematic set of songs that skillfully skip through genres like a well-oiled radio dial, combining elements of heavy metal, jazz, pop, and Eastern European folk into a surprisingly palatable stew that should please fans of
Porcupine Tree,
Dream Theater,
Pink Floyd,
Kansas, and even
Opeth. ~ James Christopher Monger