Riders of the Plague is the second album by The Absence. It was released on August 7, 2009 on Metal Blade. Riders is a lot of old school riffing, with a lot of new school ass-kicking. The band sounds a bit like Carcass, but that's not to say they're easily defined. Songs like Dead and Gone, and The Murders are amazing testaments to what the five piece from Tampa can accomplish.