ELDER Return to Australia for 2027 Headline Tour With Special Guests KHAN!

Photo: Leon de Backer

After more than a decade, progressive psychedelic rock heavyweights ELDER are finally heading back Down Under. The band has announced a string of Australian headline dates for May 2027, joined by special guests KHAN. Tickets are now on sale via www.beholdtheelder.com

The announcement arrives as ELDER continue their busy 2026 schedule, currently performing at major European summer festivals before embarking on an extensive North American headline tour this September, with BASK and BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT joining the band on selected dates. Following a run of European shows with TEMPLE FANG and REZN in early 2027, ELDER will finally make their long-awaited return to Australia, bringing material from their acclaimed new album Through Zero alongside fan favourites from across their ever-evolving catalogue.

Regarding their long-awaited return, the band comments:

"For over a decade we’ve been waiting for things to line up for us to finally get back to Australia, and we’re extremely stoked this finally came together! We had so many great times and met so many lovely people on our first trip in 2015 and are more than looking forward to returning with the 10+ years of new music we’ve made since then. Of course we’ll bring a generous helping of our new record Through Zero alongside our older repertoire. Get those tickets and we’ll see you down under!"

Upcoming ELDER Live Dates Europe 2026:

10.07. Pleszew, PL - Red Smoke Festival
11.07. Alperstedter See Erfurt, DE - Stoned From The Underground
23.07. Reutlingen, DE - Hafensounds Festival w/ Kadavar
24.07. Budapest, HU - Monolit Festival
25.07. Tolmin, SI - Tolminator Festival
26.07. Milan, IT - Circolo Magnolia Summer
28.07. Rockstadt, RO - Rockstadt Extreme Fest
30.07. Breitenbach am Herzberg, DE - Burg Herzberg Festival
31.07. Michelau, DE - Rock Im Wald
04.08. Rostock, DE - MAU Club
05.08. Josefov-Jaromer, CZ - Brutal Assault Festial
08.08. Âncora, PT - Sonic Blast Festival
14.08. Valais, CH - PALP Festival

ELDER North America 2026:

September 09 - Richmond, VA - The Broadberry*
September 10 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*
September 11 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade*
September 13 - Levitation Festival
September 16 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theater‡
September 17 - San Diego, CA - Music Box‡
September 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Regent Theater‡
September 19 - San Jose, CA - The Ritz ‡
September 21 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre‡
September 22 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater‡
September 23 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre‡
September 25 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge‡
September 26 - Denver, CO - Federal Theater‡
September 28 - Chicago, IL - Avondale Music Hall‡
September 30 - Toronto, ON - Opera House‡
October 01 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount‡
October 02 - New York, NY - Webster Hall‡
October 03 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club‡

with Bask
‡ with Blackwater Holylight

ELDER Europe / UK 2027

with TEMPLE FANG and REZN:

3rd Feb - Oberhausen - Kulttempel
4th Feb - Brussels - Botanique
5th Feb - Amsterdam - Melkweg
6th Feb - Hamburg - Gruenspan
8th Feb - Gothenburg - Monument
9th Feb - Oslo - Rockefeller Music Hall
11th Feb - Stockholm - Kollektivet Livet
12th Feb - Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
13th Feb - Berlin - Festsaal Kreuzberg
14th Feb - Leipzig - UT Connewitz
16th Feb - Prague - Futurum Music Bar
17th Feb - Vienna - Flex
18th Feb - Munich - Technikum
19th Feb - Zurich - Plaza
20th Feb - Saarbrucken - Garage
21st Feb - Paris - Trabendo
23rd Feb - Bristol - Trinity Centre
24th Feb - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club - Main Room
25th Feb - Glasgow - The Garage
26th Feb - Manchester - Academy 2
27th Feb - London - Electric Brixton

Two decades into their existence, ELDER remain an anomaly in the heavy underground - a rare band with the ability to absorb and shed influences from a myriad of genres without falling into pastiche or losing their own identity. Their new studio offering, Through Zero, stands as a strong reaffirmation of their commitment to pushing boundaries in the world of heavy rock and cements the group’s status as leaders of the pack in heavy psychedelic rock.

Over the past twenty years, ELDER have mastered crushing riffs, melodic jaunts, progressive patterns, hypnotic grooves and ethereal atmosphere. On Through Zero, the band channel these years of experience into what may be their most immediate and engaging record to date, while allowing seeds from outside the sphere of rock music to take root and bloom within their progressive framework. Listeners will find familiar elements of new textures, sequences, and sounds alongside ELDER’s iconic take on heavy rock. As always, every spin reveals new details.

Recorded at Big Snuff Studios in Berlin across several months between tours in 2025, Through Zero marks the first album the band not only produced themselves, but also co-mixed together with longtime collaborator Richard Behrens. Mastered by Carl Saff, the result is a record that feels more like a full extension of the band’s creative intentions than ever before.

Through Zero is out now on Stickman Records (Europe/UK), Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and Bird’s Robe (Australia).

Purchase your album copy here: https://mailchi.mp/bluesfuneral/elder-through-zero-preorders

[Cover Art by Adam Hill]

ELDER is:

Nick DiSalvo - Guitar/Vocals
Jack Donovan - Bass
Mike Risberg - Guitar/Keyboards
Georg Edert - Drums

For More Info Visit:

https://beholdtheelder.com
https://www.facebook.com/elderofficial
https://www.instagram.com/elderband
https://elder.bigcartel.com
https://www.stickman-records.com
https://www.bluesfuneral.com

Heavy Psych Rockers INSOMNIAC announce US fall shows; summer tour starts this week!

Atlanta, Georgia's ritualistic heavy rock unit INSOMNIAC has announced a full East Coast tour with festival appearances for the fall, as they prepare to kick off their US summer run alongside Texan doom outfit Slumbering Sun.

With their 2025 debut album "Om Moksha Ritam" on Blues Funeral Recordings, Atlanta's Insomniac have coalesced onto our plane like a third eye opening into the beyond, delivering a brooding, heavy, and psychedelic journey filled with riffs and beats written in the Earth's frequency. Dubbed by Treble Zine as "a spiritual awakening" and "one of the most breathtaking and brilliantly surreal pieces of music" by UK website Outlaws of the Sun, the music Insomniac creates drifts between this world and the next, hovering at the periphery of consciousness. REZN, King Buffalo and Dead Meadow naturally arise as points of reference, although it’s clear that fitting within confines isn’t really what the Atlanta band does.

About their upcoming tours, Insomniac says: "It's been an incredible ride over the last 8 months since Om Moksha Ritam released, and we've been working hard both on and off stage while racking up a ton of tour dates and road miles in the process. We're overjoyed to see firsthand how much our music has resonated with people far and wide, and the response continues to grow from the stage to the community daily."

Summer shows:

7/10 - Shreveport, LA - Bear's *
7/11 - Tulsa, OK - Whittier Bar *
7/12 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
7/13 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge *
7/14 - Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel *
7/15 - Indianapolis, IN - State Street Pub *
7/16 - Nashville, TN - The End *
7/17 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Doomed & Stoned
7/18 - Atlanta, GA - Boggs Social *
* with Slumbering Sun

Fall shows:

9/30 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10/1 - Washington, D.C. - Pie Shop
10/2 - Brooklyn, NY - In The Key of Doom Fest
10/3 - Cheshire, CT - Counterweight Brewing ^
10/4 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East ^+
10/6 - Bangor, ME - Old Town Theater
10/7 - Portland, ME - Live At Madrid's
10/8 - Providence, RI - Alchemy
10/9 - New Hope, PA - John and Peter's #
10/10 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Joint Jam Festival ~
10/11 - Cleveland, OH - No Class
10/13 - Grand Rapids, MI - Mulligan's Pub
10/15 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
10/16 - Minneapolis, MN - Zhora Darling ~
10/17 - Green Bay, WI - Wisconsin Doomed & Stoned ~

^ with Heavy Temple
+ with Crystal Spiders
# with Today Is The Day
~ with Howling Giant & High Desert Queen

Insomniac links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Blues Funeral Recordings links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram | Youtube

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the details.

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol drop "The Disappearing Man" single from upcoming album CA$H GRAB, tour w/ Death From Above 1979

"I guarantee you, it will be jammed firmly in your head for days on end." -- Metal Injection

“An instant earworm.” — Metal Sucks

“As ridiculously awesome as their big, dumb moniker would imply… churning out lumbering cascades of clobbering, trucker hat riffage that toe a slobbery line between Dinosaur Jr., Primus, Pantera and ZZ Top.” – Decibel Magazine

"Epically catchy... Imagine the ear-wormy fuzz-rock riffage of Dinosaur Jr. if it was played on an eight-string guitar with super heavy low-end." -- Revolver Magazine

Austin trio Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol share their latest single today, "The Disappearing Man" from their forthcoming album CA$H GRAB. The song finds the band showcasing their absolute mastery of heavy hook-filled riffs and rhythms couched in earworm melody that would make Green Album era Weezer jealous.

The band recently announced Fall 2026 tour dates supporting Death From Above 1979. Fans can get tickets HERE for all shows. Please see all dates below.

CA$H GRAB is still in production and will be announced in more detail at a later date. For now, dig in to the three bite-sized anthems from the album so far, "The Disappearing Man", "Bough Down" and "Peaches" on all DSPs HERE.

RBBP just concluded their CA$H GRAB 6-week headlining tour across North America, with multiple sold out shows. The band was joined on the entire tour by Austin punk-metal trio American Sharks (whose new album Not Dead Yet released in late April).

RICKSHAW BILLIE'S BURGER PATROL - US LIVE 2026:

09/05 Cookeville, TN - Muddy Roots Music Festival
10/01 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades *
10/02 Berkeley, CA - UC Theater *
10/03 Monterey, CA - Golden State Theatre *
10/04 San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theater *
10/06 Ventura, CA - Ventura Music Hall *
10/08 Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco *
10/09 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory OC *
10/10 San Diego, CA - The Observatory San Diego *
10/11 Tempe, AZ - The Marquee *
10/13 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre *

* w/ Death From Above 1979

Artist: Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol
Album: “The Disappearing Man” (single)
Record Label: RBBP
Release Date: July 8th, 2026

01. The Disappearing Man
02. Bough Down
03. Peaches

Links

www.rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.com
linktr.ee/rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol
rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.bandcamp.com

T

hanks to US / THEM PR for the details.

Stoner doom heroes SONS OF OTIS to reissue all albums on Heavy Psych Sounds

Toronto's stoner doom icons SONS OF OTIS have signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records for the reissue of their entire catalog, and reveal the first two releases to get a brand new pressing today.

For more than three decades, Toronto’s SONS OF OTIS have been one of Canada’s most respected heavy bands, forging a signature blend of doom, stoner rock, and psychedelia built on crushing riffs, hypnotic grooves, and immersive atmospheres. Their DIY debut Paid to Suffer (1994) introduced the band’s raw, uncompromising sound. While Spacejumbofudge (1996) expanded that vision into psychedelic territory, becoming an underground stoner rock classic. With Temple Ball (1999), the songwriting grew more expansive, helping establish the band’s international reputation.

Songs for Worship (2001) perfectly captured their balance of heaviness and atmosphere. X (2005) refined their sound with stronger production and memorable songwriting, while Exiled (2009) explored darker, more atmospheric territory. Seismic (2012) delivered some of the heaviest material of their career, and Isolation (2020) proved that, nearly 35 years in, SONS OF OTIS remains as powerful and inspired as ever.

Now, with their signing to Heavy Psych Sounds, the band enters an exciting new chapter. The acclaimed Italian label has become one of the leading names in heavy psychedelic, doom, and stoner rock, making it a natural home for a band whose influence has quietly resonated throughout the underground for decades. Get ready to discover or rediscover one of Canada’s true heavy music pioneers as they prepare for the next stage of their journey!

"Spacejumbofudge" album reissue - Out October 6th on Heavy Psych Sounds - Pre-order

"Paid To Sufffer" EP reissue - Out October 6th on Heavy Psych Sounds - Pre-order

About the first two records, frontman Ken Baluke states: “Our first recording 'Paid To Suffer' was completely DIY. We were all broke and asked our friends for donations in exchange for the tape and their name in the liner notes. We only released it on cassette. It was live off the floor and raw as hell, and we were looking to offend as many people as possible. Instead… people liked it. As for debut album 'Spacejumbofudge', it was our first full-length on a major label. It opened a lot of eyes back then. This is where our trademark “wall of fuzz” sound started to take shape. Big budget, big sounds... Trippy and heavy… a cult favorite of the underground scene."

SONS OF OTIS links

Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram | Youtube

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the details.

Mothertomb - Dying To Live (Album Review)

 

Release Date: July 14th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD/DD/Tape

Dying To Live - Tracklist

1. The Summoning (3:47)

2. Cythraul (10:00)

3. Beware (6:53)

4. Mountain Hag (9:42)

5. Dying to Live (9:35)

Members

Alice Gawlinski - Vocals

Chance Gawlinski - Guitar

Alton Minor - Bass

Mike Benitez - Percussion

Review

Dying To Live is the debut album from Gothic/Doom/Stoner Rockers Mothertomb who blend sultry Occult Rock tones with a gritty Appalachian flavour being added into their music. There’s an essence of Grunge, Psych and Shoegaze which gives Mothertomb quite a contemporary and heavy rock sound which is why you can see the comparisons to bands such as Acid King and Windhand have been made recently but that only tells half the story. As the album unfolds in great storytelling fashion with haunting melodies, spooky Psychedelic grooves and Ambient Post-Rock structures that are quite emotionally daring when Mothertomb fully take flight within the aggressive Doom/Stoner Metal persona.

The record does start off in quite understated fashion with the excellent opening track The Summoning which mixes Drone Rock passages and the exquisite vocals/chants of lead vocalist Alice Gawlinski. Alice’s vocals may feel quite restrained at first but wait until you experience the rest of the album as Alice can really sing. The music is quite restrictive but that’s too get the listener into the Gothic and Occult Rock vibe the album takes you upon.

Second track Cythraul transforms slightly to a Proto-Metal delivery which allows Mothertomb fully move over to the modern day Doom/Stoner Metal arena with thumping sludgy guitars creating a Post-Doom vortex for those massive stadium sized riffs to appear. Alice’s vocals are the biggest change when some brutal harsh screams come out of nowhere. Where’s the calm, reserved and measured vocals from the early stages of the record. Just be prepared for a symphony of different Doomed Out movements that each have their own emotionally charged style of intense musical passages with Mothertomb wisely tapping into some classic Eighties Gothic Metal delivery. However, the band still finds the time to transport the listener back to the modern day era of melodic Doom/Stoner Metal.

Dying To Live is quite a progressive album with the majority of the tracks running between seven to ten minutes in length. There’s a lot to take in with this record especially on tracks such as Cythraul, Mountain Hag and Dying To Live. There’s riffs galore here with Mothertomb superbly moving from slow played atmospheric sounds to a faster and heavier style of Psych Stoner Metal with flashes of some grounded spirituality appearing within the lyrics.

Mothertomb are quite vivid with how they blend groove orientated metal against the classic strands of Gothic Rock, Occult Rock, Proto-Metal and good old fashioned Hard Rock whilst opening the door to other modern based themes.

My favourite track has to be Mountain Hag which I reviewed earlier this year and I’m going to include a brief passage from that review. Yeah, it might be lazy but I’m still happy how I described that track back then.

“Mountain Hag is nothing short of a revelation with Mothertomb continuing their progression in perhaps becoming one of the best upcoming acts the underground scene currently needs right now”

I stand by that review and I feel Mothertomb have proven that point I’ve made completely with Dying To Live which combines classic levels of intense storytelling with superb forward thinking Doom/Stoner Metal music that will leave you emotionally drained and even fully refreshed after listening to the whole album. 

With WINDHAND taking an absolute age releasing their next album then MOTHERTOMB are here to satisfy that craving but bringing their own unique take to the party and perhaps opening the door to a highly rewarding career that will no doubt stretch past the far reaches of the heavy underground scene. Dying To Live is an absolute delightfully heavy and thrilling record that will become one of the standout records to own and devour before the year is out.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Good Boy PR for the promo.

Dying To Live is available to buy now on CD/DD/Tape.

Links 

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram | DistroKid

Slow Goat - Where The Wisest Fear To Tread (Album Review)

Release Date: July 10th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD/Vinyl

Where The Wisest Fear To Tread - Tracklist

1. Downward (0:57)

2. Fallen Child (4:23)

3. Visions / Fell Ritual (10:52)

4. Love Like Water (4:21)

5. Dark Procession (7:42)

6. Wilting (6:40)

7. Sisyphus (4:43)

8. Under the Glass (6:38)

Members

Rosie Peterson - Vocals

Danel Black - Guitar

Adam Carter - Bass

Eric Bloombaum - Drums

Review

Slow Goat’s debut album Where The Wisest Fear To Tread takes a more revisionist take on the Heavy Psych based Doom/Stoner Metal journey compared to other bands. As they adapt their music to be influenced by different eras of Proto-Metal, Psych, Grunge, Desert Rock and Hard Rock for a more atmospheric sound which is boosted by some sublime Spaced Out landscapes.

The record is mostly dominated by the Nineties Heavy Rock Scene with Slow Goat suddenly shifting into different musical timelines whenever the need calls for this which you can fully experience within the opening tracks of Downward, Fallen Child and Visions / Fell Ritual. The lists of influences are perhaps endless with Slow Goat lovingly borrowing or appreciating musical themes we’ve heard before but moulded in their great way and that’s down to the excellent use of scorched Desert Rock soundscapes.

Slow Goat are quite brooding even within the most reflective and quietest parts of the record with the amazing third track Visions / Fell Ritual that feels like Acid King, King Buffalo, Yawning Man, KYUSS and Windhand playing together in one massive jamming session. The production values are mostly stripped back and that’s down to the excellent work by Eddie Brnabic (Hippie Death Cult) on engineering and mixing duties. You also have the legendary GRUNGE MAESTRO Jack Endino on mastering duties which gives the record quite a vivid seedy appetite especially within the haunting Doomed Out pastures that transform into atmospheric Post-Rock / Desert Rock segments to fry your brain with.

Lead vocalist Rosie Peterson has an immense Blues Rock / Doom / Occult Rock presence throughout this album with some cool sounding Classic Hard Rock and Proto-Metal deliveries which never outstay their welcome. The rest of the band provide fulfilling, catchy and aggressive sonic measures that allow Slow Goat to become quite dirty when the FUZZ ROCK energy appears on tracks such as Visions / Fell Ritual. Love Like Water, Dark Procession, Wilting and Sisyphus.

The lyrics sometimes have a deep fantastical element to them but Slow Goat manage to keep everything grounded and running smoothly with the distorted and grimy Doom, Desert Rock, Psych and Stoner Rock providing plenty of massive sounding amplified jams to fully lose yourself in.

Slow Goat provide the most heaviest and interesting grooves on the record when they focus on providing longer drawn out sounds that even manage to provide an air of mystery into the overall creative theme of the whole journey that the album provides. 

Where The Wisest Fear To Tread is a superbly executed debut album delivered by a hugely talented band that knows how to write a collection of great songs whilst injecting their own creative identity into the mix which will leave you emotionally satisfied and begging for more.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Good Boy PR for the promo.

Where The Wisest Fear To Tread is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl

Links 

Facebook |  LinkTree | Instagram | YouTube | BandCamp

Heavy Psychedelic Rockers PELEGRIN share new single and lyric video "In the Company of Stars" from new album "The Curse of Nephtar" out September 4th on Ripple Music

French heavy psychedelic rock explorers PELEGRIN keep gazing East with their travel-inducing new single "In the Company of Stars" (featuring Halima Joy on guest vocals). Their forthcoming third album "The Curse of Nephtar" is due on September 4th through Ripple Music.

 Listen to new single In the Company of Stars  + watch the official lyric video at this location

After two critically-acclaimed LPs that earned them comparisons with Elder, King Buffalo and Slift, French heavy psych explorers Pelegrin are back with their most ambitious work to date, The Curse of Nephtar, to be released on Ripple Music this fall. Their signature sound, built around rich melodies, nuanced dynamics, and a dash of Arabian spices, has taken some steps towards a catchier and heavier direction. Razor-sharp riffs and powerful hooks are to be expected amid their trademark backdrop of proggy, ambient songwriting.

About the song, they say: "The album's narration, following the eons-long story of fossil fuels in the Middle East, continues with 'In the Company of Stars'. Oil is portrayed as a dark orb, born at the bottom of the deepest ocean, fighting to reach the surface and unleash its full power. In this song, while geological eras come and go, the dark orb grows conscious of its own existence. It learns how to manipulate the feeble ocean beings swimming, crawling and lurking about. Through them, the orb senses that there is more to see, more to do. Lifted upwards by massive schools of fish, carried by colossal cetaceans, it steers its way to solid ground - desolate lands in fact, with the sun and stars as sole companions."

With The Curse of Nephtar, Pelegrin has created a powerful allegory of fossil fuels and their tragic influence on modern-day events in the Middle East and beyond. The album draws inspiration from the ‘resource curse’ theory, which observes that oil-rich nations are paradoxically less peaceful, developed, and democratic than comparable countries with no such resources. Told through sound design, spoken word and incisive lyrics, the Nephtar story provides a perfect soundtrack for the chaotic times we live in. Stream the previous single "Eons" at this location!

PELEGRIN "The Curse of Nephtar" - Out September 4th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital)

“This is psychedelic stoner rock of the highest order.” - Outlaws of the Sun

“Plenty of evocative and cinematic images through a blend of dynamic surges.” - Powerplay Magazine

“Songs are forever shifting with moments of ethereal beauty, bitter angst, overwhelming cheer and undying optimism.” - Astral Noize

For the typically discrete and camera-shy Pelegrin, it’s perhaps natural to let others do the talking. Located between Nantes and Paris, the band has been earning a solid reputation as a hidden gem of the heavy rock underground. After self-releasing their first two albums Al-Mahruqa (2019) and Ways of Avicenna (2023) to great critical acclaim, they caught the eye of California’s very own Ripple Music – a leading label known for discovering young talents, as well as harboring some of the world’s best heavy rock acts (Hermano, 1000Mods, Wo Fat, The Obsessed…)

Largely a studio project for their first years, Pelegrin are now also emerging as a powerful live act that has shared stages with some of the genre’s top bands (Naxatras, Ufomammut, Hippie Death Cult, Deaf Radio). Their third album The Curse of Nephtar (released September 4th, 2026 by Ripple Music) is bound to delight old fans and seduce new ones.

About the upcoming album theme, the band says: "The album depicts the tale of Nephtar, a powerful black orb that comes to life in the depths of prehistoric ocean Tethys, which used to stand above the current Middle East. Ignored for eons, it eventually uses its manipulative powers to join the surface and subdue all living things. While for a brief moment, it is hoped that using Nephtar will create an era of plenty for all, humans come to realize that the price to pay is exceedingly heavy and start fighting to break the curse."

Pelegrin is

François Roze - guitar, vocals
Jason Recoing - studio bass
Nacim Virieux - live bass
Antoine Ebel - drums, percussions

Pelegrin links

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Ripple Music Links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the details.