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

ELDER - Through Zero (Album Review)

Release Date: May 29th 2026. Record Label: Various. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Through Zero - Tracklisting

1.Sigil To Ruin

2.Capture/Release 

3.Through Zero 

4.Strata

5.Sight Unseen

6.Blighted Age

Members

Nicholas DiSalvo - Guitar, vocals, synthesizer

Jack Donovan - Bass guitar

Michael Risberg - Guitar, Rhodes piano, slide guitar

Georg Edert - Drums, percussion

Review

Elder are celebrating their twentieth anniversary as a band this year and finally perhaps cemented their place and reputation as the premier Heavy Psychedelic Stoner Rock band the scene currently has right now. The band have released multiple critically acclaimed albums since then and some are considered classics of the scene. Elder may still get their usual round of critics saying they prefer the heavier Doom Metal sound they delivered on their earlier records but the band have soldiered onto bigger and better things with each subsequent release.

Through Zero is their seventh album and it’s another masterclass of everything that came before it with Elder rewriting their own musical legacy with a record that manages to be brilliantly heavy and laid back at the same time. This record feels like ELDER has discovered the lost art of storytelling with the way they open up with each individual track that includes emotionally charged lyrics that make you sit up and take notice.

This album is perhaps Elder’s most sonically diverse release yet with the band moving areas into Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Electronica and Progressive elements unlike ever before. There’s even some creative callbacks to their classic 2007 debut album Dead Roots Stirring along the way. Elder leaves no creative stone unturned or untouched with Nick’s stunning work on Synths and Michael’s haunting Rhodes Piano instrumental passages allowing Georg on Drums and Jack Donovan on Bass to form a superbly intelligent rhythm section which holds everything together.

The record is full of passionate musical surroundings with Elder creating a Space Rock landscape to build their musical ideas upon especially within the epic opening track Sigil To Ruin. The track runs for over ten minutes that sees Elder relive past musical glories and modernise them for a new found audience discovering this great band for the first time. Elder effortlessly blends areas  Psych, Post-Rock, Doom, Stoner and Prog Rock into music of such rich musical depth you can’t help but fall in love with what's being played. There is a wonderful “orchestral” and “classical” feel that is being teased and developed on this track that’s used throughout the rest of the album.

Sigil To Ruin is just the doorway to expand the listener’s mind into ELDER’s increasingly hopeful and brilliantly musical quest. The other tracks allows Elder to breathe new life into the whole Heavy Psychedelic scene with different levels of musical heaviness bringing a sense of calm and distorted awareness which fully sells the whole Space Rock vibe whilst being superbly grounded at the same time. 

There are some parts of the album where Elder veer into Post-Metal territory and perhaps challenging the likes of PELICAN and RUSSIAN CIRCLES of developing some of the most sublime Post-Rock/Post-Metal sounds I’ve heard in a very long time on tracks such as Capture/Release, Through Zero and Strata. Though, it’s the ethereal soundscapes that keeps the record firmly within the Heavy Psych and Stoner Rock environments. 

The music is beautifully played with everyone putting in truly magnificent performances with Nick’s vocals once again showing a wealth of knowledge and maturity way beyond his years. Though, it’s the complete musical package that Through Zero takes the listener upon with a never-ending array of uplifting Ambient sounds and forward thinking progressive melodies that’s backed up by first rate production values that make this a real grand musical adventure.

I remember reviewing Dead Roots Stirring for a defunct webzine back in 2008 and I never thought I would be doing the same thing almost two decades later with another new record from them. Fast forward and ELDER have released seven full length albums, four EP’s and two live albums.

The music may have changed directions slightly but they have always remained the same band with a level of warmth and uplifting quality that remains virtually unmatched in today’s scene. Through Zero is a testament to that fact and how Elder proves once again why they’re masters of their musical craft that other bands can’t even come close to fully matching or even surpassing. 

Elder may have just released the finest Heavy Psychedelic / Stoner Rock album of the year for me. 

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to All Noir for the promo..

Through Zero is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Stickman Records, in North America through Blues Funeral Recordings and Bird’s Robe in Australia.

Links

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

ELDER Announces North America Tour 2026; New Album "Through Zero" Out May 29th!

[photo: Leon de Backer]

In support of their highly anticipated new studio album Through Zero, followed by an extensive run of European and UK live appearances, progressive heavy rock torchbearers ELDER have announced a North American headlining tour for September and October 2026.

The band states:

"This fall we'll hit the road across much of North America in support of our new album Through Zero. This will be our first 'proper' headlining tour showcasing the record after our summer festival run in Europe and we can't wait to perform new material for our friends in the US and Canada.

We're very excited that the fantastic bands Blackwater Holylight and Bask will join us on selected shows - check the symbols for each date."

Tickets will go on sale from Friday, May 15th at 10:00 AM local time.

Visit https://beholdtheelder.com/tour for more info and all upcoming live dates.

[Artwork by Adam Hill]

Tour Dates

September 09 - Richmond, VA - The Broadberry*
September 10 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*
September 11 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade*
September 13 - TBA
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

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. 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 will be released on May 29th viaThe record is set for release on May 29 in Europe via Stickman Records, in North America through Blues Funeral Recordings and Bird’s Robe in Australia. 

Pre-order the album here: https://mailchi.mp/bluesfuneral/elder-through-zero-preorders

[Cover Art by Adam Hill]

Through Zero Tracklist:

1. Sigil To Ruin
2. Capture/Release
3. Through Zero
4. Strata

5. Blighted Age

Elder is:

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

Elder Live Dates 2026:

13.06. Derby, UK - Download Festival
14.06. Colchester, UK - Colchester Arts Centre w/ Blood Incantation
15.06. Southampton, UK - The 1865 w/ Blood Incantation
16.06. Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 w/ Blood Incantation
18.06. Clisson, FR - Hellfest
19.06. Dessel, BE - Graspop Metal Meeting
20.06. Dortmund, DE - Junkyard Open Air w/ Kadavar
21.06. Frankfurt, DE - Das Bett
23.06. Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk
24.06. Karlsruhe, DE - P8 w/ REZN
26.06. Oslo, NO - Tons of Rock
27.06. Thyrnau, DE - Blackdoor Festival
30.06. Sofia, BG - Mixtape 5
01.07. Thessaloniki, GR - Eightball Club
02.07. Athens, GR - Arch Club
07.07. Slunj, HR - Bearstone Festival
10.07. Pleszew, PL - Red Smoke Festival
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

More tour dates announced soon

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

Thanks to All Noir PR for the details.

ELDER Unveil Title Track Of Upcoming Studio Album “Through Zero”

[photo: Leon de Backer]

Progressive psych rock heavyweights Elder have released a first single, the title track of their forthcoming studio album “Through Zero”. The record is set for release on May 29 in Europe via Stickman Records, in North America through Blues Funeral Recordings and Bird’s Robe in Australia. Album pre-orders start today.

"In a diverse album, the title track of our new album sits on the middle of the spectrum and is a perfect first impression of what’s to come," says guitarist and singer Nick DiSalvo. "Dreamy, heavy, raw, electronic, there’s a bit of everything that makes this album special to us. Through Zero is about impermanence, coming to terms with mortality and the long struggle to not only make peace but to find a sort of solidarity with the dead. The more time passes, the more this theme returns to me, and always in a new light - much as our music always returns in a slightly changed state reflecting who we are becoming."

The song is now streaming on all digital services: https://indigo.lnk.to/AoXUo1sF

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. 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 a term borrowed from engineering and the world of music," DiSalvo reveals. "It describes the property of a frequency being able to pass through the zero point and continue into the negative. While it isn’t a concept rooted in philosophy, it resonates with me on a conceptual level: the zero point is not an end, but a midpoint along a partially unseen path. Interpretation is open: the journey is the destination, beginnings and endings may be arbitrary, or perhaps reality is simply less linear than we tend to assume.

The songs on the album explore related themes that reflect my own observations and personal philosophy. Life and death, frustration and fear, helplessness and hope - all of these exist along the same “signal path.”

Pre-order "Through Zero" here: https://mailchi.mp/bluesfuneral/elder-through-zero-preorders

[Cover Art by Adam Hill]

Through Zero Track listing:

1. Sigil To Ruin
2. Capture/Release
3. Through Zero
4. Strata
5. Sight Unseen
6. Blighted Age

Elder is:

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

Elder Live Dates 2026:

13.06. Derby, UK - Download Festival
14.06. Colchester, UK - Colchester Arts Centre w/ Blood Incantation
15.06. Southampton, UK - The 1865 w/ Blood Incantation
16.06. Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 w/ Blood Incantation
18.06. Clisson, FR - Hellfest
19.06. Dessel, BE - Graspop Metal Meeting
20.06. Dortmund, DE - Junkyard Open Air w/ Kadavar
21.06. Frankfurt, DE - Das Bett
23.06. Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk
24.06. Karlsruhe, DE - P8 w/ REZN
26.06. Oslo, NO - Tons of Rock
27.06. Thyrnau, DE - Blackdoor Festival
30.06. Sofia, BG - Mixtape 5
01.07. Thessaloniki, GR - Eightball Club
02.07. Athens, GR - Arch Club
07.07. Slunj, HR - Bearstone Festival
10.07. Pleszew, PL - Red Smoke Festival
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

More tour dates announced soon

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

Thanks to All Noir PR for the details.

ELDER Announce New Studio Album “Through Zero”

[photo: Leon de Backer]

Elder have announced their new studio album, Through Zero, set for release on May 29, 2026 via Stickman Records in Europe and Blues Funeral Recordings in the United States. A first single and the album pre-order will go live at the end of March.

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. 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.

[Artwork by Adam Hill]

Through Zero Track listing:

1. Sigil To Ruin
2. Capture/Release
3. Through Zero
4. Strata
5. Sight Unseen
6. Blighted Age

Guitarist and singer Nick DiSalvo reveals: “Through Zero” is a term borrowed from engineering and the world of music. It describes the property of a frequency being able to pass through the zero point and continue into the negative. While it isn’t a concept rooted in philosophy, it resonates with me on a conceptual level: the zero point is not an end, but a midpoint along a partially unseen path. Interpretation is open: the journey is the destination, beginnings and endings may be arbitrary, or perhaps reality is simply less linear than we tend to assume.

The songs on the album explore related themes that reflect my own observations and personal philosophy. Life and death, frustration and fear, helplessness and hope - all of these exist along the same “signal path.”

Elder was formed around 2006 in a small coastal town in Massachusetts by three longtime friends with a passion for downtuned heavy music. Over the years, the band has gained a guitarist, lost a drummer, relocated (mostly) from the States to Germany, played hundreds of shows from small clubs to arenas across the world and released six full-length albums, four EPs and two live records. Though this pedigree isn’t a requirement for anything, the twists and turns along the group’s winding road to today might explain the group’s refusal to stagnate.

Elder is:

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

Elder Live Dates 2026:

13.06. Derby, UK - Download Festival
14.06. Colchester, UK - Colchester Arts Centre w/ Blood Incantation
15.06. Southampton, UK - The 1865 w/ Blood Incantation
16.06. Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 w/ Blood Incantation
18.06. Clisson, FR - Hellfest
19.06. Dessel, BE - Graspop Metal Meeting
20.06. Dortmund, DE - Junkyard Open Air w/ Kadavar
21.06. Frankfurt, DE - Das Bett
23.06. Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk
24.06. Karlsruhe, DE - P8 w/ REZN
26.06. Oslo, NO - Tons of Rock
27.06. Thyrnau, DE - Blackdoor Festival
30.06. Sofia, BG - Mixtape 5
01.07. Thessaloniki, GR - Eightball Club
02.07. Athens, GR - Arch Club
07.07. Slunj, HR - Bearstone Festival
10.07. Pleszew, PL - Red Smoke Festival
23.07. Reutlingen, DE - Hafensounds Festival w/ Kadavar
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

More tour dates announced soon

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

Thanks to All Noir PR for the details.

ELDER Announce New Headlining Dates + European Tour With ALL THEM WITCHES!

Following their recent tour announcement in support of neo-psychedelic blues rock masters ALL THEM WITCHES on their House of Mirrors Tour, progressive psych-rock spearheads ELDER have unveiled a series of new European headlining dates for October 2025!

The band posts: "We're extremely stoked to be supporting one of our favorite current bands All Them Witches in Europe this October. Following that, we'll be playing a few headline shows in Portugal, Spain and France."

Find all upcoming ELDER dates listed below; 

Tickets for the headliner shows will go on sale this Friday. 

Visit https://beholdtheelder.com/tour/ for more ticket & concert info!

Furthermore, the band will be kicking off their much-awaited European "Lore" anniversary tour-leg this Thursday in Hamburg, Germany, playing their ground-breaking, third studio album in its entirety. "Lore" was released in 2015 on Stickman Records.

"Lore is turning 10 years old. This album marked a point of departure for Elder upon a path which the band is still walking now", ELDER recently commented. "For us, this is the record where the band came into its own as a unique voice in the heavy rock underground. As we approach our second decade as a band, we feel it's appropriate to look back on this landmark for us and acknowledge it properly, which is why we're doing a tour performing the entire album along with some other tracks from our earlier catalog; we'll give this era of the band a proper celebration before turning our attention once again toward the future and the next album, currently being written."

ELDER - "Lore" 10th Anniversary Tour 2025:

08.05.2025 Hamburg (DE), Bahnhof Pauli
09.05.2025 Copenhagen (DK), A Colossal Weekend
10.05.2025 Oslo (NO), Desertfest Oslo
11.05.2025 Stockholm (SE), Hus 7
13.05.2025 Esch-Alzette (LU), Kulturfabrik
14.05.2025 Tourcoing (FR), Le Grand Mix
15.05.2025 Brussels (BE), Le Botanique
16.05.2025 London (UK), Desertfest London
17.05.2025 Nijmegen (NL), Sonic Whip Festival
18.05.2025 Savigny-Le-Temple (FR), Grand Sludge Fest
20.05.2025 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof – Kesselhaus
21.05.2025 Lyon (FR), L’Epicerie Moderne
22.05.2025 Lucerne (CH), Sedel
23.05.2025 Munich (DE), Feierwerk
24.05.2025 Jena (DE), Kuba
25.05.2025 Berlin (DE), Desertfest Berlin
05.06.2025 Gdańsk (PL), Mystic Festival

With ALL THEM WITCHES + Headlining Dates:

06.10.25 Glasgow (UK), The Garage
07.10.25 Manchester (UK), Manchester Academy 2
08.10.25 Leeds (UK), Leeds Beckett Students’ Union
09.10.25 London (UK), O2 Forum Kentish Town
11.10.25 Paris (FR), Le Bataclan
12.10.25 Brussels (BE), Ancienne Belgique
14.10.25 Utrecht (NL), Tivoli/Vredenburg
15.10.25 Tilburg (NL), 013 Poppodium
17.10.25 Copenhagen (DK), Amager Bio
19.10.25 Berlin (DE), Tempodrom
20.10.25 Warsaw (PL), Progresja
21.10.25 Prague (CZ), Roxy
22.10.25 Vienna (AT), Gasometer
23.10.25 Milan (IT), Alcatraz
24.10.25 Berne (CH), Bierhübeli
26.10.25 Barcelona (ES), Razzmatazz
27.10.25 Madrid (ES), La Riviera

28.10.25 Lisbon (PT), RCA Club
 (Elder only)
29.10.25 Porto (PT), Mouco
 (Elder only)
30.10.25 Bilbao (ES), D8 Sorkuntza
 (Elder only)
31.10.25 Toulouse (FR), La Cabane
 (Elder only)
01.11.25 Vallet (FR), Westhill Festival (Elder only)

[Artwork: Adam Hill]

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

Thanks to All Noir PR for all of the details.

Psych Rock Overlords ELDER Announce European Tour Dates with support from SLOMOSA and STEAK!

Photo by Maren Michaelis

Following their latest, much-acclaimed studio album, Innate Passage, prog- and psych rock masters, Elder, have announced an extensive European tour, with support from up-and-coming, Norwegian desert rockers Slomosa and UK's finest Steak on selected dates!

Innate Passage, the band’s sixth full-length, was released on November 25, 2022 via Stickman Records in Europe HERE and in North America via Armageddon Shop at THIS LOCATION! 
It finds the mostly-Berlin-based band in the post-pandemic era as veterans at the forefront of a league of progressive and heavy groups working in large part under their influence; a stately presence as reliably forward-thinking as they are unpredictable in sound. They are among the most important acts of their mostly-still-emerging generation. Genuine leaders in style and expressive intention. Innate Passage is further proof why.

While The Guardian said "…its masterful, slow-building might recalling forebears and fellow-travellers Mastodon and Cave In. Throughout Innate Passage, Elder prove themselves those bands’ equals“, Chicago Reader praised "Innate Passage as a milestone from musicians who’ve proved themselves unafraid of reinvention." Powerplay Magazine in the UK is convinced "This could well be the band’s masterpiece“, Metal Injection agrees that "These guys know exactly how and when to take their songs to the next level, and they capitalize every time.", while JJ of The Obelisk says "To call it one of 2022’s best albums is underselling it."

Lauded by international music critics and fans alike, Innate Passage is a culmination of everything ELDER has done before, and after more than 15 years, they’re still pushing forward to places where neither they nor anyone they’ve influenced have yet gone. In support of Innate Passage, the band is not only gearing up for a run with live dates in Mexico, in North America and Canada with Ruby The Hatchet and Howling Giant, but they will also hit the road for an extensive European tour in 2023! Guitarist/vocalist Nick DiSalvo comments:

"After an incredibly busy year back to touring in 2022, we don’t plan on taking much time off to catch our breath in 2023. We’re looking forward to presenting our latest album Innate Passage live to audiences in as much of the world as we can reach! It’s especially exciting to be joined by another awesome crew of support bands this year - in North America Ruby The Hatchet and Howling Giant, in Europe Slomosa and Steak - not to mention the crazy festival bills we’re taking part in this summer. We’re busy preparing now for the year, so get a ticket if you want to see what we’ve been cooking up!"

Make sure to catch ELDER live at the following dates this year, tickets are available at:
https://beholdtheelder.com/tour.html

09.04.23 Oslo (NO), Inferno Festival

20.04.23 Portland, OR (USA), Stumpfest
26.04.23 Tijuana (MX), Black Box
27.04.23 Guadalajara (MX), Anexo Foro Independencia
28.04.23 Morelia (MX), La Suavacita
29.04.23 Mexico City (MX), Sangriento
03.05.23 Buffalo, NY (USA), Mohawk
04.05.23 Cleveland, OH (USA),Grog Shop
05.05.23 Indianapolis, IN (USA), Black Circle
06.05.23 Rock Island, IL (USA), Wake Brewing
07.05.23 Kansas City, MO (USA), The Record Bar
09.05.23 Denver, CO (USA), The Bluebird Theater
10.05.23 Salt Lake City, UT (USA), Urban Lounge
11.05.23 Las Vegas, NV (USA), The Usual Place
12.05.23 Los Angeles, CA (USA), Lodge Room
13.05.23 Santa Ana, CA (USA), The Constellation Room
14.05.23 San Diego, CA (USA), Brick By Brick
16.05.23 San Francisco, CA (USA), Great American Music Hall
17.05.23 Fresno, CA (USA), Strummer’s
18.05.23 Sacramento, CA (USA), Harlow’s
20.05.23 Seattle, WA (USA), Substation
21.05.23 Vancouver, BC (CAN), Modified Ghost Festival
23.05.23 Calgary, AB (CAN), Palomino
24.05.23 Edmonton, AB (CAN), Starlite Room
26.05.23 Winnipeg, MB (CAN) The Park Theatre
27.05.23 Fargo, ND (USA), The Aquarium
28.05.23 Minneapolis, MN (USA), Fine Line
29.05.23 Milwaukee, WI (USA), X-Ray Arcade
30.05.23 Grand Rapids, MI (USA), Pyramid Scheme
31.05.23 Toronto, ON (CAN), Lee’s Palace
01.06.23 Montréal, QC (CAN), Les Foufounes Électriques
02.06.23 Providence, RI (USA), Alchemy
03.06.23 Hamden, CT (USA), Space Ballroom

05.08.23 Beelen (DE), Krach Am Bach
09.08.23 Val de Bagnes (CH), Rocklette Festival
11.08.23 Âncora (PT), Sonic Blast Festival
13.08.23 Kortrijk (BE), Alcatraz Festival
17.08.23 Compton Martin (UK), ArcTanGent Festival
20.08.23 Carhaix (FR), Motocultor Festival

27.10.23 Erfurt (DE), Bandhaus†
28.10.23 Hamburg (DE), Lazy Bonez Festival*
29.10.23 Copenhagen (DK), Pumpehuset*
31.10.23 Amersfoort (NL), Fluor*
01.11.23 Oberhausen (DE), Kulttempel*
02.11.23 Nijmegen (NL), Doornroosje*
03.11.23 Leuven (BE), Het Depot*
04.11.23 Paris (FR), La Maroquinerie*
05.11.23 Lille (FR), Black Lab*
07.11.23 Bristol (UK), The Fleece*
08.11.23 Brighton (UK), Patterns*
09.11.23 London (UK), Electric Ballroom*
10.11.23 Glasgow (UK), Slay*
11.11.23 Leeds (UK), Brudenell Social Club*
12.11.23 Manchester (UK), Gorilla*
14.11.23 Frankfurt (DE), Nachtleben†
15.11.23 Düdingen (CH), Bad Bonn†
16.11.23 Munich (DE), Hansa 39†
17.11.23 Dresden (DE), Chemiefabrik†
18.11.23 Berlin (DE), Hole 44†

* = with Slomosa
† = with Steak

For More Info Visit:

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www.beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/elderband
www.stickman-records.com
www.armageddonshop.com

Elder is:

Nick DiSalvo – Guitars, Vocals
Mike Risberg – Guitars, Keys
Jack Donovan – Bass
Georg Edert – Drums

Elder - Innate Passage (Album Review)

Date Released: November 25th 2022. Record Label: Stickman Records (EU) / Armageddon Shop (USA). Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Innate Passage: Tracklisting

1.Catastasis - 10:50 

2.Endless Return - 09:54 

3.Coalescence - 09:47 

4.Merged in Dreams – Ne Plus Ultra - 14:43 

5.The Purpose - 08:37  

Members

Nick DiSalvo - Vocals, Guitars and Keyboards

Jack Donovan - Bass

Mike Risberg - Guitars and Keyboards

Georg Edert - Drums

Review

Progressive/Psych Stoner Rock masters Elder return with their sixth album Innate Passage and it’s everything you’ve come to expect from them. Epic and lush sounding Psych Stoner Rock extended jams with a layer of Prog Rock cleverness within the music. Fans expecting a return to their earlier sounding Doom Metal sounds of their earlier albums will likely be disappointed. Though, Elder have been playing and perfecting this style of Psychedelic music for the best part of a decade now. 

Innate Passage is superbly heavy from start to finish with Elder moving between the different levels of Psych Stoner Rock and their clever use of Prog Rock themes. The subtle moves of Space Rock and Ambient Post-Rock is a welcome bonus to this album which you can hear in full effect on the excellent opening track Catastasis that is beautifully heavy and moderately quiet in different stages of the track. Haunting melodic grooves work superbly well with the Ambient Post-Rock or Post-Stoner vibes of the album. The vocals are a different class compared to other bands of Elder’s ilk with them being quite uplifting on the more mellow parts of the song which is carried out throughout the remainder of the album.

Second song Endless Return carries on the similar creative journey of the opening track but perhaps has a familiar feel to songs that appeared on Lore and Reflections Of A Floating World but Elder still showing new sounds that we haven’t heard from them. The song has a great use of synths at the start before bringing traces of Spaced Out Stoner Rock with a cool sounding 70’s Prog Rock feel. Elder shows a new creative side to themselves but still offers classic ELDER wonderful psychedelic sounds. 

All the tracks run between nine minutes and almost fifteen minutes in length which is part of the course with Elder albums. The songs on the album are perhaps some of the most progressive we’ve heard from Elder with the different styles of music they employ on the album which allows the album to be wonderfully creative and breathtaking on the later stages on the album. None so more on the best tracks on the album which has to be Coalescence and Merged in Dreams – Ne Plus Ultra. These two tracks are my favourite tracks on the album and contain some of my favourite pieces of music I’ve heard from the band since their celebrated first two albums. 

Both of these tracks feature lush and dreamy Post-Rock passages merged with modern day Psych/Stoner Rock grooves that feel CINEMATIC in scope especially on Merged In Dreams - Ne Plus Ultra. Both tracks feature first rate vocals that just adds to the beauty of it all.

Elder ends the album on a high with the stunning final track The Purpose which perhaps feels the most emotionally charged on the album. Intricate Psych Rock sounds that have a feeling of genuine human emotions within the lyrics and Prog Rock passages that accompany the track to its exciting conclusion.

Innate Passage is another classic album from Elder and only enhances their reputation of being one of the essential Psychedelic Stoner Rock bands within the whole scene. This is a type of album that will inspire future musicians for generations to come.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Mona at All Noir PR for the promo.

Innate Passage will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Stickman Records (EU) and Armageddon Shop (USA) from November 25th 2022

Links:

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ELDER - Omens (Album Review)

Release date: April 24th 2020. Label: Stickman Records (EU) and Armageddon Label (US). Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Omens – Tracklisting

1. Sanctuary

2. The Falling Veil

3. Staving Off Truth

4. Blind

5. Sonntag

6. Thousand Hands

Band Members:

Nicholas DiSalvo – Guitar, vocals
Jack Donovan – Bass
Michael Risberg – Guitar, keyboards
Georg Edert - Drums

Review

Omens is the new album from Psychedelic Stoner Rockers - ELDER - and is perhaps their most diverse and creative album yet. With the band focusing more on 70s Prog Rock delivery to embed their trademark Psych Doom/Stoner Rock grooves with. Since 2017’s - Reflections Of A Dying World, the band have had a change in personnel and the music feels like it has evolved compared to their previous albums.

ELDER are known for their powerful and dynamically heavy Progressive riffs and they are included on this album but maybe not how you would originally expect. The band have focused on creating a more cinematic experience for this album and it will take multiple listens to get the full effect of what ELDER are trying to achieve here.

The band rely more on Post-Rock and Progressive Rock elements unlike ever before though the band never forget their Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Rock roots and this allows Omens being a more sombre and emotional experience.

Opening song - Omens - shows the new world of ELDER whilst remaining true to their classic sound but it’s the more “new-age” sound that impresses the most. As this song is quite diverse with its many different levels of Progressive Rock. Lead vocalist - Nick - puts in a stunning vocal performance that feels like his most mature performance to date. However, the riffs are the standout here with ELDER showing a real aggressive attitude in their music towards the end of the song.

Most of the songs run between 10 to 13 minutes each and the 5 songs explore the Progressive Stoner Rock genre with rich creativity that only ELDER can deliver.. With each song containing a different spin on the Stoner Rock genre that only draws you into ELDER’s fantastical world.

Second song - In Procession - carries on the Post-Rock/Prog Rock dynamic with a more innocent outlook especially with the lyrics and Nick’s superb vocals yet again. The Psychedelic and Ambient Sounds is pure 70s Prog Rock Excess and Indulgence but it works superbly well into the overall creative aspect of ELDER’s music. There are heavy riffs included on this song and the song does become more addictive when the heavy grooves appear.

The other 3 songs on the album - Halcyon, Embers and One Light Retreating - carry on ELDER’s mission of creating a new identity for themselves with Heavy Progressive Stoner Rock riffs merged with beautiful poetic lyrics that gives Omens a more daring and dramatic feel. Halcyon and One Light Retreating are the standout songs on the album for myself personally. As I felt more emotionally connected to these songs with the intense music moving in many different directions.

How does Omens compare to ELDER’s previous albums. The album is perhaps more challenging to listen to and I believe that is the intention with Omens. ELDER wanted to show the world how they moved in a different musical direction and they have with Omens. Though, they’re not afraid to go back to what made the band so highly admired in the first place and that’s playing some of the best Psychedelic Stoner Rock sounds of the past 12 years.

Omens allows ELDER once again to prove why they’re one of most respected and highly admired bands within the current Stoner Rock/Metal scene.

You will need time to fully admire and appreciate this album. Some folks maybe disappointed by the album when you listen to it first. I was hesitant at first but it’s slowly becoming one of my favourite albums by the band. Or up there with LORE and Dead Roots Stirring.

Overall, Omens is another wonderful album from ELDER and will no doubt end up being acclaimed as one of the best albums of the year, or any year for that matter.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Mona at All Noir PR and Lisa at Hold Tight for the promo. 

Omens will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl now from Stickman Records (EU) and Armageddon Label (US).

Links:

Facebook | BandCamp