Year : 2026 (Stickman Records Edition)
Style : Melodic Stoner Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 124 mb
Bio:
Elder was founded sometime around 2006 or so - nobody remembers exactly - in a small coastal town in Massachusetts by three longtime friends with a passion for heavy downtuned 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 stagnateFormed in a small coastal town in Massachusetts in the mid aughts, Elder has reinvented their sound over the course of seven albums to grow from a stalwart of the stoner/doom scene into one of the most unique voices in the rock underground. Their long-scale compositions unfold as journeys, running the gamut of styles from the 70's to the present within a single song with a penchant for "sheer gatefold-era grandeur" (Rolling Stone).Now two decades into their existence, the band remains an anomaly in the underground rock scene - 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 record Through Zero is a strong reaffirmation of a 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.Elder has long since mastered crushing riffs, melodic jaunts, progressive patterns, hypnotic grooves and ethereal atmosphere along their path of music-making in the past twenty years. On their new album Through Zero, Elder takes these years of experience and forms possibly 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 in Berlin across several months between tours in 2025, Through Zero is the first album which the band not only produced but also co-mixed together with longtime collaborator Richard Behrens. The album sounds more like a full extension of the band’s creative intentions than ever before.
Album:
Having long since mastered crushing riffs, melodic jaunts, progressive patterns, hypnotic grooves and ethereal atmospherics, Elder return with their most immediate record to date. On Through Zero, the band lets seeds from outside the sphere of rock to take root and bloom within their progressive framework. Listeners will find new textures, sequences and sounds woven into Elder's endlessly bombastic take on heavy rock.Recorded in Berlin across several months between tours in 2025, Through Zero is the first album which the band not only produced but also co-mixed together with longtime collaborator Richard Behrens. The album sounds more like a full extension of the band’s creative intentions than ever before.Release date: May 29, 2026.
Line Up:
Nick DiSalvo - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards - See also: ex-Tor, Gold & Silver, ex-Abaroth
Mike Risberg - Guitars, Keyboards - See also: Gold & Silver
Jack Donovan - Bass - See also: Gold & Silver
Georg Edert - Drums (2019-present) - See also: Gold & Silver
Production:
Recorded in winter of 2025/2026 by Richard Behrens at Big Snuff Studios in Berlin, Germany
Additional recording and editing by Fabien de Menou
Mixed by Richard Behrens and Elder
Mastered by Carl Saff
Artwork and graphic design by Adam Hill
Tracklist:
01. Sigil To Ruin
02. Capture/Release
03. Through Zero 09:06
04. Strata
05. Sight Unseen
06. Blighted Age
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