Two decades in, Elder still sound like a band that refuses to settle into one formula. The Massachusetts-founded, now largely Germany-based group is streaming “Through Zero”, the first single and title track from its new album Through Zero, due out 05/29 through Blues Funeral Recordings in North America, Stickman Records in Europe and the UK, and Bird’s Robe in Australia.
For anyone who has followed Elder from their earlier heavy, downtuned roots through the more progressive and expansive direction of recent years, the new record looks like another step forward rather than a repeat of what already worked. The band’s latest full-length follows 2022’s Innate Passage and was produced by Elder themselves, then co-mixed with Richard Behrens.
Speaking about the new single, vocalist and guitarist Nick DiSalvo said: “In a diverse album, the title track of our new album sits in the middle of the spectrum and is a perfect first impression of what’s to come. 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,” he added.
Pre-order Through Zero here.
Elder will take their new material on the road, with a summer European festival run followed by US shows in the fall. Highlights include Download Festival, Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting, and the Brutal Assault Festival, among many others. Tickets for all announced dates are available now.
6/13 Derby, UK Download Festival
6/14 Colchester, UK Colchester Arts Centre (w/ Blood Incantation)
6/15 Southampton, UK The 1865 (w/ Blood Incantation)
6/16 Brighton, UK Concorde 2 (w/ Blood Incantation)
6/18 Clisson, FR Hellfest
6/19 Graspop Metal Meeting
6/20 Dortmund, DE Junkyard Open Air (w/ Kadavar)
6/21 Frankfurt, DE Das Bett
6/23 Winterthur, CH Gaswerk
6/24 Karlsruhe, DE P8 (w/REZN)
6/26 Oslo, NO Tons of Rock
6/27 Thyrnau, DE Blackdoor Festival
6/30 Sofia, BG Mixtape 5
7/1 Thessaloniki, GR Eightball Club
7/2 Athens, GR Arch Club
7/7 Slunj, HR Bearstone Festival
7/10 Pleszew, PL Red Smoke Festival
7/23 Reutlingen, DE Hafensounds Festival (w/ Kadavar)
7/25 Tolmin, SI Tolminator Festival
7/26 Milan, IT Circolo Magnolia Summer
7/28 Rockstadt, RO Rockstadt Extreme Fest
7/30 Breitenbach am Herzberg, DE Burg Herrzberg Festival
8/4 Rostock, DE MAU Club
8/5 Josefov-Jaromer, CZ Brutal Assault Festival
8/9 Âncora, PT Sonic Blast Festival
8/14 Valais, CH PALP Festival
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