This just makes me expect an announcement about a release date for Elder‘s new album any week now. Given the wide breadth of tour dates announced here beginning at Desertfest London in April but continuing through May and June 2022, an early May arrival for the next record from the mostly-Berlin-based progressive heavy stalwarts doesn’t sound unreasonable. Not that they got to do much road work to support 2020’s Omens (review here), mind you, but they’ve said on multiple occasions a new LP would be out this year and, well, even if it’s June, it’ll be in time for Freak Valley, so yeah.

Note that in addition to those fests, highlights of the newly-announced batch include stops at Desertfest Berlin, Sonic Whip in the Netherlands, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in Switzerland, and the all-consuming Hellfest in France. I haven’t seen the poster for the latter event, but it’s hard to imagine Elder aren’t close to headlining that big ol’ tent stage I keep seeing pictures from every year.

And of course when news of said next-LP arrives, I’ll post it and probably get all nerdy about it and whatever, like I do. I’m rooting for Elder, as ever.

From social media:

ELDER – 2022 EUROPEAN SPRING / SUMMER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

It’s been almost three years since our last tour, and these are our first dates back. In the meantime three albums were released and we’ve recorded another one. Needless to say we have plenty of material new and old which we’re looking very much forward to finally performing for you.

North America – keep your eyes peeled for an announcement soon.

Ticket links can be found here: https://beholdtheelder.com/elder-tour/

Artwork by Adrian Dexter

Elder Spring/Summer tour dates:
30.04. UK – London, Desertfest London
04.05. DE – Bremen, Tower
06.05. NL – Nijmegen, Sonic Whip Festival
07.05. DE – Essen, Cafe Nova
08.05. DE – Osnabrück, Bastard Club
10.05. PL – Poznan, Klub Pod Minoga
11.05. PL – Gdansk, Drizzly Grizzly
12.05. LV – Riga , Melnā Piektdiena
13.05. EE – Tallinn, Sveta Baar
14.05. RU – St. Petersburg, MOD Club
15.05. RU – Moscow, Aglomerat Club
17.05. UA – Kyiv, Volume Club
18.05. BY – Minsk, Brugge Club
19.05. LT – Vilnius, Narauti
21.05. PL – Wroclaw, Akademia
22.05. PL – Krakow, Klub Zascianek
29.05. DE – Berlin, Desertfest Berlin
31.05. DE – Dresden, Chemiefabrik
01.06. DE – Nuremberg, Z-Bau
02.06. FR – Guebwiller, Le Caveau des Dominicains
03.06. CH – Martigny, Les Caves du Manoir
04.06. CH – Winterthur, Heavy Psych Sounds Festival
05.06. AT – Salzburg, Rockhaus
07.06. AT – Linz, Stadtwerkstatt
08.06. AT – Graz, Orpheum
09.06. AT – Innsbruck, PMK
10.06. DE – Munich, Backstage Werk
11.06. IT – Galzignano, Antiteatro del Venda
12.06. IT – Turin, Spazio 211
13.06. IT – Bologna, Freakout Club
15.06. FR – Clermont-Ferrand, La Coopérative de Mai
16.06. FR – Chalon-sur-Saône, LaPéniche
17.06. FR – Clisson, Hellfest
18.06. DE – Netphen, Freak Valley Fest
19.06. DE – Karlsruhe, Jubez

Elder & Pallbearer Fall 2022 European tour (previously announced):
22.09.2022 – DE – Berlin, SO36
23.09.2022 – DE – Leipzig, UT Connewitz
24.09.2022 – CZ – Prague, Futurum Music Bar
25.09.2022 – PL – Warsaw, Proxima
26.09.2022 – AT – Vienna, Arena
27.09.2022 – HU – Budapest, Dürer Kert
28.09.2022 – SI – Ljubljana, Orto Bar
30.09.2022 – DE – Munich, Feierwerk
01.10.2022 – CH – Pratteln, Up In Smoke Festival
02.10.2022 – IT – Milan, Circolo Magnolia
03.10.2022 – FR – Grenoble, L’Amperage
06.10.2022 – ESP – Barcelona, AMFest
08.10.2022 – PT – Porto, Amplifest
09.10.2022 – ESP – Madrid, Okkult Session 3
11.10.2022 – FR – Toulouse, Le Rex
12.10.2022 – FR – Montpellier, Rockstore
13.10.2022 – FR – Nantes, Le Ferrailleur
14.10.2022 – FR – Paris, Petit Bain
15.10.2022 – TBA
16.10.2022 – NL – Tilburg, 013
18.10.2022 – DK – Aarhus, VoxHall
19.10.2022 – NO – Oslo, Parkteatret
20.10.2022 – NO – Drammen, Union Scene
21.10.2022 – NO – Stavanger, Folken
22.10.2022 – NO – Bergen, Kulturhuset
25.10.2022 – SE – Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan
26.10.2022 – SE – Gothenburg, Pustervik
28.10.2022 – DK – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
29.10.2022 – DE – Hamburg, Grünspan
30.10.2022 – TBA
31.10.2022 – DE – Dortmund, Junkyard
02.11.2022 – UK – Brighton, Chalk
03.11.2022 – UK – Bristol, The Fleece
04.11.2022 – UK – London, Earth
05.11.2022 – UK – Manchester, Damnation Festival

Elder is Nick DiSalvo (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Jack Donvan (bass), Michael Risberg (guitars, keyboards) and Georg Edert (drums).

http://facebook.com/elderofficial
https://www.instagram.com/elderband/
https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/
http://armageddonshop.com
https://www.stickman-records.com/

Elder, Omens (2020)

Tags: Armageddon Shop, Berlin, Elder, Germany, Stickman Records

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