True, Elder had the expansive-despite-only-being-two-tracks EP, Liminality / Dream State Return EP (review here), out last year, and it’s coming on four years since 2022’s Innate Passage (review here), which is neither the longest nor the shortest stretch of time ever, but every time they announce a new album, you almost have to inhale and brace yourself for what’s coming. Where will this collection take them? I have no idea. Deeper into mastery, one assumes, but as to the actual shape that will take, there’s only one real way to find out.

They previously announced the tour dates I’ve inserted below, and Through Zero is noteworthy for being their first outing to not be released through Armageddon Shop in the US since Dead Roots Stirring (review here), which came out through MeteorCity, then helmed by Jadd Shickler, who now runs Blues Funeral. Elder have always kept things close to home. Europe, as ever, will be through Stickman Records, and Australia through Bird’s Robe.

The following came from the PR wire:

ELDER Announce New Studio Album “Through Zero”!

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.

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.”

Summer 2026 European Shows
13.06. – GB – Derby, Download Festival
14.06. – GB – Colchester, Colchester Arts Centre w/ Blood Incantation
15.06. – GB – Southampton, The 1865 w/ Blood Incantation
16.06. – GB – Brighton, Concorde 2 w/ Blood Incantation
18.06. – FR – Clisson, Hellfest
19.06. – BE – Dessel, Graspop Metal Meeting
20.06. – DE – Dortmund, Junkyard Open Air w/ Kadavar
23.06. – CH – Winterthur, Gaswerk
26.06. – NO – Oslo, Tons of Rock
27.06. – DE – Thyrnau, Blackdoor Festival
01.07. – GR – Thessaloniki, Eightball Club
02.07. – GR – Athens, Arch Club
07.07. – HR – Slunj, Bearstone Festival
10.07. – PL – Pleszew, Red Smoke Festival
23.07. – DE – Reutlingen, Hafensounds Festival w/ Kadavar
25.07. – SI – Tolmin, Tolminator Festival
26.07. – IT – Milan, Circolo Magnolia Summer
28.07. – RO – Brașov, Rockstadt Extreme Fest
30.07. – DE – Breitenbach am Herzberg, Burg Herzberg Festival
31.07. – DE – Michelau, Rock Im Wald
04.08. – DE – Rostock, MAU Club
05.08. – CZ – Josefov-Jaroměř, Brutal Assault Festival
09.08. – PT – Âncora, Sonic Blast Festival
14.08. – CH – Valais, PALP Festival

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

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Elder, Liminality / Dream State Return (2025)