Elder announces North America Tour 2026; new full-length album »Through Zero« out May 29th!

Photo credit: 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 beholdtheelder.com/tour for more info and all upcoming live dates.

Artwork by Adam Hill

Elder North American Tour 2026:
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 via Stickman Records (Europe/UK), Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and Bird’s Robe (Australia).

Pre-order the album HERE.

Artwork by Adam Hill

Elder live dates Europe / UK 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

Elder is:
Nick DiSalvo – Guitar/Vocals
Jack Donovan – Bass
Mike Risberg – Guitar/Keyboards
Georg Edert – Drums

Courtesy of All Noir PR

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well