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Elder

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4.21 | 74 ratings | 3 reviews | 46% 5 stars

Excellent addition to any
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Studio Album, released in 2015

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Compendium (10:39)
2. Legend (12:31)
3. Lore (15:58)
4. Deadweight (9:28)
5. Spirit at Aphelion (10:32)

Total Time 59:08

Line-up / Musicians

- Nick DiSalvo / guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals
- Jack Donovan / bass
- Matt Couto / drums

Releases information

Artwork: Adrian Dexter

CD Armageddon Shop ‎- AS-009 (2015, US)

2LP Armageddon Shop ‎- Armageddon Shop 009 (2015, US) New cover art

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ELDER Lore ratings distribution


4.21
(74 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(46%)
46%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(35%)
35%
Good, but non-essential (14%)
14%
Collectors/fans only (3%)
3%
Poor. Only for completionists (3%)
3%

ELDER Lore reviews


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Review by Prog-jester
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4 stars Seeing zero reviews for stoner rock's hottest band now makes me really sad. Yep, this is a prog-oriented site, but man have you actually heard ELDER? Their 10-15-min long epics are heavily inspired by the likes of MOTORPSYCHO, ANEKDOTEN, MASTODON, SOUNDGARDEN, even GENESIS and RUSH, and "Lore" is definitely their best album and/or the best starting point with their music. Got a soft spot for all the others too, but while "Dead Roots..." is a bit too jammy and "Reflections..." is basically "Lore, pt.II", this 5-track, 60-min beast of a record strikes a perfect balance between amazing songwriting (those leads!), hard-hitting grooves and impressive musicianship. One last word to sell it to ya? MELLOTRON, loads of it!

Knowing these guys personally makes me really proud - I was the one who brought them to play Kyiv's Robustfest back in 2016 (the biggest/oldest psych/stoner/doom/prog Ukrainian festival) - and they KILL it live. What a fantastic band, don't you miss them!

Latest members reviews

5 stars This is probably the best album by the band, at least in my opinion as there are many contenders to come. Each track is an epic with four being over ten minutes long, one even reaching sixteen. Keyboards make a come back bringing more diversity in the instrumentation. "COMPENDIUM" is the firs ... (read more)

Report this review (#2535372) | Posted by PJMarten | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | Review Permanlink

4 stars We've all heard the refrain before: rock n' roll, or "guitar," music is long dead and actually still dying. Cliché as it may be, the claim is backed up by the Billboard numbers. Those rock acts that do manage to top the charts, acts like Coldplay and Imagine Dragons, have grown to use the guitar an ... (read more)

Report this review (#2353371) | Posted by ssmarcus | Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | Review Permanlink

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