Elder

Omens

This is the first album I am covering by the stoner metal band, Elder which are most famous for their 2011 release Dead Roots Stirring. Even though with their 2020 album, Omens then moved towards a more progressive rock-oriented style of music with a heavy focus on Heavy Psych with their famous stoner aspects taking more of a back seat in this 5-track album.

So, first thing first, the instrumentals are still as great as ever bring a lot of life into the tracks, especially giving it the ... read more

Elder is a stoner metal/ heavy psych band, who's been very consistent up until this point, and I would even say that I consider their last album, Reflections of a Floating World to be one of the best stoner metal albums of last decade. Understandably, Elder's 5th album, Omens was one I was excited to listen to. *sigh* aaaaand it just makes me sad to see a band who's been so great up until this point suddenly fall so low. The most obviously off-putting thing is how incredibly weak Nick DiSalvo's ... read more

The vocals suck.

Dude, I love Elder. Reflections of a Floating World was one of my favorite albums of the past decade. This... is kinda disappointing.

The vocals are just bad and unenthusiastic across the entire album, and the psychedelic instrumentation throughout, while still good, is not up to the standard that I think Elder has set for themselves in the past. There are some moments of bright, shiny, fantastic Elder. But for the most part, I have to say I didn't really enjoy this all that much.

Sick album ... read more