Heavy psych voyagers Elder are back in orbit, having unveiled Capture/Release, the second single from their upcoming album Through Zero, landing May 29th via Stickman Records (Europe/UK), Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and Bird’s Robe (Australia).

This one hits more direct than you might expect. According to vocalist/guitarist Nick DiSalvo, Capture/Release pulls from an older idea and reshapes it into something that bridges past and present, bringing back some of the band’s heavier riff-driven core while locking into their more galactic sized, modern approach.

Under the hood, there’s more going on than just big guitars. The track taps into the grind of trying to exist as a creative voice in a system that constantly demands more, more content, more visibility, more noise, until the whole thing starts to feel like a machine you can’t step out of. Capture/Release pushes back against that, circling around the idea of holding onto the original spark: creating because you want to, not because you’re told to.

It’s also, apparently, just fun to play, which in this context feels almost rebellious.

The upcoming Through Zero stretches across six tracks, continuing Elder’s habit of building songs that don’t just play out, they unfold, twist, and pull in influences from well outside the usual rock toolbox.

You can stream Capture/Release here, while pre-orders for Through Zero are available now, as are tickets to catch Elder live; dates at the bottom of this article.

Tracklist:

• 1. Sigil To Ruin
• 2. Capture/Release
• 3. Through Zero
• 4. Strata
• 5. Sight Unseen
• 6. Blighted Age

Elder Live:

• 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 – Hellfest19.06. 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