r/stonerrock • u/prairie_oyster_ • 20h ago

The Elder Moment

Listening to the new album got me thinking about how Elder often has a “moment” in their songs… they’ve spent the whole song getting the hooks in, and now you feel a tug, then a pull as the song suddenly takes shape…

I’m thinking Dead Roots Stirring, or Through Zero on the new album.

What are your favorite Elder Moments? What about other bands that do this particularly well?

God, I’m so fucking high right now. 🔥🔥💨💨

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u/imi94 20h ago

Halcyon has the best "elder moment" for me a close second would be dead roots stirring

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u/DancingQueen19 19h ago

That moment in Halcyon makes me feel like I’m astral projecting.

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u/Repo_co 18h ago

The riff of the record

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u/ListenToKyuss 14h ago

Halcyon definitely takes it, even though I favorite a few other songs above that one. But their live in studio version on YouTube is insane, takes the song on a whole other level. That ending is spectacular. Elder really has mastered how to tie such epic songs together in these last projects…

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u/Ant_1986 20h ago

The final breakdown in The Falling Veil is one for me.

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u/McDiscage85 20h ago

Yep. This is the one for me as well. Reflections of a Floating World is still their best, to me.

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u/Theratdog 19h ago

They talk about “stank face” riffs in stoner doom a lot… this moment elicits something closer to “the oh face”

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u/Saul_T_Bauls 19h ago

Strata has like 8 moments and I'm here for it

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u/PiroPR 18h ago

Breakdown on Blind does it for me every time

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u/DeoInvicto 17h ago

The climax on dead roots stirring.

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u/Hier0phant 17h ago

Spires Burn, both songs have some of my favorite "fly off the handle" moments.

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u/The_b1ues 18h ago

Seeing Elder in a couple of weeks with Blood Incantation in Southampton

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u/time-itself 16h ago

Final riff in catastasis. Oooomph

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u/Responsible_Cod_5540 16h ago

Lore and Sanctuary have amazing goosebumps moments

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u/-Gazzle- 15h ago

Staving of Truth. Not even gonna look it up. You know, that one perfect everything.

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u/archibarky 15h ago

One the comes to mind for me is that intro to Spirit At Aphelion

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u/Dodahevolution 14h ago

The middle section on any song off Lore(except Deadweight) OR the end of Deadweight during the _ "Lay Deadweight" _ part.

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u/Juventus7shop 19h ago

Riddle of Steel Pt 1 outro

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u/Buffalo5977 15h ago

i want to jump in here with a non stoner answer and say a good “moment” is the final songs from grateful dead’s europe 72. if you listen from the truckin through the morning dew, there’s like three “moments” in morning dew alone. goosebumps if you have a big loud clear system.

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u/Conscious-Fact6392 11h ago

Completely agree with everyone’s picks so far. Such a huge part of their music. I would also say Pelican does this a lot. The other one that came to mind is The Last Baron by Mastadon. Anytime you have all that unresolved pent up angst and then the band just yoinks it all together it’s beyond words. It’s why we love the music we love.

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u/La_Mano_Cornuta 7h ago

The part about 15 minutes in when the organs start up on Weißensee.

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u/chefunfuckwithable 19h ago

That moment in Morning Song by King Buffalo that starts in the 6 minute and blooms in the 7 is fuckin chefs kiss for me 🤌

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u/RescueRacing 6h ago

KB definitely has a few. 3:50 into Cerberus, 2:43 in Locusts, there are more. But, they really know how to build it up and blow it up.

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u/omer3332 12h ago

“Sanctuary”, the last 2-3 minutes of the song give me goosebumps every time.

I first heard that song in June 2023 or 2024 on Apple Music and it apparently became my top song that year.