In May 2023, Canadian psychedelic rock band Elder—formed in 2008 in Vancouver and honing a stoner-doom sound influenced by Black Sabbath on albums like Innate Passage (2022)—delivered an energetic set at Edmonton's Starlite Room, a cult club for underground rock since the 1970s. Their hour-long performance, brimming with heavy riffs and atmospheric jams, embodied the band's resilience post-lineup changes, as psychedelic textures gained club-scale intensity before an intimate crowd. This show served as a manifesto of their evolution from local roots to mature festival sound, transforming the venue into a realm of collective trance.