The journey is no less ambitious than Reflections’ but lacks fulfillment in a way that seems difficult to imagine given the technique of the artists at work here. The songs are no shorter than Lore’s but feel so much longer. The riffs crunch no less than Dead Roots Stirring’s but bite with far fewer teeth. But alas, it’s not as if the Americans (recently transplanted to Germany) shifted their sound in some massive way comparing elements of Omens to past efforts is remarkably apples to apples. Were there a hipster fire escape available, this wvrm might set off a smoke detector while mumbling something about sell outs and early material. The toke is the same, but it hits differently. Where once I was option a, now I am b-side. “Omens” is Elder on its face and in its core: divisive long-form stoner prog. The Sword of Jamacles that began its arc early in Elder’s career and swings its lowest and nearly beheads Omens, a record that may just make Elder everything the haters claimed they were. Running through the halls of their ethereal proghalla didn’t just make clear that, next to the sum of Elder’s previous achievements, Omens isn’t great it cemented that Omens isn’t good. It didn’t become apparent how little I like Omens until I revisited Elder’s back catalog.
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