Stoned Jesus Get Theatrical on Proggy New Single “Jackal”

With their forthcoming album trilogy, the heavy progressive trailblazers in Stoned Jesus are reaching a new creative peak. After topping best of 2025 lists with its scorching opener, Songs to Sun, this year, frontman Igor Sydorenko and his bandmates are cycling into the darkest, most daring and deeply moving territory of their career with Songs to Moon.

“[…] striking in its aggression and post-metal churn”, The Obelisk wrote upon hearing “Under the Skin”, which has since been revealed itself as the first song on Songs to Moon.

“[…] a doomgaze track built around one of Stoned Jesus’ biggest hooks yet”, The Metallist wrote in praise of the album’s official lead single “Velvet”.

Today, Stoned Jesus are thrilled to release the album’s mini prog opera as the second advanced single from Songs to Moon. While hounded by grim hopes for the future, the wily “Jackal” will leave progressive rockers of all stripes pleasantly surprised.

“‘Jackal’ is Stoned Jesus at our most theatrical. Even though the time signature is 4/4 through and through, it’s the proggiest song on Songs to Moon”, Sydorenko says before adding. “Bonus challenge for all the true prog nerds. See if you can find the early Marillion line that I quoted word for word”.

Watch the video for “Jackal” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

Songs to Moon comes out October 16, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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Available formats

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12” Vinyl Jacket (Black)

12” Vinyl Jacket (Turquoise vinyl)

12” Vinyl Jacket (Blood moon marbled)

12” Vinyl Jacket (Natural transparent, green and purple marbled)

The Songs trilogy spans the many phases of Stoned Jesus. While an existential shroud hung over Songs to Sun, Songs to Moon plunges the band into a dark night of the soul. Like the bogeyman, “Jackal” stalks through a house of horrors. “In the darkness of the future past”, Sydorenko whispers over drums that rattle like Alice in Chains on Jar of Flies. “Hear me walking over skulls and dust”. Behind each locked door lies a disturbing scene that one expects to find when reading Aldous Huxley or George Orwell.

“Lyrically, the question that ‘Jackal’ poses is pretty much on the nose”, says Sydorenko. “When you sell your soul for comfort, what kind of future do you get in return?”.

But even though Songs to Moon is their most melancholic album, Stoned Jesus can’t be confined to just one shade of blue. As shadows often do, “Jackal” shifts its shape in the blink of an eye. “Go to sleep” Sydorenko commands before kicking down the doors with the album’s heaviest – and funkiest – blues riff. The facts of the matter are grim (“No money, no future, no reason to fight”), but the song’s epic symphonic coda builds a clear case that for Stoned Jesus, both the present and future are blazingly bright.

The video for “Jackal” was created by Phobia Artworks.

Catch Stoned Jesus this fall as they debut Songs to Moon on European stages.

Stoned Jesus 2026 European Festival Dates

October 30 – Vallet, France @ WeStill Fest [TICKETS]

More praise for Songs to Sun and Stoned Jesus

“There is greater instrumental and emotional intelligence in Stoned Jesus’ work than I’ve ever seen them given credit for” – The Obelisk

“Songs to Sun is Sabbathian in purpose, with the Ukrainian trio being catchier than ever and seemingly unafraid to expand their proggy universe to other genres” – Invisible Oranges

“The layering and production compliment the progressive approach, elevating an already impressive album into the stratosphere” – Doom Charts

“With anger, Igor embraces his history while seeking to destroy the cage in which others might have wished to confine Stoned Jesus” – Desert Rock

“Igor’s vocals remind me of Trent Reznor in his prime with a sense of maturity that makes you feel every pounding note being projected at you from all directions…An outstanding record from a band who are simply at THE TOP OF THEIR GAME and who deserve all the plaudits fully coming their way” – Outlaws of the Sun

“Stoned Jesus’ oscillating aggression and intimacy is what makes Songs to Sun’s brilliance so captivating” – New Noise

“Diversity is the key to Songs to Sun…Absolute complete and utter perfection” – Progressive Music Planet

“While stoner/doom has been the cornerstone of their sound from the beginning, they have become more progressive and experimental” – Heavy Music HQ

“…the band are now poised to take their message further than ever before, with 6 new songs that are quite simply, brilliant” – The Razors Edge

“To call it Stoner/Doom Metal is too simple of a label, for the band has a wide variety of other elements in the music. Each song has a distinct groove, and hook, and the impression lingers long after the album is played through” – Metal Temple

“Contrast, something Stoned Jesus always have been masters of, but with Songs to Sun and their ever more progressive future, it has become their calling card” – Stoner Hive

“What has been accomplished throughout the entirety of Songs to Sun is nothing short of brilliant from top to bottom” – Head-Banger Reviews

“Stoned Jesus prove they aren’t bowing down to anyone” – The Sleeping Shaman

Under the Skin (5:29) Velvet (5:11) ZYX (5:30) Syzgy (4:50) Jackal (6:48) Window in My Room (8:22) One More Empty Day (4:41)