Stoned Jesus have already made their mark as true trailblazers, but with their new album, these pilgrims of heavy progressive rock are embarking on their most expansive journey yet. The lead single from Songs to Sun opens with one of the band’s doomiest riffs. Though as revealed by frontman Igor Sydorenko, “Shadowland” gleams with surprising twists and hidden hooks.
Today, Igor is releasing a new video that shows how to play and how he wrote “Shadowland”. By taking a microdose of “big dumb riffs”, inspiration from Prince to Slipknot, and a page out of their own songbook, the band wound up with a mesmerizing chorus that fans will be shouting ahead of their upcoming tours across Europe, Australia and Latin America.
Watch Igor Sydorenko explain how to play and how he wrote “Shadowland” on the Stoned Jesus YouTube channel.
Songs to Sun comes out September 19, 2025 on Season of Mist.
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Songs to Sun is the first album in a forthcoming trilogy that once complete, will stand as the pinnacle of what’s been a decades-long trip for Stoned Jesus. While picking up where the band’s last album Father Light left off, Sydorenko and his new mates still nod to their early classics Seven Thunders Roar and The Harvest. But by merging metal’s fiery intensity with mind-melting grooves, vintage prog and their catchiest choruses yet, they bring the many distinct phases of Stoned Jesus to a bright, burning head.
The video for “Shadowland: how to play it & how I wrote it” was written and filmed by Igor Sydorenko. It was edited by Radion Yakumenko.
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