Ukrainian Heavy Progressive Rockers Stoned Jesus have announced their new full-length album, “Songs To Moon,” which will be released on October 16, 2026 via Season Of Mist.
Check out the official video for the first single “Velvet” via the YouTube player below:
The video for “Velvet” was created by Mykyta Donets.
After 15 years of trailblazing across Doom Metal, Grunge, Psychedelic and Art Rock, no height is too steep a climb for Stoned Jesus. The Heavy Progressive Rockers are reaching a new creative peak with their forthcoming album trilogy. Its opening chapter, “Songs To Sun,” rose atop best of 2025 lists at Doom Charts, Rock Hard, The Obelisk and other critical institutions. Now, frontman Igor Sydorenko and his two bandmates are cycling into the Darkest, most daring and deeply moving territory of their career with “Songs To Moon.”
“We started ‘The Songs’ trilogy last year with ‘Songs To Sun,’ which is a loud and heavy album that’s big on choruses and meaty riffs,” Sydorenko says. “While still heavy and catchy, ‘Songs To Moon’ follows a similar trajectory to ‘Led Zeppelin III,’ Opeth’s ‘Damnation’ or ‘Jar Of Flies’ by Alice In Chains. ‘The Songs’ are recognizably Stoned Jesus, but they are bolder, more haunting and introspective than anything we’ve done before.”
Stoned Jesus are announcing “Songs To Moon” with a ‘90s-style music video for the album’s lead single. While floating endlessly amidst uncertainty, the Doomgaze of “Velvet” hits hard with one of the band’s biggest hooks.
“This song answers the question: What if Nirvana was shoegaze?,” Sydorenko teases.
“Songs To Moon” comes out October 16, 2026 on Season Of Mist. Pre-Order HERE.
Pre-Save “Songs To Moon” on Spotify HERE.
Available formats:
– CD Digipak
– 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 all phases of Stoned Jesus. Like dusk, “Songs To Moon” opens in the shadow of “Songs To Sun.” Previously released single “Under The Skin” plunged the band into a dark night of the soul with loud and Heavy slabs of Post-Metal.
“Songs To Moon” discovers a more introspective side to Stoned Jesus, “I’ve noticed that in a lot of our songs, the narrator is either falling or starting to lose the ground under their feet,” Sydorenko says. “When writing ‘Velvet,’ I asked myself, what’s next? What do I want to find once I reach the bottom? Or do I just want the fall to go on forever.”
Even on their most melancholic album, Stoned Jesus can’t be confined to just one shade of blue. With its grungy riffs and grainy video treatment, “Velvet” would slide into heavy rotation on MTV’s 120 Minutes. “Where will I end up / I never know,” Sydorenko sings with cool remove. As steadily pounding drums, harsh backing vocals from bassist Andrew Rodin and Sydorenko’s howling guitar solo push the song to the brink, it’s loud and clear that the band are only going up from here.
Tracklist:
01. Under The Skin
02. Velvet
03. ZYX
04. Syzgy
05. Jackal
06. Window In My Room
07. One More Empty Day
Catch Stoned Jesus this summer on the European festival circuit.
Stoned Jesus 2026 European Festival Dates:
August 8 – Rome, Italy @ Roma Stone Fest
August 20 – La Maroutière, France @ V and B Fest
August 29 – Teramo, Italy @ Suburbiae Festival
October 30 – Vallet, France @ WeStill Fest
Recording Lineup:
Igor Sydorenko / Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Andrew Rodin / Bass, Backing Vocals
Yurii Ciel / Drums, Backing Vocals
Guest musicians:
Renie Fiske (Dungen) / Guitar solo on “Syzgy“
Live Lineup:
Igor Sydorenko / Vocals, Guitar
Andrew Rodin / Bass, Backing Vocals
Ihor Biriuchenko / Drums, Percussion