While we wait for guitarist and composer Dmitry Demyanenko to recover from an accident that nearly saw the loss of his leg and the follow up to 2019’s critically acclaimed “Ethereal“, which will feature returning vocalist Sergey Raev, we’re heading back to 2014 and “Charon” from the almighty Shokran. Part of the “Supreme Truth” album
Due to the need for guitarist Dmitry Demyanenko to have another operation next month as he continues to recover from injury suffered when his push bike was hit by a car in February and shattered his leg, Shokran have announced that the release of their new album which was planned for October has now been
1,666 days after the release of their incredible album “Ethereal“, Russian Progressive Tech-Metallers Shokran have unleashed new single “Thoth: The Silent Witness“, despite mastermind Dmitry Demyanenko still in recovery from a cycling accident in Indonesia in February. That saw him with a double open fracture of his leg and a broken collarbone. As for the
The silence from Russian Progressive Tech-Metallers Shokran has been broken with Guitarist Dmitry Demyanenko not only announcing that the band have a new album prepared but also a cover of the Stranger Things theme. That should come as no surprise with the band having thrown down a rendition of the theme from John Carpenter’s Halloween
The second installment of our Planet Metal series sees us traveling from Italy to Russian shores to provide you with five bands from the region that we think are very much worthy of your time as they have demanded our attention over recent releases. From Death Metal to Progressive Technical and Deathcore, these bands are
The thing about Tech-Fest is that the organizers have the ability to pull a rabbit out of the hat and frequently do with bands appearing like DVSR and Shokran who, frankly we might not have had the opportunity to see live under any other circumstances. The Russians have shared a guitar playthrough for “Unbodied” to
John Carpenter’s Halloween is an all time classic in the slasher film genre and gave Jamie Lee Curtis her film debut in 1978 and with the announcement that two sequels to the 2018 remake titled Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends are set for October 2021 and 2022 respectively, it seems that Russian Progressive Tech-Metallers Shokran
Filmed during their last tour over Eurasia exactly one year ago and directed by Ryabov Productions, Russian Progressive Metallers Shokran have chosen “Nature of the Paradox” as the latest single from their current album “Ethereal“. The band have launched a wealth of new merch which is available here as well as announcing their presence in
Carlsberg take the Moto “Probably the best beer in the World” into their advertising campaigns, then these are probably the best albums of 2019. On our eyes at least and remember kids, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. One man’s silk purse is another man’s sow’s ear. 2019 was a fantastic year in
Progressive Tech-Metal titans Shokran were one of the highlights of this summer’s incarnation of UK Tech-Fest and their third album “Ethereal” is an absolute joy. If you haven’t already, check out our review of that. Having announced a big run of September and October shows, guitarist Dmitry Demyanenko has taken a minute to record a
