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Stoned Jesus Announce Fourth Album for 2017; Band to Tour Playing Seven Thunders Roar in Full

Ukrainian heavy rockers Stoned Jesus have been on the road in Europe with 5R6 since Nov. 17, still supporting last year’s third offering, The Harvest (review here), while paving the ground for their next work. Today they make official that the inevitable fourth long-player is in progress for a 2017 release, and that they’ll tour next Spring playing their 2012 sophomore outing, Seven Thunders Roar (review here), in full to mark its fifth anniversary and the continued resonance and cult following it has found through word of mouth (i.e. sharing) on the interwebs so long after its release. A sleeper hit in the truest sense with “I’m the Mountain” at 4.5 million YouTube views.

I bothered guitarist/vocalist Igor Sidorenko to talk a little bit about that record’s growing legacy and what went into the decision to play it out in its entirety, as well as where they might be headed for the fourth album. You’ll find what he had to say under the band’s announcement below:

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Stoned Jesus Working On A Fourth LP, Playing ‘Seven Thunders Roar’ In Its Entirety On Tour In 2017

A new dawn is on the horizon for Stoned Jesus in 2017, because we begin to work on our 4th full-length album this December! But Spring 2017 also marks the 5th anniversary of “Seven Thunders Roar” release – you know, the one with that indian on the cover – the exactly same LP that brought you “I’m the Mountain”, the most popular stoner/psych/doom song in the history of the interwebs. We thought we’d give you we’ve never done before: we’ll be playing “Seven Thunders Roar” in its entirety during the first half of 2017 on EVERY show! And we’ve already got a bunch of them booked, so stay tuned for tour dates and updates soon. Love, StJ

Igor Sidorenko on playing Seven Thunders Roar and the new album in progress:

“It may look like we’re hopping on this hype train with the whole ‘playing-their-legendary-record-from-A-to-Z. thing, but truth is loads of people haven’t heard these songs live — apart from “I’m the Mountain,” which we play on every show. Revisiting your own material that stood the test of rapidly changing trends is also something that may help us with our fourth record. Also hey, it’s not that legendary… yet!

“It’s pretty early to say anything, but I guess this is gonna be another challenge for us and for our listener. We definitely don’t want to repeat ourselves, but there are certain things you can’t escape, hah. What I know for sure is this is not gonna be a direct sequel to ‘The Harvest’ — we’re not that much angry this time around. #StJFourthLP”

Stoned Jesus current tour remaining shows:
22.11 – Innsbruck (AT) PMK
23.11 – Bologna (IT) Freak Out
24.11 – Erba (IT) Centrale Rock
25.11 – Collegno (IT) Padiglione 14
26.11 – Trieste (IT) Tetris
27.11 – Belgrade (SRB) Bozidarac

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