SHALASH

Russian band SHALASH is a fairly recent venture, and was formed back in 2016 by keyboardist Dmitry Karavaev and drummer Maxim Smirnov. The two remains the sole members of the band at this point, handling all instrument roles themselves. They self-released their debut album "Shalash" in early 2018.

Instrumental symphonic progressive rock isn't the largest subset of progressive rock, even if we are talking about a band with a strong focus on the first half of the 1970's in terms of direct inspiration. Still, those who tend to find music from that era and this particular subset of progressive rock to be of interest should feel right at home with this album, and then in particular those fond of this specific kind of music honing in on positive and uplifting moods and atmospheres.