Shiran Kaïdine, a French guitarist with Year of No Light and Monarch!, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 44 after cancer.
He was active from 2002 to 2021 and played in drone metal and sludge metal bands. Monarch!, formed in Bayonne in 2002, released albums, EPs, singles and splits during Kaïdine’s career.
Shiran Kaïdine, 44, French guitarist (Year of No Light, Monarch!), cancer.