He is mostly known for his fantasy and horror novels (Chosen by the Pentacle, Evil Never Sleeps, The Charmed Roads, Shepherd of the Dead and others) as well as his journalist work in such magazines like Dark City, Mir Fantastiki, OM, KVIR and Darker.

[9] The novels Eye of Satan, Suburban Necromancer and The Charmed Roads were released in 2012 by company Litres which is a department of biggest Russian publishing house Eksmo.

During this period he interviewed such bands like Amon Amarth, Das Ich, Crematory,[11] Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows,[12] Suicide Commando[13] and many more.

[citation needed] For some time he was a literary editor of Russian horror webzine The Darkness (Тьма)[14] and continued to write for its successor, Darker magazine.

Vilgotsky's novel Warriors of the Church was cited in the list of foreign books recommended to Americans who are interested in non-American horror literature.

[30] After the end of Soul Cancer's career Tony as musician and composer focused primarily on film and game soundtrack work.

In recent years Tony has quit journalism as his day job, with a goal to focus on his literature works and also to try himself in a world of business.

For a year he worked as brand manager and press secretary in one of the largest Russian modeling agencies, Image-Elite,[31] than migrated into video game industry.

[32] Due to Vilgotsky's popularity over Post-Soviet space, the news about his first game project were widely spread by many sources of the region.

The name of the game is "Воины Церкви: отстрел нечисти" (Evil Spirit Shootdown) and it is based on his own novel Warriors of the Church.