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MMXX (album)
MMXX (pronounced "2020") is the second and final studio album by American supergroup Sons of Apollo, released on January 17, 2020 via Inside Out Music. It is available as a standard CD package, limited edition 2 CD package with instrumental and a cappella versions, 2 LP + CD package, and digital download.
Keyboardist Derek Sherinian and drummer Mike Portnoy agreed that the album benefited from a bigger chemistry between members, who had already performed live together over 80 times by the time of the album production, aside from their debut album.
Both of them, joined by guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, met at Portnoy's home studio in Pennsylvania and wrote the whole album in around three weeks. The album was recorded in around eight months, with each member being able to work in their own home studios.
Vocalist Jeff Scott Soto wrote all the lyrics, with Sherinian helping him with some of the melody lines. He commented that he admired Soto's bluesy voice, which he thought contrasted with the more operatic vocals of other progressive metal bands.
Because the album was released in the beginning of a decade, Portnoy considered calling it "MMXX" (2020 in Roman numerals). Commenting on the cover, which was again created by Thomas Ewerhard, he said "for the first record, we had a mythological feel. This time around though, there's a much more futuristic style to what we've got. It has a very 21st century appeal. And the band crest is more polished, cleaned up and a lot more modern than last time, when it had an old fashioned look".
The opening track, "Goodbye Divinity", was released as the first single on November 15, 2019, with a music video directed by Vicente Cordero. Portnoy says he knew the song would be the opener and the first single "from the minute we finished writing" it. He also said he knew it would be the ideal opening for shows, as well. Its working title was "Blood Orchid" and it was created around a riff that Sherinian came up with during one of his live solos.
Soto wrote the lyrics to the song thinking of minor hardships the band went through during its first tour and how they handled the problems. "Goodbye Divinity" is about saying goodbye to the good things that should have come to the band and how the members managed to "harness the pain".
"Wither to Black" was based on a riff written by Bumblefoot that was initially named "Rushgarden" because it sounded like a mixture of Rush and Soundgarden. "Asphyxiation" was mostly written by Sherinian and its working title was NIM — "Nine Inch Meshuggah".
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MMXX (album)
MMXX (pronounced "2020") is the second and final studio album by American supergroup Sons of Apollo, released on January 17, 2020 via Inside Out Music. It is available as a standard CD package, limited edition 2 CD package with instrumental and a cappella versions, 2 LP + CD package, and digital download.
Keyboardist Derek Sherinian and drummer Mike Portnoy agreed that the album benefited from a bigger chemistry between members, who had already performed live together over 80 times by the time of the album production, aside from their debut album.
Both of them, joined by guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, met at Portnoy's home studio in Pennsylvania and wrote the whole album in around three weeks. The album was recorded in around eight months, with each member being able to work in their own home studios.
Vocalist Jeff Scott Soto wrote all the lyrics, with Sherinian helping him with some of the melody lines. He commented that he admired Soto's bluesy voice, which he thought contrasted with the more operatic vocals of other progressive metal bands.
Because the album was released in the beginning of a decade, Portnoy considered calling it "MMXX" (2020 in Roman numerals). Commenting on the cover, which was again created by Thomas Ewerhard, he said "for the first record, we had a mythological feel. This time around though, there's a much more futuristic style to what we've got. It has a very 21st century appeal. And the band crest is more polished, cleaned up and a lot more modern than last time, when it had an old fashioned look".
The opening track, "Goodbye Divinity", was released as the first single on November 15, 2019, with a music video directed by Vicente Cordero. Portnoy says he knew the song would be the opener and the first single "from the minute we finished writing" it. He also said he knew it would be the ideal opening for shows, as well. Its working title was "Blood Orchid" and it was created around a riff that Sherinian came up with during one of his live solos.
Soto wrote the lyrics to the song thinking of minor hardships the band went through during its first tour and how they handled the problems. "Goodbye Divinity" is about saying goodbye to the good things that should have come to the band and how the members managed to "harness the pain".
"Wither to Black" was based on a riff written by Bumblefoot that was initially named "Rushgarden" because it sounded like a mixture of Rush and Soundgarden. "Asphyxiation" was mostly written by Sherinian and its working title was NIM — "Nine Inch Meshuggah".