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Sons Of Apollo have certainly enriched the music sphere since their formation in 2017. It says much that the huge talent involved immediately combined with a cohesive and recognisable individual stance on debut album Psychotic Symphony, acknowledged as one of the finest releases in 17. And in 2019, the band put out the glorious Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony.

Now, though, Mike Portnoy (drums & vocals), Derek Sherinian (keyboards), Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), Ron Bumblefoot Thal (guitar & vocals) and Billy Sheehan (bass) are ready to take everything to a new level with second studio album MMXX.

“Stylistically, we have followed the same path as the debut,” outlines Portnoy. “But we feel that it has come out stronger, simply because we know one another better. Psychotic Symphony was the first time the five of us had worked together, so there was bound to be an air of experimentation happening. Now, we can draw on having the experience not only of recording that album, but also of touring together a lot. And now there is clearly a lot more obvious chemistry going on.”

“Each member of this band has their own signature sound on their instrument,” adds Sherinian. “And when you put all of this together what you get is a wonderful five-headed beast. It makes this a sonically special band, which is definitely what comes across on MMXX.

“You can hear odd time signatures and amazingly crazy performances here. And I feel that personally I have gone deeper musically than I have ever done before. For instance, youll find some great harmonies. Overall, weve been satisfyingly more adventurous this time than we were before, and I know people are sure to love what weve done. MMXX is an album I am proud of.”