Progressive metallic veterans SYMPHONY X have introduced a summer time/fall North American tour with Finnish metallers SONATA ARCTICA.
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Tour dates:
Sep. 04 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater (purchase tickets)
Sep. 08 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (purchase tickets)
Sep. 10 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile (purchase tickets)
Sep. 11 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick (purchase tickets)
Sep. 12 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass Home (purchase tickets)
Sep. 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre (purchase tickets)
Sep. 14 – San Francisco, CA @ August Corridor (purchase tickets)
Sep. 16 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s (purchase tickets)
Sep. 17 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune (purchase tickets)
Sep. 18 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre (purchase tickets)
Sep. 20 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre (purchase tickets)
Sep. 21 – Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room (purchase tickets)
Sep. 23 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre (purchase tickets)
Sep. 24 – Minneapolis, MN @ High-quality Line (purchase tickets)
Sep. 25 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II (purchase tickets)
Sep. 26 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge (purchase tickets)
Sep. 27 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron (purchase tickets)
Sep. 29 – Crimson Financial institution, NJ @ The Vogel (purchase tickets)
Throughout this yr’s 70000 Tons Of Steel cruise, SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond spoke to Steel Anthology concerning the progress of the songwriting periods for the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s “Underworld” album. He mentioned: “[We’ve been working on new material for] a few years. A bunch of years. We are engaged on a brand new album, and it is gonna have all of the cool stuff you guys like. It is gonna have the massive symphonic stuff, it is gonna have the heavy riffs, it is gonna have the classical [elements as well]. It is gonna have all that stuff in there.”
He continued: “After we write, it simply takes time, as a result of [SYMPHONY X guitarist and main songwriter] Michael Romeo, his rule [is] there isn’t any filler songs, no songs which can be, like, ‘Ah, it isn’t unhealthy.’ And it goes within the rubbish. They’ve all gotta be the place not less than we expect they’re all nice. All of them need to be that.
“The followers are, like, ‘Hey, it has been so lengthy.’ However we promise you it is coming,” Mike added. “It is gonna be good.”
Requested if there will likely be an extended tune on the upcoming SYMPHONY X album, contemplating “Underworld” contained principally “shorter, extra simple” tracks, Mike mentioned: “We’re nonetheless considering the place we wanna go along with that. There’s gonna be one thing loopy epic on it. We simply do not know the way we’re gonna current it but. However with all of the newer expertise for the symphonic stuff, it is gonna be monstrous.”
LePond added: “So, yeah, we’re excited to lastly do it once more. When it is time to report the bass, I am going to been sweating for days, however as soon as it is completed… I’ve this routine. As soon as I end all my bass tracks and I am simply so drained and worn out, I am going to McDonald’s [fast food restaurant chain]. That is the one time I am going, and it is, like, ‘Ah.’ My consolation.”
Concerning a attainable launch date for the brand new SYMPHONY X album, Mike mentioned: “I am gonna take a guess. I am gonna assume that by the tip of the yr, we’ll be completed writing it. It is only a guess. After which in 2026, most likely get it recorded and out.”
As for SYMPHONY X‘s touring plans in help of the brand new CD, Mike mentioned: “We’re gonna tour in all places we are able to and simply get again on the market and actually attempt to say, ‘Hey, SYMPHONY X is again.'”
Final October, Romeo advised the “Espresso With Ola” podcast concerning the upcoming SYMPHONY X LP: “With us, it isn’t like, ‘Oh, yeah, we’re simply gonna write one — how do you say? — single, after which simply have a bunch of filler. It is, like, all the things’s gotta be pretty much as good as it may be. So, yeah, it will get tougher and it takes longer. You then throw in COVID and a bunch of different issues, after which it is simply, like, ‘Oh, shit.’ Now it is, like, I do not know — eight years or one thing. I misplaced monitor.
“What’s totally different now than up to now is that we may take a bunch of day without work. There can be some royalties from CDs again within the day coming in and form of float on the downtime and actually get the report completed after which come again out [with a] new report, tour. So now it is, like, properly, that cash’s gone. So we have now to tour a bit bit, maintain issues going, work on the report, return out. So it has been like that for some time. And for me — I do many of the writing, so for me it is arduous since you’re sitting within the studio for no matter month, ‘I obtained this concept,’ and also you’re making an attempt to place these items collectively, and it is, like, ‘Oh, we have gotta go on tour now.’ All proper, cool. We do our factor. And then you definately come again, and it is, like, ‘What the fuck was I engaged on once more? Was this riff right here?’ And so that you’re making an attempt to rearrange all these things. And then you definately’re, like, ‘Oh, I’ve obtained all these new concepts.’ So then you definately maintain including. After which after a protracted time frame, it is, like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a lot stuff I am unable to even handle it now.’ Loads of materials — like three hours of stuff — however now it is truly making sense.”
Elaborating on when SYMPHONY X could be completed composing the fabric for the following album, Michael mentioned: “It is gonna take a while to arrange all the things. It isn’t like there’s nothing there. It is [not], like, ‘Oh, man, we have now to start out from scratch.’ There’s fairly a bit. It is truly overwhelming. I by no means bear in mind being this overwhelmed by the quantity of stuff, ‘trigger over the past yr and a half or no matter, each time there was a break, it is, like, ‘Okay, I am going to write one thing.’ I did not cease and [go], like, ‘Properly, let me end this.’ It was, like, increase, ‘I obtained all these concepts,’ and I simply stored going. So now it is, like, all proper, no extra writing. Now extra arranging.”
SYMPHONY X accomplished an in depth tour behind “Underworld” in 2016, together with a U.S. run of exhibits with OVERKILL and a pair of headlining performances in Australia.
In July 2017, SYMPHONY X singer Russell Allen and his ADRENALINE MOB bandmates have been concerned in a crash that killed the latter group’s bassist, David Zablidowsky.
In 2019, Allen — who has toured with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA since 2013 — was injured throughout the rehearsals for TSO‘s annual winter trek and was unable to make the tour.
Romeo launched his newest solo album, “Warfare Of The Worlds Pt. 2”, in March 2022 through InsideOut Music. The report featured visitor vocals by Dino Jelusick (WHITESNAKE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA).