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 @ Positive 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 – Purple Financial institution, NJ @ The Vogel (purchase tickets)
Throughout this 12 months’s 70000 Tons Of Steel cruise, SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond spoke to Steel Anthology concerning the progress of the songwriting classes for the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s “Underworld” album. He stated: “[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 large 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: “Once we write, it simply takes time, as a result of [SYMPHONY X guitarist and main songwriter] Michael Romeo, his rule [is] there is no filler songs, no songs which can be, like, ‘Ah, it is not dangerous.’ And it goes within the rubbish. They’ve all gotta be the place no less than we expect they’re all nice. All of them must 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 shall be an extended track on the upcoming SYMPHONY X album, contemplating “Underworld” contained principally “shorter, extra simple” tracks, Mike stated: “We’re nonetheless considering the place we wanna go together with that. There’s gonna be one thing loopy epic on it. We simply do not understand how 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 file the bass, I will been sweating for days, however as soon as it is achieved… I’ve this routine. As soon as I end all my bass tracks and I am simply so drained and worn out, I’m going to McDonald’s [fast food restaurant chain]. That is the one time I’m going, and it is, like, ‘Ah.’ My consolation.”
Concerning a attainable launch date for the brand new SYMPHONY X album, Mike stated: “I am gonna take a guess. I am gonna assume that by the top of the 12 months, 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 stated: “We’re gonna tour in every single place we are able to and simply get again on the market and actually attempt to say, ‘Hey, SYMPHONY X is again.'”
Final October, Romeo instructed the “Espresso With Ola” podcast concerning the upcoming SYMPHONY X LP: “With us, it is not 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 more durable 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 completely different now than previously 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 type of float on the downtime and actually get the file achieved after which come again out [with a] new file, tour. So now it is, like, properly, that cash’s gone. So we’ve got to tour a little bit bit, hold issues going, work on the file, return out. So it has been like that for some time. And for me — I do a lot of the writing, so for me it is arduous since you’re sitting within the studio for no matter month, ‘I received this concept,’ and also you’re making an attempt to place this stuff collectively, and it is, like, ‘Oh, we have gotta go on tour now.’ All proper, cool. We do our factor. And you then 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 you then’re, like, ‘Oh, I’ve received all these new concepts.’ So you then hold including. After which after an extended time period, 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 really making sense.”
Elaborating on when SYMPHONY X may be achieved composing the fabric for the subsequent album, Michael stated: “It is gonna take a while to prepare all the things. It is not like there’s nothing there. It is [not], like, ‘Oh, man, we’ve got to begin from scratch.’ There’s fairly a bit. It is really overwhelming. I by no means bear in mind being this overwhelmed by the quantity of stuff, ‘trigger over the past 12 months and a half or no matter, each time there was a break, it is, like, ‘Okay, I will write one thing.’ I did not cease and [go], like, ‘Effectively, let me end this.’ It was, like, growth, ‘I received all these concepts,’ and I simply saved going. So now it is, like, all proper, no extra writing. Now extra arranging.”
SYMPHONY X accomplished an intensive 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 had 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 in the course of the rehearsals for TSO‘s annual winter trek and was unable to make the tour.
Romeo launched his newest solo album, “Struggle Of The Worlds Pt. 2”, in March 2022 by way of InsideOut Music. The file featured visitor vocals by Dino Jelusick (WHITESNAKE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA).
