Shades Apart announce new studio album "Eternal Echo"

New Jersey rockers Shades Apart will unveil their first studio album in 19 years with Eternal Echo.

Announced today, the album will be released on August 28th via Hellminded Records. A teaser for the album can be seen below. The first single from the record will be released on July 27. Pre-orders for Eternal Echo will launch that same day. The album was mixed and mastered by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Eternal Echo is the follow up to Shades Apart’s 2001 studio album Sonic Boom.

The first album in 19 years by New Jersey power trio Shades Apart. Available August 28, 2020. Preorders available July 27, 2020 at www.hellmindedrecords or w...

Metal supergroup Sons of Apollo announce new album 'MMXX'

Metal supergroup Sons of Apollo will unveil their sophomore studio album MMXX on January 17, 2020 via InsideOutMusic.

Announced today, the eight track release was produced by Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian (a.k.a. The Del Fuvio Brothers). Pre-orders for the record can be made beginning on November 15. Aside from the usual CD digital, and vinyl formats, a limited edition of the album will arrive with instrumental mixes and a cappella excerpts. A teaser trailer for the album can be seen below. MMXX is the follow up to the band’s 2017 debut studio album Psychotic Symphony.

Sons of Apollo will promote the forthcoming album on tour, which kicks off on January 24 inside The Glass House in Pomona, California. The trek will take them across North America and Europe. You can check out their full tour routing below.

Sons of Apollo tour dates

Fri 1/24 Pomona, CA The Glass House

Sat 1/25 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy

Sun 1/26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Tue 1/28 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room

Wed 1/29 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater

Fri 1/31 St. Charles, IL Arcada Theater

Sat 2/1 Battle Creek, MI The Music Factory

Sun 2/2 Toronto, ONT. Mod Club

Mon 2/3 Montreal QUE. Corona Theater

Wed 2/5 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Thu 2/6 New York, NY Gramercy Theater

Fri 2/7 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn’s Peak

Sat 2/8 Englewood, NJ Bergen PAC

Sat 2/29 Germany TBA

Mon 3/2 Drammen, Norway Union Scene

Tue 3/3 Gothenburg, Sweden Traedgarn

Thu 3/5 Kyiv, Ukraine N.A.U Theatre

Sat 3/7 Moscow, Russia RED

Sun 3/8 St Petersburg, Russia Aurora

Tue 3/10 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7

Wed 3/11 Milan, Italy Live Club

Fri 3/13 Bilbao, Spain Santana 27

Sat 3/14 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2

Sun 3/15 Madrid, Spain La Riviera

Tue 3/17 France TBA

Wed 3/18 France TBA

Thu 3/19 London, England Islington Assembly Hall

Fri 3/20 Eindhoven, Netherlands Prognosis Festival

Sun 3/22 Brno, Czech Republic Sono

Tue 3/24 Kosice, Slovakia Colosseum

Wed 3/25 Budapest, Hungary Barba Negra