MMXX (album)

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All lyrics are written by Jeff Scott Soto [2] ; all music is composed by Derek Sherinian, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Mike Portnoy

MMXX
MMXX Sons of Apollo.jpg
Studio album by
Sons of Apollo
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2020
Recorded2019
StudioOcean Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre Progressive metal, hard rock
Length58:36 [1]
Label Inside Out Music
Producer The Del Fuvio Brothers (Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian) [2] [3]
Sons of Apollo chronology
Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
(2019)		MMXX
(2020)
Sons of Apollo studio album chronology
Psychotic Symphony
(2017)		MMXX
(2020)
MMXX track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Goodbye Divinity"7:12
2."Wither to Black"4:44
3."Asphyxiation"5:07
4."Desolate July"5:58
5."King of Delusion"8:48
6."Fall to Ascend"5:06
7."Resurrection Day"5:51
8."New World Today"15:50
Total length:58:36 [1]

Personnel

Sons of Apollo

Technical personnel

Charts

Sales chart performance for MMXX
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [18] 30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 82
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 48
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [22] 36
French Albums (SNEP) [23] 86
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [24] 15
Italian Albums (FIMI) [25] 84
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 23
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [27] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 8
UK Albums (OCC) [29] 90

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