This is album number seven from these Floridian melodic metallers. Arguably much better than Creed Alter Bridge, who are now Marc Tremonti’s main focus. Myles Kennedy does his side gig with Slash, but I personally think that Alter Bridge is when it works the best. Kennedy’s voice is superb and compliments Tremonti’s huge riffing guitar crunch perfectly.
This Is War opens up the album with a huge riff and groove, and the hook and chorus is killer. More of the same with Dead Among The Living. That drop tuned guitar sounds awesome. It’s favourite track time with Silver Tongue. An absolutely monumental riff rips your ears, and the vocal melody is superb. The vibe and mood changes completely with the intro to Sin After Sin with a very eerie sounding tone. A huge sounding track with a killer vocal. Stay closes out Side 1, a quite commercial sounding track that would have made a great single.
Side 2 slams straight in the with the huge riff to Holiday. Great vocal harmonies to this one. Fable Of The Silent Sun is the big centrepiece of the album that builds and builds. A very dramatic musical landscape with that epic voice over the top. Season Of Promise has that very modern rock vibe going down and would have made a good single. Last Man Standing is killer with a Prog metal sounding groove and riff. Epic vocal from Myles. The album closes out with the title track. Lots of twists and turns musically, that keep the listener engaged because it feels as though you are listening to many different songs at the same time.
Alter Bridge don’t do bad records, and you won’t be disapointed with this one.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
