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Post by rockmaniac on Sept 13, 2010 16:39:35 GMT -5
AB 3's gonna come out in November (according to Mark Tremonti)
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Post by jvandyck87 on Sept 17, 2010 11:28:39 GMT -5
www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/Free download for a new Alter Bridge III track called "Words Darker Than Their Wings" available for 48 hours beginning 4 PM in the UK today (so the 48 hours are already ticking down). This is the closing track off the album, and it's pretty epic, though it's not quite as intense as the title track off their last album. Granted, that wasn't a closing track. Between this and "Isolation", I'm pretty stoked about their next record. And I think Mark does some of the lead vocals on this track as well, and they sound just fine.
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Post by rockmaniac on Sept 17, 2010 15:23:26 GMT -5
goes for adds October 25 (FMQB)
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Post by lockebox on Sept 17, 2010 18:46:30 GMT -5
I'm also stoked for this album. I'm glad they're actually pushing the heavier "Isolation" to radio
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Post by Devin on Sept 19, 2010 14:30:02 GMT -5
This is the first time I've listened to Alter Bridge, and I have to say, this song is VERY good! Love it.
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Post by Devin on Sept 19, 2010 18:04:08 GMT -5
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Post by rockmaniac on Sept 19, 2010 18:13:04 GMT -5
that came out a while ago
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Post by jvandyck87 on Oct 8, 2010 1:28:51 GMT -5
Album leaked a short while ago. I've never bought an Alter Bridge album before, but having heard 5 tracks on the album now, this is a contender to rival Deftones for album of the year. I don't think it will ultimately beat it for me, but it's up there with Filter, Sevendust, and Mumford & Sons (at least I discovered it in 2010) to battle it out for the #2 spot. Their songwriting has been consistently very strong on the five songs I've heard. The break they took to record a Creed album has not hurt AB's steady upward trajectory from album to album. And Blackbird was no slouch.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 10, 2010 17:30:16 GMT -5
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84 50 ALTER BRIDGE - Isolation 119 33 86 0.379
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Oct 17, 2010 14:24:35 GMT -5
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Post by Devin on Oct 17, 2010 15:51:51 GMT -5
My ratings of Alter Bridge's lead singles:
Isolation > Open Your Eyes > Rise Today
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Post by lockebox on Oct 18, 2010 14:01:00 GMT -5
My ratings of Alter Bridge's lead singles: Isolation > Open Your Eyes > Rise Today Same. This is a gem, hopefully it does well.
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Post by PHOBES on Oct 18, 2010 22:16:15 GMT -5
Isolation > Open Your Eyes > Rise Today You got the signs backwards: Isolation < Open Your Eyes < Rise Today
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Post by jvandyck87 on Oct 18, 2010 22:38:09 GMT -5
Disagree with ya Phobes. "Isolation" is their first lead single that indicates that they don't have aspirations to sound like what the masses view as Creed's and thus their sound.
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Post by PHOBES on Oct 18, 2010 23:31:22 GMT -5
No argument that "Open Your Eyes" is basically a Creed song, but I like Creed. I don't really get that vibe from "Isolation," and I may eventually rank it ahead of OYE. I loved "Rise Today" initially, but grew tired of the more I heard it to the point that I was sick of it by the time Blackbird was released.
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Post by Devin on Oct 19, 2010 13:58:56 GMT -5
For me, "Rise Today" is too generic and you can easily get tired of listening to it. "Blackbird" is epic and should've been the lead single from Blackbird (even though it wasn't even release as a single at all). "Open Your Eyes" is basically a Creed song with Myles Kennedy on vocals and a pretty awesome solo. I like it and it gets stuck in my head often. "Isolation" is the same (as it gets stuck in your head), and is a musically different approach for a Alter Bridge lead single. It's like Slipknot, Shinedown, Rev Theory, and some other random hard rock groups, excluding Creed, mixed into one. But "Broken Wings" is my favorite Alter Bridge single.
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 21, 2010 12:32:01 GMT -5
I'd have to go with Isolation > Rise Today > Open Your Eyes. Good new album btw. I like it a lot more than I thought I would.
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Post by Devin on Oct 22, 2010 14:09:54 GMT -5
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Post by jvandyck87 on Oct 22, 2010 14:54:29 GMT -5
It's a good thing that radio is taking notice of how awesome/likable this song is. I hope it outpeaks "Rise Today" and "Open Your Eyes" on active and gets a shot at being their first #1 on the format.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 22, 2010 15:43:33 GMT -5
^ I would love to see that. This is probably my favorite song on the format right now.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Oct 23, 2010 11:02:07 GMT -5
Not in to this one too much. But Rise Today is their best single ever for me.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Oct 27, 2010 9:25:29 GMT -5
Top 20 on active.
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Now that's what I call a bullet! Even though AB has had top 5 hits on the format, this is a larger than expected bullet relative to their previous success. I'd say that this song is ready to do some damage.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Nov 11, 2010 9:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by Devin on Nov 11, 2010 10:34:37 GMT -5
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Post by jvandyck87 on Nov 11, 2010 22:31:04 GMT -5
Any second single recommendations on this album? "Isolation" looks like it's going to be a fairly big hit on active and hopefully eventually a top 30 on alternative. The question is whether they'll go with a ballad or another heavy track for single #2. I'd be fine with anything OTHER THAN "Life Must Go On", "Breathe Again", and "Make It Right". All ten remaining candidates as well as the bonus tracks are all awesome.
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Post by lockebox on Nov 11, 2010 22:37:32 GMT -5
I would go for either "Ghosts of Days Gone By" or "I Know It Hurts". This is an amazing album btw.
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Post by pen on Nov 11, 2010 23:00:19 GMT -5
"Ghosts Of Days Gone By" or "Make It Right", with "Wonderful Life" as single three.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Nov 12, 2010 0:31:09 GMT -5
I listened to "Make It Right" again and realize that I should not have included it with the other two songs that I don't want as singles. While I wouldn't root for "Make It Right", I like the song fine enough. "Life Must Go On" sounds too much like the bad side of Creed and "Breathe Again" sounds too similar to "Before Tomorrow Comes" so those are my two least favorites.
My favorite songs are "Show Me A Sign", "Slip To The Void", "Coeur D'Alene" and "Words Darker Than Their Wings". With the exception of a radio edit of "Show Me A Sign", none of these options is particularly radio-friendly. My single picks would probably be "Wonderful Life" if they want the crossover potential right away, and "I Know It Hurts", "Ghost Of Days Gone By", or "Fallout" if that's not an immediate goal.
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Post by pen on Nov 12, 2010 0:33:57 GMT -5
"I Know It Hurts" does not sound to me like as immediate a single option as "Ghosts", "Wonderful Life", or "Make It Right". The chorus does not seem as strong to me.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Nov 12, 2010 0:46:17 GMT -5
Wow, I could see you saying that about "Fallout" but to me "I Know It Hurts" has the most immediate chorus on the whole album, so much so that I worry it's almost too immediate and almost cheesy. But the song has a good amount of energy and enough metal elements that ppl won't think they're TOO wimpy.
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