Alter Bridge Release First Single Online

On the heels of news that Alter Bridge had signed with Roadrunner to be their new label in the UK comes the release of their first single, "Isolation," from their upcoming album.

Fans all over the world can listen to "Isolation" below.

The new album, entitled "AB III," is set to release on October 11th in the UK. An official US release date has not been announced, though it's been rumored to drop either October 12th or 19th.

Official news on a US release, as well as their new US label after having split with Universal Republic, is expected shortly.

"AB III" track listing:

01. Slip To The Void
02. Isolation
03. Ghost Of Days Gone By
04. All Hope Is Gone
05. Still Remains
06. Make It Right
07. Wonderful Life
08. I Know It Hurts
09. Show Me A Sign
10. Fallout
11. Breathe Again
12. Coeur D'Alene
13. Life Must Go On
14. Words Darker Than Their Wings

Alter Bridge plans to hit the road in October after the album is out, starting with a European tour.

A spring 2011 supporting slot with Godsmack is planned for next March.

Kennedy is currently touring with Slash as his live lead vocalist, after singing two numbers on the guitarist's debut solo album. The instrumental members of Alter Bridge are touring this summer in their other band, Creed.

For continued news on Alter Bridge, visit AlterBridge.com and AlterBridgeBand.net.

Comments

[IBleedPurple]

LOVE the heavier direction! If this is just the tip of the iceberg, man... AB III is going to be a double rainbow, all the way.

[AlterMonte]

I love it, can't wait to listen the whole album

[Vauxite]

WOW.

[Powerpro]

Great Song. Looking forward to this record.

[the_concierge]

What a sign of things to come. Excellent first single, a much better reflection of the band's talent than Rise Today ever was. Can't wait until the album is on shelves!

[Adam124]

Awesome song.
Awesome band.
AWESOME!

[dollyDagger]

Myles Kennedy is the greatest singer of all time. Seriously.

[dollyDagger]

and i'm not even a metal fan. but he's a great singer.

[guitarist4band]

the distortion isnt as heavy but the riffs are incredible.

[JAMES7100]

Great, It will catch on straight away! Mark's backing vocal should always be mentioned! I wonder if he will ever do anything solo??
Myles is by far one of the greatest Rock singers of all time!!!!!
Tremonti flawless guitar is just too impressive!!
LOVE IT! Can't wait for the rest of the Album!!
AB 4Eva!!

[Vinushka]

The opening riff reminded me very much of a Disturbed song, but I can't remember which one.
But then they proved they are 10x the band Disturbed will ever be. I can't believe Creed was hiding away these awesome musicians for so long.

[Slash181]

****ing BEAST of a song,
first album = cant get better,
second album = 0.0 now you cant get better !!
Third album = well..... this is certainly an amazing sound!!

[jjhand]

The heavy riffs are great. It sounds like they dialed in a little Killswitch Engage in their sound. The shredder lead licks in the prechorus parts are pretty awesome too.

[shreducator]

God, this is fukengrüven!

[Sonny_sam]

I've listened to it a few times since it was put up yesteday & it's definately a grower. I think this p!sses all over Creed's 'Full Circle' though.

[jtalep]

pretty standard, nothing special

[Hp312]

Such an awesome song, cannot wait to hear the rest of the album!

[NoInnerKind]

Has that Alter Bridge chorus sound, but they threw some metal in the mix too. This album is gonna be so sick.

[DeadlyKombat]

Vinushka wrote:

The opening riff reminded me very much of a Disturbed song, but I can't remember which one.

All of them? ;P

[gilbertn923]

I'm glad AB didn't completely change their sound and evolve into one of those horrible bands. The music sounds great and Kennedy's voice is just as powerful as ever. Creed can suck it compared to AB.

[DiaryOfJane]

Now I'm even more exited.

[Fausch]

gilbertn923 wrote:

I'm glad AB didn't completely change their sound and evolve into one of those horrible bands. The music sounds great and Kennedy's voice is just as powerful as ever. Creed can suck it compared to AB.

Not everyone can be Alter Br-owait.

Seriously though, this song is sick. We need tabs posthaste.

[JSmith38]

Pure brilliance. So much better than Creed. Love it.

[justinbob33]

cannot wait for this cd!

[Alle1992]

Sounds okey. They should go for a more melodious sound like in "Broken Wings", and bring out the best of Myles and the guitarist.

[loganpwns]

Much better than Creed.

Oh wait, that's everyone.

[threedaysgrace9]

I'm one of the few people who still loves Creed, flame me if you will, but I'd have to say Creed could never get as good as Alter Bridge is becoming. Tremonti is just more open in writing, probably because of Myles's amazing vocal range.

[T-Unit33]

Great song, not sure I would have put it as the first single off the album, but definitely one I would put in the show. Love the heavy riffs and great hooks. I think that if this is what one of their okay (mind you, their okay is better than most bands great) songs sound like, their great songs (the blackbirds, metalingus', white knuckles, etc.) should be absolutely mind blowing.

Also, kudos to UG for putting this article up before I got a chance to...you are fast learners...

[Ixben93xI]

dollyDagger Wrote:

Myles Kennedy is the greatest singer of all time. Seriously.

Argeed. Cant wait to see AB live in October!

[BassFishin]

You know, Alterbridge is okay. I just feel like they are your typical modern day rock band. I personally feel that they are a step or two above the norm, but generally speaking they aren't doing anything that hasn't really been done 1,000,000 times in the last 10 years.

[SilentTom113]

Did they copy and paste this news from wiki known this for quite awhile now...

[Photograph]

This is siiccckkkk. Can't wait to see them in october!!
Definitely heard the "less gain, more punch" shine in this song.

[gbruin]

Heavy, gorgeous song. Alter Bridge is incredible.

[transplants182]

BassFishin wrote:

You know, Alterbridge is okay. I just feel like they are your typical modern day rock band. I personally feel that they are a step or two above the norm, but generally speaking they aren't doing anything that hasn't really been done 1,000,000 times in the last 10 years.

I see what you're saying, but I have to disagree. Yeah it's been done before, but they're a mainstream band. This is what mainstream rock SHOULD sound like. Pretty much all other mainstream rock bands today have no imagination; they just play 4 chord songs, no guitar solos, etc.

[Jahmper]

Slash181 wrote:

****ing BEAST of a song,
first album = cant get better,
second album = 0.0 now you cant get better !!
Third album = well..... this is certainly an amazing sound!!

That's exactly what I thought. I thought "well. every song in first album is brilliant. they just can't do anything better." but blackbird was like a punch in a face. which you enjoyed) I can't wait for ABIII. It's gonna make me cum in my pants I think)

[wfbrady09]

pretty damn awesome. i told everyone that ABIII is going to change rock n roll history...man i hope im right.

[spyder52]

Way to heavy for my Liking... the only song I love by these guys is rise today!

[Shredx]

Strange choice for a single imo, but Its damn awesome. Not the biggest fan of the tone but I'm sure it'll sound better on CD than on te netz

[SaoTim]

IBleedPurple wrote:

LOVE the heavier direction! If this is just the tip of the iceberg, man... AB III is going to be a double rainbow, all the way.

Haha, I must have been the only person to catch this. Double-rainbow. Still laughing. Whew.

[Holoogamooga]

spyder52 wrote:

Way to heavy for my Liking... the only song I love by these guys is rise today!

Check out their first album. It's not as heavy.

As much as I love this band, I really wish they would break their habit of using the same structure in every single song (though "Blackbird" is somewhat of an exception).

[Carlson-online]

That cover reminds me of vitalogy by pearl jam - ALOT.

http://christianpruitt.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/ vitalogy.jpg

[Carlson-online]

edit: http://christianpruitt.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/vitalogy. jpg

[hackahobo]

Song rocks, can't wait for the album!

[shockdoctor92]

WOW!!! i loved blackbird but this is insane. i gotta get me some tix

[Slash181]

Jahmper wrote:

Slash181 wrote:

****ing BEAST of a song,
first album = cant get better,
second album = 0.0 now you cant get better !!
Third album = well..... this is certainly an amazing sound!!

I can't wait for ABIII. It's gonna make me cum in my pants I think)

+9000

[Slash181]

Jahmper wrote:

Jahmper wrote:

I can't wait for ABIII. It's gonna make me cum in my pants I think)

+9000


(stupid quote system :/)

[Fausch]

BassFishin wrote:

You know, Alterbridge is okay. I just feel like they are your typical modern day rock band. I personally feel that they are a step or two above the norm, but generally speaking they aren't doing anything that hasn't really been done 1,000,000 times in the last 10 years.

Idunno about that. Most of the bands in the past ten years are too chicken to play guitar solos.

[Unforgiven95]

lol as soon as it started i was like, Whoa is this Alter Bridge? love the new sound

[zarreph]

Vinushka wrote:

The opening riff reminded me very much of a Disturbed song, but I can't remember which one.
But then they proved they are 10x the band Disturbed will ever be. I can't believe Creed was hiding away these awesome musicians for so long.

I was thinking the same thing about them vs. Disturbed. Asylum is a good album, but so far nothing on it has caught my ear as 'excellent'. This single, though - a great riff, really solid work from the rhythm section, and Myles is still using his voice to its fullest. I'm definitely picking this up at release, no questions asked.

[Thrace]

Love it, can't wait for the album

[Ghostmaker]

I thought that Blackbird was gonna be a hard album to top, but if the rest of the album is this good then it looks like AB has done it!

[Jahmper]

It's good that they've chosen this song to be the first single, cause they scared me quite a lot when they released Rise Today from Blackbird as single, which was the worst song on that album in my opinion

[Patrijz]

This song is just ****ing amazing man! I don't think (allthough I do hope) this will mean the whole album will be heavier, but this song just made me forget all the music I listened too recently; the auto-pilot Disturbed album, 10 Years trying it heavy and Stone Sour going the mellow way and LinkinPark going down the black hole...

Such a great song that proves to me some bands still can to rock... all I can say is F*CK YEAH!

[Patrijz]

Holoogamooga wrote:

spyder52 wrote:

Way to heavy for my Liking... the only song I love by these guys is rise today! Check out their first album. It's not as heavy.

As much as I love this band, I really wish they would break their habit of using the same structure in every single song (though "Blackbird" is somewhat of an exception).

I do have to agree on this... but I also agree with someone else here who said that you make 'mainstream' rock, this is how it should sound!

[Fausch]

Patrijz wrote:

Holoogamooga wrote:

spyder52 wrote:

Way to heavy for my Liking... the only song I love by these guys is rise today! Check out their first album. It's not as heavy.

As much as I love this band, I really wish they would break their habit of using the same structure in every single song (though "Blackbird" is somewhat of an exception).

I do have to agree on this... but I also agree with someone else here who said that you make 'mainstream' rock, this is how it should sound!

Remember, though. No matter how disappointing it may be, it's still better than Nickelback.

[grim1]

so glad that they are still together, was worried that they would be done following the Creed reunion stuff. Love the music and myles voice is awesome.

[Patrijz]

Fausch wrote:
Remember, though. No matter how disappointing it may be, it's still better than Nickelback.

I said nothing about disappointing (on the contrary)... but even if I were, you are hereby quoted for truth!

[Patrick L]

I was diggin this song from the moment I heard the intro. This album is gonna be awesome.

[efferus]

Fantastic... I love this band.

[link55588]

its weird cause likek you have creed.....then theres this. Scott Stapp please stay away from the everyone in this band please.

[maidenbridge666]

i only discovered this fantastic band a few months ago and now im completely in love with them! i was blown away by Myles's voice on Slash's solo release and checked out AB and they are the only band ive ever heard that i like EVERY SINGLE song. this song is amazing! seriously cant wait till october when i'll be getting ABIII and seeing them live =]

[Negativeone666]

link55588 wrote:

its weird cause likek you have creed.....then theres this. Scott Stapp please stay away from the everyone in this band please.

+1

I hate how underrated AB is. I always try to get my friends into them, but as soon as I correlate their name with Creed....It's all over lol

[rokr258]

dude i ****ing love this. haha i was scared there wouldnt be any more alter bridge after i heard about the creed reunion. and then out of nowhere a new album?! this is a good day. XD

[NightEmbers]

Diggin the subtle time changes, plus yeah it is Heavy Boy... brings to mind whoever reviews this album is probably not going to use the phrase COMFORT ZONE for this one... RAH!

[D4CE]

And let's not forget this is Mr. Myles Kennedy on the solo guitar!
Amazing track...
Don't forget we're here to stay!

[Holoogamooga]

D4CE wrote:

And let's not forget this is Mr. Myles Kennedy on the solo guitar!
Amazing track...
Don't forget we're here to stay!

Is it? I know he and Mark are both playing rhythm and lead now, but I can't tell who's who yet.

[wicked_hobbit]

Now this is a band incapable of producing something that sucks.

With all their workload, they are still putting music that just gets better and better. Definitely true musicians!

[Ubik]

Holoogamooga wrote: Is it? I know he and Mark are both playing rhythm and lead now, but I can't tell who's who yet.

Yep, it is! Mark's playing the little fills, Myles plays the solo.

[D4CE]

Ubik wrote:

Holoogamooga wrote: Is it? I know he and Mark are both playing rhythm and lead now, but I can't tell who's who yet.

Yep, it is! Mark's playing the little fills, Myles plays the solo.

yea, this has been confirmed

[Kevguy47]

The audio file is too compressed for me to listen to it

[dbshred92]

this damn song flickin rocks... love the timing changes in the bridge... the riffin takes it however... mark does some really stunning speed metal work... i thought the solo was lame for tremonti but then found out myles did it lol! did i hear some sweeps by mark in the second prechorus fill???

[Sonny_sam]

I don't think this kind of solo is Myles' style, but he does have some serious skill when it comes to playing. I definately think he had my favourite solo on the last album though (The first solo in the song blackbird), so I guess I can let him off for not having an amazing one here.

[LynchMobster]

SaoTim wrote:

IBleedPurple wrote:

LOVE the heavier direction! If this is just the tip of the iceberg, man... AB III is going to be a double rainbow, all the way.

Haha, I must have been the only person to catch this. Double-rainbow. Still laughing. Whew.

it's so intense, lol

[Nutman69]

this is surprisingly heavy for their first single. this will be interesting to see how the rest of the album is.

[.h3xagr4m.]

That riff makes my anus pucker

[crazysam23_Atax]

dollyDagger wrote:

and i'm not even a metal fan. but he's a great singer.

This isn't Metal. It has some similarities, but not Metal. It IS Hard Rock. That aside, good song and hopefully an equally good album.

[guitarman47]

if this is just the single i can't wait to hear how heavy the REST of the album is gonna be

[Shrivel]

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

[queenslander47]

absolutely love the song. I have never thought they would top Blackbird, but this is a very promising start. Can't wait for the album to come out.

[sheppo]

dollyDagger wrote:

Myles Kennedy is the greatest singer of all time. Seriously.

hes pretty good but the greatest nah brother its called Ronnie James Dio, Feddy Murcery, Michael Jackson, Rob "Metal God" Halford. Tim "Ripper" Owens and anybody else from the 70's and 80's

[jagsfan08]

does anyone else say the intro riff vaugely reminds you of 5 minutes alone by pantera?

[zbtrocker]

This is clearly a Myles guitar solo. Very blues influenced.

This song has one of the best bridges I've heard in a long time. If this is the tip of the iceberg, then we are all in for something special. I will get this the day it comes out, for sure!

[AlterEdge]

Fucking Eh! Great song and I will be awaiting the day this album comes out patiently.

[Shor-T Zero]

HOLY SHIT. Fucking awesome.

Sounds like this band and my band are getting closer and closer in sound...except they clearly are much better by miles and miles.

[PoP N FresH]

very cool. really love the direction theyre going with, and miles vocals soar over the guitar and cut through the mix so well. guitar work is great, but thats to be expected from tremonti

[fiftysteps]

Kennedy is the hero rock needs. Keep it up!!!

[masterofarcane]

SONG IS AWESOME

[BassFishin]

Fausch wrote:

BassFishin wrote:

You know, Alterbridge is okay. I just feel like they are your typical modern day rock band. I personally feel that they are a step or two above the norm, but generally speaking they aren't doing anything that hasn't really been done 1,000,000 times in the last 10 years.

Idunno about that. Most of the bands in the past ten years are too chicken to play guitar solos.

That is kind of true. However, that doesn't set it apart enough from the others for me. The guitar solos are very good in Alter Bridge, but fall into that generic solo category in my mind.

[JimBonJovi]

Not too bad, but still sounds like something off of Blackbird. Michael Baskette's production is too muddled for my taste. Creed's Full Circle blows this one out of the water. Every ringing acoustic note in Creed's song "Time" destroys this AB song. But hey that's just me. Still looking forward to the new AB 3 album.

[uctlaum01]

fiftysteps wrote:

Kennedy is the hero rock needs. Keep it up!!!

couldn't agree more!!

[Mr_Cbone93]

OMFG!

[maleficus333]

sheppo wrote:

dollyDagger wrote:

Myles Kennedy is the greatest singer of all time. Seriously.


hes pretty good but the greatest nah brother its called Ronnie James Dio, Feddy Murcery, Michael Jackson, Rob "Metal God" Halford. Tim "Ripper" Owens and anybody else from the 70's and 80's

Yes but remember all theses men have had about thirty or fourty years for their legacys to prosper, Myles Kennedy at this point in his career is on fire and is very underrated which is disappointing.

[outlet]

I've heard that this might be one of the more 'upbeat' songs on the new album. This is gonna be sick.

And yes, Myles is the best singer out there today. Not to be the rumor guy, but I understand Mark might be singing a little more on this album too.

[maidenbridge666]

outlet wrote
I've heard that this might be one of the more 'upbeat' songs on the new album. This is gonna be sick.

And yes, Myles is the best singer out there today. Not to be the rumor guy, but I understand Mark might be singing a little more on this album too.

thats true. mark shares lead vocals on one of the tracks on the new album. if i recall correctly it was Words Darker Than Their Wings

[FeedThemCake]

Aaah i just wish AB would quit all the exessive vocal layering/harmonizing. Now and again it's appropriate.. but all the time? And I think Mark should go back to his Human Clay guitar tone.

Other that that, I think this is sounding very promising. Don't know if it can top BB though..

[Lewoozer]

I recovered my account to comment on this.
Does anyone else see a problem with ALTER BRIDGE *supporting* Godsmack?

[bigboo71289]

BassFishin wrote:

You know, Alterbridge is okay. I just feel like they are your typical modern day rock band. I personally feel that they are a step or two above the norm, but generally speaking they aren't doing anything that hasn't really been done 1,000,000 times in the last 10 years.

No other band is able to do everything right like they have. AB has is all and their music speaks for itself.

[Jigsawwill]

FUCKING GREAT BAND!