With the breakout release of AB III (thanks in part to stellar single ‘Isolation’), combined with Myles Kennedy‘s adventures with Slash and Mark Tremonti’s solo album All I Was, Alter Bridge had finally removed the monkey from their back and stepped out of the shadow of Creed. Fast forward to today, and Alter Bridge have regrouped and released a stellar new album, Fortress (Roadrunner). Onto their fourth album, everything about AB has been given an upgrade. The songs are a little tighter, the vocals a little bit more impassioned, and the riffs heavier. The musical core of the band is still the same, they’ve just upped the ante.Continue reading →