New single - Addicted To Pain.

Written by Doge of Venice on 08.08.2013 at 03:49

New single - Addicted To Pain.

Did you find this interesting?

Honest to my soul, I found this boring, extremely boring. I don't know why but it sounds like hellish repetitive and irritating overused drumming in it. I was expecting an explosion out of this new record. But, then we should wait and watch how this turn up...

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 08.08.2013 at 10:12

Written by Doge of Venice on 08.08.2013 at 03:49

New single - Addicted To Pain.

Did you find this interesting?

Honest to my soul, I found this boring, extremely boring. I don't know why but it sounds like hellish repetitive and irritating overused drumming in it. I was expecting an explosion out of this new record. But, then we should wait and watch how this turn up...

Not particularly. I was never a big fan of AB, but I enjoyed the occasional song. This wasn't one of those occasional songs, unfortunately.

One can check out a Loudwire Premiere of the entire release. I find that as a whole, much more listenable than ATP as a single. "Lover" is a slower paced, more harmonized bit, highlighting Kennedy's vocals. However; if you didn't prefer aspects of "Addicted to Pain", you might feel the same about "Bleed it Dry".

I've listened to the entire album. And I have to say: "I am surpriced"! They have turned It up a notch and made It more heavy. I like It!

Is it safe to call Alter Bridge a metal band yet?

Seriously though, really impressive album here. Suffers a tiny bit from "same-sound" syndrome with some of the songs, but the composition is top-notch!

F***yeah. It's metal and it's awesome!!

There's never been a better moment to add Alter Bridge to MS. Review coming soon.

I don't really consider them to be "metal", hard rock for sure. Marcel likes to argue that "hard rock" IS "metal", but I disagree, otherwise there would be no "hard rock" and "metal", there would only be "metal". But I have come to agree that hard rock is close enough in it's ties to metal to warrant activating hard rock bands on MS.

Really a good album!

Written by R Lewis on 10.10.2013 at 17:01

There's never been a better moment to add Alter Bridge to MS. Review coming soon.

Quite agreed - recently acquired shows at Wembley 2012, Rock Am Ring 2011, Amsterdam 2009 as well as this release. I personally prefer the live performance, such as the aforementioned and say, Milan 2008, but 'Fortress' has much appeal after repeated listenings.

I'm really impressed by this album. I think it deserves a spot as one of the top albums of 2013.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not getting the hype. Whole album sounded pretty generic and all the tracks pretty well blended together for me.

Written by feltz on 12.10.2013 at 06:18

I'm really impressed by this album. I think it deserves a spot as one of the top albums of 2013.

Well, it is currently #1.

I enjoyed it from my first spin.

I do remember trying Alter Bridge a long time ago and that I wasn't a fan. Perhaps I will give this album a listen to see if that claim still holds.

I only listened to the track linked here but I dig it a lot. Maybe I should check this album out.

Also while it is not so prevailent in this thread, I've seen lots of debate regarding whether this band is metal or not. Based on that track, musically it definitely sounds metal to me, only the vocals carry a significant alt rock tinge.

Written by hadriel on 12.10.2013 at 06:46

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not getting the hype. Whole album sounded pretty generic and all the tracks pretty well blended together for me.

I think you should try again, even though I agree with you to a point. I'm particularly referring to a few songs on the first half of the album; not every group similar to these guys is influenced by one of your favourite bands, and it totally works

Mixed & Matched !
Boring...............
Heavy Metal Guitar & Bass + Hard Rock Vocals & Drums = Still Not A Good Band

Written by Lustful Maid on 17.10.2013 at 13:42

Mixed & Matched !
Boring...............
Heavy Metal Guitar & Bass + Hard Rock Vocals & Drums = Still Not A Good Band

Considering most of that isn't really true, I'd say it's pretty obvious you're giving this a 4 to knock it off the charts.
Shame on you, filthy degenerate.

Written by Lustful Maid on 17.10.2013 at 13:42

Mixed & Matched !
Boring...............
Heavy Metal Guitar & Bass + Hard Rock Vocals & Drums = Still Not A Good Band

I'll never understand why people feel the need to rate the bands that they're obviously biased against. If you don't like/understand the band's style, then why rate. It's clear that you're never going to like anything they do.

^What this guy said.

^what the guy above me said...about the guy above him....lol

Well, I'm guilty. I love this album. What a voice.

It sounds better and better with each listen.
I love "water rising". Mark has a cool voice, too bad you can't listen to it more on the backing vocals.

Written by [user id=101272] on 19.10.2013 at 00:42

Written by Lustful Maid on 17.10.2013 at 13:42

Mixed & Matched !
Boring...............
Heavy Metal Guitar & Bass + Hard Rock Vocals & Drums = Still Not A Good Band

Considering most of that isn't really true, I'd say it's pretty obvious you're giving this a 4 to knock it off the charts.
Shame on you, filthy degenerate.

- Not fair for me as I am not good at telling white lies. I did not try to do anything bad here.
- Blues-influenced hard rock vocal skills are what Kennedy good at..., not this screaming metal style, obviously he did not cope well, he needs time for the changes.
- Guitarist's "heard-before riffs" also made me felt like pressing the stop button for several times...however against all odds, I managed to got through all those hardship and finally i finished listening to the whole album.
- Many Ratings were more than 7 has proven the dropping standards of the listeners nowadays.

I keep coming back to this one. Almost all the songs are very good, and have their own identity --- as in they don't all sound the same. Definitely worth giving a spin.

I've never really heard this band before. Why does that name make me think of some shitty radio rock? (not insulting the band, I literally haven't listened to them yet).

Written by kingeryck on 28.10.2013 at 01:00

I've never really heard this band before. Why does that name make me think of some shitty radio rock? (not insulting the band, I literally haven't listened to them yet).

The line-up is basically Creed minus Scott Stapp, so maybe that's where you get the impression. It's more ambitious than your average radio rock though, Creed included.

The most important is, don't too far from the previous album, or if they can ... their album must be better from the previous album