4) I want Myles and Mark both work on lyrics this time. Myles vocabulary is getting worn out (especially with his "denies" and all that stuff) and Mark's lazy "oh's" on The Dying Maching were also not very pleasant. Best AB lyrics IMO was on the One Day Remains and these were wr...

1) Keep number of songs 10 or less. Half of TLH songs were fillers, I've never listened to them again since I stopped listening the whole album. 2) Less production: TLH was extremely overproduced, my head is aching when I listen to songs from it. 3-5 layers of Myles'es vocals was unnecessary, Mark's...

They only big problem I see with this album is the "oh" that Mark uses as a way to artificially extend the length of some lines in the lyrics. If he'd used it once or twice, I'd understand, but it's almost in every song (or in every song, I didn't checked). That's a really lazy approach to...

AB23 wrote:jesus christ myles go see your family

His wife accompanies him pretty often.

Most of the album felt to me like it's the same song played again and again: words are the same, but in different order, no melody, totally random chord progressions and some songs sound rather unpleasant (maybe because of production). Also I heard "All Ends Well" outro chords progression ...

I don't consider ODR fully Alter Bridge, I prefer to see it as Mark Tremonti feat. Myles Kennedy and ex-Creed members (and that's totally OK, I love that album). For me, band went full Alter Bridge when Myles and Tremonti became writing music together. I'd say that Fortress is their best effort up t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUxZNFkmbOE Well, it's the first song from the album that sounds musically interesting. It has Myles'es signature melodic feel and it's not that straightforward as previously released songs. I wasn't touched by it, but I can understand why people like it (which I can'...

Song starts like something from Alter Bridge, but with the acoustic guitar (Myles likes that anxious strumming of the same high notes during verse since Ties That Bind, I think), I think that it's drums that make this song feel different. Can't say that I like it, but it's better than I expected.

So, did anybody listen to vinyl? Is there any differences in mastering?

Am I the only one who think that Twilight was meant to be with Mark as a lead singer?

Bell was used in Show Me a Sign and in Addicted to Pain. It was cheesy then and it is cheesy now.

My favorite moment on the album is the quiet part in This Side of Fate, which reminds me a lot a melody from old french movie "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".

You can't deny that there are a lot of "deny" in The Writing on the Wall.

Is Myles ill or just tired? I noticed on several recordings of their last concerts that he is not as energetic and expressive as always.

This album literally broke my heart. I don't know what happened, but it's the most uninspired, disintegrated and boring record that they've ever done. I am passionate Alter Bridge fan since 2008, their music is very personal to me, but this new album is just repetetive, loud noise without any energy...

Interesting experiment: just try to put verse lyrics from Show me a Leader to Poison in my Veins.