The Fortress Reviews Thread - press reviews & early listens

[Ubik]

Holy shit, they got reviewed in the Guardian! Had a feeling Dom Lawson would do one (and enjoy the album). That's awesome.

[Will]

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/511306/2 ... k6QyhBcWm8

[Will]

http://metalmouth.net/2013/10/alter-bridge-fortress/

metal mouth

[Will]

the midlands rocks

http://www.themidlandsrocks.com/alter-b ... k8zrxBcWm8

[Will]

Alter Bridge finally gets four stars out of AllMusic. not that its matter but... lol

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alter-br ... iscography

[fix]

http://inyourspeakers.com/content/revie ... s-10092013

Not sure I should breath new life into this thread, but I laughed so hard at this review I just had to share. Not sure if it has been shared though...

But all that changed when the Russia-sized ego of Creed frontman Scott Stapp got too much for guitarist and music-writer Mark Tremonti. He dissolved the band and then started Alter Bridge, pulling in all the other members of Creed except Stapp. He even got a new singer to replace him. So Alter Bridge’s very existence is predicated on Mark Tremonti pulling off an incredibly dickish move.

[Arctic]

'dickish?'

Ha.

[Decay]

That was hilarious

[AHart96]

—the fact that their first single “Open Your Eyes” was a carbon copy of Creed’s “Higher” didn't help—

"My Sacrifice" you dummy. If you're gonna make the comparison, at least use the right song

[Arctic]

Yeah, OYE is nothing like Higher. Moron.

[Timotheus]

Well, Open Your Eyes does sound like a Creed song, so I agree with that statement (besides the song mix-up).

[Them Bones]

I read one of the reviews which draws a comparison with Queensryche. I was glad to see that cuz I really get that vibe from some of the songs on Fortress and was the first one to point that out here, not saying its a bad thing but yeah, some evident Queensryche influences for sure. Could be cuz of the way the vocals are processed on some of the songs.

[fix]

I read one of the reviews which draws a comparison with Queensryche. I was glad to see that cuz I really get that vibe from some of the songs on Fortress and was the first one to point that out here, not saying its a bad thing but yeah, some evident Queensryche influences for sure. Could be cuz of the way the vocals are processed on some of the songs.

http://hardrockdaddy.wordpress.com/2013 ... -tremonti/

That one! I thought it was cool to hear Mark about Amsterdam, and the law forcing decibel limits in NL.

[Ubik]

^Mark didn't mention it there but Myles is a big Queensryche fan, and I definitely think it's a good comparison.

[agny]

Loudwire review: http://loudwire.com/alter-bridge-fortress-album-review/

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/32612 ... -fortress/
Comment below makes me hope they will earn a lot of new fans over time with this album

Love the comments below these two too
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/ ... /fortress/
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gen ... album.html

[agny]

ArtistDirect put them in top 10 hard rock / metal albums of the year.
https://twitter.com/alterbridge/status/ ... 9274185729 --> http://t.co/LCsCjrhpKb
When I looked yesterday I didn't see any others so maybe they're posting them separately?

There was also a nice long Brian & Mark interview with a French rock program posted somewhere but I can't find it at the moment. Brian talked about how he wished AB was the only project but that Myles working with Slash has drawn many people to their fanbase.