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Timotheus wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:35 am Hopefully there still isn't room for name calling like that :shifty
What did I do too deserve this?
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Andy92 wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 5:30 pm
Timotheus wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:35 am Hopefully there still isn't room for name calling like that :shifty
What did I do too deserve this?
Nothing butt love!
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I'm fairly certain Timo was looking for who trashed the Fortress artwork :lol
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Just listened to the album in full again for the first time in about a year or more. I forgot how awesome these songs were.

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TheLastHero wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:08 pm Just listened to the album in full again for the first time in about a year or more. I forgot how awesome these songs were.
I've been listening to the new Slash 4 album, Marching in Time and The Last Hero, all have been in my shuffle the past month or so

I got the Royal Albert Hall version of Addicted To Pain recommended to me on YT and it sparked me back into a Fortress mood :rockon

Seriously one of their best albums, definitely in the top 3 for me (depending on my mood)

has anyone here heard the rarities from fortress? which is your favorite?

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Never listened to the rarities from Fortress. I must go do that right now.

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AmockAB wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:30 pm
TheLastHero wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:08 pm Just listened to the album in full again for the first time in about a year or more. I forgot how awesome these songs were.
I've been listening to the new Slash 4 album, Marching in Time and The Last Hero, all have been in my shuffle the past month or so

I got the Royal Albert Hall version of Addicted To Pain recommended to me on YT and it sparked me back into a Fortress mood :rockon

Seriously one of their best albums, definitely in the top 3 for me (depending on my mood)

has anyone here heard the rarities from fortress? which is your favorite?
The only one I am aware of is 'Never Say Die' (mislabeled as 'Outright') and it's alright. Not my absolute favourite B-side.
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Damn. Long thread.

I’d like to say that one of the reasons I’m sometimes critical of the mixing on the albums is because I think more people I know would give AB more of a chance if the mixing on the studio albums sounded better. And not just wall of sound or loudness wars era stuff.

Like, I’m not complaining about it just to complain.

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Oh damn we’re bumping this? Ok.

Fortress is Alter Bridge’s best record. Period.
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AB4Lyfe wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:50 pmFortress is Alter Bridge’s best record. Period.
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AB4Lyfe wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:50 pm Oh damn we’re bumping this? Ok.

Fortress is Alter Bridge’s best record. Period.
Agreed.

Read through the thread when the stream happened. That thread is epic.
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joshuabeau wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:29 pm
AB4Lyfe wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:50 pm Oh damn we’re bumping this? Ok.

Fortress is Alter Bridge’s best record. Period.
Agreed.

Read through the thread when the stream happened. That thread is epic.
I don’t think there’s been a bigger single day in the band’s history than when they dropped that stream. Board traffic was CRAZY! Couldn’t stop listening the entire day, literally went front to back on the album about 7 times, and listened to Achilles and Fortress an addition 5-10 times each.
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I distinctly remember being in a class when that stream released and desperately trying to download it from my phone. The hype was insane.

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It was crazy, particularly after ABIII had a slightly mixed reaction (compared to Blackbird at least) and all the stuff with the Creed reunion, everyone was just so happy that day :lol
For all of the hope that it brings...

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Take the Crown is a pretty pop song, but so what? I like all types of music.

Also sometimes AB could stand to not just do the same thing lyrically they always do.

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cheesedip1 wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:10 am Take the Crown is a pretty pop song, but so what? I like all types of music.

Also sometimes AB could stand to not just do the same thing lyrically they always do.
:headscratch
That's from Walk the Sky
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cheesedip1 wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:10 am Take the Crown is a pretty pop song, but so what? I like all types of music.

Also sometimes AB could stand to not just do the same thing lyrically they always do.
Dude, you say the most random things. :headscratch :lol
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Bleed it dry still has one of their best solos imo

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nildiven wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:27 am Bleed it dry still has one of their best solos imo
It's top 5. Up there with Blackbird, Fortress, Brand New Start, and probably Myles' The Last Hero, for me.
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AB4Lyfe wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:37 pm
nildiven wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:27 am Bleed it dry still has one of their best solos imo
It's top 5. Up there with Blackbird, Fortress, Brand New Start, and probably Myles' The Last Hero, for me.
Aahh yes, Myles’ TLH solo is so good!

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