With the band releasing more content in advance of an album release than ever before, ALTER BRIDGE is back with the fourth song from their upcoming album, Pawns & Kings. “This Is War” is the bombastic album opener that sets up the musical journey that listeners can expect from a new ALTER BRIDGE album. With Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums, the band is at their songwriting finest on the aggressive track that showcases the musicianship that has earned them a global army of fans.
The haunting vocal intro sounds like an internal battle is waging as Myles belts out the lyrics: “Fight for your life, can’t you see what’s coming. Fight for your mind, this is war.” The lyric video was created by ALTER BRIDGE visual collaborator Wayne Joyner.
Watch the lyric video for "This Is War" HERE:
Pawns & Kings – the band’s seventh studio album – is scheduled for worldwide release on October 14 via Napalm Records. From the opening riffs of “This Is War” to the title track album closer “Pawns & Kings,” ALTER BRIDGE returns with an album of intense tracks that were born after the cycle for their last album was cut short by the global pandemic. Songs like “Dead Among The Living,” “Holiday” and “Last Man Standing” showcase the signature songwriting the band is known for. The album offers numerous epic adventures, with three songs clocking in over six minutes each. The opus “Fable Of The Silent Son” clocks in at 8:29 and is the longest recorded song in the band’s catalog – a distinction held by “Blackbird” until now. Mark Tremonti steps out of his backing vocal role to take the lead on “Stay,” an introspective ballad that is sure to become a fan favorite live. The band released a lyric video for the title track "Pawns & Kings" and for the now fan-favorite "Sin After Sin".
Known for its signature dual-guitar attack backed by a driving rhythm section, the album’s fast-rising chart-climber “Silver Tongue” is one of the harder songs in the band’s recent catalog. Its animated music video was created and directed by Ollie Jones of Better Feeling Films (Myles Kennedy, Prodigy, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets) and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/snl8OANQ948.
Pawns & Kings found ALTER BRIDGE reuniting with longtime collaborator and producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette to create a collection of memorable new additions to the band’s impressive catalog.
The track listing for Pawns & Kings is:
1) This Is War
2) Dead Among The Living
3) Silver Tongue
4) Sin After Sin
5) Stay
6) Holiday
7) Fable Of The Silent Son
8) Season Of Promise
9) Last Man Standing
10) Pawns & Kings
ALTER BRIDGE will tour extensively in support of Pawns & Kings. The band announced a tour of Europe that will make 25 stops over the course of six weeks, kicking off November 1 in Germany and making stops in Denmark, Sweden, Spain and others before ending on December 12 at O2 Arena in the United Kingdom. Longtime friends Halestorm and Mammoth WVH will lend their support on the upcoming European tour.
The band also just announced a North American tour for 2023 – their first in the market in almost three years. The 30-city tour – split into two legs – kicks off on January 25 in Tampa, FL and wraps up April 1 in Highland, CA, making stops in Nashville, TN (January 30); Toronto, ON (February 11); Kansas City, MO (March 11) and Seattle, WA (March 23). Mammoth WVH will join them as direct support on the entire tour, with rockers Red playing on the first leg of the tour and newcomers Pistols At Dawn playing on the second leg. Tickets for all shows are now available and more information on tickets and VIP experiences can be found at https://alterbridge.com/pages/tour.
European Tour Dates
- Nov 1 – HAMBURG, GERMANY - Sporthalle
- Nov 2 – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Falconer
- Nov 4 – PARTILLE, SWEDEN - Partille Arena
- Nov 5 – OSLO, NORWAY - Sentrum Scene
- Nov 7 – KATOWICE, POLAND - MCK
- Nov 9 – ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, LUXEMBOURG - Rockhal
- Nov 11 – BERLIN, GERMANY - Columbiahalle
- Nov 12 – HLAVNÍ MĚSTO PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC - O2 Universum
- Nov 14 – BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - Budapest Arena
- Nov 16 – PARIS, FRANCE - Palais Des Sports
- Nov 18 – MADRID, SPAIN - Vistalegre
- Nov 20 – BARCELONA, SPAIN - Razzmataz1
- Nov 22 – MUNICH, GERMANY - Zenith
- Nov 23 – ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND - Samsung Hall
- Nov 25 – ASSAGO, ITALY - Mediolanum Forum
- Nov 26 – ZAGREB, CROATIA - Dom Sportova
- Nov 28 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Wiener Stadthalle
- Nov 30 – COLOGNE, GERMANY - Palladium
- Dec 1 – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Ziggo Dome
- Dec 5 – NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - Motorpoint Arena
- Dec 6 – GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OVO Hydro Arena
- Dec 8 – DUBLIN, IRELAND - 3 Arena
- Dec 9 – MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AO Arena
- Dec 11 – BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - Resorts World Arena
- Dec 12 – LONDON, ENGLAND - O2 Arena
North American Tour Dates:
- Jan 25 – TAMPA, FL - Seminole Hard Rock *
- Jan 27 – ORLANDO, FL - Hard Rock Live *
- Jan 28 – ATLANTA, GA - Coca Cola Roxy *
- Jan 30 – NASHVILLE, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
- Feb 1 – MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Wellmont Theater *
- Feb 2 – HUNTINGTON, NY - The Paramount *
- Feb 4 – SILVER SPRING, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring *
- Feb 5 – PHILADELPHIA, PA - Franklin Music Hall *
- Feb 7 – WALLINGFORD, CT - The Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre *
- Feb 8 – BOSTON, MA - Roadrunner *
- Feb 10 – WATERLOO, NY - Del Lago Casino Resort (On sale soon) ^
- Feb 11 – TORONTO, ON - HISTORY ^
- Feb 14 – DETROIT, MI - The Fillmore *
- Feb 15 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Murat Theatre at Old National Centre *
- Feb 17 – PRIOR LAKE, MN - Mystic Lake Casino Showroom *
- Feb 18 – CHICAGO, IL - The Riviera Theatre *
- Mar 10 – QUAPAW, OK - Downstream Casino Resort #
- Mar 11 – KANSAS CITY, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland #
- Mar 14 – CHESTERFIELD, MO - The Factory #
- Mar 15 – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The Criterion #
- Mar 17 – HOUSTON, TX - 713 Music Hall #
- Mar 18 – DALLAS, TX - South Side Ballroom #
- Mar 20 – DENVER, CO - Mission Ballroom #
- Mar 21 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Union Event Center #
- Mar 23 – SEATTLE, WA - The Paramount Theatre #
- Mar 25 – AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA - Northern Quest Resort & Casino ^
- Mar 26 – AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA - Northern Quest Resort & Casino ^
- Mar 28 – ANAHEIM, CA - House Of Blues #
- Mar 29 – TEMPE, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
- Mar 31 – RENO, NV - Silver Legacy’s Grande Expo Hall #
- Apr 1 – HIGHLAND, CA - Yaamava Theater at Yaamava Casino Resort ^
^ ALTER BRIDGE – Mammoth WVH
* ALTER BRIDGE – Mammoth WVH – Red
# ALTER BRIDGE – Mammoth WVH – Pistols At Dawn
ALTER BRIDGE have steadily climbed to the forefront of hard rock worldwide. They’ve exceeded all expectations and benchmarks with over a billion streams, millions of units sold, glowing critical acclaim, real estate on the covers of Classic Rock Magazine and Guitar World, and storied sets at Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and Download Festival. On this journey, 2004’s debut LP One Day Remains bowed in the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 and went gold. In 2007, Blackbird’s title track took flight on the wings of the “Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time,” as voted in Guitarist Magazine, while countless fans etched its lyrics and logo onto their bodies. That album also recently went gold in the United Kingdom. Critical plaudits surrounded the 2013 opus Fortress with “5-out-of-5 stars” from KERRANG! and Total Guitar, as well as Eddie Trunk’s declaration of, “A Top 10 album of the last 10 years.” 2016’s The Last Hero saw them return to the Top 10 on the Top 200. Maintaining this momentum, Walk The Sky made impressions around the globe when it reached #1 on the US Billboard Top Albums, Top 200 Alternative Albums, Top 200 Hard Rock Albums and Top 200 Rock Albums charts, as well as #1 on Canada’s Top Hard Music Albums chart. The album also hit #1 on the Swiss Album charts, landed in the Top 5 on the Canada, UK, Germany, Austria, Scotland and Switzerland charts and closed out the year on Loudwire’s “The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2019.” These musicians have unassumingly done all of this with a quiet dedication to writing meaningful songs and performing unforgettable shows (and they’ve delivered both with almost alarming consistency). Still, the influential quartet—Myles Kennedy [vocals, guitar], Mark Tremonti [guitar, vocals], Brian Marshall [bass], and Scott Phillips [drums]—ascend to yet another level on 2022’s Pawns & Kings [Napalm Records]. It is the culmination of almost two decades together soaked in blood, sweat, tears, and the triumph earned through never giving up. It represents the bandmates’ dedication to one another and their collective devotion to a devout fanbase.