Seeing the guys live tomorrow in Amsterdam, pretty psyched!
Curious as to how the new tracks will sound live. Hopefully more organic than on the record. What an ugly rythm guitar sound, the riffs are some of the fattest Tremonti has put on tape, but it's just not sounding badass. ABIII literally has nothing, after 20 listens, that I want to come back for. Soundwise and songwriting wise, it sounds like they've gone from multi-facetted, inspiring, positive and SOULFUL rock music, to a one-dimensional, depressive hardrock/metal style. Those choruses are becoming so incredibly annoying after a while. And why does every chorus have to be harmonized? It's just all too much, can't really find myself in this one unfortunately.
Hoping to hear as much epic ODR/Blackbird material as possible, with some of the better material from ABIII - see if it's better live.
'Isolation' definately has the grooviest metal riff of the year. So that's cool I guess!
JEALOUS!!!
was going but couldn't because of school.
If you could buy me a shirt or something Id pay you back and you'd be my hero
Damn, sorry dude. I just got back from Amsterdam (spent the night there), and now I'm reading your request. They did have awesome ABIII shirts, easily some of the coolest bandshirts I've seen.
The show was great obviously, I was particulary pleased with the amount of Blackbird material, which was more than half of that album.
Setlist, somewhat in order:
Slip to the Void (works great as an opener)
Before Tomorrow Comes
Buried Alive
All Hope Is Gone (the best live song from the new record)
Broken Wings (One of the highlights)
Brand New Start
White Knuckles
Ghosts of Days Gone By
Coming Home
Metalingus
Come to Life
Hallelujah
Blackbird
One Day Remains
Watch Over You (acoustic - great)
I Know it Hurts
Coeur D'alene
Ties That Bind
Open Your Eyes
Isolation (This one wasn't that great.. like the studio version though)
Encore:
Rise Today (awesome as an encore, and one of my favorite straight-forward AB songs)
Pro's:Blackbird, the song. Presented as the centerpiece of their live show, and it's definately their greatest achievement. The solo section was built up very well, just like the studio version.
Good sound
Lots of songs
Awesome vocals
Awesome guitar solos
Great stage presence - enough interaction with the crowd. They definately got this down, and it's 50% of the show. I feel Myles' makes a compromise between his singing and his showmanship. But he's still amazing, and showmanship is very important for these kind of bands.
It's Alter Bridge, ofcourse they're great live!
Cons:Hallelujah (Everybody has been doing it, and honestly the only really good version I can think of is Buckley's)
Some Blackbird material is still played way too fast, especially Ties That Bind, wtf.
Weird chorus-like effect over Myles' vox during the entire gig. It was especially noticable during the acoustic songs. A similar vocal effect I noticed on Muse's latest tour. Maybe it's to fatten up the vocals so that they don't get buried under the massive wall of guitars?
NO 'FIND THE REAL'!
Minor thing: After a couple of hours, you've had your fair share of loud guitars and epic choruses.