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Florida was struck by a sudden and unusually severe series of earthquakes yesterday. Officials are pretty sure they have a reason. It came from a roar of a guitar as yesterday, Mark Tremonti, started his guitar tracking for his anticipated solo album.
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It's about time! He's done everything from winning a Grammy to several Guitarists of the Year to a very well made instructional DVD.
This should be a really interesting album. I hope Mark takes the opportunity to venture into areas musically that aren't what we would ever hear with Alter Bridge or Creed.
Since he has total artistic freedom with this compared to the more defined "sound" of his established bands, I fully expect alot of experimentation. With Mark's metal roots... this could be some heavy stuff! He's great in writing heavy riffs. But im expecting some blues as well.
I am sure he has a catalog of stuff saved away that he probably really likes, but didn't have the right outlet to use it on.
I have to believe somewhere in him there have been some itches he's been patiently waiting to scratch musically over the past 15 or so years, and I can't wait to hear them.
So here's what I know about this solo project:
- Mark is the lead guitarist (duh) and vocalist, with Eric Friedman (Daughters of Mara) as the backup guitarist and Garrett Whitlock (Submersed) on drums. I really like how he is getting musicians he's managed over the years for the project instead of picking up all-stars, and they're not bad at their instruments either.
- There has been talks of a guest artist or two, but nothing is concrete. But these guests artists will most likely be his guitar buddies, Rusty Cooley and Michael Angelo Batio
- Nobody from his other bands will be involved. It wouldn't be a solo project if his other band members are involved, now would it?
- Album should be released this year.
...holy shit....my house just shook....somewhere about 20 miles from where I am in Orlando, he's shredding....
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Definitely interested to see what he comes up with! I was never a huge fan of the bands he's played in, but he definitely knows what he's doing on the guitar.
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Does this guy ever take a break?! :lol It will be a automatic buy for me.
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I'm glad he won't be working with Scott Phillips. I'd love to hear him work with different musicians.
Looking forward to it. :) Hopefully it's more diverse than his creed/alterbridge stuff.
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First day buyer here. Hopefully more metal orientated would be good, he's a great shredder.
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Given the fact that his sound has been so well established in the past, Im very interested in hearing what different ideas he may have.
Hopefully it's more diverse than his creed/alterbridge stuff.
Pretty much.
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Long overdue.
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Long overdue.
Totes
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New pics from the studio. Check out that rig. Sounds heavy
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BTW that's just not a studio... that's Tremonti's freakin crib. All that money from the old Creed glory days was well worth spent. That interior is amazing
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So in recent interviews that Mark's been giving, like the one on the link below, he's been getting asked about his solo album. Everyone wants to know what it's going to sound like and when this thing is gonna be released. His common responses have been thus far have been "Heavy", "Speed metal", and "January 2012". This is a guy whose top 5 albums include Metallica's Master of Puppets, Slayer's Reign In Blood, and Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales. Stoked doesn't do justice to what im feeling right now!!! :metal :metal
Here's a recent radio interview!
https://937kclb.com/node/4883
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So in recent interviews that Mark's been giving, like the one on the link below, he's been getting asked about his solo album. Everyone wants to know what it's going to sound like and when this thing is gonna be released. His common responses have been thus far have been "Heavy", "Speed metal", and "January 2012". This is a guy whose top 5 albums include Metallica's Master of Puppets, Slayer's Reign In Blood, and Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales. Stoked doesn't do justice to what im feeling right now!!! :metal :metal
Here's a recent radio interview!
https://937kclb.com/node/4883
To be fair, he also described the new Alter Bridge album with similar phrases. And it was FAR from that.
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eveyone i know thinks he is better than john petrucci....wtf is wrong with the world...he is the travis barker of guitar players
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Travis Barker is a good drummer though. Therefore, you just said Mark Tremonti is a good guitar player.
I agree with you. :tup
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he is good..but wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overrated...i mean i cant play half as good as him so im not one to judge..im just saying he isnt as good as everyone thinks...i can list 50 drummers who are way better than travis and 50 guitar players who are better than mark tremonti
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So in recent interviews that Mark's been giving, like the one on the link below, he's been getting asked about his solo album. Everyone wants to know what it's going to sound like and when this thing is gonna be released. His common responses have been thus far have been "Heavy", "Speed metal", and "January 2012". This is a guy whose top 5 albums include Metallica's Master of Puppets, Slayer's Reign In Blood, and Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales. Stoked doesn't do justice to what im feeling right now!!! :metal :metal
Here's a recent radio interview!
https://937kclb.com/node/4883
To be fair, he also described the new Alter Bridge album with similar phrases. And it was FAR from that.
I believe he said ABIII was "dark", not necessarily heavy. Here he's saying he's going to his metal roots, and it's going to be a heavy album
he is good..but wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overrated...i mean i cant play half as good as him so im not one to judge..im just saying he isnt as good as everyone thinks...i can list 50 drummers who are way better than travis and 50 guitar players who are better than mark tremonti
Ugh, i can't believe you just did that. If anything, the dude is underrated. And im not saying he's the best ever, but when I look at guitar players, I balance both their capability to write songs and their skills. Mark Tremonti is the busiest man in the rock music today because, even though he's very skilled at both aspects, he's always learning. I think having that urge to learn and learn often in any field in any medium makes people great. Tremonti is capable of writing beautiful passages (i.e. With Arms Wide Open, In Loving Memory), even better at writing bridges (i.e. Wash Away Those Years, Burn It Down) to melt your face off riffs (i.e Isolation, White Knuckles). His techniques and speed are incredible. He has a great mix of passion/blues playing with shred characteristics.
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That. Also, Ahavo Rabo Taco Salad and the solo of Open Your Eyes makes your argument invalid.
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I don't think Mark Tremonti could ever be overrated considering how great he is as a guitarist balanced with the fact that he's in Creed, one of the most underrated bands of all time (underrated because of the amount of people that absolutely hate it).
He's one of my favourites because of his songs more than just how technically good he is in solos, although I know he is pretty good in that respect too. I'm sure there are many better but it's more things like writing the middle section of Blackbird that make him great rather than just being a technical virtuoso.
AB III was described as heavy and it was fairly heavy, definitely not speed metal though (to be fair I think it was only the bridge of Isolation or parts of Still Remains that were described as being like that). I would also love for this to include some more of the heavy metal side than AB III.
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New pics from the studio. Check out that rig. Sounds heavy
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BTW that's just not a studio... that's Tremonti's freakin crib. All that money from the old Creed glory days was well worth spent. That interior is amazing
Woah. Can he actually afford to live there anymore?
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Good call on the bridge to Burn it Down. Always gets me pumped.
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Oh no! I hate the fact that the album is gonna have vocals :(
Tremonti has been one of the most important gutarists in my life. I learned guitar on Creed songs, which can give you so much.
But I've been disappointed with what Alter Bridge have been doing as of late. The music has become generic as shit, all the songs go along the same exact scheme. Compositionaly and arrangement wise it's totaly uncreative, totaly uninspired rubbish.
If it was an instrumental album, it would get his mind beyond the constraints of writing to a verse/chorus scheme which he's been stuck in. Ahavo Rabo Taco Salad was an awesome piece and I wish he had made and would make more such compositions.
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I think Creed are way more generic than Alter Bridge? Well, there is a lot more diversity in AB then there ever was in Creed, IMO.
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I think Creed are way more generic than Alter Bridge? Well, there is a lot more diversity in AB then there ever was in Creed, IMO.
Near the end, Creed was pretty repetitive. But the first two albums are quite a bit more varied than most Alter Bridge.
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I think Creed are way more generic than Alter Bridge? Well, there is a lot more diversity in AB then there ever was in Creed, IMO.
Near the end, Creed was pretty repetitive. But the first two albums are quite a bit more varied than most Alter Bridge.
Thinking about this today. I think Weathered is probably the most varied of the Creed albums, actually.
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I also think Weathered was the most varied and best of the Creed albums. Also that Alter Bridge is far better, can't really see hearing Creed and thinking it's amazing and then hearing Alter Bridge and thinking it's generic as shit, unless your tastes in music have just completely changed and you don't realise that's what's making you feel differently.
He did say he wanted to do an instrumental album at some point, I'm glad this isn't it though, I think it'll be more interesting.
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I think Creed are way more generic than Alter Bridge? Well, there is a lot more diversity in AB then there ever was in Creed, IMO.
Near the end, Creed was pretty repetitive. But the first two albums are quite a bit more varied than most Alter Bridge.
Thinking about this today. I think Weathered is probably the most varied of the Creed albums, actually.
It is. But "varied" in the sense that the guys were smileing all over Tool's Lateralus and trying rather unsuccessfully to incorporate that into their sound. Sorry, but you can't to something that sounds like Tool if you're gonna go into the studio with Scott Stapp and, on top of that, no bass player!
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One of my favorite riffs Tremonti has ever done. How to make your riffs sound brutal 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwupoI9a1VY&feature=related
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One of my favorite riffs Tremonti has ever done. How to make your riffs sound brutal 101
Oh man, such a nice riff and the drummer completely blew it!!
He should've joined in with a ride cymbal groove and a solid kick-drum pattern.
Instead, he just kept doing his generic rock crap totally covering the riff with the crash cymbal noise.
What a shame.
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This is coming from a guy who compared AB to Nickleback in another thread :facepalm:
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I think Creed are way more generic than Alter Bridge? Well, there is a lot more diversity in AB then there ever was in Creed, IMO.
Near the end, Creed was pretty repetitive. But the first two albums are quite a bit more varied than most Alter Bridge.
Thinking about this today. I think Weathered is probably the most varied of the Creed albums, actually.
It is. But "varied" in the sense that the guys were smileing all over Tool's Lateralus and trying rather unsuccessfully to incorporate that into their sound. Sorry, but you can't to something that sounds like Tool if you're gonna go into the studio with Scott Stapp and, on top of that, no bass player!
Ha, I didn't know that. I couldn't care less for Tool, that's probably why. I suppose its the same with DT and SFAM.
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One of my favorite riffs Tremonti has ever done. How to make your riffs sound brutal 101
Oh man, such a nice riff and the drummer completely blew it!!
He should've joined in with a ride cymbal groove and a solid kick-drum pattern.
Instead, he just kept doing his generic rock crap totally covering the riff with the crash cymbal noise.
What a shame.
LOL WUT?
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https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158266
San Antonio cult TV show "Robb's MetalWorks" has released a four-minute preview of an interview with Mark Tremonti of ALTER BRIDGE and CREED conducted on May 3, 2011 at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. Mark discusses ALTER BRIDGE's new album, "ABIII"; the rumors of an ALTER BRIDGE/CREED tour; his upcoming "Tremonti Project" release which will include speed and thrash metal; and why Texas crowds rule.
Regarding his upcoming solo project, Tremonti said, "I just had three months off while [ALTER BRIDGE singer] Myles [Kennedy] was touring with Slash, so I figured it was a good time to get some music put together. I collaborated with Eric Friedman [a.k.a. Erock] and Garrett Whitlock. All this stuff that I wanted to see the light of day that never really got used for ALTER BRIDGE and CREED is what I'm putting on the record. There's a lot of speed metal and thrash stuff in there — riffs that I had sitting around — that I'm putting on this record. So it's definitely a heavier-sounding album."
The full 15-minute interview will be released later this year via cable in the south Texas region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Tte1RtQtc&feature=player_embedded
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We have an album title!!! :metal
"All I Was" will be released Spring 2012
https://www.tremontiproject.com
working song titles:
all i was
brains
so you're afraid
you waste your time
decay
new way out
leave it alone
wish you well
don't claim
proof
gone
all that i got
giving up
doesn't matter
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Awesome, can't wait!!
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This thing is getting closer and closer for a release! I just need a damned preview.
I guess the album cover will keep me satisfied for now.
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Honestly, all I'm hoping for is something different. He has been doing essentially the same few songs for over 10 years now. If his solo album could easily be a creed/alterbridge album musically, then I will just give up on Tremonti.
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Well, me personally, I think the work he does with AB and Creed are two completely seperate sounds, but for Tremonti, he is working with musicians who aren't from either of those bands. Besides, he said that the music he wrote for his solo album came from ideas he's stored up for a long time that he thought would never see the light of day because it didn't fit Creed or Alter Bridge. He going to to his metal roots. I think we're in for a treat!
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There's a new video on his Fret12 site with a 9 second preview of one his songs being played live! Sounds like some killer riffs
https://youtu.be/1aZ6LZNnCWk
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Honestly, all I'm hoping for is something different. He has been doing essentially the same few songs for over 10 years now. If his solo album could easily be a creed/alterbridge album musically, then I will just give up on Tremonti.
Yeah, but at least some of the songs he did with that Axl wannabe in Alter Bridge were decent.
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Honestly, all I'm hoping for is something different. He has been doing essentially the same few songs for over 10 years now. If his solo album could easily be a creed/alterbridge album musically, then I will just give up on Tremonti.
Yeah, but at least some of the songs he did with that Axl wannabe in Alter Bridge were decent.
While I dig Alterbridge in the studio, their singer live is just terrible. He's like a parody of himself in studio. It always bugs me when people call him one of the best vocalists at the moment when even my friend who is a big fan of Alterbridge said the same thing.
I am looking forward to this album though, as I respect Mark Tremonti and dig his guitar work.
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While I dig Alterbridge in the studio, their singer live is just terrible. He's like a parody of himself in studio. It always bugs me when people call him one of the best vocalists at the moment when even my friend who is a big fan of Alterbridge said the same thing.
I am looking forward to this album though, as I respect Mark Tremonti and dig his guitar work.
In his defense, he gets sick a lot. When he does, he has to change up the melody and tone of his voice to preserve it for his rough touring schedule. Check out "Live At Wembley". His vocals are excellent.
Yeah, but at least some of the songs he did with that Axl wannabe in Alter Bridge were decent.
Tell me you just said that just to get a rile out of me for your amusement. He's a completely different frontman and singer than Axl!
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While I dig Alterbridge in the studio, their singer live is just terrible. He's like a parody of himself in studio. It always bugs me when people call him one of the best vocalists at the moment when even my friend who is a big fan of Alterbridge said the same thing.
He has changed his way of performing live. Back in 2004-2007 he was absolutely incredible live. I could not believe how good he was live. Truly awesome. But it all changed basically when Blackbird came out and he was regularly playing guitar and singing live. Although I saw their first show from the Blackbird tour in Orlando in 2007 and that was the first show (4th overall) I saw Myles play guitar for the whole show. I took a buddy that was a huge Creed/AB/Tremonti fan to his first AB show, and the whole 2-hour ride home he just couldn't stop raving about how "Myles stole the show!"
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Go to tremontiproject.com now!!! They have sound clips up from the songs and two ways you can pre-order the album
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Ok so are a few impressions judging from the three clips:
1. This album is definitely going to heavy. Much headbanging will be happening.
2. Mark's vocals are impressive!
3. Garrett Whitlock's drums are exactly what Mark needed for his solo record. No offense to Flip, but he does not have the chops to keep up with Mark's speed. The 'You're So Afraid' clip is glorious.
4. I fuckin hate Michael Elvis Baskette with his stupid fuckin over layered trackings. I don't know what Mark and the rest of the Alter Bridge guys see in him, but if last AB album showed anything of a weakness in production, it's Baskette. Bass is always buried in the mix. Adds pointless effects on the vocals. Adds layers upon layers.
That being said, im looking forward to a really rockin record, which it looks like this will be it. The melodies are solid too.
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damn this sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVPwArjLEA&feature=youtu.be
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Few thoughts of my own.
1. Glad to see the heaviness, despite it sounding a bit...samey, always nice to hear the heavy.
2. It really seems like Tremonti is sticking to the half time/chord strumming chorus that he's been doing for 15 years or whatever.
3. Luckily his great voice makes it sound less samey than in AB or Creed.
4. Thank Xenu he has a new drummer on this one. His playing with Scott is getting REALLY obvious and predictable. Nice to see a drummer who has some chops beyond laying down a groovy beat.
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Few thoughts of my own.
1. Glad to see the heaviness, despite it sounding a bit...samey, always nice to hear the heavy.
2. It really seems like Tremonti is sticking to the half time/chord strumming chorus that he's been doing for 15 years or whatever.
3. Luckily his great voice makes it sound less samey than in AB or Creed.
4. Thank Xenu he has a new drummer on this one. His playing with Scott is getting REALLY obvious and predictable. Nice to see a drummer who has some chops beyond laying down a groovy beat.
yeah it's really nice to see the heaviness.
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Jesus, his vocals are amazing.
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Really enjoyed those clips, looking forward to the album.
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I think his voice sounds great. But as is the case with a lot of Alter Bridge stuff, there's a bit too much going on with the vocals, effects/layering/production-wise. Just let us hear the man sing. Then again, I'm really picky about that sort of thing.
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Why did he never sing before?
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He actually sings a few back up lead parts in Creed (Where he'd sing at the same time as Scott, but an independent line) as well lots of back up vocals in both Creed and AB.
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Only one I've really listened to is You Waste Your Time, since the others are a bit too short and randomly placed within the songs (I generally don't like clips at all). Anyway, it's sounding really good - basically what I expected given what we've heard about his voice and the style of it. Expecting lots of Still Remains type riffs. Can't wait to hear the full song and the full album even moreso.
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I raped that replay button. This is gonna be a rockin album :metal
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I think his voice sounds great. But as is the case with a lot of Alter Bridge stuff, there's a bit too much going on with the vocals, effects/layering/production-wise. Just let us hear the man sing. Then again, I'm really picky about that sort of thing.
And that's where I was complaining about the producer, Michael Elvis Baskette, who produced the last two Alter Bridge records. He has these ideas; some of them good and most of the them bad. The effects on the vocals are my number one pet peeve about his mixing next to the lack of bass in the mix.
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I will say, I thought he was going for a more metal record. While these clips are obviously heavier than Tremonti's other two bands, it still seems a little too much in the style of AB and Creed. I'm not complaining cause I love both those bands, just something I noticed. I do hope there is an instrumental track or two.
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I will say, I thought he was going for a more metal record. While these clips are obviously heavier than Tremonti's other two bands, it still seems a little too much in the style of AB and Creed. I'm not complaining cause I love both those bands, just something I noticed. I do hope there is an instrumental track or two.
I believe he said there are going to be vocals on all the songs but he hopes to do an instrumental album later on.
I think its from here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia547qcy-eo
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It sounds good, but not my cup of tea, particularly the vocals, they just seem overproduced, and not always fitting of the music. But that's not saying I think it's bad, just not something I'm going out of my way to get. I'll probably get this for my friend since his birthday is coming up, it's right up his alley.
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this is some good modern rock thats for sure
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New single coming soon
https://www.billboard.com/news/creed-s-mark-tremonti-releasing-solo-debut-1006882152.story#/news/creed-s-mark-tremonti-releasing-solo-debut-1006882152.story
"Guitarist Mark Tremonti will step out from behind the axe on solo debut "All I Was" this summer.
The longtime Creed and Alter Bridge musician's new project, bowing under the name Tremonti, is due July 10. It'll see release on his own Fret 12 Records, a label founded with brother Daniel Tremonti and Tom Stanley.
The metal-influenced 12-track set will feature his first lead vocals, along with his signature guitar playing. Submersed members Eric Friedman (rhythm guitar) and Garrett Whitlock (drums) will fill out Tremonti's new band, with Alter Bridge/Creed bandmate Brian Marshall set to step in on bass during the group's future tour dates. In the meantime, Tremonti will be on the road with Creed through August, performing the albums "My Own Prison" and "Human Clay."
The lead single, "You Waste Your Time," will hit Active Rock radio in the coming weeks.
Below, the track list for Tremonti's "All I Was":
1. "Leave It Alone"
2. "So You'e Afraid"
3. "Wish You Well"
4. "Brains"
5. "The Things I've Seen
6. "You Waste Your Time"
7. "New Way Out"
8. "Giving Up"
9. "Proof"
10. "All I Was"
11. "Doesn't Matter"
12. "Decay"
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New single :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDLECTfM2Tg&feature=youtu.be
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Sounds awesome :metal
Of course I knew basically what to expect since we already had a pretty big sample of the song, but it's good to hear the song in full. Solo, last chorus and outro (with the main riff doubled up) are amazing.
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Sounded like an Alter Bridge song. It's good, but nothing special to be quite honest. I hope there's more unique stuff on the album.
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Hmm Tremonti posted that video and now its blocked by FRET12 :-\
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You can hear the new song here until it's up on YouTube officially
https://loudwire.com/tremonti-you-waste-your-time-song-review/
What an awesome song. That solo is wicked!
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Very cool song indeed. However, aside from 1-2 riffs, that really could be an Alterbridge song.
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Very cool song indeed. However, aside from 1-2 riffs, that really could be an Alterbridge song.
True... The song still rocks though but you know what... there are 12 songs so there might be some different things. I think it seems like it'll stay in the usual formula with more heavier riffs.
Really diggin the production :metal
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Formula or not, this is a rockin song. I think this is a safe release, but i do hope there are more challenging songs on the record.
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You Waste Your Time performance video :metal
https://www.noisecreep.com/2012/05/17/tremonti-you-waste-your-time-performance-video/
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Sweet video! I love Tremonti's vocals, and how he improves on guitar.
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Sweet song. The only downside I find with it is that I tend to imagine the song if Myles Kennedy sung it and it sounds so much better with his voice :(
It's not the first time it happens for me. Same happened with some songs of Creed's Full Circle.
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I like his voice, but really, the song doesn't do a lot for me. Could be a harder AB song, I hope there is a little more diversity on the album.
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He does likes his melodies. But even AB had a lot of diverse songs. I certain Mark chose this track for no other reason but for it being it single. From the people who went to the live performance preview last month, they said there are songs that you would have never expected, and the album is beyond expectations. I hope so! I'm digging this song though.
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I'm liking it.
Seems like Tremonti never needed Stapp or Kennedy.
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Seems like Tremonti never needed Stapp.
I thought the studio version was cool, but I enjoy the live version way more. Mark's voice sounds much more raw and unprocessed. I thought it was kick ass and I can't wait for more.
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I'm liking it.
Seems like Tremonti never needed Stapp or Kennedy.
Woah woah woah, I know you're trying to compliment Tremonti, and you're right his voice is fine.....but Kennedy is necessary to AB.
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I'm liking it.
Seems like Tremonti never needed Stapp or Kennedy.
Woah woah woah, I know you're trying to compliment Tremonti, and you're right his voice is fine.....but Kennedy is necessary to AB.
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I'm liking it.
Seems like Tremonti never needed Stapp or Kennedy.
Woah woah woah, I know you're trying to compliment Tremonti, and you're right his voice is fine.....but Kennedy is necessary to AB.
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You guys are too sensitive. I'm just saying he could have done fine on his own.
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You guys are too sensitive. I'm just saying he could have done fine on his own.
Doubtful. With all due to respect to Mark, the only reason this album will do as well as it will, is because he's the guitarist for Creed and Alterbridge. Had he started Creed (or AB) with him as the singer, the band would have been largely ignored.
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I agree with him in the Stapp part, though. Mark I think was really overshadowed by Stapp in the Creed years and I think people started to hate Creed without knowing the sheer talent that was inside their guitarist. The only album where Mark really sounds like a great part in Creed is in My Own Prison, which in my opinion is their only good album. And Mark didn't really shine in Creed actually besides that album for me.
But that's beside the point. Myles is IMO really essential to AB.
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Anyone else have The Sound and the Story DVD or watched it?
In the rhythm guitar section of the DVD he plays the "so you're afraid" breakdown riff. So I guess the idea happened awhile back :metal
Its probably 3x faster on the DVD though then here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQlywBnJhGg
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https://www.thesocial.org/event/130461/ (https://www.thesocial.org/event/130461/)
I got so psyched when I saw this. First Tremonti show, woot woot! I hope to be there.
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Considering The Social is only 15 minutes away from my house.... you know im going to be there!!!
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"Brains" Preview :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soQxjTaNCzc&feature=youtu.be
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Really like that preview.
My favourite so far is The Things I've Seen though - I only listened to it a few times when it came out since I really don't like to over listen to previews (or hear previews for every song), but I still ended up getting it stuck in my head and wanting to go back to it :lol
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Those are some MONSTER rifffs in "Brains" :metal
EDIT:
Someone uploaded the album samples that were taken from Amazon, then were taken down. Check them out here!
https://youtu.be/cgQlqGjK3ss
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Those are some MONSTER rifffs in "Brains" :metal
EDIT:
Someone uploaded the album samples that were taken from Amazon, then were taken down. Check them out here!
https://youtu.be/cgQlqGjK3ss
Yes!
God damn... This is gonna be a long wait... The pre-order better come earlier than the album release!
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Wish You Well Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxznCbDrS3s
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Wish You Well Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxznCbDrS3s
Oh fuck yeah! That song alone should solidify the purchase of this album :metal :metal :metal
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Wish You Well Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxznCbDrS3s
Thank god he finally broke out of his typical chorus's.
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Wish You Well Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxznCbDrS3s
Thank god he finally broke out of his typical chorus's.
This one reminds me of Seek and Destroy by Metallica
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Wish You Well Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxznCbDrS3s
Thank god he finally broke out of his typical chorus's.
This one reminds me of Seek and Destroy by Metallica
Yea, it's the chromatic progression in the chours. I remember once reading that Hetfield was Tremonti's biggest influence.
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I'm so glad i purchased my ticket before this thing was sold out!
https://loudwire.com/tremonti-all-i-was-release-date-to-coincide-with-debut-live-show/
Press Alert - Tremonti "All I Was" release (July 17th) set to coincide with debut live show! (Sold Out Show)
For Mark Tremonti, being in just two bands – Creed and Alter Bridge – wasn’t quite challenging enough. The guitarist, songwriter and now lead vocalist will debut his first solo disc titled ‘All I Was’ on July 17. The disc holds a handful of firsts for the masterful musician including first solo disc, and the first time he’s sung and recorded lead vocals.
With the first single ‘You Waste Your Time’ getting glowing reviews (and making our very own ‘Best Rock Songs of 2012 (So Far)‘ list), Tremonti recently announced the band’s first ever live gig. The show will take place in Mark’s hometown of Orlando, Fla., on the day the disc drops at The Social.
Tremonti and his band, featuring Eric Friedman on rhythm guitar, Garrett Whitlock on drums and Alter Bridge/Creed bandmate Brian Marshall filling in on bass, will play the entire ‘All I Was’ disc at the record release celebration. Also on tap for the evening is the creation of a video documenting the event that will include fan submitted content from their time at the show.
Throughout all of his projects, Tremonti has amassed a loyal following and now that following has an official name. ‘Army of 12’ is the online community created and run by Tremonti fans to help promote and support the solo disc throughout the world. Fans can join the cause by joining the Army of 12 facebook page here. We suspect it’s this small army that’s responsible for catapulting Tremonti and their first single into our Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame – nice work!
Right now, the Orlando record release show is the only one on the schedule for Tremonti but hopefully more will be added as scheduling allows.
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I'm so glad i purchased my ticket before this thing was sold out!
https://loudwire.com/tremonti-all-i-was-release-date-to-coincide-with-debut-live-show/
Press Alert - Tremonti "All I Was" release (July 17th) set to coincide with debut live show! (Sold Out Show)
For Mark Tremonti, being in just two bands – Creed and Alter Bridge – wasn’t quite challenging enough. The guitarist, songwriter and now lead vocalist will debut his first solo disc titled ‘All I Was’ on July 17. The disc holds a handful of firsts for the masterful musician including first solo disc, and the first time he’s sung and recorded lead vocals.
With the first single ‘You Waste Your Time’ getting glowing reviews (and making our very own ‘Best Rock Songs of 2012 (So Far)‘ list), Tremonti recently announced the band’s first ever live gig. The show will take place in Mark’s hometown of Orlando, Fla., on the day the disc drops at The Social.
Tremonti and his band, featuring Eric Friedman on rhythm guitar, Garrett Whitlock on drums and Alter Bridge/Creed bandmate Brian Marshall filling in on bass, will play the entire ‘All I Was’ disc at the record release celebration. Also on tap for the evening is the creation of a video documenting the event that will include fan submitted content from their time at the show.
Throughout all of his projects, Tremonti has amassed a loyal following and now that following has an official name. ‘Army of 12’ is the online community created and run by Tremonti fans to help promote and support the solo disc throughout the world. Fans can join the cause by joining the Army of 12 facebook page here. We suspect it’s this small army that’s responsible for catapulting Tremonti and their first single into our Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame – nice work!
Right now, the Orlando record release show is the only one on the schedule for Tremonti but hopefully more will be added as scheduling allows.
Damn man I wish I was in Orlando... This seems like it is going to be such an intimate show and you could probably have a talk with the band as well. Have fun!
Oh and I couldn't resist and wanted to cover that new preview last night :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUwqos-FqaU
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New Way Out Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RdfmVKkLMU&feature=g-all-u
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New Way Out Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RdfmVKkLMU&feature=g-all-u
Oh god. That was unexpected. I don't know what it was, but that sample struck a chord. Tremonti is such a talented songwriter. Able to write facemelting riffs, the bridges to his songs are top notch, and he is the fucking king of pensive and reflective songwriting. From what I got from that sample...."Here today, and gone tomorrow. Hope that there's just some other way out. Fighting too long to be the last to know.
I hope that there's just some other way out." And that solo...im telling you!
Im just counting the days for this album.
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Tremonti had a live show last night.
Here is some excellent footage:
Wish You Well- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh4VudJBZk4
All I Was- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_aA9SeOiOQ
You Waste Your Time- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU0PTdmH1-s&feature=plcp
Seems like the uploader has more footage coming. Many thanks to the user
https://www.youtube.com/user/thundermaster77
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I have ordered my copy of this album. :metal
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The album should def a be a rocker :metal
I wish it was released tomorrow though instead of the 17th because most people (including me) are hearing it for the first time through that youtube channel.
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I'm gonna make this short and sweet...
The show at The Social was awesome! :metal All the songs are killer, including the ballads. It was great being in a room that only held 500 people because the personal interaction with the band was fantastic. I got to meet Mark and Brian after the show, and they recognized me from a few AB shows in FL. I think my favorite song right now is "All I Was". I can't wait hear these songs again. Mark's capability to write songs and rip great riffs are uncanny. You all wont be disappointed with it. Rock album of the year, guaranteed.
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Here's the full song for The Things I've Seen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_-U29WpNyk
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Not a bad song. The reverb on the vocals is out of control, though.
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I knew this was going to be an awesome track. Can't wait to hear it in its full quality
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
Also, you can hear a few new tracks in the full length interview with Mark. It's an awesome interview giving insight on him, his solo stuff, and his other projects. They play songs like "Al I Was", which so far is my favorite track i've heard.
https://www.wmmr.com/shows/weekends/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10403796
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Can't wait for this. I need some new music so badly. I haven't listened to anything but You Waste Your Time, no other samples. I am really looking forward to giving it a full listen.
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
Because that's what he heard??
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
Because that's what he heard??
Hey, I wasn't being an ass. We give each other a hard time about AB music all the time. I call him out for saying chorus's are being samey as he calls me out for being a Tremonti fanboy. I'm pretty sure there's a page somewhere in the AB thread where we've given each other flake for several posts. There's no tension at all. Just a weird buddy-buddy, convoluted way of talking about music we enjoy! :tup
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
Because that's what he heard??
Hey, I wasn't being an ass. We give each other a hard time about AB music all the time. I call him out for saying chorus's are being samey as he calls me out for being a Tremonti fanboy. I'm pretty sure there's a page somewhere in the AB thread where we've given each other flake for several posts. There's no tension at all. Just a weird buddy-buddy, convoluted way of talking about music we enjoy! :tup
Eheheh, I was just being an ass myself, I wasn't really meaning to make you seem like an ass x) Sorry about that. :tup
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Actually my comment was intended to demonstrate my intense burning hatred for Accelerando.
My hatred for him burns hotter than a thousand exploding stars.
I'll see you at the picnic on Tuesday.
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To be honest, I knew someone would say that the chorus's sound like the ones from Creed or AB and I tend to agree. However he has a different voice than the others so it's kinda fresh.
I'm excited for this release and the songs are a lot heavier which I dig. Decay sounds bad-ass!
Personally, I actually prefer Tremonti's voice than Kennedy. Not saying Tremonti is a better singer... I just prefer his voice.
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
This. I'm actually disappointed from what I've heard so far. The only thing that makes this heavier than AB is his deeper voice. I have the album on order so will make my final judements once I hear it.
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
No disrespect to you, but, could Tremonti fart onto tape and release it and you would still find it amazing?
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I mean what did you guys expect though? Tremonti doing growling vocals?
It was kinda obvious it was going to be a melodic hard rock album but with Tremonti singing and with more metal/speedy riffs that wouldn't really fit the other two bands.
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I thought one interview he said it was going to be a more straightforward metal album with more guitar work. Now that may be true, but so far from what I've heard, it seems a pointless exercise. I have paid for the album and will look forward to hearing it in full.
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I mean what did you guys expect though? Tremonti doing growling vocals?
It was kinda obvious it was going to be a melodic hard rock album but with Tremonti singing and with more metal/speedy riffs that wouldn't really fit the other two bands.
Not all melodic hard rock sounds like AB or Creed. There are LOTS of rhythms, progressions, note choices....everything that he could do still under the vein of melodic hard rock, yet he chooses to repeat the (almost) identical rhythms and feels from song to song and shows very little variation. Some, but very very very little.
And I love Tremonti. He's one of my biggest influences on guitar. But when you're in (now) 3 bands, and show virtually no diversity....then that becomes a flaw.
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Totally agree.
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I thought one interview he said it was going to be a more straightforward metal album with more guitar work. Now that may be true, but so far from what I've heard, it seems a pointless exercise. I have paid for the album and will look forward to hearing it in full.
Yeah mine just shipped today.
Heard all the previews on Tremonti's youtube channel, the live bootleg performance, and some of the full tracks on this radio show here:
https://soundcloud.com/fmqb-productions/sets
It def is more of a songwriting approach but with him stepping up to be a frontman. It's not really just a "guitar album" type of thing. I'd say its a little harsh to call it pointless because he is writing vocal melodies, lyrics, singing here so there is a different challenge for him. I do feel some of the guitar solos are a little short though even though 11 songs have a solo.
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The guitar riffs are very cool, however they are just more extreme versions of the same heavy riffs he did in AB. It seems most of the heavy riffs all kind of sound like one another.
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I thought one interview he said it was going to be a more straightforward metal album with more guitar work. Now that may be true, but so far from what I've heard, it seems a pointless exercise. I have paid for the album and will look forward to hearing it in full.
Yeah mine just shipped today.
Heard all the previews on Tremonti's youtube channel, the live bootleg performance, and some of the full tracks on this radio show here:
https://soundcloud.com/fmqb-productions/sets
It def is more of a songwriting approach but with him stepping up to be a frontman. It's not really just a "guitar album" type of thing. I'd say its a little harsh to call it pointless because he is writing vocal melodies, lyrics, singing here so there is a different challenge for him. I do feel some of the guitar solos are a little short though even though 11 songs have a solo.
Still short guitar solos, hmm..I'm gonna hold judement until I hear it.
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The guitar riffs are very cool, however they are just more extreme versions of the same heavy riffs he did in AB. It seems most of the heavy riffs all kind of sound like one another.
I can agree.
The All I Was main riff reminded me of One by One by Alter Bridge
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On another note, 1X1 is one of AB's best songs IMO.
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I thought one interview he said it was going to be a more straightforward metal album with more guitar work. Now that may be true, but so far from what I've heard, it seems a pointless exercise. I have paid for the album and will look forward to hearing it in full.
Yeah mine just shipped today.
Heard all the previews on Tremonti's youtube channel, the live bootleg performance, and some of the full tracks on this radio show here:
https://soundcloud.com/fmqb-productions/sets
It def is more of a songwriting approach but with him stepping up to be a frontman. It's not really just a "guitar album" type of thing. I'd say its a little harsh to call it pointless because he is writing vocal melodies, lyrics, singing here so there is a different challenge for him. I do feel some of the guitar solos are a little short though even though 11 songs have a solo.
Still short guitar solos, hmm..I'm gonna hold judement until I hear it.
At least in my opinion, there are some solos where you really get into it but then it will just go to the chorus right away.
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On another note, 1X1 is one of AB's best songs IMO.
Same here :tup
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I thought one interview he said it was going to be a more straightforward metal album with more guitar work. Now that may be true, but so far from what I've heard, it seems a pointless exercise. I have paid for the album and will look forward to hearing it in full.
Yeah mine just shipped today.
Heard all the previews on Tremonti's youtube channel, the live bootleg performance, and some of the full tracks on this radio show here:
https://soundcloud.com/fmqb-productions/sets
It def is more of a songwriting approach but with him stepping up to be a frontman. It's not really just a "guitar album" type of thing. I'd say its a little harsh to call it pointless because he is writing vocal melodies, lyrics, singing here so there is a different challenge for him. I do feel some of the guitar solos are a little short though even though 11 songs have a solo.
Still short guitar solos, hmm..I'm gonna hold judement until I hear it.
At least in my opinion, there are some solos where you really get into it but then it will just go to the chorus right away.
That's disappointing. Mark has never shown his skills enough.
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Samples here:
https://www.cede.ch/de/music-cd/frames/frameset.cfm?aobj=959870
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
No disrespect to you, but, could Tremonti fart onto tape and release it and you would still find it amazing?
Yes :xbones
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New preview for "Giving Up"
https://youtu.be/dsLJZHSD4GE
The chorus is awesome!
The chorus is fine......but it sounds exactly like any AB or Creed chorus.
Why am I not surprised you made a comment like this?
No disrespect to you, but, could Tremonti fart onto tape and release it and you would still find it amazing?
Yes :xbones
Well then......uh......fair enough....carry on.
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Album streaming here: https://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/7
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Album streaming here: https://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/7
Resisting until tomorrow!!!
BTW I'm going to the Tremonti meet and greet at Best Buy on E. Colonial in Orlando tomorrow. First 200 people to buy the album gets to meet the band and get the album autographed. I will be #1
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Album streaming here: https://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/7
Resisting until tomorrow!!!
BTW I'm going to the Tremonti meet and greet at Best Buy on E. Colonial in Orlando tomorrow. First 200 people to buy the album gets to meet the band and get the album autographed. I will be #1
That's Sick :metal
My pre-order with the t-shirt, autograph and the CD should be in the mail today. Can't wait to blast it in the car.
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oh and in b4 "the album is good but it sounds like all the songs could have been on Alter Bridge"
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oh and in b4 "the album is good but it sounds like all the songs could have been on Alter Bridge"
The album is good but it sounds like all the songs could have been on Creed.
hehe, haven't heard the whole album yet. I'll be buying it soon though. Looking forward to it. :)
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oh and in b4 "the album is good but it sounds like all the songs could have been on Alter Bridge"
The album is good but it sounds like all the songs could have been on Creed.
I see what you did there :)
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yeahhh
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/531356_10100283229233246_1199568695_n.jpg)
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That t-shirt looks like it could have been an Alterbridge Shirt.
:P
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yeahhh
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/531356_10100283229233246_1199568695_n.jpg)
Where did you order this from?
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That t-shirt looks like it could have been an Alterbridge Shirt.
:P
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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yeahhh
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/531356_10100283229233246_1199568695_n.jpg)
Where did you order this from?
I ordered it from FRET12 a little over a month ago. I believe they are sold out now though
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Bugger. My copy has despatched anyway.
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Hey I just wanted to share the meet and greet experience at Orlando this morning!
So i woke up at 7 to get there super early. The Best Buy location was 35-40 mins away from my house AND was on a road near the airport. So as you can imagine, traffic could've been insane, so I needed to give myself some time. Luckily, the traffic wasn't too bad and I got at the location around 8:45. Doors to the store opened at 10, so while my body was taking in the coffee and Everything bagel I got from Dunkins, there was some good folks in line to talk to.
When the store opened, they had us all in the single file line to get our copies. I bought two; for me and the other I am giving to my little brother for his birthday. Then we lined up for the signing, which was a few hours later.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0737.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0739.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0740.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0741.jpg)
In those few hours, the folks at Best Buy and WJRR rock station began setting up the table area and whatknot.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0742.jpg)
Not too long after everything was set up, Mark, E-Rock, Garrett, and BRIAN came out to sign! They took their time to talk to each and every fan, and signing everything that was thrown at them.
Like we all know, Mark is just the most humble, nicest rockstar.
I talked to Brian and told him the last time I saw AB play was in St. Petersburg at the Jannus Landing venue, and after the show, they were at the bar grabbing some drinks, and I asked to buy to him a beer! Brian said "Man...I know I had several that night, so I don't remember, but thanks for the brewskie man!"
E-rock had to introduce himself as Eric Friedman...I was like, "aka E-Rock. C'mon man!"
Got to Mark, and again, had to tell him how much he was an influence to me. Probably hears that all the time, but he always seems like he genuinely cares about it.
I also slurred when I talked to him...No, i wasn't drunk. I happen to only had 3hrs of sleep because I was working my job at Disney till 2am. And it was Mark Tremonti.
Garrett was the quiet one out of the 4, but a really nice guy.
Here's the rest of the pics! It was an awesome meet and greet.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0748.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0744.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0745.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0746.jpg)
I'm blasting the hell outta this record now. Fucking awesome. :metal
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Hey I just wanted to share the meet and greet experience at Orlando this morning!
So i woke up at 7 to get there super early. The Best Buy location was 35-40 mins away from my house AND was on a road near the airport. So as you can imagine, traffic could've been insane, so I needed to give myself some time. Luckily, the traffic wasn't too bad and I got at the location around 8:45. Doors to the store opened at 10, so while my body was taking in the coffee and Everything bagel I got from Dunkins, there was some good folks in line to talk to.
When the store opened, they had us all in the single file line to get our copies. I bought two; for me and the other I am giving to my little brother for his birthday. Then we lined up for the signing, which was a few hours later.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0737.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0739.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0740.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0741.jpg)
In those few hours, the folks at Best Buy and WJRR rock station began setting up the table area and whatknot.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0742.jpg)
Not too long after everything was set up, Mark, E-Rock, Garrett, and BRIAN came out to sign! They took their time to talk to each and every fan, and signing everything that was thrown at them.
Like we all know, Mark is just the most humble, nicest rockstar.
I talked to Brian and told him the last time I saw AB play was in St. Petersburg at the Jannus Landing venue, and after the show, they were at the bar grabbing some drinks, and I asked to buy to him a beer! Brian said "Man...I know I had several that night, so I don't remember, but thanks for the brewskie man!"
E-rock had to introduce himself as Eric Friedman...I was like, "aka E-Rock. C'mon man!"
Got to Mark, and again, had to tell him how much he was an influence to me. Probably hears that all the time, but he always seems like he genuinely cares about it.
I also slurred when I talked to him...No, i wasn't drunk. I happen to only had 3hrs of sleep because I was working my job at Disney till 2am. And it was Mark Tremonti.
Garrett was the quiet one out of the 4, but a really nice guy.
Here's the rest of the pics! It was an awesome meet and greet.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0748.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0744.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0745.jpg)
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/tremontidood/IMG_0746.jpg)
I'm blasting the hell outta this record now. Fucking awesome. :metal
Ha dude I just saw your post on the alterbridge forum. I don't post there but I just kinda read around. I might end up signing up there as well though who knows. Sounds like you had a great morning!
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Freaking awesome album I tell you what. This is Mark's proof that he's one of the best Hard Rock musicians of the current days. As I've said before I miss Myles in some of the songs (So You're Afraid is the first one that comes to mind) but in some of them Mark's vocals fit perfectly. Might be on my favorite Hard Rock albums of the year tbh. Shame I don't think they'll ever sell it in my country, I haven't even seen a single Alter Bridge CD here :(
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Been spinning this in my car. It def rocks hard :metal
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Fantastic album. This is the kind of music that I'm shocked no one else is playing. Super heavy, melodic hard rock that does not rely on growls. Tremonti understands that void I have incredibly well, and it's a pleasure to listen to his music.
THe one gripe I have with this album is that there wasn't that one special riff that made me say 'HOT DAMN. I HAVE TO LEARN TO PLAY THIS NOW.' Examples of this include: Find the Real, Blackbird, White Knuckles, All Hope Is Gone, etc. So while all these songs are a great listen, none of them jump out incredibly and say 'THIS IS WHAT'S UP.' If that makes any sense.
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So You're Afraid has some riffs that made me go "THIS IS WHATS UP". Same with the Brains intro riff :metal
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Is this a Best Buy exclusive? I can't find this album anywhere around here.
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Still waiting for this bad boy in the mail, hopefully I'll get it in the next couple of days. Good to hear you guys are digging it.
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This album is rockin! I haven't been able to stop listening to it either. A whole bunch of infectious riffing and melodies that play in my head for hours.
All I Was is still my favorite song, but You're So Afraid, Leave It Alone, and The Things I've Seen are close!
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This album is rockin! I haven't been able to stop listening to it either. A whole bunch of infectious riffing and melodies that play in my head for hours.
All I Was is still my favorite song, but You're So Afraid, Leave It Alone, and The Things I've Seen are close!
I am going to buy this album as soon as I can, but you do realize that your opinions on Tremonti are a little hard to take seriously, right?
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This album is rockin! I haven't been able to stop listening to it either. A whole bunch of infectious riffing and melodies that play in my head for hours.
All I Was is still my favorite song, but You're So Afraid, Leave It Alone, and The Things I've Seen are close!
I am going to buy this album as soon as I can, but you do realize that your opinions on Tremonti are a little hard to take seriously, right?
Ha, well brace yourself, my friend, because i actually dont think this is his best effort in terms in soloing. He has better tailored solos in AB than in this album
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Yeah the soloing seems like it took a back seat a little bit but I've been spinning this one in the car since release date :metal
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Bought it and listened to it today.
That Wish You Well song is really cool. I'll give the rest in bullet point form, since I like it better. I'll even book end it my criticism with positive remarks to make sure Accelerando doesn't have a heart attack.
1. REALLY good production. Seriously, AB needs to sound as good as this CD does.
2. Tremonti is a hell of a vocalist and I really enjoyed hearing him and Eric sing.
3. The first few tracks are really strong, but then it really does just become a heavier AB album, I could find virtually no difference between these guys and AB aside from the 1 heavy riff he keeps changing up a little from song to song, the production and different vocalist.
4. Like all Tremonti CD's, almost every chorus sounds exactly the same to me musically.
5. The metal riffs are also reallllllllly samey. It's usually monotone and ends with some syncopated triplets.
6. Great drummer, way better than Phlip.
7. Some very cool riffs mixed in with a ton of generic ones.
Oh, I was also let down with the soloing like you guys were. I've heard how good Tremonti can be, I have no idea why he's relegated himself to playing pentatonic minor with a wah pedal for every solo.
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Those are pretty much my thoughts as well.
I still enjoy the album though for sure and it's a fun listen every time. The drumming is insane :metal
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Ha, I'm far from having a heart attack.
More spins of the cd is making me want to listen more of the first half of the cd than the last. The last two songs are my least favorite, which are the two choruses he had to rewrite because he didn't like them. Im not fond of those choruses either.
All I Was is still my favorite song, and and im loving Brains more and more each listen.
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I don't know the titles of the songs cause I had to use the cd case for something else and haven't looked at them since.
But the whole Here Today, Gone Tomorrow song is my least favorite. I mean it's seriously just an Alterbridge song with Tremonti on vocals.
I was listened to the CD today and my favorite song by far is Wish You Well. In fact the best moments on the whole CD are the entirety of the final chorus through the end when they turn into Fear Factory.
I listened to the first Creed cd today too. And by god every time they hit a cool sounding chorus I was like "This is too cool to be a chorus....it's probably just a pre-chorus" and then sure enough there'd come the half time chord strumming chorus in almost EVERY single song. Mark really needs to completely stop writing those half time chord strumming choruses, if for no other reason than to prove that he can.
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Ha, I'm far from having a heart attack.
More spins of the cd is making me want to listen more of the first half of the cd than the last. The last two songs are my least favorite, which are the two choruses he had to rewrite because he didn't like them. Im not fond of those choruses either.
All I Was is still my favorite song, and and im loving Brains more and more each listen.
Oh damn. I love Decay but Doesn't Matter is the filler of the album for sure.
Brains intro/verse is def really cool as well.
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I don't know the titles of the songs cause I had to use the cd case for something else and haven't looked at them since.
But the whole Here Today, Gone Tomorrow song is my least favorite. I mean it's seriously just an Alterbridge song with Tremonti on vocals.
I was listened to the CD today and my favorite song by far is Wish You Well. In fact the best moments on the whole CD are the entirety of the final chorus through the end when they turn into Fear Factory.
I listened to the first Creed cd today too. And by god every time they hit a cool sounding chorus I was like "This is too cool to be a chorus....it's probably just a pre-chorus" and then sure enough there'd come the half time chord strumming chorus in almost EVERY single song. Mark really needs to completely stop writing those half time chord strumming choruses, if for no other reason than to prove that he can.
I like Wish You Well the best as well. It's such a rocker and the chorus (although still a pretty typical progression) stands out.
Although most songs can be AB songs, Tremonti's voice, the production and the drumming make it different from AB and Creed imo.
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Love the drummer, love the SOUND of the drums. Phlip seems to have gotten VERY lazy recently and his production (although probably not his fault) is awful. The new drummer and the drum production was very refreshing.
Also, for some reason I thought Brian Marshal was on bass for this. Was that ever the case?
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Also, for some reason I thought Brian Marshal was on bass for this. Was that ever the case?
I thought he was too.
I just received the cd today, but probably won't get to listen until Saturday. The discussion on the subject of the solos disappoints me though.
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Eric Friedman played bass on the album along with rhythm guitar.
Brian is only playing bass live.
Pretty cool live performance of Wish You Well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh4VudJBZk4
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Eric Friedman played bass on the album along with rhythm guitar.
Brian is only playing bass live.
Pretty cool live performance of Wish You Well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh4VudJBZk4
No I know Eric played on the album once I got the CD. But before that I thought a while ago they said Brian was doing it.
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I read in an interview Brian couldn't play bass on the record because of some sort of contract reasons with Windup or something. Originally, Wolfgang Van Halen was suppose to be the bassist for Tremonti, but the Van Halen tour stopped him from working and recording the tracks. So they had to get Erock to track em.
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Alright, I have listened to this album once through. It's very enjoyable, but really, I don't see the point, this shows the lack of diversity Tremonti has in his songwriting. As said before, it's an Alter Bridge cd with him singing.
Now, I have always been intrigued by Tremonti's voice, so this does excite me, I think his vocals are amazing, I think I prefer him to Myles, he just has an amazing tone that fits the songs really, really well. Production is killer and it's mixed really well.
The first half of the cd is very strong, but IMO, dips in quality towards the end, and I did start to drift off. The last song was a good kick in the ass though. I must make known my disappointment with the solos. The song writing is so similar, that I found too many songs having the solos coming in at the outro which really hurts the cd, like Creed and AB many songs don't have a main solo at all and a light flurry at the end. As a solo cd, I found this off putting. And the solos that are present during the songs are too short. There is nothing here like Find the Real, Blackbird, Open Your Eyes etc. in terms of solos.
The riffs are good but too similar. Some real heavy ones, but nothing as sticking as Find the Real or Coming Home.
Overall, I love his voice which is the main reason why I think I will be coming back to this cd. I will keep listening.
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Sorry for the bump, but I recently decided to test my theory. I listened to the chorus's (and usually whatever led up to them) of almost every single Creed, Alter Bridge and Mark Tremonti song that I wasn't 100% sure I remembered off the top of my head. I made a tally of how many of them were basically just strumming chords in half time. And here's what I came up with.
For Creed, 38 chorus's are just strumming chords in half time while 5 are not.
For Alter Bridge EVERY SINGLE SONG'S CHORUS is just strumming chords in half time with one exception, and that is strumming chords in normal time, not cut time.
For Tremonti's solo CD, 11 songs's choruses were strumming chords in half time, while 1 was not.
So all together, that's 88 chorus's that are essentially the same thing with 6 that are different. And I even counted the chorus to Wish you Well as not strumming chords even though it really is.
So, Mark CLEARLY has a problem here. I also noticed in almost every not heavy song of his, the guitar and drums are nearly identical from song to song. In fact I'm pretty sure you could take 3-4 different drum tracks and put every other song on top of them and not notice a difference.
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Interesting discovery, but valid. You can tell that songwriting is Mark's weak point, but really, I've taken all pre conceived judgements and criticisms away and I'm really enjoying this new cd a lot.
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Back on the solo issue... I put the disc back into rotation in my car.... it seems like he made an album that he just wanted to rock out and bang his head to. There's not a lot of technicalities. His solos with AB are FAR superior. He makes those solos sing, especially on Brand New Start. I do however enjoy the solo for Leave It Alone. Classic Tremonti. Starts off slow, breathes, and then wails.
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:omg:
*squeal*
We had a surprise guest show up tonight, the amazing John Petrucci!
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whaaaaaaattttttt :metal :metal
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:metal And the rest of the people's faces just melted. They also look handsome. No homo.
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Here's some cool and unfortunate news that just came up.
Due to personal reason, Brian is not touring with Tremonti. The reasons haven't been specified, but my guess is Creed just finished up a massive tour, and he needs some rest. I hope that's the reason. Replacing him on the tour is the original bassist for the project, Wolfgang Van Halen!
Also, on VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, Tremonti was a featured guest with King Diamond. It's a really good episode! Check it out here
https://www.vh1.com/video/that-metal-show/full-episodes/king-diamond-mark-tremonti/1693438/playlist.jhtml
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I am not excited about Wolfgang joining him at all. For some reason I can't take anything that kid does seriously, no matter how good he is.
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Finally got around to checking this out. Wow... it's really good. I'm pleasantly surprised that Tremonti's vocals are really good.
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They played a B-side track live titled ALL I've Got.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsbUkMQe42o&feature=player_embedded
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They played a B-side track live titled ALL I've Got.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsbUkMQe42o&feature=player_embedded
Yea, sounds like all his other songs.
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Would have been cool if there was a solo somewhere but it's nice to see them rock out and Wolf has a pretty cool voice. Wish I had a chance to see them live
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Video Alert - So You're Afraid - Mark Tremonti Official Video Premiere!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9QXtZiGuU&feature=plcp
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can't watch it till tonight, but its not just them playing in a room, is it?
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can't watch it till tonight, but its not just them playing in a room, is it?
It is.
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can't watch it till tonight, but its not just them playing in a room, is it?
It is :rollin
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God damnit. Lol.
His predictability never fails.
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Ohhh it's a live video. Gotcha.
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God damnit. Lol.
His predictability never fails.
:lol :lol
Yeah it's a live video. There was also one released for YOU WASTE YOUR TIME. They recorded the whole album so maybe they'll release every song
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It being a live recording gives him a pass on it.
:tup
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Pretty good performance, really loving Tremonti's voice.
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Mark's vocals were way better in the You Waste Your Time video. Still kicks ass though.
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I'm really, really, really happy he chose this song as the new single. I was afraid he would go with his softer songs like The Things I've Seen or New Way Out.
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So it looks like Tremonti has something coming on Wednesday, January 16th. Check out this trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmPHVrU4QAs
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Wish You Well - Tremonti Official (HD Short Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iFJzMeoU78
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Interesting.
Also, representing downtown Orlando! Whaddup! I saw I-4 and Church Street in that vid.
I'm glad that this isn't another performance video, although it does include some performance stuff. I'm just trying to figure this thing out. It's ambitious. Mark wrote Wish You Well when he was a teen, so I think I can gather that the kid was portraying him.
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A B-side from Tremonti was released today.
"All That I Got"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHxpzP7bU8
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Holy cheezebawls, I am way behind on Tremonti/Alter Bridge news. I didn't know he was going to release this B-Side. What a delightful surprise to a really stressful week.
That riff in that bridge is so good. Which isn't surprising. Tremonti generates amazing bridges.
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How is this a b-side, why would they call it a b-side? :lol Just call it a bonus track from the albums recording sessions.
Anyway, it's pretty fucking killer, should have been chucked on the album. I'll say it again, I enjoy this album much more than any Creed or AB. I couldn't care less about a new AB album, I'd rather Tremonti go it alone. His voice has more potential to make hits also.
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My question is...
Why the hell was this not on the album????!!!
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Yeah, it's better than a few of the songs that appear late in the album IMO.
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YES! Tremonti II is coming. We're a little late but this was posted on January 17th :metal
Mark Tremonti
January 17
From Garrett - writing for the new #tremontiproject album tonight with @MarkTremonti & @IIEROCKII. brother @WolfVanHalen joins the party in a couple days!!"
Then on February 8th:
"who's ready for some new Tremonti?"
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Stoked!
I still enjoy the hell out of "All I Was", but I'm hoping for more ballsy, thrash songwriting. Wish You Well is a fucking righteous track, and All I Was and So You'r Afraid are still among my favorite track :metal
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Yeah!! I can't wait for the second Tremonti record!! And I will echo that "All I Was" was enjoyable but here's hoping Mark is able to push the envelope a little more with this record and bring us some more thrash metal style tunes!
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I'm all over this.
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Hopefully we can expect it before Christmas 2015... ja feel?
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Hopefully we can expect it before Christmas 2015... ja feel?
Yeah, hopefully! I mean it would make sense to get it early in 2015 and have him tour during 2015 to support it. Since Myles and Slash are already recording their next album, I'm guessing they will start touring to support that as soon as AB is done touring Fortress, so Mark's record and touring shouldn't be far behind!
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9.16.14
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Sweet! It's a B-side from the first album. There was a YouTube video of him playing it live, but I can't wait to hear the studio version.
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Glad this thread got bumped. Here's some more news.
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17 new tracks?!? Tremonti has been a busy boy :metal
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Can't wait for this one. His first album was incredible.
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Glad this thread got bumped. Here's some more news.
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YEEESSSS. Can't wait to hear the new record. My guess is summer 2015.
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Mark Tremonti:
Unreleased track 'GONE' from 'All I Was' available on iTunes starting 09.16.14.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3T6wuw8W6c
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:metal Looking forward to the unreleased track and the new album!! :metal
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The song is available to purchase on iTunes now :metal
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TRAILER: Tremonti Live Studio Videos :metal :metal :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OxUtlo6l_g
Tremonti Live is available now at Fret12!
#Tremonti
https://fret12.com/mark-tremonti/products
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HOLY HELL :metal
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TRAILER: Tremonti Live Studio Videos :metal :metal :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OxUtlo6l_g
Tremonti Live is available now at Fret12!
#Tremonti
https://fret12.com/mark-tremonti/products
I'll definitely be purchasing this.
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That's freaking brilliant :metal
I'll be picking this up for sure, I've been waiting for Fret12 to release these videos.
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All right, what these guys need to do is done for this album.
From Wolfgang Van Halen's instagram.
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And with that last note, BVs are officially complete. Looks like we're done here... This has been such a great experience. Very happy to have been a part of this. #Tremonti2 @ericcfriedman @thegarrettwhitlock @markttremonti @elvisliberace @1f_jef
https://instagram.com/p/wstnU9mfSF/
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There's a small teaser of stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql3SApKDjkM
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OOH those riffs are damn tasty!!
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20 tracks??! :omg:
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Well that was cool, definitely some heavy stuff going on there. Mark's right hand is nasty.
Very much looking forward to this! :tup
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So today is their album listening party where fans travel to Orlando to hear the new album before anyone else, and see them play a set. I think this is their setlist which has some new working song titles. Flying Monkeys seems very intriguing.
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Samples :metal :metal
Flying Monkeys:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152847731988153
Cauterize:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152847766478153
Providence:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152847782328153
Another Heart:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152847784743153
Sympathy:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152847790848153
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Yes!!!! :metal :metal :metal
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Sounds amazingly heavy.
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The drums are killing it! No doubt, my most anticipated album this year.
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ANyone know when it's getting released?
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^ No idea, Wolf. That said, I'm really interested to hear how Wolfgang Van Halen does on this album. He's a great bassist.
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^^ I think from what I've heard from those that went to the VIP album party and show was that Wolfgang added a certain dimension that is to the band's benefit.
That said, I'm naturally excited for this album, but I'll have the mindset that I had with AB's Fortress album and not go too crazy in building that self-hype and let the music speak for itself when I buy and listen to the CD.
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I can't get the melody for Sympathy out of my head. It's so contagious, and it's just from that 15 second. How many great melodies has this guy written in the past 20 years? I can't wait for this album to drop :metal
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There's a video of Tremonti performing some of the songs live on Shiprocked!
Cauterize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1gutD9vjzM#t=42
Flying Monkeys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzfsEn5LdWc
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Definitely getting an Alice in Chains vibe from Flying Monkeys :tup
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This should be fun.
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The title of Tremonti's second album title is "Cauterize" and it will be released in May!!!! :metal
Official Song Titles:
RADICAL CHANGE
FLYING MONKEYS
CAUTERIZE
ARM YOURSELF
DARK TRIP
ANOTHER HEART
FALL AGAIN
TIE THE NOOSE
SYMPATHY
PROVIDENCE
Announcement video with sneak preview of "Radical Change"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IR1wv_tzY
This is song gave me goosebumps!!! Bring it!!!
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Nice and heavy. Looking forward to this.
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Super pumped for this album!
But only 10 songs at release? I know he's releasing a bunch 1 per month after, but I was hoping for at least 12 on the actual album.
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Let's go!!! That sounded awesome, can't wait!
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Super pumped for this album!
But only 10 songs at release? I know he's releasing a bunch 1 per month after, but I was hoping for at least 12 on the actual album.
I think 10 is a perfect amount. AB III was too long because it had 14 (16 depending on where you purchased it), and it could have been a stronger record if it was cut down to 10-11 songs.
Maybe he'll release Cauterize Part II with the other 10 songs they recorded :laugh:
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:tup
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Yeah quality over quantity but I do hope they release the other songs later on as individual tracks if they are happy with them. :tup
Whatever they are doing could be a strategy thing. Releasing the other tracks individually once a month will keep the fans and the press talking.
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There's something fresh about these tracks that we didn't get with All I Was. Don't get me wrong, I love All I Was, but as I just recently posted in the Alter Bridge forums, I think with All I Was, Mark pulled out riffs from a library of ideas he jotted down and proposed to the guys that never made it into a Alter Bridge or Creed song. I've a feeling he sat down and wrote songs specifically for Cauterize, and already from the samples I can tell there's something fresh.
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Some of my favourite albums have 14 tracks.
Troublegum & Dookie to name but 2.
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TREMONTI - Flying Monkeys (PREVIEW)
"Flying Monkeys" off Tremonti's second album Cauterize, out June 9, 2015. :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOtd3rM5B8s
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A monkey playing a violin, awesome.
Good sample, sounds pretty much the same as the first album, but I loved that album so no issue here.
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No dates out here in California :-[
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No dates out here in California :-[
Yeah. Usually, these spring US tours will always take place in the East Coast, especially the Northeast area. Thankfully, we live in an area where it's not a matter of if they will play Southern California, it's when and, most of the time, it will be during the Fall.
Anywho, very good preview here. I shall be patient, as usual. Will buy on the 1st day of the release day.
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New song is out. If you create an account to the Fret12 site or connect your facebook/twitter to it, you get to watch the Tremonti song which is a lyric video. It's called Another Heart.
https://fret12.com/
Here are my thoughts on it.
I like it. I think the guitar sounds in the verses reminded me of Waters Rising. Another thing I always love about Mark is just how he builds the bridge into a solo or somewhere else, whether it is AB or here, this song is no exception. It's a solid winner, though I hope there's better songs, of course.
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His bridges is one if his strongest talents as a songwriter. Even with Creed, his bridges were excellent; "Wash Away Those Years" for example.
I agree with your thoughts, but just like "You Waste Your Time", it was a solid first single, but it wasn't the best song on the album. Another Heart wasn't my favorite when all those samples were released. Still, this song has me excited for the album!
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Good stuff :metal
I'm sure the album will even have better songs.
I love his voice... "FIND ME ANOTHER HEART!"
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The song is now available on iTunes!
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Yep. Had some spare change left on my iTunes account and purchased it. The quality and accessibility is a tad better. I'm a happy camper.
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Youtube link of Another Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmoMjMl_Jxw
Nothing special, but very solid.
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Holy fucking shit!!
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/new-tremonti-album-is-first-of-two-recorded/
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That's cool.
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Great news. I knew from recording updates they had quite a lot of songs, and at a "listening party" event a few months ago they played 20 songs total, and were still deciding what was going on the album. When I heard Cauterize would have 10 songs I was a bit disappointed that that many songs would be relegated to bonus material, which these guys often take a long time to release (if at all), so I'm really pleased to hear about this. :metal
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Nice!
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:metal
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Wheeeee, on the other 10 songs being an album. In other news, Wolfgang Van Halen will not be touring with these guys due to, probably, preparing for the upcoming summer Van Halen tour.
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Mark Tremonti:
The official cover of our new record Cauterize - out June 9th!
Tour dates:
https://marktremonti.com/tour/the-tour
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Fuck yeah! That is one bad ass album cover. June 9th can't be here sooner!
And I called it on the second record!!! That is excellent news. :metal
EDIT:
And just like that, my avatar changes
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Also, tune into That Metal Show saturday night. Tremonti is making a guest appearance
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That album cover is pretty :metal
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I'm actually really looking forward to this.
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Listening to All I Was again. :metal
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Mark Tremonti on That Metal Show. Here is the full episode:
https://www.vh1.com/shows/that_metal_show/that-metal-show-episode-1406-mark-tremonti-taylor-momsen/1735153/playlist/#id=1735153
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:lol Tremonti soap
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Listening to Another Heart. The instrumental part and the initial riffs are balls-to-the-wall amazing. The chorus doesn't live up to them though, and I did like Gone more, but it gives me a lot of hopes for Cauterize.
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Album samples :metal
https://ca.7digital.com/artist/tremonti/release/cauterize
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Album samples :metal
https://ca.7digital.com/artist/tremonti/release/cauterize
I click on them but it says preview not available. :'(
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Album samples :metal
https://ca.7digital.com/artist/tremonti/release/cauterize
I click on them but it says preview not available. :'(
It got taken down... :|
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Bummer.
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Just pre-ordered off of iTunes and I got Flying Monkeys as a free download. This song has some insane riffage you might not catch on your laptop speakers!
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30 Seconds Previews here:
https://www.mediamondo.ch/musik/tremonti-cauterize-cd.html
Let's hope this one remains up!
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Sounding nice and heavy.
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I'm so pumped for this album
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One. More. Week. :metal
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Radical Change =
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That's a lot of devil horns.
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I've been hearing nothing but great things about this album. My friend in Sydney already got his copy and he's saying it's Tremonti's best work as a songwriter. Can't wait to hear this beast
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Was hoping to find this in store this weekend, but no luck.
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It's good. Still kinda hooked on the new Muse and Helloween, but when I get around to listening to it more I'm confident I'll like it as much as the first.
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Almost finished my first listen, and it's great, really rocking! :metal
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I've been listening to this album non-stop all weekend....
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SO GOOD.
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I guess tomorrow is the big day here in the U.S. Looking forward to it.
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One of my favorite albums of the year so far! Every song is great.
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I guess tomorrow is the big day here in the U.S. Looking forward to it.
Ditto. I'm excited based on the reaction online from those who have already heard it!
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Tomorrow is going to be a good day. 1st day of summer break, going to head to Best Buy, and buy it first thing in the morning. I hear that version may have some bonus live tracks that they did in the studio when Brian Marshall was their touring bassist before Wolfgang joined the band.
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THIS FUCKING ALBUM :metal :metal :metal
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Yep, this lives up to the hype. Favorite album, I've heard this year. Though the other albums I've heard, while were pretty good-all right, I hadn't heard a really great album yet. Cauterize just became that 1st really great album I've heard of the year. Enjoyed Radical Change, Cauterize, Fall Again, Sympathy, and Providence. My only gripes is that with 10 songs that lasted only like 50 min., it felt so short of an album that I wanted more damn it! Thankfully, there will be more when Dust comes out, probably next year. Until then, I shall keep listening to it and probably some songs will be more enjoyable on 2nd listens.
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Wowzers!
Not until Arm Yourself do you hear anything remotely like AIW material. Then Dark Trip comes in and it's back to something I've never heard out of him before. The vocals are terrific. There are so many amazing, fresh melodies that I just can't believe this guy keeps doing what he's doing. It makes me look at the stale moments in AB history and wonder what was up. He found his stride again. Fortress then Cauterize. Mark T owns the rock world, even if some people don't know it yet.
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Yep, my preorder arrived on Sunday and I've been enjoying this album for a couple of days.
I really love the title track Cauterize - heavy and fast yet so melodic, the catchiest chorus on the album for me, and the outro is one of my favourite parts of the entire album. I liked Radical Change well enough listening the first time, I had heard Flying Monkeys before, but it was by the time I reached the outro of Cauterize on first listen that was really wowed. Providence is epic too, I could see it being my favourite from the album in time, although right now I have to give that to Cauterize. I like all the songs on the album, it is a real evolution from All I Was too.
It does feel fairly short, but that makes sense since it's 10 songs and the other half of the double will be coming (hopefully) early next year. Mark Tremonti wanted to call this one Providence but changed it to Cauterize because people convinced him it'd be better to avoid the religious connotations of "Providence" after people thinking Creed was a Christian Rock band. Providence is the closer and Cauterize was his second choice for the title track and they are (right now) my favourite two songs, I am guessing the song Dust (the closer and title track) from the next album should be good :tup
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His much improved singing voice is one of the stand out on this album, without a doubt. Especially on Providence. I will also echo Anguyen in saying this is the first great album I heard all year
I can't stop listening to Radical Change :metal
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I guess some of the pre-orders have "Flying Monkies" instead of "Flying Monkeys" on the track list on the back of the case :lol
RuRoRul you should check yours! It could be a special collectors edition haha
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I guess some of the pre-orders have "Flying Monkies" instead of "Flying Monkeys" on the track list on the back of the case :lol
RuRoRul you should check yours! It could be a special collectors edition haha
Just checked, regular "y" spelling unfortunately :(
And yeah, easily the best album of the year so far for me, but though there have been some albums I liked there haven't really been any I would expect to compete with Tremonti for my favourite album of the year. First real test will likely be Symphony X's new album coming soon.
Just completed another listen. Providence is fucking epic, great to hear him doing songs like that with his solo band. Have to agree Mark's vocals have really stepped up, which makes sense after touring with All I Was. Providence and Fall Again are highlights in that regard, many strong moments on the album though.
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I'm about halfway through my first listen.
So far, so good. :metal
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Glad to see Cauterize is #10 on iTunes for all albums. It's sitting at #1 for the rock albums :metal
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This is fantastic! Great album from Mark and the boys, you can really hear the development of this group from All I Was.
Mark's voice has come so far, he really has become one of my favorite hard rock vocalists. Unreal stuff
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I'm about halfway through my first listen.
So far, so good. :metal
I finished up this morning. If anything, I liked the second half better than the first half.
This bears further research. :biggrin:
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I'm starting to think Sympathy is his best ballad he's ever written in any of his catalogue. That chorus is infectious
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I'm starting to think Sympathy is his best ballad he's ever written in any of his catalogue. That chorus is infectious
You might be right. It's crazy how good that song is floating round on this metal soundtrack. Maybe only one song I'm not crazy about (Arm Yourself), and its still a kick ass song.
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Just got my copy this weekend. Sounds pretty standard Tremonti but only on my second listen, very strong though.
Sympathy is amazing. Easy standard so far.
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Radical Change and Cauterize are easily my top two favorite tracks on the record, but Dark Trip is warming up to me lately.
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Great album :metal
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I'm liking this album too. It's certainly nothing groundbreaking, but it's really solid.
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Definitely.
I'm really liking the guitar solo in Dark Trip and Providence :tup
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Decided to make a Top 10 for Tremonti:
1. So You're Afraid
2. Wish You Well
3. Brains
4. Dark Trip
5. The Things I've Seen
6. Radical Change
7. Giving Up
8. Providence
9. All That I Got
10. Arm Yourself
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I'm still spinning this disc. Lots of great moments.
I gotta think about my top ten, but I'm in agreement with Osmosis that So You're Afraid is their best song
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I like this album a lot, but IMO it's not as strong as All I Was.
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Well, I don't know if anyone's interested, but they are doing a tour with Trivium, sadly no LA show (yet).
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I still can't enjoy the sound of this album. It sounds very very mushed up, very compressed. My ears even get fatigued. A bit disappointed about this.
The drumming itself is the highlight of the album.
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Well, I don't know if anyone's interested, but they are doing a tour with Trivium, sadly no LA show (yet).
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Winston-Salem date.
That is highly interesting.
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Of course I decide to move to L.A. from Orlando, and they are having several shows in Florida. I would have been at every one of them :facepalm:
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That will be a great show.
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Just added Jacksonville, Tremonti ONLY! Now I don't have to drive to Orlando. And they just played a festival here this summer. Can't. Believe. It.
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On that note, here's an updated poster. I think this was before the Jacksonville show was announced though.
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LA show at the Roxy. It's on a Monday, though. Can't get out of school until like 6PM and I don't really want to take the day off, since I always feel like I'm on thin ice where if I do something like take an unneeded day off from school, things are going to go bad.
I'll probably mull it over during the next few weeks.
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Wow thats a lot of US dates. Did AB even play that many US dates in support of Fortress? :lol
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Wow thats a lot of US dates. Did AB even play that many US dates in support of Fortress? :lol
Uhhh, no..... They only did probably 24 US headlining shows (I'm counting the ones that has Mark's guitar clinics as headlining shows) if we do not count festivals. Then again, most of these upcoming shows are co-headlining with Trivium, and Tremonti probably wouldn't be playing this amount of dates by themselves.
I would like to see AB do a co-headlining US tour in the future. Got to find some new way to expand their fanbase and brand in other ways. Wouldn't mind seeing them with Stone Sour, Breaking Benjamin, Alice in Chains, maybe Halestorm. I'd go to those shows even if AB would play like an hour as oppose to the 1hr40min. that they usually do.
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Wow thats a lot of US dates. Did AB even play that many US dates in support of Fortress? :lol
Uhhh, no..... They only did probably 24 US headlining shows (I'm counting the ones that has Mark's guitar clinics as headlining shows) if we do not count festivals. Then again, most of these upcoming shows are co-headlining with Trivium, and Tremonti probably wouldn't be playing this amount of dates by themselves.
I would like to see AB do a co-headlining US tour in the future. Got to find some new way to expand their fanbase and brand in other ways. Wouldn't mind seeing them with Stone Sour, Breaking Benjamin, Alice in Chains, maybe Halestorm. I'd go to those shows even if AB would play like an hour as oppose to the 1hr40min. that they usually do.
Haha I'd like to see AB do something, anything at all at this point :lol
They are one of my favorite bands on the planet and I typically like all the side projects the band members have but at the end of the day, I'd prefer if the band went back to BB era days where AB was their entire musical lives.
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Anybody see a show yet? My buddy snap chatted me some of the concert. He said he was there for Trivium, but Tremonti absolutely killed it
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^^ I've checked the setlists of the shows. It looks really good. Even Alter Bridge didn't have mainly a 50/50 setlist when Blackbird came out.
Cauterize
You Waste Your Time
All I Was
So You're Afraid
Flying Monkeys
The Things I've Seen
Radical Change
Tie the Noose
Dark Trip
Brains
Providence
Arm Yourself
Decay
Another Heart
Wish You Well
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That's a kicks set list!
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Dust approacheth. April 29, get here already!
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And a video teaser of the song "Catching Fire" sounds awesome! :metal :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGvyjZtVKU
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And a video teaser of the song "Catching Fire" sounds awesome! :metal :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGvyjZtVKU
Oh, those riffs are a little different than anything we've heard from him before. Nice.
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And a video teaser of the song "Catching Fire" sounds awesome! :metal :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGvyjZtVKU
Oh, those riffs are a little different than anything we've heard from him before. Nice.
Definitely sounds heavy!
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Dust approacheth. April 29, get here already!
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Same day as Haken! :metal
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Oh hell yes! That riff though! Sounds nice and heavy and progressive. I know Mark said his personal favorite songs are on Dust. Cant fuckin wait :metal
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Sounds really good!
Still hoping he changes up his typical chorus, but I don't have high hopes for that. I'm sure I'll still enjoy the hell out of it.
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I'm just a big fan of continuity when it comes to things like album art.
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I'm just a big fan of continuity when it comes to things like album art.
Well Dust is supposed to be a continuation of Cauterize, right? So it makes sense to continue themes from the artwork as well.
Sounds really good!
Still hoping he changes up his typical chorus, but I don't have high hopes for that. I'm sure I'll still enjoy the hell out of it.
Yeah, I'm a big Alter Bridge fan and a big fan of Mark in general, I've really enjoyed his solo work, but I doubt that typical "Tremonti Chorus" is going away. I love Mark's guitar writing, and now singing, if I had one nitpick (even though its a tiny one) I'd want him to experiment with different song structures more. AB did this a little on Fortress, and I loved it.
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That teaser sounds massive. Although, yeah, the chorus is sounding the same again. FIrst day purchase though.
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Yeah, after being the head songwriter in three bands, the chorus is not his biggest strength, even though they are catchy as hell. He's really big on melody. In all his interviews for Tremonti he says his music is going to be fast and heavy, but he's keeping the melodic aspect. However, on Alter Bridge's Fortress and even on Cauterize you can tell he's been experimenting.
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Yeah, after being the head songwriter in three bands, the chorus is not his biggest strength, even though they are catchy as hell. He's really big on melody. In all his interviews for Tremonti he says his music is going to be fast and heavy, but he's keeping the melodic aspect. However, on Alter Bridge's Fortress and even on Cauterize you can tell he's been experimenting.
Definitely, just not the choruses. In fact, Fortress had some of the worst offenders as there were songs that were actually nicely different for them and great, but then they'd suddenly go back to the traditional chorus and it would sound very out of place.
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I'd agree with that totally. Fortress was a tease because songs like Cry of Achilles would get you thinking they were doing something completely different and then they would break into the usual chorus feel... That being said, I love the chorus on that song and many others, but the point here I guess is diversity in that regard not necessarily quality.
Slightly more on topic, Cauterize has aged pretty well for me and has some really good material on it, so I'm definitely looking forward to Dust. I'm curious though if this will become a Load/Reload thing for Mark, where fans will automatically condense the two albums into one...
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Don't know if this had already been discussed but I don't see it, here's the tracklist, revealed by Tremonti:
1. “My Last Mistake”
2. “The Cage”
3. “Once Dead”
4. “Dust”
5. “Betray Me”
6. “Tore My Heart Out”
7. “Catching Fire”
8. “Never Wrong”
9. “Rising Storm”
10. “Unable To See”
Release date is 29th of April but that had already been confirmed before and is in the thread title.
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"The Cage" Teaser :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0Af-oKPYE
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Garrett is absolutely owning those drums :metal
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This sounds heavy as fuck, love it. :metal
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You know, as much as I dislike that Tremonti has been writing essentially the same chorus on guitar for the better part of almost 10 albums, the dude has to get credit for making the vocals interesting even to this day. That can't be easy.
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Couple of things from that "The Cage" clip:
1. Very Mark-sounding chorus, but I like the melody, so that's perfectly cool with me.
2. Nice breakdown riff in the beginning of the bridge, and I love the switch to double time when the solo starts.
3. The solo itself is a little different for Mark which is great to hear, he's come a long way with his solos and this one is a killer for sure.
Getting pumped for this record! :metal
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Guys if you have a Spotify account, you can listen to the first single and title track, Dust, in its entirety, and my god, for a song that's not heavy, it's pretty badass. The first time I heard the break between the verse and chorus...i felt like my jaw dropped. It also has an INCREDIBLE solo by Mr. Tremonti. Fuck, this song is good.
EDIT
ITS NOW LIVE ON ITUNES
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It's an odd sounding song to say the least, and I mean in that in a positive way. Sometimes, we would think we would have Mark all figured out now in terms of style and then he goes out and does something like Dust which does not really sound anything like he's done so far in this solo project.
This man is a gem to us all and, to think, we're going to get two albums from this year from him, and three in the last two years! Praise Mark Tremonti!
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I just listened to the single, I thought it was a strong track for the band, something a little different for them. I love the way the entire song is slowly building toward the solo.
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Album is pre-ordered with the title track loaded on my phone :tup
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HghPn3v4e4
Youtube link of the new song.
Not bad.
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So I got my copy of Dust early and listened to much more than anyone should and the verdict is...
It's pretty good, but Cauterize is still easily my favorite of the lot. "Betray Me" is by far the best song on the album while too many songs feature riffs that are heavy for the sake of heavy without the same groove or melody that we're used to from Tremonti.
Any of you guys take a listen yet?
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I didn't realise it was out already.
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It's pretty good, but Cauterize is still easily my favorite of the lot. "Betray Me" is by far the best song on the album while too many songs feature riffs that are heavy for the sake of heavy without the same groove or melody that we're used to from Tremonti.
Pretty much my thoughts. Excellent album for sure but Cauterize is still my favorite.
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I didn't think this came out until the 29th... I'll listen to it Friday when it comes out and post my thoughts. I'm assuming it leaked, but I'd rather wait and listen to it properly.
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Dust just downloaded from my iTunes!!! Gonna fire up this bad boy and kick back with a few brewskis :metal :metal :metal
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The Cage is becoming one of my favorite Tremonti songs :metal
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Dust (the song) has been around for a while but it is an amazing song, probably the best of this album. After that though The Cage, Catching Fire, My Last Mistake... very hard to choose, so many good ones.
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Does anyone know when this is going to be released on Spotify? I don't see it there...
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Dust (the song) has been around for a while but it is an amazing song, probably the best of this album. After that though The Cage, Catching Fire, My Last Mistake... very hard to choose, so many good ones.
Not a fan of Betray Me? Even after plenty more spins, it's still the undisputed #1 for me.
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Dust (the song) has been around for a while but it is an amazing song, probably the best of this album. After that though The Cage, Catching Fire, My Last Mistake... very hard to choose, so many good ones.
Not a fan of Betray Me? Even after plenty more spins, it's still the undisputed #1 for me.
I am indeed a fan, it would be next on that list for me :lol Not my #1 on the album but it is great. "Remember hope, remember faith remember trust" - that part is probably the one that has been stuck in my head most since getting the album, and the outro is one of the best too.
The only songs on the album I am not very impressed by so far are Tore My Heart Out and Rising Storm (which seems very forgettable).
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Does anyone know when this is going to be released on Spotify? I don't see it there...
I keep checking for it as well. They may wait a week before they release it there.
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Dust (the song) has been around for a while but it is an amazing song, probably the best of this album. After that though The Cage, Catching Fire, My Last Mistake... very hard to choose, so many good ones.
Not a fan of Betray Me? Even after plenty more spins, it's still the undisputed #1 for me.
I am indeed a fan, it would be next on that list for me :lol Not my #1 on the album but it is great. "Remember hope, remember faith remember trust" - that part is probably the one that has been stuck in my head most since getting the album, and the outro is one of the best too.
The only songs on the album I am not very impressed by so far are Tore My Heart Out and Rising Storm (which seems very forgettable).
I'm the opposite! I really like Tore My Heart Out but not too impressed by Betray Me
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Spun Dust all day yesterday at work. Enjoyable, but nothing grabbed me out of the gates the way a couple tracks from Cauterize did. I'll definitely spend some more time with it in the coming weeks though.
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Spun Dust all day yesterday at work. Enjoyable, but nothing grabbed me out of the gates the way a couple tracks from Cauterize did. I'll definitely spend some more time with it in the coming weeks though.
Yeah, it's a very solid album, but I would say it doesn't have the variety and dynamism of Cauterize. Lots of really strong songs though.
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First song from the new album to click for me: Once Dead. It's all about the choruses for me with his songs, I can always count on good riffing and solos.
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Man, I wish they'd release this album on Spotify... I'll buy it for sure, I just haven't had the time, plus the majority of my music listening happens now a days at work through Spotify.
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Wow, this is a new discovery for me. I don't know why I didn't investigate this until now, but I have "Dust" and I like it quite a bit more than I thought I would. I don't like Creed. At all. That's what's kept me away but I decided to check them out.
I see now that there are two previous albums. Same or similar quality/sound?
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I haven't heard the new album yet, I haven't been too interested in Tremonti's solo project lately.
I know the previous two though, Dust and the previous album 'Cauterize' consist of 20 tracks in total and were divided after the writing process. 10 of which were released last year under 'Cauterize', and Dust, which you have listened to, has the other 10 tracks. So I assume these albums are both about the same quality. If you dug Dust you'll probably like Cauterize too.
I prefer All I Was, the debut, over both Cauterize and the songs I've heard from Dust so far though, but that's just me.
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Yeah like Train said, Cauterize is very similar to Dust. All I Was (their first album) has a little different sound, but still pretty similar.
Mark's pretty amazing, certainly one of my favorite song writers around today. I think a lot of people hear his name, associate him with Creed, and write him off without even listening. This stuff ain't Creed by any stretch.
I think I've said before and I'll say again, Tremonti is filling a void by doing pretty darn heavy metal with very melodic vocals better than most anyone right now.
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^that's what drew me in, also the fact that he's right on the edge of Baritone/Tenor on his vocals - I fucking love metal singers in this range. Not that there are many of them that are this good. Zachary Stevens (Savatage, Circle II Circle) has a similar vocal range/tone.
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^that's what drew me in, also the fact that he's right on the edge of Baritone/Tenor on his vocals - I fucking love metal singers in this range. Not that there are many of them that are this good. Zachary Stevens (Savatage, Circle II Circle) has a similar vocal range/tone.
I really like Mark's voice. According to interviews I've seen with him, it took him a long time to work up the confidence to sing lead and he spent a lot of time working on his vocals privately.
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I think I've said before and I'll say again, Tremonti is filling a void by doing pretty darn heavy metal with very melodic vocals better than most anyone right now.
I agree with that, heavy songs with great melodies, vocals at Mark's range and without growls, it's all I was asking for! :tup
I only have Cauterize and Dust, but I'm really loving these albuns. By the way, although I'm still beginning to listen to Alter Bridge, and no doubt, so far, my opinion is that AB is at least a good band, I am still liking Tremonti albuns more.
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Dust is now on Spotify if anyone has been waiting to listen.
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Spun Dust all day yesterday at work. Enjoyable, but nothing grabbed me out of the gates the way a couple tracks from Cauterize did. I'll definitely spend some more time with it in the coming weeks though.
Yeah, it's a very solid album, but I would say it doesn't have the variety and dynamism of Cauterize. Lots of really strong songs though.
I'm on the same train.
That said, Dust has a LOT of growers. It's very quickly become #2 behind Cauterize for me, and it's certainly not because the first record sucks.
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I finally got a chance listen...
Hell Fucking Yeah!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure where it stands, gotta listen wayyy more. But it sure fuckin rocks, that I know. :metal
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Got my copy of Dust and have had quite a few listens. IMO this shits all over Cauterize, so much better IMO.
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Wow. A year and a half since the last post in this thread. Anyway, it was announced that Tremonti has signed onto Napalm Records (in which Alter Bridge and Myles Kennedy is also a part of the label as well). Their 4th album will be titled, "A Dying Machine" and of course, it will be out this year. I must say, Napalm Records must be treating Alter Bridge really well if they decided that they want Tremonti and Myles Kennedy as a solo artist to be part of their roster. Here's the short announcement video and description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa6tGCWozAY
(February 1, 2018 – New York, NY) – Tremonti, the band comprised of Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars, and Garrett Whitlock on drums, have signed a new worldwide record deal with Napalm Records. The band will be releasing their fourth full-length album, A Dying Machine, via the label. A teaser video from Mark announcing the album can be seen via Napalm’s YouTube page here: https://youtu.be/qa6tGCWozAY. Napalm Records is home to metal notables such as DevilDriver, Otep, Myles Kennedy, Hoobastank, Life Of Agony, Monster Magnet, Kamelot, and W.A.S.P. among others. The label is also home to Mark Tremonti’s other powerhouse band Alter Bridge and recently released the critically acclaimed collection Live From The O2 Arena + Rarities.
“I’m really looking forward to partnering up with Napalm again after they did such an excellent job promoting Alter Bridge,” explains Mark Tremonti.
“We are thrilled to work with TREMONTI and are looking forward to a bright future with the upcoming releases!” adds Thomas Caser, Managing Director of Napalm Records.
Tremonti are currently in the studio recording A Dying Machine with longtime producer, Michael “Elvis” Baskette. The release date of the album will be announced in the future, but fans can go to https://www.fret12.com/collections/tr... to pre-order the new album in various fan bundles. There is also an exclusive listening party and performance event scheduled for May 12th at the Social in Orlando, FL that is currently on sale. Tremonti has been confirmed as direct support for Iron Maiden throughout Europe in July. The band has also confirmed slots at Carolina Rebellion, Lunatic Luau, Graspop Metal Meeting, Hellfest & Wacken Open Air.
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^ love everything about it except Elvis.
I’m a firm believer that sometimes artists stick with producers too long and could be well served to work with someone new who could bring fresh ideas in terms of arrangements and sonics.
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Well, this is an interesting twist. As did Myles wrote a relatively concept album revolving around the year his father passed away, Mark is making A Dying Machine, a concept album. It looks to be sci-fi based. He also is teaming up with a steampunk sci-fi author to write a novel titled "A Dying Machine"
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The author looks like he wrote stuff that goes well with the potential themes that A Dying Machine could bring.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shirley
This is something that I did not expect Mark to do at all. I wonder if the execution of the novel release is going to be better than TA's?
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Cool! I'm looking forward to this album, I hope Mark spreads his wings a little on this one and diversifies a little bit. The last couple albums are good but kinda samey.
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Cool! I'm looking forward to this album, I hope Mark spreads his wings a little on this one and diversifies a little bit. The last couple albums are good but kinda samey.
Agreed. I loved All I Was. But Cauterize and Dust...should have been one record. If you remember, Mark said they recorded the best 20 songs at the same time, and did that so they could have two records on the shelf ready to be released. So they were samey, because it was the same writing and recording sessions. Some great tunes, but a shame at the same time, because I think if they just took the top 12 songs from both those albums, and cut out the filler, they'd have a record superior to All I Was.
So, I am feeling pretty good that this new one will top the last two, particularly since a lot of thought went into the concept. Looking forward to it.
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I agree too. All I Was was brilliant as it was something new. You can tell the next two really just followed the same formula. I hope too he changes it up a little bit.
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https://shop.napalmrecords.com/tremonti-a-dying-machine-digipak-cd.html
There’s a little preview of one song on Napalms site also.
On the description is informed that they will tour with Iron Maiden. Cool!
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The little teaser sounded amazing. Cool concept. Can't wait!
Edit - just did my pre-order.
For folks in the US, Napalm has pre-orders up on the U.S. site too!
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Indeed cool! Just a fun fact, maybe I’m one of the few that first heard Myles Kennedy on Slash’s latest album, Tremonti on cauterized/dust, loved these 3 albums and, after that, decided to check Alter Bridge, beginning with Fortress!
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Ambitious project, that's for sure. Looking forward to this record.
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Indeed cool! Just a fun fact, maybe I’m one of the few that first heard Myles Kennedy on Slash’s latest album, Tremonti on cauterized/dust, loved these 3 albums and, after that, decided to check Alter Bridge, beginning with Fortress!
Welcome to the madness. AB hardcore fan here. I love Tremonti's solo project, and Myles with Slash is good too. Enjoy Myles solo record, but it is something I won't listen to all the time (I prefer the traditional hard rock/metal). But I am looking forward to seeing his solo show in May!
Ambitious project, that's for sure. Looking forward to this record.
I love the cover art too. For some reason it strikes me as the movie Ex Machina, but I dig it!
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Oh also, they have a ton of info on the band's redesigned site -
https://tremontiproject.myshopify.com/#home
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I believe the song that was teased is From The Sky!
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Sounded cool. Gonna hold out judgment till I hear how he handles the choruses and song structures. Sample was pretty normal Tremonti.
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Yeah, Im hoping for a little bit more experimentation, especially if it's going to be a concept album. I really loved Cauterize, and while Dust was good, nothing on that album stood out from his previous two records.
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Yea, he's lucky in the fact that it all generally is good and enjoyable, even if it all blurs together.
Similar to Epica and Amaranthe for me. All SUPER samey but all enjoyable.
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The title track to A Dying Machine is going to be released, next week. I'm hyped.
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I'm super pumped for this album. I try not to listen to pre-release songs too much so I don't ruin those songs on the album. But with the first song being released next week, I find myself very much wanting to listen as much as possible. I'll have to temper that, because June 8 isn't that far out.
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"YOU'RE A DYING MACHINE!"
:metal :metal :metal
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Just checked out the title track on Spotify... I'm kinda mixed on it. Good, solid song, but like I said before he doesn't do anything I haven't heard from him before. It's cool but never blew me away.
EDIT - it's up on YouTube now -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGBbS4gylM
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I pretty much agree. I didn't get the crunchy riffs I was hoping for like from the teaser, but it's a solid track. I like the way it moves through the song and I really dig the chorus.
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Just checked out the title track on Spotify... I'm kinda mixed on it. Good, solid song, but like I said before he doesn't do anything I haven't heard from him before. It's cool but never blew me away.
EDIT - it's up on YouTube now -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGBbS4gylM
Interesting tune. I like the point-counterpoint lyrics, and thought the bridge was cool. Expected a solo, didn't get one.
Song was a little repetitive, but I am withholding any snap judgments, because this is a concept record, and this is a piece of a story. Depending on the context, this could be a vital part of the story and album.
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I pretty much agree. I didn't get the crunchy riffs I was hoping for like from the teaser, but it's a solid track. I like the way it moves through the song and I really dig the chorus.
I liked the chorus as well, I was just hoping something else hooked me and nothing else really has.
Interesting tune. I like the point-counterpoint lyrics, and thought the bridge was cool. Expected a solo, didn't get one.
Song was a little repetitive, but I am withholding any snap judgments, because this is a concept record, and this is a piece of a story. Depending on the context, this could be a vital part of the story and album.
The lyrics are cool, and I'm sure they will be cooler in the context of the record.
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I dig it. It’s different than his usual formula. And he changes the tone of his voice, which is probably for the characters. On my first listen, I thought the chorus was the point of view from who I am guessing is the machine, but then the melody switches up. I like the variations, and could make for a interesting storytelling experience depending what else he has to offer on this album. I don’t think he went in to this record to make a single that we’re used to
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Well, it sure sounds like Tremonti. It's really quite disappointing for me that for a six minute title track there's no guitar solo at all. I hope this isn't a trend.
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I mean when AB did Calm the Fire, that was a 6-minute track that put more of an emphasis on lyrical content and vocals (moreso than usual) rather than big guitar riffs and solos.
As for A Dying Machine, I do agree, it's indeed different than the usual Tremonti formula, but it still works out well for them. Hopefully, it works a lot better in the context of the concept of A Dying Machine, but it's still a good standalone songs. It's also a good thing that Mark is writing lyrics about stuff that seems to go outside the usual post-grunge/alternative metal motifs (which can be great, but can go stale quite fast).
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Take You With Me is REALLY, REALLY good. Totally different for Mark Tremonti. It keeps his classic heavy riffing, but it also incorporates a bit of pop like My Champion from AB, and then a little Foo Fighters to my ear.
I really dig it. nice to see him do something that goes that direction. Love the way he is singing too. He sang a little higher, which adds some dynamics. :metal
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Yeah I like Take You With Me more than the title track I think, it's pretty cool.
But honestly with both of these tracks, it feels a little Tremonti-by-the-numbers to me. That's not really a bad thing, I love Mark's stuff, just an observation.
Here's the track -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwrSAZzXEc
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Okay song, nothing special, nothing bad.
But I feel like they planned the video for a different song. The video is emphasizing heaviness and aggression, while the song is actually pretty light and fluffy.
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Okay song, nothing special, nothing bad.
That's kinda where I'm at with the two tracks they have released. I like them, I don't love them. There's nothing bad about them, but there's also nothing that really truly grabbed me.
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I can't say whether or not I feel like it's "samey", but maybe that's because I just don't care. I can't stop loving what I've heard so far, and I'm dying to hear it all as a whole. Take You With Me puts the biggest fucking smile on my face :metal.
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Thought this was a Foo Fighters song for sure at the start. Don't know what to think. Not really impressed so far with both these tracks.
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I really like the title track, but Take You With Me...im still nursing it. It should be interesting to hear these songs in the confines of the concept album.
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These songs just plain confirm that Mr. Mark Thomas Tremonti is one of the best rock guitarists and songwriters of the current era. Loved these tracks to be honest
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Bringer of War is without a doubt my favorite track that has been released! :metal
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Bringer of War is without a doubt my favorite track that has been released! :metal
Yeah, I'd agree, it's probably my favorite of the three as well. That bridge riff into the solo is really good. I'd love to hear Mark experiment more with his choruses and try some different things out besides the straight rock strumming chords, but that said the chorus did have a couple interesting chord changes that were refreshing.
Overall though, yeah - really good song. Mark continues to show that he's one of the best (and still most underrated, IMO) metal riff writers out there.
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BUMP.
New track released - "As the Silence Becomes Me":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TjB72boz8
Honestly, kind of a meh reaction from me. I like the clean picking style in the verses, that's classic Mark. But the choruses feel sort of flat to me, and the melody didn't really grab me. The bridge started out promising but then didn't really go anywhere. The whole thing just didn't feel special to me, it just was kinda there - didn't do much for me.
For me, this song is a glowing example as to why, even though I like Mark and Myles separately, when they write together for AB they produce the best material. A song idea like this could have been taken to greater places, IMO, with Myles as a writing partner.
Not a bad song, just not a particularly good song either.
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BUMP.
New track released - "As the Silence Becomes Me":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TjB72boz8
Honestly, kind of a meh reaction from me. I like the clean picking style in the verses, that's classic Mark. But the choruses feel sort of flat to me, and the melody didn't really grab me. The bridge started out promising but then didn't really go anywhere. The whole thing just didn't feel special to me, it just was kinda there - didn't do much for me.
For me, this song is a glowing example as to why, even though I like Mark and Myles separately, when they write together for AB they produce the best material. A song idea like this could have been taken to greater places, IMO, with Myles as a writing partner.
Not a bad song, just not a particularly good song either.
I agree except I think Myles is fine on his own. The Tremonti solo stuff is okay but doesn't hold a candle to AB.
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I agree except I think Myles is fine on his own. The Tremonti solo stuff is okay but doesn't hold a candle to AB.
You know what, you're probably right. His solo record is really good, just so different, it's hard to compare. With Tremonti, it's closer to AB's style so it's easier to compare. But now that you mention it, Myles' work on the Mayfield Four stuff is fantastic. So my comment probably applies to Mark more than Myles.
I just feel like Mark's work ends up better when he writes with Myles I guess, that's all.
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I agree As The Silence Becomes Me isn't all that and a bag of chips, but again, I want to hear the full album before I can judge the song on it's own. I need to get the gist of the story being told on a concept album to truly appreciate or not appreciate the material.
As far as Mark's work being better when he writes with Myles....remember Mark wrote all of One Day Remains, and that is a stellar album that still holds up today. Do you think Tremonti's solo work isn't as spectacular as Alter Bridge (which i'm in agreement with) is being Mark has taken the role of lead vocalist, and is writing music to match his vocal capabilities? Do you think if Mark wrote instrumental pieces it would be better than pieces where he's lead vocalist?
EDIT: Mark solos a lot more in AB whereas in all 3 Tremonti and what we've heard from A Dying Machine there's hardly any.
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I agree As The Silence Becomes Me isn't all that and a bag of chips, but again, I want to hear the full album before I can judge the song on it's own. I need to get the gist of the story being told on a concept album to truly appreciate or not appreciate the material.
As far as Mark's work being better when he writes with Myles....remember Mark wrote all of One Day Remains, and that is a stellar album that still holds up today. Do you think Tremonti's solo work isn't as spectacular as Alter Bridge (which i'm in agreement with) is being Mark has taken the role of lead vocalist, and is writing music to match his vocal capabilities? Do you think if Mark wrote instrumental pieces it would be better than pieces where he's lead vocalist?
One Day Remains is great, and it really does have a special place in my heart, but to be honest it's easily my second to least favorite AB record (with only ABIII ranking worse). So, overall I tend to like the material that came post - ODR which has been basically a combo effort of Mark + Myles. It's also worth noting that Mark had a lot of time to write those songs post Creed and he had no other projects at that point meaning his full focus (from a songwriting perspective) was on that group of songs. I might make the argument at this point he's stretching his songwriting a little thin.
In regards to Mark's voice - I actually really like his voice a lot. His range is definitely limited, but the tone and delivery is solid to my ears. I guess I'm still surprised his solo material relies so heavily on vocals, since like I said, his range is pretty limited. Even after several solo records, I still think it would have made more sense to have his solo stuff be focused more on riffing, soloing, unique song structures, extended instrumental sections, etc... all while incorporating his voice into that. Instead, it's been pretty vocal heavy stuff that doesn't explore much new territory. In fact AB continues to explore more musical territory, which is fine - apparently this solo stuff is what Mark wants to do, so more power to him.
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Yeah, he's been way to vocal heavy, and I feel like it's going to be more of that the more comfortable he gets with his voice.
I do enjoy the music, and I still think he's a great guitarist and a riff machine...but I also feel like he hasn't tapped into the raw potential as a solo artist.
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I do enjoy the music, and I still think he's a great guitarist and a riff machine...but I also feel like he hasn't tapped into the raw potential as a solo artist.
Perfectly said. I totally agree.
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Tomorrow :metal
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Tomorrow :metal
Amazon has the release date as June 8th. Not sure it will be released on a Tuesday since most of the new albums are dropping on Friday.
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Ah goddammit! You're right. I don't where I got June 5th from...maybe when the album released date was first announced? Ok, few more days...
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Ah goddammit! You're right. I don't where I got June 5th from...maybe when the album released date was first announced? Ok, few more days...
The thread title has June 5th :lol
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Ah goddammit! You're right. I don't where I got June 5th from...maybe when the album released date was first announced? Ok, few more days...
The thread title has June 5th :lol
Which he made.
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On a lighter note, here's Mark in a Loudwire video playing Metallica's Welcome Home (Sanitarium). On a Hello Kitty guitar. The idea sounds absurd and it is, but he just nails it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ7xKMw8Xjw
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Ah goddammit! You're right. I don't where I got June 5th from...maybe when the album released date was first announced? Ok, few more days...
The thread title has June 5th :lol
Which he made.
:lol
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Hey guys...TOMORROW :metal :lol
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Finished listening to the album on Spotify. Mark Tremonti is the greatest. That is all.
This is the 7th full-length album that he was a main songwriter for in the 10s and it is still as strong as all of those albums he has done in the time period. The songwriting is a little more varied and I don't think it's as plugin chugging metal riffs and big anthem choruses (rinse and repeat x 10) that I feared he may have gone and I don't really think there was a song that makes me think, "Oh, this could have been a carbon copy of an AB or a Creed song." which is actually a good sign.
Anyway, favorites for now. Trust, Traipse, The First The Last, Take You With Me, and Desolation.
Fudge, man. Both Mark and Myles knocked it out of the park with their solo albums this year. I sure hope they can follow that up strongly with AB VI next year.
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Just bought it this morning and am half way through the first listen. So far so good!
Trust has jumped out immediately to me as a really cool song.
I'm not sure what the overarching story is all about, but I'm sure I'll absorb it over time.
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First listen through the album starting now...
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Listening now and liking what I'm hearing. My only beef with Mark's vocals is that he doesn't have a ton of range so his vocals get a little repetitive over a whole album. I do like his voice though.
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Listening now and liking what I'm hearing. My only beef with Mark's vocals is that he doesn't have a ton of range so his vocals get a little repetitive over a whole album. I do like his voice though.
His singing is way better on this one than on his previous efforts. Actually, as a whole, I think this might be the best Tremonti album. Very dynamic both musically and vocally.
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Just finished my first listen through the record - pretty good first impression. A few of the singles I didn't care for as much still felt like some of the weaker tracks on the record, but there's some really good stuff on here too.
It's a lot to absorb, so I'll have to hold off most of my thoughts till I can listen a few more times but early standouts are Throw Them to the Lions, The Day When Legions Burned, Desolation, and Bringer of War. My initial impression is that the record is kind of a mixed bag for me. Some really good tracks, some okay tracks, and some tracks that'll probably become skippers.
Overall thought though - as we were discussing earlier in the thread, Mark seems to be relying heavily on his voice here. He has a really good singing voice, but with such a limited range, things start to get really samey after a few tracks, especially with the insistence on having all the choruses be big ringing chords for the most part. I'm surprised with the lack of guitar solos, I didn't count but it seemed like a lot of tracks didn't have solos. I'm all for mixing it up and having songs with and without solos, but IMO Mark's guitar work, especially his solos, is his strongest attribute as a musician. I would have liked for more emphasis to be put on his lead playing.
I will spin this a couple more times today and develop some more detailed thoughts on specific songs.
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My initial impression is that the record is kind of a mixed bag for me. Some really good tracks, some okay tracks, and some tracks that'll probably become skippers.
I'm kind of feeling the same way now on my 3rd spin.
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To me, Take You With Me has a kind of Foo Fighters vibe. It reminds me of Everlong in places.
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To me, Take You With Me has a kind of Foo Fighters vibe. It reminds me of Everlong in places.
Really? I thought Take You With Me had a No Way Back vibe if we are talking about Foo Fighters. Take You With Me is a great track. A solid upbeat track.
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My initial impression is that the record is kind of a mixed bag for me. Some really good tracks, some okay tracks, and some tracks that'll probably become skippers.
I'm kind of feeling the same way now on my 3rd spin.
Yup, just finished my third spin. It's reinforcing that initial thought. Some great songs, some okay songs, some skippers.
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To me, Take You With Me has a kind of Foo Fighters vibe. It reminds me of Everlong in places.
Really? I thought Take You With Me had a No Way Back vibe if we are talking about Foo Fighters. Take You With Me is a great track. A solid upbeat track.
Yeah, I can hear that too.
Too early for me to say what I think of the album as a whole. I’ll need a few more spins to form an opinion.
I hear what people are saying about Mark’s voice. Yes, he’s got a limited range, but I think the backing vocals do a good job of showcasing it.
I love the sound of the guitar. Crunchy. Great production.
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This album keeps getting better and better the more I listen to it.
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I've given it three listens so far. Really liking it. May be their best album.
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I’m really enjoying The First The Last at the minute. It’s probably the most radio friendly track on the album, but it’s cool.
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Make It Hurt and A Lot Like Sin are hooking me a bit this morning.
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Great record by Tremonti. It is by far the most complex and wide-ranging album he's done under his own name. I find myself liking a different track every time I listen to it, so for me, that's a huge positive.
Hoping he can do some sort of U.S. run. I'd be there for sure.
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Great record by Tremonti. It is by far the most complex and wide-ranging album he's done under his own name. I find myself liking a different track every time I listen to it, so for me, that's a huge positive.
I've listened to this record several more times and honestly I'm a little torn. I agree it's probably his most wide-ranging album as a solo artist, but for me, it still great kinda samey and generic at times. I really wish Mark would keep expanding out in different directions...
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I’m really enjoying The First The Last at the minute. It’s probably the most radio friendly track on the album, but it’s cool.
Yeah, this is the first track from the album that's really grabbing me as well. Enjoy it overall though and definitely need to give it some more spins.
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Trust is sticking out as another cool song. I love the way it starts, with the lo-fi drums, then into "Give me a reason.."
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Listened to it today.
It's par for the course Tremonto. Some really great stuff, some really weak stuff, and a whooooole lot of mediocre, heard it a hundred times before stuff.
Also I don't like "concept" albums like this. It's an album. An ordinary album. I guess there's technically some kind of theme connecting things, but that's it. Any song could just be one of the normal "talking to someone he's upset with" songs he always does. Any of these songs could have been on any of his other albums and I wouldn't notice.
All in all, I'd give it a C+. Nothing too bad, but really bland and forgettable for the most part. If he doesn't start diversifying, I think I'll just pass on his next stuff.
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Listened to it today.
It's par for the course Tremonto. Some really great stuff, some really weak stuff, and a whooooole lot of mediocre, heard it a hundred times before stuff.
Yup, I'm with you. The more I listen to it the more I feel this way.
Also I don't like "concept" albums like this. It's an album. An ordinary album. I guess there's technically some kind of theme connecting things, but that's it. Any song could just be one of the normal "talking to someone he's upset with" songs he always does. Any of these songs could have been on any of his other albums and I wouldn't notice.
That's a good point, and one that I hadn't mentioned before, but I feel the same. I get that it's a concept album that is supposed to tell a story, but there's no connection or themes that reoccur and the lyrics seem like they could all stand alone. Maybe the book will help things make sense...
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re: concept albums
I love the album, but I have to admit, other than having a clear idea of an AI and a human in the "story," I haven't spent the time to actually figure it out. I'm just rocking to it. And sadly, given today's huge flood of music, I know I personally just don't have the time to spend on concept records like I use to. So even if something IS a concept album, for me, if I dig it, I dig it, and eventually, I hope the concept bleeds through and I "get it" without working too much at it.
So far, I haven't really been able to do that with A Dying Machine. And I haven't read the lyrics. Just no time.
I remember when Operation: Mindcrime came out, I had the time to sit there and listen intently to the album, read the lyrics over and over, and I got what it was all about. Same with DT's SFAM, Pink Floyd's The Wall, same with Fates Warning's APSOG. But I just don't have the time to do that as much any longer, and it sucks, because I want to.
But reality is, unless it is pretty straight forward, I'm just in it to enjoy some great tunes and melodies. And Tremonti delivers that on this record. The book will absolutely fill the gap for me I am sure. Of course, that too requires an investment of time, but I tend to read books at times where I wouldn't necessarily listen to music or anything music-related (before going to sleep is usually perfect), so it'll work out for me.
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For anyone that cares, here's the preorder link to the A Dying Machine novel.
https://www.marktremonti.com/products/a-dying-machine-novel
Here's the synopsis.
When Brennan Gibbons' beloved wife Eleanor dies, so does the renowned architect’s career. On a fluke, Brennan enters and wins the 22nd Century Lottery to be one of the few people able to buy a first generation Vessel – an artificial human, part flesh, part machine, created to be the perfect partner. Though slightly dubious, Brennan brings Stella home, with the hopes that she can help him re-engage with life, without replacing his dead wife. At first, Stella is everything Brennan could desire in a partner, but Stella is not entirely human. Her robotic parts make her better, stronger, and faster. Yet as time passes, Stella begins to develop her own personality and free will--along with a dark obsession.
'At the same time, the Vessels created to be the bodyguards for the rich and powerful board members of Fusion Flesh are realizing that they too have free will. Bred to be killers and forced to serve as confidants and lovers, these Vessels realize that they have the tools necessary to fight for the rights of their kind. Led by Ares, the bodyguard of Fusion Flesh CEO Maggie Coogan; the Vessels band together to form a ruthless guerilla unit to overthrow those who control them.
'A DYING MACHINE weaves a tale of two stories: that of Ares and Stella - highlighting human folly through the creation of seemingly perfect beings... Beings who ultimately want what all people want: the freedom to love and live.'
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Makes sense. The songs all sounded like Tremonti relationship songs anyway.
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re: concept albums
I love the album, but I have to admit, other than having a clear idea of an AI and a human in the "story," I haven't spent the time to actually figure it out. I'm just rocking to it. And sadly, given today's huge flood of music, I know I personally just don't have the time to spend on concept records like I use to. So even if something IS a concept album, for me, if I dig it, I dig it, and eventually, I hope the concept bleeds through and I "get it" without working too much at it.
So far, I haven't really been able to do that with A Dying Machine. And I haven't read the lyrics. Just no time.
I remember when Operation: Mindcrime came out, I had the time to sit there and listen intently to the album, read the lyrics over and over, and I got what it was all about. Same with DT's SFAM, Pink Floyd's The Wall, same with Fates Warning's APSOG. But I just don't have the time to do that as much any longer, and it sucks, because I want to.
But reality is, unless it is pretty straight forward, I'm just in it to enjoy some great tunes and melodies. And Tremonti delivers that on this record. The book will absolutely fill the gap for me I am sure. Of course, that too requires an investment of time, but I tend to read books at times where I wouldn't necessarily listen to music or anything music-related (before going to sleep is usually perfect), so it'll work out for me.
It helps that Operation: Mindcrime is easily the single most 'cinematic' concept album out there. Plenty of other concept albums have used sound bits, narration and the like before and after Mindcrime- but it's still the only album I've heard that really paid serious attention to the design and construction of those bits. They have ridiculously good sound design and dialogue between the characters and how it marries to the lyrics and music.
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Makes sense. The songs all sounded like Tremonti relationship songs anyway.
:lol Pretty much!
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I liked 'A Dying Machine' but I didn't love it. I was wondering why and the conclusion I came out with is that it sounds way too much like Alter Bridge (Yeah we all know that), but without Myles' amazing vocal prowess the songs lack some kind of "shock" on the vocal melodies. Mark's a riff producing machine and I loved the instrumental parts of most of the songs, namely Take you With Me, Trust, and specially The Day when Legions Burned... He sings great, too; But his vocal range is limited compared to that of Myles and I felt that, at least on some songs, it could have had better vocal melodies.
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To be honest, I really think Mark and Myles need to step away from Baskette as their producer. Need to branch out more, try some different takes on things.
I agree with the comment that A Dying Machine, production-wise, sounds like Alter Bridge. It's like Baskette just took everything and piped it through the same settings AB uses. Need to get away from that. I sincerely hope all the AB guys step away from Elvis in their future projects for the next few years, and try something new. Just to vary it up and see what a new approach brings.
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To be honest, I really think Mark and Myles need to step away from Baskette as their producer. Need to branch out more, try some different takes on things.
I agree with the comment that A Dying Machine, production-wise, sounds like Alter Bridge. It's like Baskette just took everything and piped it through the same settings AB uses. Need to get away from that. I sincerely hope all the AB guys step away from Elvis in their future projects for the next few years, and try something new. Just to vary it up and see what a new approach brings.
Oh yeah no doubt, I've been banging that drum for years.
I think at this point in their careers, a fresh producer would be fantastic for Mark and Myles both from a sonic perspective and a song-writing/arranging perspective.
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New Tremonti album coming September 24th titled Marching in Time.
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New Tremonti album coming September 24th titled Marching in Time.
Looks like it was produced bu Elvis Baskette again. Wish Mark and Myles would you someone else to produce everything with Alter Bridge related albums and solo efforts.
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^^ Yeah. I think they trust the guy a little too much in everything, but that's what a tight-knit group will do to you. Same management, same producer, etc. Them and Sevendust just likes the team they have in management and producing.
Also, here's the track listings. 7:30+ song as the title track and it's the closing track. That should be an easy sign of a favorite song of the album.
1. A World Away 5:15
2. Now And Forever 4:20
3. If Not For You 4:10
4. Thrown Further 4:47
5. Let That Be Us 4:28
6. You’re The Last 4:40
7. In One Piece 4:36
8. Under The Sun 4:32
9. Not Afraid To Lose 5:44
10. Bleak 4:37
11. Would You Kill 4:04
12. Marching In Time 7:33
Speaking of that Sevendust and Tremonti connection, they will be on tour with Sevendust in the Fall.
(https://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2021/06/attachment-sevendust_tremonti_2021_tour_admat.jpg?w=857&h=1000&q=75)
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New single out, "If not for you":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uB2ZRjbtbY
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New single out, "If not for you":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uB2ZRjbtbY
Didn't love it. Not bad by any stretch, but so far it's the most "Tremonti by numbers" single I've heard. Also noticed its a new drummer?
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Agree with your assessment (after one listen, at least). Yes, I was reading about the drummer. No more Garrett Whitlock - that's a bummer, I really enjoyed his drumming. Looks like he's WVH's drummer now?
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I thought that song was quite good actually.
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I haven't heard anything yet from Marching in Time since I don't want to spoil myself before the album released, but Mark stated on Twitter that the title track will be dropping tomorrow. It's the longest song of the album and the final song of the album listing. Given Tremonti (and AB's) record of delivering great album closers and title tracks, this should be a banger.
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Well, here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvO_YDC-FSQ
it's a good one...
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It's pretty good. It takes a bit to get going. Feel like the build up intro is a bit TOO long. But the rest of the song is pretty bad ass.
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Really good stuff, I like it a lot :metal
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Wow great song \m/
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Hmmmm.....will need a few listens this one.
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Not bad. Still sounds a bit B side though. I dunno. Maybe his style is just wearing thin on me.
They all sound good, but at some point it just sounds like they're coming out of a factory. And I'm a huge Tremonti fan.
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Not bad. Still sounds a bit B side though. I dunno. Maybe his style is just wearing thin on me.
They all sound good, but at some point it just sounds like they're coming out of a factory. And I'm a huge Tremonti fan.
I can see that. To be honest, I didn't pick up the last album and only gave it a couple of spins. He's never come anywhere near the debut. THe whole AB/Tremonti/Creed sound is all a bit samey and similar.
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Maybe they'll grow on me, but the two tracks so far were underwhelming. I love most of his other stuff, Dust probably being my favorite. He's had one of the most consistently good guitar tones in the rock/metal orbit and his voice is really underrated. Those two elements appear unchanged, so hopefully some of the other tracks will hit harder.
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So, this was a pleasant surprise. My shirt/CD bundle that I ordered from the Tremonti website arrived, yesterday, a week before the album is officially out. Heard the album in full. I like it. A lot. Time will tell if I like it better than Myles' Ides of March or even AB's Walk the Sky, but I think this album brought a couple of things that I felt was missing from Walk the Sky (mainly more instrumental sections to build to the climax of the songs). Even though, I haven't listened to a lot of albums this year, I feel like I have no issues putting this one as my favorite album of the year, which is good, because that never happens to a Tremonti album. I always ended up liking something better from that year. Here's that list.
All I Was (2012). Liked Rush's Clockwork Angels better.
Cauterize (2015). Liked Iron Maiden's The Book of Souls
Dust (2016). Liked AB's The Last Hero and four other albums from that year
A Dying Machine (2018). Liked Myles' Year of the Tiger slightly better.
From 2021, I've listened to Marching in Time, Ides of March, an Aimer album (Jpop singer), a Hiroyuki Sawano album (Jpop composer), Iron Maiden's Senjutsu, and a Daughtry album and I liked all of those albums, but I have no issues enjoying Marching in Time more since I feel like Mark's style worked in a lot of good places in this one (some could find it tiring due to his style or Elvis' production, but not me for this one).
Favorites: A World Away, In One Piece, Not Afraid to Lose, Bleak, and Marching in Time. I really do like the instrumental bridge section in Would You Kill though.
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New single
https://youtu.be/sspy5JeVVlk
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New single
https://youtu.be/sspy5JeVVlk
Actually liked that one a lot!
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The chorus was a little more saccharine than I'd like, but otherwise that track is exactly the sort of thing I want from him.
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New single
https://youtu.be/sspy5JeVVlk
:hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
LOVE this one. My favorite so far of the 4 new ones.
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New single
https://youtu.be/sspy5JeVVlk
That's a fucking damn good song!!
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Just finished hearing the album. It's pretty killer. Nothing groundbreaking, just a very solid, hour-long slab of his flavor of rock/metal. Definitely going to be a strong contender for my best albums of the year list.
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Just finished hearing the album. It's pretty killer. Nothing groundbreaking, just a very solid, hour-long slab of his flavor of rock/metal. Definitely going to be a strong contender for my best albums of the year list.
Been busy with Sleep Token and Iron Maiden. I was finally able to listen to the new Tremonti and holy balls. Some killer riffs. Definitely a strong Tremonti album. Need to relisten to the rest and see where this falls but I was getting burned out by the recent Tremonti albums. This actually sounds refreshing.
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Not bad. Still sounds a bit B side though. I dunno. Maybe his style is just wearing thin on me.
They all sound good, but at some point it just sounds like they're coming out of a factory. And I'm a huge Tremonti fan.
I can see that. To be honest, I didn't pick up the last album and only gave it a couple of spins. He's never come anywhere near the debut. THe whole AB/Tremonti/Creed sound is all a bit samey and similar.
I picked up this album because I saw it on the weekend and this is still where I'm at with him. The first half of the album is really strong but lost interest during the second half of the album. First few songs were a little fresh and heavy but as this album goes on it embarks on MT/AB generic style territory.
Actually, a lot of these songs on the second half of the album are as generic and boring as anything he's ever done.
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I thought Marching in Time was easily the best since Tremonti's debut, All I Was.
In particular, I thought the new record's title track, and the song "Under the Sun" were two of the strongest he's ever written for this solo catalog.
Interesting regarding wolf's opinion and those of others who feel the Creed/Alter Bridge/Tremonti sound is samey and similar. I disagree.
I think Creed is very mid-tempo hard rock. Alter Bridge has some of that, but is much more dynamic, melodic, and progressive thanks to Myles (and it helps when you have a tenor singer). They use light and shade really well. Tremonti I feel brings Mark's thrashier elements to the forefront and as time has gone on, as most songwriters do, he's concentrated more on melody than anger.
This new record, Marching in Time, is a nice balance I thought of thrashy riffs and melody. Tremonti (the project/band) I feel can now really go and play with any sort of rock band out there. They have enough material that crosses over subgenres of rock/metal.
I can appreciate the comments about stuff seeming like it is coming out of a factory. I will say that it seems like things are...very plotted. And they are. I know Mark and Myles have both said that their recording/touring work is mapped out a number of years ahead. So it isn't necessary spontaneous.
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I honestly thought the first half was ok stuff. Stuff that you would typically hear out of the Tremonti/AB camp on Sirus XM Octane (which, if I'm honest, would outclass the majority of the stuff from that station anyway) although A World Away is a solid opener. Still, Leave it Alone and Radical Change are the top standard album openers for Tremonti. The back half of the album is where I thought certain things from them was better refined than on an album like Dust. Specifically, certain bridge sections that was terribly missed on AB's Walk the Sky. I honestly thought Not Afraid to Lose could be up there with one of the best ballads Mark has ever done. The title track is what you expected at a long song from Tremonti/AB. It's a lot of stuff to take in and it's great stuff. The lyrical content is key though.
I do agree with that they have enough material to cross over subgenres of rock/metal and this is going to be the case this December when I see them in LA on tour with Sevendust and Daughtry. Heck, they were opening for Iron Maiden in the Europe festivals in the summer of 2019. I still want a headlining show from them. Don't think I could get it before AB comes looming with the idea of album #7.
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I think MIT is phenomenal but has fallen to #3 of the year for me behind Maiden & the new DT. :metal
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Is anyone a fan of adjacent bands like Projected, Submersed, Dark New Day, Call Me No One, or Sick Speed?
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Is anyone a fan of adjacent bands like Projected, Submersed, Dark New Day, Call Me No One, or Sick Speed?
I loved Submersed. Saw them open for AB on the first tour in '04 and quickly became converted.
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Is anyone a fan of adjacent bands like Projected, Submersed, Dark New Day, Call Me No One, or Sick Speed?
Totally. The Call Me No One album is just spectacular from top to bottom. A favorite record of mine.
I like Dark New Day quite a bit. Although if I was going to be honest, I really wish Brett Hestla would have revived Virgos Merlot. Signs of a Vacant Soul was epic.
Being a Sevendust fan, I checked out Projected. Love John. Haven't necessarily fallen in love with Projected though.
Regarding Submersed, I thought In Due Time was really good. Then E Rock left (I think) and it wasn't as good after that.
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There was a fair amount of songs I liked from Projected's Ignite My Insanity. I do question their sanity on making that one a double album, but given that it was 5 years at the time since their debut and that they can't really tour unless maybe they are the opening band of their main bands (AB, Tremonti, Sevendust), I guess they wanted to get as much studio material out as possible.
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Regarding Submersed, I thought In Due Time was really good. Then E Rock left (I think) and it wasn't as good after that.
Agreed. I really like In Due Time. Immortal Verses had some good songs on it, but I guess losing Eric Friedman had an impact...
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So, Marching in Time still holds up nicely for me. Bolds well for the concert I'm seeing with them opening for Daughtry in LA tomorrow. Speaking about tomorrow, Mark has an announcement to make on Down Syndrome Day (his daughter, born last year was born with it). He says he's going to do something that no one ever expects him to do (and this time, he actually means it. He's wearing a suit to show how serious he is about it.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vITx8x37rnU
I think the rumor has been that it's going to be Mark singing Sinatra covers. Singing, not playing guitar at all. It looks like according to fans in Australia, it looks like it's going to be confirmed that he made an album of covering Sinatra songs.
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Yep. It's confirmed. Mark is going to release an album of him singing Sinatra covers with some of the backup band guys that Sinatra has toured with. A lot of known musicians like Slash and Kirk Hammett has positive stuff to say about this initiative. Surprisingly, JP and JLB has some lengthier quotes in the Loudwire article about it.
https://loudwire.com/mark-tremonti-frank-sinatra-covers-album-down-syndrome-charity/
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:lol WTF?!
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I saw the first video that was put out. Shockingly good. I had no idea he could sing like that, or even liked Sinatra.
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I saw the first video that was put out. Shockingly good. I had no idea he could sing like that, or even liked Sinatra.
Yea, the one video I saw was really cool. I'd totally be down for a whole album.
And everyone likes Sinatra. Or should :biggrin:
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Surprisingly good. Fantastic I would even say.
Doing things like this that are so far from our comfort zone guarantees personal growth. Amazing to see.
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For what a fair number of people consider the most boring rock band of all time, Creed's trajectory is really bonkers. Keep 3/4 of them and just swap out the vocalist and they manage to make impressively better sounding music than Creed as Alter Bridge. Mark has had a fantastic solo career. And now this latest development, I hardly know what to say. I'd just really like to see the reaction of myself, and even more so my high school friends who were listening to them in the late 90s when we find out that the guitarist is doing very solid Sinatra covers. Add this to the stack of evidence we might actually be living in a simulation and someone in the control center is just mashing buttons for the fun of it now.
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Well, Mark is going to go a full distance for this. He's going to have an album listening party and a live performance (big-band style) in Orlando in May. The price is pretty steep, but I've spent $250.00 for the Walk the Sky listening party in 2019 and I had a blast. I may consider making the trip for this one. Formal Attire is required which is fine, since wearing dark black t-shirts of rock/metal bands isn't really aesthetically pleasing for an event like this. The problem for me is that that's basically what my wardrobe is downgraded to (I just can't stop buying Alter Bridge/Tremonti/Myles Kennedy t-shirts). That and plaid long-sleeve shirts.
https://tremontisingssinatra.com/products/mark-tremonti-sings-frank-sinatra-charity-event-performance
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So, apparently, Mark's efforts into this Tremonti Sings Sinatra project has yield a lot of traction since the first announcement of it in 2022 around Down Syndrome Day (also the same day the Tremonti solo band was in LA in a concert opening for Daughtry. I was there for that concert. Great show.) Apparently, in the Orlando area, he was able to partner with a few doctors and opened a Down syndrome clinic in his daughter's name. Good stuff, good man.
https://www.orlandomagazine.com/a-powerful-force-for-down-syndrome-in-central-florida/
As for what next, for him? He still has a few Tremonti Sings Sinatra show (one of them in Beverly Hills, in which I will be there). Apparently, he is going to record a new solo album after those shows before doing the Creed cruise and then the long Creed summer tour and at some point going into early 2025, AB has their eyes on the calendar around that period to record a new album.
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Looking forward to a new Tremonti album, but don't they plan to record a new one for Creed too? It seems like a real missed opportunity if they reunite just for a tour and that's it.
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Well, it looks like according to this article, it looks like a new album is not currently in the works, but the possibility is there. Maybe an EP during this run is possible until AB gets going until 2025? There's never a shortage of material and inspiration for guys like Mark to make an album work, thematically, in one of his bands. It just seems odd in the way Mark has phrased it given that the turnaround time from when AB goes into the studio for pre-production around January of an album year to when everything is done being recorded is like around late April/early May and that's even factoring if Mark wants to do a solo tour or Myles is doing a tour with Slash for a month in between.
Maybe he's a bit too "hesitant" in jumping the gun too fast in wanting to do a Creed album that it may fall flat in perception like how the Full Circle album went? Also, I think Creed probably underestimated how much people missed them that they can have the pull to do a long and big amphitheater tour when they are ready to go? I guess when they spent over a decade being inactive, on top of seeing people making the unfunny jokes and making fun of them at their expenses, and Stapp having his personal issues rear its ugly head in between, it really takes away the focus how many people really likes this band despite all of those issues.
https://audioinkradio.com/2023/12/mark-tremonti-christmas-album-creed-reunion-interview/