
Two decades and eight albums into Alter Bridge’s lauded career, the hard rockers are pulling off a first in 2026 – they’re embracing the definitiveness of a self-titled album.
While you could argue 2010’s AB III almost did this – at least typographically – there’s a to-the-point toughness behind the band’s new, eponymous 12-song statement that fully fortifies what Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti have been working on together since 2004. And it all comes down to the sickness of the riff.