PRE-ORDER is up on iTunes and Amazon

[Marcos]

Heads up: you can now pre-order Fortress on iTunes and get Addicted to Pain in advance.

It's now working in the European and Latin American stores. American fans should be set as you approach midnight.

Also try searching for Fortress instead of Alter Bridge.

Update:
- iTunes made it available in all countries now
- Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EDO ... d_i=507846

[anguyen92]

Wel,l this sucks, I wanted to pre-order this thing on Itunes since I got a gift card and want to support the band, but since having an Itunes account requires a credit card info which I do not have atm, I guess I'm sticking with waiting to buy it in stores.

[Ryan]

Wel,l this sucks, I wanted to pre-order this thing on Itunes since I got a gift card and want to support the band, but since having an Itunes account requires a credit card info which I do not have atm, I guess I'm sticking with waiting to buy it in stores.

even with a gift card? ridiculous.

[anguyen92]

Hmmm, hold on a min. let me check, maybe if I can plug the gift card info then maybe they'll let me create an account.

Edit: Actually, let me retract my previous statement, they actually want my name, address, state, etc. Nothing on credit info, but it is not like I want to put that other stuff in anyway.

[Ryan]

you can enter the gift card info though, under redeem, and then you have credit.

[anguyen92]

Well, after numerous dumb-ass moves on my part, I finally got an iTunes account and cashed in my gift card for $25 bucks. Now what? We just wait until midnight till Fortress starts appearing?

[gbruin]

Nothing on iTunes yet as of 9:52 mountain time.

[joshuabeau]

I bet we have to wait until tomorrow night for us USA guys. New releases/pre-orders tend to drop about 10 PM on Monday.

[austinjhnsn]

USA has the worst luck with AB.

[joshuabeau]

USA has the worst luck with AB.

Seriously. It sucks. We always get everything last, and they barely tour here anymore.

[anguyen92]

USA has the worst luck with AB.

Sigh....., this makes me want to punch walls very hard. I'm really hoping they do good sales in the US in Itunes and in album sales and getting a good outlet of hundreds of thousands of people listening to the music in the States so that people will look and say, "hey, even though those guys are not as big as Creed or Slash, they can be good draws that can help the rock music world."

[austinjhnsn]

USA has the worst luck with AB.

Seriously. It sucks. We always get everything last, and they barely tour here anymore.

I don't blame them. Majority of us 'Yanks' don't know good music anymore. But seriously, we're last in line for everything... I hope what anguyen said comes true, that AB just does good sales wise, it's entirely possible after ABIII, which in some ways was the most successful album to date.

[joshuabeau]

12:05 here in Arkansas, and nothing on iTunes. So, guess we'll have to wait til tomorrow night.

[austinjhnsn]

Yeah, I guess it's not a big deal if we have to wait a night, we've waited this long, a day isn't a big deal. Lol.

[nagpo]

I agree with you guys. In this digital time of ours I don't know why albums release on different days. I have an itunes gift card also, would like to use it now but I have to wait...mild inconvenience.

[austinjhnsn]

Yeah, it's so easy to just release them at the same time, push of a button really. It is what it is though.

[joshuabeau]

Yup, I guess they really don't like the USA like they used too. Rock music has just faded in the US and people listen to the crap they listen to now, so the Rock fan base has gone down. It blows.

[Andy92]

Rock music won't get any better here if all the rock acts keep bailing out of here either. Bands like Stone Sour and Shinedown are doing just fine over here, but they're very dedicated to the states.

[joshuabeau]

And the ones that people do like, sound like Nickelback and the crappier groups.

[austinjhnsn]

I used to enjoy Nockelback, but it got repetitive. Like Andy mentioned, Shinedown, Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold, just to name a few, are doing well. Record sales don't matter as much as they used to, touring is more important, especially for AB. I feel like if they toured America as frequently as UK, they could be doing nearly as well as over seas, word spreads when people see a good band live.