AB VIII Speculations/Writing/Recording

[CozmicSoCool]

but I do remember reading something that said the next album is going to be a follow up to Pawns & Kings.

Never heard that. In terms of the lyrics or sonically?

i think it meant both? i really don't think it's true, since it didn't mention what it meant by that.

[CozmicSoCool]

but I do remember reading something that said the next album is going to be a follow up to Pawns & Kings.

Never heard that. In terms of the lyrics or sonically?

uh, i think i was actually just dumb. the article says that the album "will be the follow up to Pawns & Kings" which probably is just them saying it's the next album after P&K. i read it wrong i'm pretty sure.

[Timotheus]

Bishops and Queens, you heard it here first!

[Dolo]

Around 46:00 - 46:25 Mark says how AB III is his favorite AB album and that Blackbird is their most important album. He goes on to say the new album will be in the same vein as that era of AB.

[RevenantGB]

Interesting that Mark says they're doing something new with this album that's really exciting. Wonder what that is?

[Red_D]

Around 46:00 - 46:25 Mark says how AB III is his favorite AB album and that Blackbird is their most important album. He goes on to say the new album will be in the same vein as that era of AB.

He actually moved on from talking about Blackbird and was referring to bringing the moody AB3 vibe to the new album. I’d be very cool with this as love AB3

[riemslag1]

III
Also my favorite AB album for years
Those first 4 albums were pure magic
Would be very nice (as unexpected) if they were able to recapture that vibe (partly) of that era
Fingers crossed for that !

[Schulzy]

Interesting that Mark says they're doing something new with this album that's really exciting. Wonder what that is?

Brian and Flip take over vocal duties while Myles plays bass and Mark drums. Elvis will add harmonica and flute....

[anguyen92]

I was so ready to go ahead and not expect much for AB VIII and then Mark had to go ahead and say this in an interview with Loudwire. I can't imagine what this special thing will be to get excited for. I thought maybe an album where they record with an orchestra, but I would have thought that album would have came in 2019 on the backs of their Royal Albert Hall shows.

As much as Tremonti and Chuck discussed his new album, they also spent a little bit of time looking ahead to Alter Bridge's next record.

"Me and Myles [Kennedy] just got on the phone talking about all the material we have right now," Tremonti revealed.

"We're both very excited about it. We're doing something ridiculously cool for the next record that we haven't been able to announce yet, but it's going to be inspiring for us, to say the least."

When Chuck heard that, he pressed Tremonti a little more to see if he would share more specifics about what will make this new album "ridiculously cool."


"It's about the coolest thing you could ever do for a record as a fan of music in general. It's going to inspire us to no end ... It's going to be inspired by something really, really special. We'll be working on it in a great atmosphere."

https://loudwire.com/mark-tremonti-new- ... interview/

[austinjhnsn]

So couple of theories…

1: Parallax orchestra is recording with them in some capacity

2: They’re doing the retreat style writing? Not sure if this is it, they’re so busy..

[CozmicSoCool]

I was so ready to go ahead and not expect much for AB VIII and then Mark had to go ahead and say this in an interview with Loudwire. I can't imagine what this special thing will be to get excited for. I thought maybe an album where they record with an orchestra, but I would have thought that album would have came in 2019 on the backs of their Royal Albert Hall shows.

As much as Tremonti and Chuck discussed his new album, they also spent a little bit of time looking ahead to Alter Bridge's next record.

"Me and Myles [Kennedy] just got on the phone talking about all the material we have right now," Tremonti revealed.

"We're both very excited about it. We're doing something ridiculously cool for the next record that we haven't been able to announce yet, but it's going to be inspiring for us, to say the least."

When Chuck heard that, he pressed Tremonti a little more to see if he would share more specifics about what will make this new album "ridiculously cool."


"It's about the coolest thing you could ever do for a record as a fan of music in general. It's going to inspire us to no end ... It's going to be inspired by something really, really special. We'll be working on it in a great atmosphere."

https://loudwire.com/mark-tremonti-new- ... interview/

now this will be on my mind until we know what this ridiculously cool thing they're doing is.

[CozmicSoCool]

So couple of theories…

1: Parallax orchestra is recording with them in some capacity

I hope this is the one. I dont think they need to "retreat" back to their older style.

[joshuabeau]

Maybe they’ll go Mastodon style and do a whole record where they trade off with vocals. Imagine a whole record like Words? Sheesh

[Addicted To Pain]

My guess is that someone special will be featured on it. It could be the Parallax Orchestra, it could be a vocalist, it could be a guitarist...anyone. That seems to fit the "coolest thing that you could ever do for a record as a fan of music in general" quote.

[scarecrow]

So couple of theories…

1: Parallax orchestra is recording with them in some capacity

2: They’re doing the retreat style writing? Not sure if this is it, they’re so busy..

i thought he said it was something they were 'honored' to do

so the orchestra would make a fair amount of sense, especially with the mention of abiii specifically

[Dolo]

so the orchestra would make a fair amount of sense, especially with the mention of abiii specifically

What would be the link between the orchestra and ABIII?

[Schulzy]

My guess is that someone special will be featured on it. It could be the Parallax Orchestra, it could be a vocalist, it could be a guitarist...anyone. That seems to fit the "coolest thing that you could ever do for a record as a fan of music in general" quote.

That's what I was thinking. A collaboration of some sort.

[Red_D]

So couple of theories…

1: Parallax orchestra is recording with them in some capacity

2: They’re doing the retreat style writing? Not sure if this is it, they’re so busy..

Ok i wasn’t gonna post this but as you’ve mentioned it here is my wish list for the new album & look what is at number 1

1. Record a track (or two) with the Parallax Orchestra, that night in the Royal Albert Hall was magic & would love to see some of that brought to an album
2. A long drum intro, kinda like the opening to Metalingus but hell make it much longer
3. Myles to duet with someone. A female singer like Lzzy Hale could be cool?
4. I kinda liked what they did with the synth keyboard stuff on Walk The Sky album (Pay No Mind & Godspeed), would love to see them expand on this
5. Love me a long AB song, lets beat the length of FOTSS
6. This might be way too much to ask but how about a double album, one disc of electric & another of acoustic songs

Any one else have any others to add?

[CozmicSoCool]

1. Record a track (or two) with the Parallax Orchestra, that night in the Royal Albert Hall was magic & would love to see some of that brought to an album
2. A long drum intro, kinda like the opening to Metalingus but hell make it much longer
3. Myles to duet with someone. A female singer like Lzzy Hale could be cool?
4. I kinda liked what they did with the synth keyboard stuff on Walk The Sky album (Pay No Mind & Godspeed), would love to see them expand on this
5. Love me a long AB song, lets beat the length of FOTSS
6. This might be way too much to ask but how about a double album, one disc of electric & another of acoustic songs

Any one else have any others to add?

I agree with all except 5, I don't think they should have Fable dethroned that quickly. but I do think it'd be cool if we got a 7-minute epic on the album. another thing I'd like to see is another song with a super long instrumental intro (EX: Cry of Achillies, Show me a Leader) and another song like WDTTW, with both Myles and Mark singing with each other.

[Addicted To Pain]

3. Myles to duet with someone. A female singer like Lzzy Hale could be cool?

LZZY!!!