Seventh album drops this fall
Alter Bridge will release its seventh studio album, Pawns & Kings, on CD and LP on October 14th via Napalm Records. Since 2004, the band has been one of the most consistent bands to successfully represent the rock and metal communities with their driving melodies, blazing guitar riffs and topical lyrics that resonate with fans around the globe.
Pawns & Kings, continues that trend with 10 unforgettable new additions to their catalog. Coming off the launch of what was shaping up to be one of the band’s pinnacle moments with 2019’s Walk The Sky that topped the US Billboard Top Albums and US Current Rock and Hard Music, everything came to a halt as the world would forever be changed due to the events of a global pandemic.
The time the members of the band spent apart sparked a new fire and heaviness when the quartet comprised of Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums would reconvene for what would eventually become Pawns & Kings. Teaming with longtime producer and collaborator Michael “Elvis” Baskette, the album shines with massive, menacing arena-ready production while emerging as another sonic testament to the seasoned Kennedy/Tremonti songwriting dream-team. The band deliver three epic anthems, including two that clock in at over six minutes – the reflective and absolutely epic title track “Pawns & Kings,” grim-riffed, progressive influenced “Sin After Sin,” and the emotive eight-and-a-half minute journey “Fable Of The Silent Son.”
“Silver Tongue” is backed by a punishing intro riff that gives way to one of the band’s most infectious choruses as Myles Kennedy sings, “Truth of a crime. You can’t outrun. Under the spell of my silver tongue,” while tracks like “Holiday” and “Season Of Promise” ebb and flow within the trademark multi-faceted metallic rock attack that has enchanted Alter Bridge fans for a generation. Songs like “This Is War,” “Dead Among The Living” and “Last Man Standing” showcase the heavier side of a band firing on all cylinders, with soaring leads, hair-raising vocals and introspective lyricism abound.
Mark Tremonti helms lead vocal duties on the uplifting track “Stay” – an interchanging of skills that first debuted on the band’s fourth album, Fortress, and continues to this day. Nearly 20 years into their celebrated career, one thing is for sure – Pawns & Kings offers a musical snapshot of a band that shows no signs of slowing down and continues to push itself creatively for the whole world to see.
The band will support the set with a North American tour that will include Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH supporting all dates. The 2023 Pawns & Kings North American Tour kicks off January 25th in Tampa with stops in Atlanta, Nashville, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and others before wrapping April 1st in Highland, CA. Red will also appear through February with Pistols at Dawn wrapping up the trek.
Tickets are available on Friday, August 26th via Ticketmaster.
Alter Bridge 2023 Pawns & Kings North American Tour Dates:
Jan 25 – Tampa @ Seminole Hard Rock
Jan 27 – Orlando @ Hard Rock Live
Jan 28 – Atlanta @ Coca Cola Roxy
Jan 30 – Nashville @ Ryman Auditorium
Feb 1 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
Feb 2 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Feb 4 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Feb 5 – Philadelphia @ Franklin Music Hall
Feb 7 – Wallingford, CT @ The Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Feb 8 – Boston @ Roadrunner
Feb 10 – Waterloo, NY @ Del Lago Casino Resort
Feb 11 – Toronto, ON @ History
Feb 14 – Detroit @ The Fillmore
Feb 15 – Indianapolis @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
Feb 17 – Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Lake Casino Showroom
Feb 18 – Chicago @ The Riviera Theatre
Mar 10 – Quapaw, OK @ Downstream Casino Resort
Mar 11 – Kansas City @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
Mar 14 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
Mar 15 – Oklahoma City @ The Criterion
Mar 17 – Houston @ 713 Music Hall
Mar 18 – Dallas @ South Side Ballroom
Mar 20 – Denver @ Mission Ballroom
Mar 21 – Salt Lake City @ Union Event Center
Mar 23 – Seattle @ The Paramount Theatre
Mar 25 – Airway Heights, WA @ Northern Quest Resort & Casino
Mar 28 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Mar 29 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Mar 31 – Reno, NV @ Silver Legacy’s Grande Expo Hall
Apr 1 – Highland, CA @ Yaamava Theater at Yaamava Casino Resort
