From humble beginnings under the Floridian skyline to commanding all manner of gigantic stadiums around the world, Alter Bridge have come one hell of a long way in just over 10 years. The best part though? They've earned every derrière in every seat along the way. Birthed from guitarist Mark Tremonti following the demise of American post-grunge flag-fliers Creed (a band that forever get way too much flak for writing songs everyone always sings and chants along to regardless), AB became a fresh start. Tremonti thusly recruited the messianic talent of Citizen Swing/The Mayfield Four vocalist Myles Kennedy, asked fellow Creed bandmates Brian Marshall and Scott 'Flip' Phillips if they'd join him on bass and drums respectively, and it was off to the races. However, in recent years, thanks primarily to each band member having more talent in their little finger than a thousand fly-by-night popstars do in their entire lifetimes, Myles, Mark and co. have split off into various different musical avenues to ply their trade; the end result only stoking the AB fires for what's to come when they reconvene again. Myles has since become known just as much as Slash's frontman than Alter Bridge's, meanwhile Tremonti decided to unleash his inner riff-spewing beast across two bone-shatteringly heavy solo albums - the remaining Marshall and Phillips respectfully alternating between taking much-deserved vacations and contributing to supergroup, Projected. So, with the biggest year in their history awaiting them in 2016 and all signs pointing to their next album being something truly historic in every sense of the word, let's delve into everything fans have to look forward to between now and then.