Alter Bridge: Ranking Every Album From Worst To Best

3. Walk The Sky

You have no idea how long I agonised over the position of this newest album, Walk the Sky.

Because in many ways, it's the best collection of songs Alter Bridge have written - not to mention a confident encapsulation of where each band member is at, at this point in their careers.

You've got the SUPREMELY catchy, stadium-enslaving choruses of Wouldn't You Rather, In The Deep, Godsend. The OH MY CHRIST I didn't realise guitar tones could go that heavy of Forever Falling and Native Son.

The soaring, makes-me-tear-up-I love it of The Bitter End and Dying Light. Even Indoctrination feels like the guys have been listening to Ghost, and decided to write one of the most menacing songs in their discography.

It's a band 6 albums in, refusing to stick to their guns. Even things like the opening of Pay No Mind and Godsend are injected with freakin SYNTHWAVE electronic elements, as Tremonti noted he found a handful of old John Carpenter-esque samples, and made them work with the Alter Bridge sound.

Mark himself returns on lead vocals the whole way through on Forever Falling, and Dying Light ends with another guitar trade-off between Tremonti and Kennedy, Blackbird-style, as one lays down a beautiful, bend-heavy solo, only for the other to pull off a technique I as a guitar player, still can't figure out.

Walk the Sky is such a solid album. Literally, how many bands this albums in are still operating on this level of quality? It's something all involved should be proud of. Myles is singing his heart out, the variety of tracks on offer is everything that started back on One Day Remains, and Tremonti's guitar playing demonstrates why he's still one of the finest guitarists working today.

The only thing stopping this from going higher is the sheer quality of Alter Bridge's previous releases, and it's here where you and me might disagree.