Complete List Of Alter Bridge Songs From A to Z

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Alter Bridge rose out of Orlando in 2004 through musicians who were not ready to stop making music together. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, drummer Scott Phillips, and bassist Brian Marshall had all been part of Creed, a band that achieved enormous success before fracturing under pressure. The trio found the missing piece in Myles Kennedy, a vocalist and guitarist who had previously fronted The Mayfield Four. Alter Bridge was not designed as a continuation of Creed, but as a new band with its own musical identity. Its name came from a bridge near Tremonti’s childhood home in Detroit.

The debut album, One Day Remains, arrived in 2004 through Wind-up Records. Most of the material had been written before Kennedy joined, with Tremonti handling much of the songwriting, but Kennedy’s voice immediately gave the songs a distinct character. “Open Your Eyes,” “Find the Real,” “Metalingus,” and “Broken Wings” established a balance of heavy instrumentation, melodic hooks, and emotional directness.

Blackbird marked the first full songwriting partnership between Tremonti and Kennedy. The title song became one of the band’s defining achievements, while “Rise Today,” “Ties That Bind,” “Come to Life,” and “Watch Over You” expanded Alter Bridge’s audience and sharpened its identity. The album rejected easy commercial formulas in favor of musicianship, atmosphere, and emotional weight.

AB III moved into darker and more introspective territory. Spiritual doubt, isolation, grief, and endurance shaped songs including “Isolation,” “Ghost of Days Gone By,” “Wonderful Life,” and “Words Darker Than Their Wings.” “Isolation” became Alter Bridge’s first number-one single on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Fortress pushed the band toward a more progressive and technically ambitious sound. “Cry of Achilles,” “Addicted to Pain,” “Calm the Fire,” “Waters Rising,” and the title track displayed the growing creative exchange between Kennedy and Tremonti, as well as the rhythmic precision of Marshall and Phillips.

The Last Hero examined leadership, responsibility, public trust, and disillusionment. “Show Me a Leader,” “My Champion,” “The Other Side,” “This Side of Fate,” and the title track gave contemporary concerns the scale of hard-rock anthems without reducing them to slogans.

Walk the Sky introduced electronic textures and synthesizer elements into the band’s guitar-driven sound. “Wouldn’t You Rather,” “Pay No Mind,” “Godspeed,” “Dying Light,” and “Walking on the Sky” widened the sonic palette while retaining the melodic and instrumental traits that defined Alter Bridge. Walk the Sky 2.0 later added “Last Rites” and live recordings from the album cycle.

Pawns & Kings returned to a direct, forceful production style through “This Is War,” “Silver Tongue,” “Fable of the Silent Son,” “Sin After Sin,” and the title track. The record reinforced Alter Bridge’s ability to connect technical mastery with songs about resilience, conflict, and moral choice.

The self-titled Alter Bridge became the band’s eighth studio album. Recorded with longtime producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette, including sessions at 5150 Studios in California, the album returned the quartet to the heavy riffs, soaring melodies, and tightly focused arrangements at the center of its sound. “Silent Divide,” “Rue the Day,” “Power Down,” “What Lies Within,” “Playing Aces,” and the nine-minute “Slave to Master” extended the catalog without changing the four-member chemistry behind it.

Alter Bridge has remained intact through competing projects, shifting industry conditions, and long gaps between recording cycles. The band’s durability comes from the collective: Kennedy’s range and melodic instinct, Tremonti’s precision and power, Marshall’s grounding bass lines, and Phillips’ ability to make complex arrangements feel immediate.

Complete List Of Alter Bridge Songs From A to Z

A–E

“Addicted to Pain” – Fortress (2013)
“All Ends Well” – Fortress (2013)
“All Hope Is Gone” – AB III (2010)
“Before Tomorrow Comes” – Blackbird (2007)
“The Bitter End” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Blackbird” – Blackbird (2007)
“Bleed It Dry” – Fortress (2013)
“Brand New Start” – Blackbird (2007)
“Break Me Down” – Blackbird (2007)
“Breathe” (Bonus Track) – The Last Hero (2016)
“Breathe Again” – AB III (2010)
“Broken Wings” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Broken Wings (Live)” (Bonus Track) – One Day Remains (2004)
“Buried Alive” – Blackbird (2007)
“Burn It Down” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Burn It Down (Live)” (Bonus Track) – One Day Remains (2004)
“Calm the Fire” – Fortress (2013)
“Clear Horizon” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Coeur d’Alene” – AB III (2010)
“Come to Life” – Blackbird (2007)
“Coming Home” – Blackbird (2007)
“Cradle to the Grave” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Crows on a Wire” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Cruel Sun” (recorded during the One Day Remains sessions) – Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities (2017)
“Cry a River” – Fortress (2013)
“Cry of Achilles” – Fortress (2013)
“The Damage Done” (Bonus Track) – Blackbird (2007)
“Dead Among the Living” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Disregarded” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Down to My Last” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Dying Light” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Dying Light (Live)” (Bonus Track) – Walk the Sky 2.0 (2020)
“The End Is Here” – One Day Remains (2004)

F–J

“Fable of the Silent Son” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Fallout” – AB III (2010)
“Farther Than the Sun” – Fortress (2013)
“Find the Real” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Forever Falling” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Fortress” – Fortress (2013)
“Ghost of Days Gone By” – AB III (2010)
“Godspeed” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Godspeed (Live)” (Bonus Track) – Walk the Sky 2.0 (2020)
“Hang by a Thread” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Holiday” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Home” (Bonus Track) – AB III (2010)
“I Know It Hurts” – AB III (2010)
“In Loving Memory” – One Day Remains (2004)
“In the Deep” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“In the Deep (Live)” (Bonus Track) – Walk the Sky 2.0 (2020)
“Indoctrination” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Island of Fools” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Isolation” – AB III (2010)

K–O

“The Last Hero” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Last Man Standing” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Last Rites” (Bonus Track) – Walk the Sky 2.0 (2020)
“Life Must Go On” – AB III (2010)
“Losing Patience” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Lover” – Fortress (2013)
“Make It Right” – AB III (2010)
“Metalingus” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Metalingus (Live)” (Bonus Track) – One Day Remains (2004)
“My Champion” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Native Son” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Native Son (Live)” (Bonus Track) – Walk the Sky 2.0 (2020)
“Never Born to Follow” (Bonus Track) – AB III (2010)
“Never Say Die (Outright)” (Bonus Track) – Fortress (2013)
“New Way to Live” (Bonus Track) – Blackbird (2007)
“One by One” – Blackbird (2007)
“One Day Remains” – One Day Remains (2004)
“One Day Remains (Live)” (Bonus Track) – One Day Remains (2004)
“One Life” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Open Your Eyes” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Open Your Eyes (Live)” (Bonus Track) – One Day Remains (2004)
“The Other Side” – The Last Hero (2016)

P–T

“Pawns & Kings” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Pay No Mind” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Pay No Mind (Live)” (Bonus Track) – Walk the Sky 2.0 (2020)
“Peace Is Broken” – Fortress (2013)
“Playing Aces” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Poison in Your Veins” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Power Down” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Rise Today” – Blackbird (2007)
“Rue the Day” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Save Me” (Bonus Track) – One Day Remains (2004)
“Scales Are Falling” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Season of Promise” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Shed My Skin” – One Day Remains (2004)
“Show Me a Leader” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Show Me a Sign” – AB III (2010)
“Silent Divide” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Silver Tongue” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Sin After Sin” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Slave to Master” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Slip to the Void” – AB III (2010)
“Solace” (recorded during the One Day Remains sessions) – Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities (2017)
“Stay” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“Still Remains” – AB III (2010)
“Symphony of Agony (The Last of Our Kind)” (Bonus Track) – The Last Hero (2016)
“Take the Crown” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Tear Us Apart” – Walk the Sky (2019)
“Tested and Able” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“This Is War” – Pawns & Kings (2022)
“This Side of Fate” – The Last Hero (2016)
“Ties That Bind” – Blackbird (2007)
“Trust in Me” – Alter Bridge (2026)
“Twilight” – The Last Hero (2016)