Alter Bridge - One Day Remains Review

Creed was one of the biggest rock bands with their biggest album, WEATHERED, selling over 800,000 copies its first week. Three of the members, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips team up with Myles Kennedy on Alter Bridge's debut rocker One Day Remains. While trying to copy the Creed sound, they just don't make it without Scott Stapp.

While they have let loose and made a very good rock album that, while derivative and slightly unoriginal, is entertaining all the way through.

"Find The Real" is an excellent rock song, and Mark Tremonti lets himself loose more than he did on any of Creed's albums. His lead on this song is great, very gritty and a great lead-off track. It's a precursor for the sound that dominates much of the rest of the album. "Open Your Eyes" is an anthem that, again, sounds like a Creed song.

Elsewhere, the band explores melodic metal on "Broken Wings", which is probably the most heartfelt song on the album; they get down and dirty for the drilling metal of the aptly titled "Metalingus"; and then turn up the volume for "Burn It Down". This album is chock full of good moments, but just has too many Creed overtones to make it work. Some great songs but overall, just average.