To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Alter Bridge’s best-selling debut, “One Day Remains,” an expanded reissue of the Gold-certified album is available to pre-order or pre-save now. The Deluxe Digital or 2-LP set, released via Craft Recordings, includes fan favorites such as “Metalingus,” “Open Your Eyes,” “Broken Wings” and “In Loving Memory,” along with six bonus tracks, including the rare B-side “Save Me” and a live 2005 performance from Toronto’s Phase One Studios, featuring four previously unreleased tracks.
For fans eager to get their hands on a copy early, limited quantities of exclusive color variants will be available starting Nov. 29, exclusively at the official Alter Bridge store. Each limited to 300 copies, these special editions include Red Smoke, Yellow Smoke, Green Smoke and Sea Blue Smoke pressings.
The wide 2-LP release will follow on March 7, 2025, and feature a classic black vinyl edition, along with limited runs in Orange Smoke (exclusive to Spotify listeners), Limeade (via Revolver), Blue Smoke (Best Buy) and Electric Smoke (Vinyl Voice, exclusively available via independent record stores).
The Deluxe Digital album will drop Dec. 6, 2024, with the advance single “Metalingus (Live)” available to stream/download now.
Alter Bridge was formed in 2004 by Mark Tremonti (guitar), Scott Phillips (drums) and Brian Marshall (bass) just as their Grammy-winning group Creed (known for such hits as “Higher” and “With Arms Wide Open”) was entering an extended hiatus. The band completed its lineup with singer and guitarist Myles Kennedy—then known for his work with the Mayfield Four—and signed to Wind-Up Records. In the studio, Alter Bridge took a collaborative approach, working with producer Ben Grosse (Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Thirty Seconds to Mars), to create its brand of hard rock, blending post-grunge riffs, soaring melodies and guitar solos.
Setting the tone for “One Day Remains” is the metal-tinged opener “Find the Real,” a high- energy track that showcases Kennedy’s vocals. The album features one of Alter Bridge’s biggest hits, “Open Your Eyes,” which served as the band’s debut single. The track peaked at No.2 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, while it was a Top 50 hit in Australia and Canada. “Find the Real” also had significant success, landing in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and becoming the official theme to the 2005 WWE Royal Rumble. Fan favorite “Metalingus,” meanwhile, was adopted by WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland as his entrance theme and, today, remains the band’s highest-streaming song. The four-piece also shows off a softer side through tracks “Broken Wings,” “Shed My Skin” and the deeply personal “In Loving Memory,” written by Tremonti as a tribute to his late mother.
Upon its release in August 2004, “One Day Remains” ” was an immediate bestseller, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and earning a Gold certification from the RIAA. It also was a top 40 hit in Australia and New Zealand, and found chart success in the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands and beyond.
Looking back on two decades since the band’s debut release, Kennedy said: “It’s been 20 years since we released ‘One Day Remains’. We are forever grateful to everyone who has supported us on this amazing journey. Thank you for the last 20 years, and we are excited for what the future holds.”
Alter Bridge has remained at the forefront of the global hard rock scene with seven best-selling studio albums, including “Blackbird” (2007), “AB III” (2010), “Fortress” (2013), “The Last Hero” (2016), “Walk the Sky” (2019) and, most recently, “Pawns & Kings” (2022). The band maintains an active touring schedule in the United State and abroad, having played such legendary stages as the O2 Arena, Wembley Arena and the Royal Albert Hall (all of which have resulted in top 5 U.K. live albums), as well as Britain’s Download Festival, France’s Hellfest and Germany’s Rock am Ring/Rock im Park. Alter Bridge plans to start work on new material for its eighth studio album in spring 2025.
“One Day Remains” track list (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Side A
1. Find the Real
2. One Day Remains
3. Open Your Eyes
4. Burn It Down
Side B
1. Metalingus
2. Broken Wings
3. In Loving Memory
4. Down to My Last
Side C
1. Watch Your Words
2. Shed My Skin
3. The End Is Here
4. Save Me
Side D
1. One Day Remains (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
2. Burn It Down (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
3. Open Your Eyes (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
4. Broken Wings (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
5. Metalingus (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
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