Talk:AB III

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Added "and possibly final" because you never know. Move that all articles about upcoming media should include this phrase, as it is a truth.

Locking AB III

Recently there has been vandalisms on here like the fake song lengths and the fake info about the new single. I think it should be locked so fake info stops getting in here. 98.203.152.242 (talk) 08:17, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Removing RoadRunner and Godsmack Rumors

Info about the RoadRunner and Godsmack rumors should be removed because there is only one source, and it hasn't been confirmed by the band or Michael Tremonti. Bobertoq (talk) 04:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Y2jfan4e88, 31 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Alter Bridges' album will be releases on October 11, 2010. Source is from Myles Kennedy's twitter. http://twitter.com/MylesKennedy Link of source, http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?news_id=99701 Y2jfan4e88 (talk) 14:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Already done --Imagine Wizard (talk • contribs • count) Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 01:48, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions for Improvement

Currently, this article is written like a list. The Background section is written like "On this day, this happened. Then on this day, this happened," and there is a lot of miscellaneous information. We could try rewriting and rearranging this section so it sounds more like a few regular paragraphs of the background of AB III. Bobertoq (talk) 02:01, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Steaming Album and Progressive Metal

I do not think the streaming of the album is significant enough to be in the article. Most other articles don't mention anything similar, and I don't see anything in the MoS or the Wikipedia Albums Project about it. Also, I haven't heard anyone call the album progressive metal before. In fact, I think Myles Kennedy himself was hesitant about labeling one of the songs from the album progressive. Bobertoq (talk) 22:11, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

True, but I have read some reviews where they called it progressive metal. It's not progressive like Dream Theater or anything but it is progressive in the sense that the songwriting has "progressed" since AB's last record and the music is much more dynamic, layered, and intricate. Progressive is not necessarily a genre, it is a term to describe the furthering OF the genre, and no other "post-grunge" band has released an album like this. So Alter Bridge are "progressing" the post-grunge genre with this record. As for the streaming, I have seen several wiki articles that mention a pre-release stream of the album. People reading the article will see that the album is streaming and then will want to listen to it. It's good information to have, though it of course can be taken off the page once the album is released. - 63.248.11.9 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.248.11.9 (talk) 00:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I understand your reasoning about the pre-release streaming, so I won't remove that. However, progressive metal usually means heavy metal that does not follow a conventional structure and has "complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock." I don't think AB III falls under this. It isn't a big deal, though, just my opinion. Bobertoq (talk) 01:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

AB III does have some different structures and time signatures and very intricate layers. I think we should keep the progressive metal label, but simply because I personally have never heard a contemporary hard rock band put out an album like this, like I said. My 2 cents. - 63.248.11.9

Bobertoq, the description you gave is the one you would give to someone who doesn't know about it and asks you what progressive metal is about. But for me at least, there is more to progressive than that. I hear progressive elements mostly in the second halves and endings of some of the songs, and almost exclusively in the guitar work. Take the ending of Still Remains, it sounds like the ending of Misunderstood by Dream Theater to me. The ending of Wonderful World reminds me of something from the Scenes From A Memory album also by Dream Theater, probably Finally Free. The part of Slip to the Void where the singing (not whispering) begins, the distortion guitar sounds like something by Symphony X to me. And most of the time I'd find myself thinking "Hey, that guitar tone / amp [setting] sounds like [insert prog metal band here]". I remember thinking about Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, Porcupine Tree and Hourglass at at least some point in the album.

I mean, don't get me wrong, there's no way I'm saying this album is just as progressive as any album of one of these bands. All I'm saying is that it imho certainly contains many tiny progressive bits (which is also one of the reasons why I like it so much). If the album deserves the description Progressive Metal it is another question... however I agree at least that this should be the last of the genre descriptions.

(written by a very frequent listener of progressive metal) 80.242.199.203 (talk) 17:07, 29 October 2010 (UTC)