Alter Bridge Announce Tour with In Flames and Metal Church

Here’s one that will either go very right, or very wrong: Alter Bridge just announced a headline tour with In Flames and Metal Church.

Potential to go right: Alter Bridge are way more metal than most people give them credit for (especially guitarist Mark Tremonti, who is an avowed metalhead), so their fans may be receptive to the tour’s openers. In Flames, with their modern day accessibility, and Metal Church, with their old-school thrash, could be the exact type of metal that AB fans will appreciate.

Potential to go wrong: hard rock fans can get weird about actual metal, especially when it has growled vocals (which In Flames still utilize, even as they’ve lightened up over the years).

I’m probably over-thinking it, though, as usual: I’m sure it’ll be dandy, and all three bands will gain new fans from the experiment. Ticket information is available here.

Dates:

April 21st – Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL *#
April 22nd – WJRR Earth Day Birthday – Orlando, FL*#
April 29th – Monster Energy Fort Rock Festival – Fort Myers, FL *#
April 30th – Welcome To Rockville – Jacksonville, FL *#
May 2nd – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
May 3rd – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel – Providence, RI
May 5th – Lunatic Luau Festival 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA *#
May 6th – Carolina Rebellion – Concord, NC *#
May 10th – The Hippodrome – Baltimore, MD
May 11th – Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA
May 14th – Northern Invasion – Somerset, WI *#
May 16th – Dream Makers Theatre – Sault Saint Marie, MI #
May 17th – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
May 20th – Rock On The Range – Columbus, OH *#

* Without In Flames
# Without Metal Church