Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Alter Bridge’s “Silent Divide.”

Alter Bridge announced a US tour this week and marked the occasion with a new song, “Silent Divide,” their first studio material since 2022. The track is the lead single from their upcoming self-titled eighth studio album , set to arrive January 9th.

The five-minute cut sees the band at its heaviest. Mark Tremonti’s riffs come in a steady flow as the rhythm section of Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips pounds away. One gets the sense that the trio — also the instrumentalists in Creed — get to open up a bit when it’s time to perform under the Alter Bridge banner, tapping into a thicker

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