Fortress (Alter Bridge album)

Fortress
Studio album by Alter Bridge
Released	September 25, 2013
Recorded	April 26 – July 2, 2013
Studio	Studio Barbarosa (Orlando, Florida)
Genre	Alternative metal progressive metal hard rock
Length	62:52
Label	Roadrunner Warner Music
Producer	Michael Baskette
Alter Bridge chronology
Live at Wembley (2012) Fortress (2013) The Last Hero (2016)
Myles Kennedy chronology
Apocalyptic Love (2012) Fortress (2013) World on Fire (2014)
Singles from Fortress
"Addicted to Pain" Released: August 12, 2013 "Cry of Achilles" Released: April 22, 2014 "Waters Rising" Released: June 2, 2014

Fortress is the fourth studio album by American rock band Alter Bridge, released by Roadrunner Records on September 25, 2013.^[1] Michael Baskette, who produced Alter Bridge's previous two albums, Blackbird (2007) and AB III (2010), returned as the producer. It was released by Roadrunner Records worldwide except in the United States, where it was self-released on October 8, 2013, through Warner Music, Roadrunner Records passed to be an subsidiary of Warner Music, after EMI disappear a year before. It is their only album since their debut album One Day Remains not to be released in October. The lead single, "Addicted to Pain", was released on August 12, 2013. The album was widely acclaimed, with several critics calling it the band's best album to date and giving praise to each of the band members' musical skills displayed on the record.