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His acoustic performances of Wonderful Life and Watch Over You along with beautiful supporting melodies from the Parallax Orchestra made hairs stand up on the backs of everyones necks in the crowd.

Live: Alter Bridge Royal Albert Hall, London Alter Bridge at Royal Albert Hall Alter Bridge on the web: Website Facebook Support: Parallax Orchestra October 2, 2017 at Royal Albert Hall Promoter: PFA Media More Photos by Nathan Lagden October 21, 2017 Live Rising from the ashes of Creed in 2004, Alter Bridge have spent the last 13 years steadily increasing in popularity and climbing through the ranks of the rock world.

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Alter Bridge have never exactly set the world alight with their music, which is possibly partly due to the fact that their sound lies somewhere in between rock and metal, but through their professionalism and quality musicianship, they have nevertheless built up a very dedicated core following which has helped them on their way to headline shows at some of the UKs biggest venues and sub-headline slots at Download Festival in 2014 and 2017.

It was at their last outing to the prestigious Donington Park that Alter Bridge announced their imminent return to the country with two very special shows joined by the Parallax Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, following in the footsteps of the likes of Deep Purple and Metallica.

Fearing this may be a one-time opportunity to see one of their favourite bands in a different light, Alter Bridge fans responded quickly, selling out both nights at the venue within twelve minutes.

Going into the night, I had seen enough of Alter Bridges past live shows to know that they were more than capable of rising to the occasion in terms of their performance, but I was intrigued to know what the actual sound would be like in this context, as their songs never exactly struck me as conducive to the classical music treatment.

The band had hinted beforehand that their set-list may be somewhat different from the standard shows; but even with this news, it was difficult to gauge how many of the songs were going to work with an orchestra.

Slip Into The Void proved a very astute choice of opener, as the Parallax Orchestras string section gave added depth to the songs slow build and eased the audience into the idea of this orchestral interpretation of Alter Bridges sound, before culminating in a thunderous chorus that set the tone for the rest of the evening.

The band then launched into one of their heavier songs Addicted To Pain, which did not benefit quite as well from the addition of the orchestra; as with a thrashier song like this, all it was really possible for them to do was provide the backing to a song which was otherwise played in the exact same way.

Perhaps for the sake of the whole evening though, times like this when the band themselves could take centre-stage were necessary.

A whole set of songs in the same vein as In Loving Memory (which is a rare addition to the Alter Bridge set that definitely allowed the orchestra to come to the fore) would have become tiresome after a while.

By far the highlight of the first section however was Cry Of Achilles, which was able to find that perfect balance where the orchestra was able to add to the progression of the song without the band themselves having to take too much away from their own playing.

The enduring moment of this song which encapsulated this was the powerful string and percussion segments which made Brian Marshalls bass solo even more emphatic than usual.

Alter Bridge left a gobsmacked audience behind for the interval, which barely gave us the opportunity to process what we had just witnessed before they were back out for the much longer second part, which would promise more of the same.

It was definitely the bands epics which continued to be the highlights, and explains why they chose to bring a few more skeletons out of the closet, such as the never before performed Words Darker Than Their Wings.

Even some of their more common songs though, like Ghost Of Days Gone By (which often falls flat on a large noisy crowd during a normal Alter Bridge show, due to its intricate structure) were given a new lease on life with the acoustics of the Albert Hall bringing out every harmony to excellent effect.

Not all of the additions to the set-list worked as well though, it must be said.

The End Is Here, This Side of Fate and their 2016 albums title-track The Last Hero all were undoubtedly performed well by both band and orchestra, but really are just not strong enough songs to be able to function as anything other than fillers between much bigger and better pieces.

If the performance had one weakness, then it would be the inclusion of these songs at the expense of a few crowd favourites, with Rise Today and Isolation probably the most notable absences.

In reality however, these were barely even blips in an otherwise flawless night from Alter Bridge.

Guitarist Mark Tremonti was is scintillating form on fretboard and seemed to be inspired by the presence of quality musicians behind him to pull out all the stops to prove (as if there were any doubt) that he is one of the finest rock guitarists of the modern era.

Both he and frontman Myles Kennedy seem to be having the times of their lives on the Albert Hall stage.

Myles Kennedy in particular had every right to be joyous as he put in an incredible performance on vocals from start to finish.