Following September’s Silent Divide, Alter Bridge have just dropped the second single from their forthcoming self-titled album.
Alter Bridge have unveiled a new single, What Lies Within, along with an animated video.
The track follows the release of September’s lead single Silent Divide, both of which are taken from the band’s forthcoming self-titled album (which is due out January 9, 2026 via Napalm). As for its message, a press release reveals how What Lies Within is a ‘cautionary tale of the darkness inside mankind’.
In a 2024 fan interview, frontman Myles Kennedy explained how he goes about writing new songs: “Usually I’ll pick up the guitar and something will just happen. I’ll just kind of noodle around and a chord progression will happen, or a riff will just happen. Occasionally I’ll dream something. I’ll be sleeping, and the whole thing will kind of just happen, and then I’ve got to wake up and record it. But it usually it starts with the guitar, with the riff or with the chord progression, and then the melody will pop out. And then the last thing is usually the lyrics.
“To me, songwriting is like fishing. You just sit there and you keep casting the line, see what comes back in. For me, my average is about one out of every 10 times I cast a line, I’ll catch something that I think is worthy of building on. I am pretty hard on myself. I’m not going to start working on something if I’m not really excited about it. I just don’t see the point. Life’s too short. So there are some days when I don’t catch any fish and I just put the guitar away and move on. But then there are the days where you can have a few different ideas that happen. And those are the days when there’s nothing better. It’s such a high.”
Check out the video for What Lies Within below:
Catch the band on their European What Lies Within Tour:
Alter Bridge 2026 live dates with Daughtry and Sevendust
January
15 Hamburg Sporthalle
17 Oslo Sentrum Scene
18 Oslo Sentrum Scene
20 Stockholm Annexet
22 Helsinki Ice Hall Black Box
24 Copenhagen KB Hallen
25 Berlin Columbiahalle
27 Gliwice PreZero Arena
28 Budapest Barba Negra
30 Vienna Gasometer
31 Zagreb Bocarski Dom
February
2 Rome Atlantico
3 Bergamo ChorusLive Arena
5 Zurich The Hall
6 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
8 Barcelona Razzmatazz 1
10 Lisbon Sagres Campo Pequeno
12 Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
13 Bordeaux Arkea Arena
15 Luxembourg Rockhal
17 Oberhausen Turbinenhalle
18 Paris Zenith
20 Munich Zenith
22 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
23 Brussels Ancienne Belgique
25 Newcastle Utilita Arena
26 Manchester AO Arena
28 Dublin 3Arena
March
2 Glasgow OVO Hydro
4 London The O2
5 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
After that, see Alter Bridge at their inaugural Blackbird Festival at Cardiff Castle on Saturday, June 27.
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