Signed with Roadrunner Records

Alter Bridge began the recording process of their third album from February through May 2010. On July 17, 2010, Billboard reported that Alter Bridge had signed with Roadrunner Records and that the band would embark on a spring tour with Godsmack in 2011. While the latter report was later denied by the band, Alter Bridge revealed the title of their new album, AB III , along with the track listing on their official website in early August. Roadrunner Records confirmed that the band had signed with them and gave the release date of their new album as October 8, 2010. The first single ” Isolation ” was released on Roadrunner’s website on September 6, 2010. The song became the band’s most successful song, reaching No. 1 on active rock radio and on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, a first for Alter Bridge. AB III was released in Australia and Germany on October 8, 2010, and in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2010, by Roadrunner Records and in North America on November 9, 2010, on the band’s own vanity label , Alter Bridge Recordings, via EMI . The album debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 . The music video for “Isolation” premiered on Noisecreep on December 6, 2010. On January 11, 2011, the band finally released its long-awaited live album and concert film, Live from Amsterdam , in stores. Also, “I Know It Hurts” was later released as the second single, in Australia only, on January 21, 2011. ” Ghost of Days Gone By ” was released as the next single on April 18, 2011, followed by “Wonderful Life” on June 5, 2011, in the United Kingdom.