The story of Mark Tremonti is truly one of the most compelling in modern Rock music. Famously recognized as the lead guitarist for the platinum-selling and award-winning Creed, Tremonti swiftly turned his attention to Alter Bridge in 2004. With fellow Creed members Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips, together with Myles Kennedy on vocals, Alter Bridge has become one of the most successful Hard Rock bands of the last two decades.
It is an inspiring tale of one man who has an undying love for music. Mark Tremonti then launched his project Tremonti in 2011. Thought by some as a one-off solo album, he released All I Was in 2012, Cauterize in 2015, Dust in 2016, and it soon became clear that this was a full-fledged band. Sustaining Tremonti now for thirteen long years, he kept Alter Bridge going strong with their last album, Pawn & Kings, hitting in 2022.
Also, in 2022, he put out the Mark Tremonti Sings Frank Sinatra album, and in 2023, Mark Tremonti Christmas Classics New & Old. If that is not enough, Creed united in 2023 for some massive touring. With so much going on, somehow Tremonti is on the verge of putting out a brand new studio album called The End Will Show Us How.
The sixth full-length release under the Tremonti banner, The End Will Show Us How, arrives on January 10, 2025, through Napalm Records. A new mix of songs finds Mark Tremonti back on lead vocals and guitar; joining him is Bassist Tanner Keegan, former Submersed Guitarist Eric Freidman, and former Eye Empire Drummer Ryan Bennett. With an extremely seasoned group of players, with Mark Tremonti stirring the way with some stellar songwriting chops, you are in for yet another strong showing of Heavy Rock.
Now, we say Heavy Rock because anyone who has followed Tremonti knows that the project is vastly different from Creed and Alter Bridge. In fact, Mark Tremonti initially began it all by unleashing his more Heavy Metal-leaning side, which did not quite fit in as much with the other bands. With that in mind, each Tremonti album has been full of thrashy guitars and blistering riffs while putting his absolutely impressive vocals center stage.
Painting this picture, The End Will Show Us How, is an album that is thoughtful, heavy, and darkly undertoned. First, give a taste of what it would be like back in August with the release of the single “Just Too Much,” and you were hit with a thick Grunge-like groove.
Exciting, perhaps the biggest shock to the senses came with the release of “The Mother, The Earth and I” in September. Looking at this one more deeply, the song is an intense bleed of styles that sounds almost like Creed on steroids while Mark Tremonti hits you with lyrics that remind you that no matter how disastrous things seem around us… we can always turn back to the earth for the truth. This song is a wake-up call to look up and realize the beauty right outside your window, a matter of disconnecting from the machine feeding us with unnecessary stress, anxiety, and fear.
From here, October saw the release of the crushing “One More Time” before the absolutely stunning title track in early December. All a bit different in terms of mood, the remainder of The End Will Show Us follows a similar trajectory of diversity. This means you get some mellower moments like “It’s Not Over” or the haunting “All The Wicked Things” mixed in with fully adrenalized guitar riffs as heard on “Nails” and “I’ll Take My Chances.”
Altogether, with twelve songs, The End Will Show Us How is perhaps the most potent Tremonti album to date. You can tell that Mark Tremonti has felt the weight of negativity in the surrounding world more than ever. With that, the world’s seams are slowly coming apart, and the emotions expressed throughout this album certainly hit the soul hard. In short, Mark Tremonti has harnessed his thoughts into music that takes the darkness engulfing the earth and turns it into something full of hope. After all, if we give into the darkness, we have already lost the fight.
Overall, The End Will Show Us How is a fantastic record that balances Heavy Metal tendencies with Grunge and Post-Grunge moodiness. That is why Cryptic Rock recommends digging into the album, giving it 5 out of 5 stars.
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