The new album work will kick off what will be a very busy 2016 for the guitar hero. Tremonti is on the road with his self-titled solo band, but will spend the early part of next year in the studio with Myles Kennedy and co. He will then release the third Tremonti record Dust - which was recorded at the same time as current offering Cauterize - and then hit the road in support of that, before reconvening with Alter Bridge to tour what will be the follow-up to 2013's Fortress.

Tremont tells the Metal Hammer Magazine Show on TeamRock Radio: "We're gonna go in the studio in January, February and March to finish the fifth Alter Bridge album.

"It takes three or four months to set up an album, so after we've recorded the Alter Bridge record me and Myles will go off and tour for four months doing Tremonti and Slash, then come back for a fall Alter Bridge fiesta."