Cauterize is the second
studio album by
Tremonti, a band fronted by
Creed and
Alter Bridge guitarist
Mark Tremonti. In addition to Tremonti, who provides both lead vocals and guitar, the album features rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist
Eric Friedman and drummer Garrett Whitlock. It is the first Tremonti album to feature
Wolfgang Van Halen, who replaced Brian Marshall as the band's bassist after the release of the band's first album,
All I Was, in 2012.
Cauterize was released on June 9, 2015 in the United States. The album was set to release in Australia on June 5 but saw an earlier release by a day, thus being released on June 4, 2015.