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, with Freidman stepping back as the band's bassist after the release of the band's first album, All I Was, in 2012, until the release of their 2018 album A Dying Machine. Cauterize was released on June 9, 2015 in the United States.[1] 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.