{"id":73609,"date":"2019-04-04T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=73609"},"modified":"2019-04-04T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:21:19","slug":"news-kane-roberts-releases-fifth-solo-studio-album-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-kane-roberts-releases-fifth-solo-studio-album-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"KANE ROBERTS: Former ALICE COOPER Guitarist Issues Lyric Video For \u2018Wonderful\u2019 Track (April 4th, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANE ROBERTS: Former ALICE COOPER Guitarist Issues Lyric Video For \u2018Wonderful\u2019 Track<\/strong><\/span>
\nApril 4th, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Studio City, California-based guitarist Kane Roberts, formerly of the Alice Cooper band, has released an official lyric video for the track \u2018Wonderful\u2019, can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Kane Roberts issued fifth solo full-length studio album The New Normal<\/em> on January 25th, 2019 through Frontiers Music Srl.<\/p>\n

Roberts commented: \u201cMy music has evolved over the years, even though I was out of the spotlight. Stepping into this new project, there are new styles and sounds evident, but I haven\u2019t made some false effort to distance myself from the past. People will notice a blend of influences from classic rock and metal to the hot bands that are emerging more recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cZeppelin to Volbeat to Arch Enemy… they\u2019re all bringing crushing energy to rock \/ metal while creating truly awesome music. I was lucky to have found Frontiers because they allowed me three years to make this album and sort through my truest feelings and vocal \/ guitar skills to create something meaningful to me. There is a real concern for preserving the creative process at Frontiers and to my way of thinking there\u2019s no better place for me right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New Normal<\/em> features a number of guest contributions, including Alice Cooper, Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, Nita Strauss, Babymetal drummer Aoyama Hideki, Katt Franich, and Roberts\u2019 former Alice Cooper bandmates Kip Winger, Paul Taylor and Ken Mary.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the collaborations, Roberts said: \u201cI noticed artists that were busting down doors and at the same time kickstarting new ways of thinking about life and creativity. I knew I wanted to try to work with some of them. Nita Strauss is a killer guitarist. She really tore it up on the song \u2018King Of The World\u2019. Her work on it woke me the fuck up and forced me to explore new guitar techniques to compliment her insane skills!<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice Cooper… no one individual has scorched the earth like my former boss. I started getting into recording \u2018Beginning Of The End\u2019 and realized I needed Alice to sing a duet with me. Not just a line, not just an intro, but sing throughout the song. I took the shot that he might be available at some point to get involved and when I called, he said \u2018I\u2019m in Hollywood. I\u2019ll be right over.\u2019 Full on stroke of luck.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy approach to much of the album was cinematic in the hope that sounds and lyrics would create imagery and emotion beyond what I had done before. Keeping with that idea, I had Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) fall from the sky like some pissed off dark angel in the middle of the song with Alice and I and burn the place down. Her attitude and singing prowess is stunning and I was so jazzed when she agreed to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was obsessed with getting drum monster Aoyama Hideki from Baby Metal. After he heard the song, he immediately came on board and played with controlled fury like only he can …AMAZING!<\/p>\n

\u201cI also was also able to work with Brent Smith (Shinedown) and Lzzy Hale (Halestorm) on songwriting and they were of course a blessing to the entire process.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon hearing a few of the early recordings, Michael Alago – the A&R guy that discovered Metallica and White Zombie, to name just a few – offered to executive produce the project for me and got a lot of things done for that otherwise would have been impossible for me to accomplish.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast, but certainly not least, no one plays bass like Kip Winger or sings quite the way he can. Didn\u2019t think twice about asking him to join up and he delivered, like always.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018King Of The World\u2019 (feat. Nita Strauss and Kip Winger)
\n02. \u2018Wonderful\u2019
\n03. \u2018Beginning Of The End\u2019 (feat. Alice Cooper, Alissa White-Gluz, Aoyama Hideki and Kip Winger)
\n04. \u2018Who We Are\u2019 (feat. Katt Franich)
\n05. \u2018Forever Out Of Place\u2019 (feat. Kip Winger)
\n06. \u2018Leave This World Behind\u2019
\n07. \u2018The Lion\u2019s Share\u2019 (feat. Kip Winger)
\n08. \u2018Leave Me In The Dark\u2019
\n09. \u2018Above And Beyond\u2019 (feat. Kip Winger)
\n10. \u2018Wrong\u2019<\/p>\n

A music video was released for the track \u2018Beginning Of The End\u2019, which can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fourth solo studio record Unsung Radio<\/em> \u2013 pairing 1999\u2019s Under A Wild Sky<\/em> with a second disc of previously unissued material \u2013 was released in November 2012.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Mike Goedecke.<\/em><\/p>\n