{"id":84128,"date":"2020-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=84128"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:50:43","slug":"news-alcatrazz-release-fourth-studio-album-born-innocent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-alcatrazz-release-fourth-studio-album-born-innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"ALCATRAZZ Release Fourth Studio Album \u2018Born Innocent\u2019 (July 31st, 2020) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALCATRAZZ Release Fourth Studio Album \u2018Born Innocent\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nJuly 31st, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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English-American melodic metal group Alcatrazz issued fourth full-length studio album Born Innocent<\/em> on July 31st, 2020 through Silver Lining Music.<\/p>\n

Born Innocent<\/em> was produced by Giles Lavery and keyboardist Jimmy Waldo, while Andy Haller helmed mixing, mastering and editing. Alcatrazz\u2019s first album in 34 years, Born Innocent<\/em> marks the recording debuts of guitarist Joe Stump and drummer Mark Benquechea. Founding members Graham Bonnet (vocals), Gary Shea (bass) and Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) conclude the line-up.<\/p>\n

Music and all guitar parts on the title track were performed by Chris Impelliteri. The late Bob Kulick wrote and laid down guitar parts for the song \u2018I Am The King\u2019, meanwhile. Japanese guitarist Nozomu Wakai similarly wrote and cut guitar parts for the Irish warrior ode \u2018Finn McCool\u2019, while former member Steve Vai wrote the song \u2018Dirty Like The City\u2019. And also, \u2018Something That I Am Missing\u2019 and \u2018Warth Lane\u2019 were written and feature guitar parts by Dario Mollo (Voodoo Hill). Furthermore, D. Kendall Jones\u2019 writing and guitar work is featured on the composition \u2018We Still Remember\u2019.<\/p>\n

Riot bassist Don Van Stavern performs on the title track, \u2018Polar Bear\u2019, \u2018Finn McCool\u2019, \u2018London 1666\u2019, \u2018Dirty Like The City\u2019 and \u2018Paper Flags\u2019. \u2018Paper Flags\u2019 additionally features a guitar solo by Annihilator\u2019s Jeff Waters.<\/p>\n

In discussing the album\u2019s lyrics, the composition \u2018Polar Bear\u2019 was touched upon. \u201cTake the song \u2018Polar Bear\u2019,\u201d commented Graham Bonnet. \u201cI heard those words \u2018polar bear\u2019 and thought it\u2019s an intriguing title because it sounds all cuddly and nice, but it\u2019s not. It\u2019s a story of how when the Eskimo got too old, they would take their lives by sitting in snow, freezing to death and letting the polar bear take the body. The polar bear was very prominent in their lives as a God and also as a way of committing suicide, which is kind of awful. But when an Eskimo loses all his teeth and he could no longer eat, he would lose his strength obviously and then become a weak old man. He could no longer contribute to the tribe, he\u2019d feel his life was useless and so he\u2019d walk out into the snow and sacrifice himself to the bear.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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01. \u2018Born Innocent\u2019
\n02. \u2018Polar Bear\u2019
\n03. \u2018Finn McCool\u2019
\n04. \u2018We Still Remember\u2019
\n05. \u2018London 1666\u2019
\n06. \u2018Dirty Like The City\u2019
\n07. \u2018I Am The King\u2019
\n08. \u2018Something That I Am Missing\u2019
\n09. \u2018Paper Flags\u2019
\n10. \u2018The Wound Is Open\u2019
\n11. \u2018Body Beautiful\u2019
\n12. \u2018Warth Lane\u2019
\n13. \u2018For Tony\u2019<\/p>\n

Alcatrazz\u2019s line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Graham Bonnet (vocals, ex-Rainbow \/ ex-MSG)
\nJoe Stump (guitars)
\nGary Shea (bass)
\nMark Benquechea (drums)
\nJimmy Waldo (keyboards)<\/p>\n

Music videos were filmed for the title track and the songs \u2018London 1666\u2019 and \u2018Dirty Like The City\u2019. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the track \u2018Polar Bear\u2019. All three clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Third studio record Dangerous Games<\/em> was released in September 1986 via Capitol.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Alex Solca.<\/em><\/p>\n