{"id":65469,"date":"2019-02-04T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=65469"},"modified":"2019-02-06T17:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T22:54:28","slug":"kane-roberts-the-new-normal-music-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2019\/kane-roberts-the-new-normal-music-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Roberts | The New Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dan Skiba<\/span>
\n\u2014 Contributing Writer \u2014<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Fans of the Alice Cooper \u201cHair Metal\u201d era will likely remember when the Hunk-Duo of Kip Winger (bass) and Kane Roberts (guitar) provided eye candy to the never before tapped female sector — a segment of the Metal Community who otherwise had woefully little interest in the King of Shock Rock. Kip went on to form the band Winger, and sadly (for reasons never fully revealed) Kane parted with Cooper as well to pursue a once promising solo career. Roberts\u2019 solo work rode the wave of his Cooper affiliation for a few years, but by and large by 1990 Roberts was deep into the list of \u201cWonder Where He Is Now\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the last handful of years, Roberts has been more active in writing and recording new music, and The New Normal<\/em> is his latest release via Frontiers Records. The quick of it is this album is Melodic Metal with some tough-guy attitude \u2026 and plenty of hurt feelings. But, upon digging in deeper, similar to Shrek\u2019s profound self-assessment when bearing his soul to Donkey, The New Normal<\/em> is more like an onion \u2026 start peeling past the surface, and you\u2019ll be surprised how many unique layers can be found.<\/p>\n

Roberts rekindles old friendships and showcases new ones to assist his latest musical creations, including (of course) Alice Cooper who sings on \u201cBeginning Of The End\u201d, the aforementioned Kip Winger, Paul Taylor, Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), and even Babymetal\u2019s drummer Aoyama Hideki. All contribute to the multiple styles and varied emotions found within The New Normal.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s \u201csomething for everybody\u201d on this new Kane Roberts release \u2026 however, perhaps not enough of any one thing or style to make it highly recommended. The introspective lyrics and open wound heartbreaks are highly personal, and unless you were to know Roberts personally, the messages and themes kind of come across as a big \u201cso what\u201d or \u201csorry to hear about your bad luck\u201d. When Roberts wants to ROCK, he certainly still can, such as in \u201cKing Of The World\u201d and \u201cWonderful\u201d, and much of that \u201ccharm\u201d found in his Alice Cooper days has been recreated in the song \u201cBeginning Of The End\u201d. However, there\u2019s a couple too-many ballads and lyrically dominated tracks to make this an album that you\u2019ll likely come back to time and time again when you need a Metal fix.<\/p>\n

Genre: Melodic Metal, Melodic Rock<\/p>\n

Band:
\nVocals \u2013 Kane Roberts, Kane, Alice Cooper, Alissa White-Gluz, Katt Franich
\nGuitars \u2013 Kane Roberts, Evan Magness, Nita Strauss
\nBass – Kip Winger, Ed \u201cSpecial Ed\u201d Modigliani, Johnny 5, Betty Has Eyes
\nKeyboards – Scot Lang, Paul Taylor, Alex Track
\nDrums – Ken Mary, Christopher Tisi, Alex Track
\nPercussion – Alex Track
\nBG Vocals – David Balfour, Kip Winger, Kane Roberts, Ken Mary<\/p>\n

Tracklisting:
\nAbove & Beyond
\nBeginning Of The End
\nWho We Are
\nWrong
\nForever Out Of Place
\nKing Of The World
\nLeave Me In The Dark
\nWonderful
\nLeave This World Behind
\nThe Lion\u2019s Share<\/p>\n

Label: Frontiers Records<\/p>\n

Online:
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KaneRobertsFBPage<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: [usr 6.5 size=20]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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