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Monster
is the twentieth
and final
studio album
by American
rock band
released on
October 9, 2012.
It was recorded at
Conway Recording Studios
in Hollywood, California
and
The Nook in Studio City,
Los Angeles.
As with 2009's
Sonic Boom,
Monster
was produced by
Paul Stanley
and
Greg Collins,
and featured the lineup of
Stanley,
Gene Simmons
(vocals/bass),
Eric Singer
(drums/vocals),
and
Tommy Thayer
(guitar/vocals).
Background
Gene Simmons
first mentioned
Kiss' intention to record a
follow-up to
Sonic Boom
in 2010.
On March 10, 2011,
Simmons said in a radio interview
for
Heavy Metal Thunder
that the band will
enter the studio
in three weeks
and that they have around
20 to 25 songs
ready to record.
In an interview with
Elliot Segal on
Elliot in the Morning,
May 2, 2011,
Simmons mentioned that Kiss
had recorded around five songs.
The album was originally supposed to
contain ten songs,
but he revealed before
the American Music Awards of 2011
that Monster will contain fifteen
brand new songs,
all studio written by
the band.
This was then reduced to
thirteen songs.
On August 21, 2011,
Kiss officially revealed
the album's title
and confirmed that it was
being recorded in
Los Angeles,
with
Paul Stanley
producing,
for a 2012 release.
The band uploaded a video on
January 3, 2012,
on YouTube in which
Stanley commented that
the album wa
two to three days
from completion.
The recording process ended
three days later.
The following day,
Stanley stated,
"Listening to the tracks back to back
is like sensory overload.
Everyone who has heard
any of it is
completely blown away.
Powerful,
heavy,
melodic and epic.
It makes us very proud.
You all will be too."
The album's first single,
"Hell or Hallelujah",
was released on
July 2, 2012,
internationally and
July 3rd in
North America
along with the
Monster Book.
It received play on
rock radio
and climbed onto
the middle reaches of
the Billboard Mainstream
Rock Chart.
The second single,
"Long Way Down",
was released to radio stations on
October 23rd
While it failed to make the
Billboard Mainstream
Rock Chart,
it did reach the
Billboard Heritage
Rock Charts
by the end of the year,
and also
occupied a spot on
America's Music
Rock Chart
for several months.
After several
release delays,
Monster
was released
in the U.S. on
October 9, 2012.
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