Kiss

Artist:  Kiss
Origin:  New York City, USA.
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

Paul Stanley:  Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Gene Simmons:  Vocals, Bass
Ace Frehley:  Lead Guitar, Vocals
Peter Criss:  Drums, Vocals

Kiss is an American Rock Band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Gene Simmons (Vocals, Bass), Ace Frehley (Lead Guitar, Vocals) and Peter Criss (Drums, Vocals) with their makeup and costumes that they took on the person of comic book-style characters:  Starchild (Paul Stanley), Demon (Gene Simmons), Spaceman (Ace Freley) and Catman (Peter Criss).  The band has sold more than 40 million albums in USA and worldwide Sales exceeds 100 million albums.  Kiss has been named in many 'Top Lists" include No. 10 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock", No. 9 on "The Greatest Metal Bands' list" by MTV, No. 1 on Hit Paraders's "Top 100 Live Bands", No. 56 on VH1 "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time", No. 26 on Gibson's "50 Greatest American Rock Bands", and Kiss was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

Title:  Monster  (2012)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Universal Music
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Hell Or Hallelujah  (4:07)
 2.  Wall Of Sound  (2:55)
 3.  Freak  (3:35)
 4.  Back To The Stone Age  (3:01)
 5.  Shout Mercy  (4:04)
 6.  Long Way Down  (3:51)
 7.  Eat Your Heart Out  (4:06)
 8.  The Devil Is Me  (3:40)
 9.  Outta This World  (4:29)
10. All For The Love Of Rock & Roll  (3:21)
11. Take Me Down Below  (3:24)
12. Last Chance  (3:05)

Personnel:

Paul Stanley:  Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Gene Simmons:  Vocals, Bass
Tommy Thayer:  Lead Guitar, Vocals
Eric Singer:  Drums, Vocals

Monster is the 20th studio album by Kiss, was released on October 9, 2012 on Universal Music Group.  The first single "Hell Or Hallelujah" was released on July 2, 2012 internationally and on July 3 in North America along with The Monster Book,  the second single "Long Way Down, will be released to radio stations on October 23m 2012.