LISTEN TO SONIC BOOM RIGHT NOW
America’s most outrageous rock ‘n roll band turned 35 this year and, in typical KISS fashion, they’re going BIG and LOUD to celebrate. Witness the devastating new album Sonic Boom, streaming front-to-back right now on Street Date.
This is post-apocalypse KISS, the KISS of 2010 and beyond. This is also more than just a new album. Sonic Boom comes with a second disk of Klassics and a full live concert on DVD – KISS Live in Buenos Aires.
Click through for the Sonic Boom album stream, and make sure to check out KISS on tour this fall in a city near you.
REVIEW OF REVIEWS
Sonic Boom, which arrives Tuesday, October 6 exclusively at Walmart and Sam’s Club, is a great rock ‘n’ roll album. It’s filled with the best elements of Kiss’s past memorable melodies, sing-along choruses, pump your fist anthems, and enough air-guitar opportunities to fill a season of “Wayne’s World.” It manages to sound classic without sounding dated. And there is not a ballad, string quartet, or synthesizer to be found on any of the album’s 11 tracks.
First single “Modern Day Delilah” kicks off Sonic Boom in style – with Stanley’s voice sounding in fine shape as he sings over a driving guitar riff in a song that thematically revisits the Kiss classic “Strutter.” The track, like everything on Sonic Boom, has a “recorded live” vibe. You can hear Simmons’ distinctive voice leading the chorus, not a homogenized blend of overdubs. Singer plays with his usual energy and precision, and Thayer serves up the first of many scalding guitar solos.
KISS haven’t gotten any subtler in the 11 years since their last studio album (“Baby, feel my tower of power!” declares Gene Simmons on “Hot And Cold.”) And why should they? There’s no denying the pleasingly hook-laden nature of such anthemic rockers as Boom’s “Stand” and “Modern Day Delilah.” This Walmart-only three-disc set — which includes a CD of rerecorded hits and a live DVD — should remind Hall of Fame voters that the recent nominees deserve consideration for far more than just Simmons’ fire-breathing abilities.
TRACKLIST
1. Modern Day Delilah
2. Russian Roulette
3. Never Enough
4. Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect)
5. Stand
6. Hot And Cold
7. All For The Glory
8. Danger Us
9. I’m An Animal
10. When Lightning Strikes
11. Say Yeah
VIDEOS
BEST SHOTS
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