Monster

Monster is the twentieth and final album by the American rock band Kiss, released on October 9, 2012. It was recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California and at The Nook in Studio City. 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).

Monster debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's third consecutive album to reach the top three in the US, and cracked the Top 10 charts in Canada, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Japan, and Danish charts and cracked the Top 20 in Spain, Hungary and the Dutch charts.

The album sold approximately 60,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States and 120,000 copies outside of the domestic US in its first week.