Jason Eccles | Examiner
“Hotter Than Hell” is the 2nd studio album by American hard rock band, Kiss. It was released in 1974 on Casablanca Records and produced by Kenny Kerner & Richie Wise. The line-up for the album was Paul Stanley (vocals/guitar), Ace Frehley (guitar), Gene Simmons (bass/vocals) and Peter Criss (drums)
Introduction
Producers Richie Wise and Kenny Kerner moved to Los Angeles sometime after the debut Kiss album. Since they were chosen to produce “Hotter Than Hell”, the band moved to LA to work with them. Musically darker than the debut due to the lyrics of some songs, and the way it was produced, this album has a different sound to it than the first. The album art is Japanese manga style artwork of the band, Japanese writing which means jigoku no sakebi, which translates to “The shout of Hell” in English. The front cover also features the Japanese symbol for chikara, which translates to the word “power” in English. The back features individual shots of the band and one picture of all four members in makeup. Is it any good? Let’s find out!
Got to Choose
This is filled with power chords and raw rock power. With great verses and backup vocals, it will keep you singing along while you play air guitar. This one is a rocker with a melody to it. All in all, it is a great opener for the album, and needed to be if it was to eclipse the band’s debut album. This is a song about how the narrator has been cheated