Michael Porter | Music Room

Kiss are confident their new record Monster will impress rock fans worldwide.

Frontman Paul Stanley told BBC Newsbeat: “What we wanted to do this time was not make a great Kiss album, but make a great classic rock album. I think it’s more sure of itself.

“I don’t think that the heaviness or harder feel comes from anything other than being that much more sure of what we’re doing.”

And Stanley said the UK is a special place for the band, with respect for the nation’s musical heritage.

“The UK for us is the holy land. It’s where all our heroes come from. Rock n’ roll may have been invented in America but what it became over here is what we emulated.”

The band released their new single Hell Or Hallelujah this week, which Stanley described as ‘a battle-cry’.

And the legendary rockers recently supported military charity Help For Heroes after playing a charity gig at the Kentish Town Forum.

Gene Simmons said: “No matter what your political persuasions, the reality is that any freedoms that England and America have, has to do not with politicians but the brave men and women in uniform here, in the US and in the free world.

“They actually put their lives on the line. The least we can do is to show them respect and appreciation.”