Marko Syrjala and Petteri Limnell at Metal-Rules.com recently caught up with KISS legend Paul Stanley to discuss the band's new album, Monster. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

MR: First of all, the Monster is finished and it’s ready to roll, it’s ready to go. How do you like the results at this point?

Paul: "I think it’s terrific. I mean I have said it so many time already, you know, the idea wasn’t to make an album that sounded like we once sounded. It was to make an album that sound like we have never sounded. The idea of making of an album that is a retro album… I wasn’t interested of that. I wanted to make an album that has vitality and passion and that’s a great rock album. I don’t want to make a great KISS album. I don’t want to be judged by other KISS albums. It’s ok to judge KISS by KISS but it’s also nice to open up the gates and say not how good is this compared to KISS albums but how good is this comparing to the albums that I love."

MR: Actually, I got an advance copy of the album a while ago and now after several listens I would say that it really is all fresh, it’s all new, it rocks, it’s energetic and kicks major ass.

Paul: "I think it’s all we wanted it to be. It’s not a great KISS album, it's a great rock album. I think this is a great album. I didn’t want us to make an album, some bands remember saying, 'Oh, they are making an album that sounds like they did.' I wanted to do an album that sounds like we never did. Something that’s new."

MR: I disagree with Gene (Simmons) who said that Monster is like a “meat and potatoes” type of album because I think that this is the most versatile album you have ever done…

Paul: "I don’t know. Everybody has an opinion about it. I just know it’s a very, I would say a cohesive album. It feels like an album, it feels like every song that’s on there, belongs on there. It got a focus and a point of view. That’s what I wanted the album… I didn’t want it to be a scattered... I wanted something that felt like a work, a body of work."

Click here for the complete interview.

KISS will release their new studio album, Monster, on October 16th. The tracklist is as follows:

'Hell Or Hallelujah'

'Wall Of Sound'

'Freak'

'Back To The Stone Age'

'Shout Mercy'

'Long Way Down'

'Eat Your Heart Out'

'The Devil Is Me'

'Outta This World'

'All For The Love Of Rock & Roll'

'Take Me Down Below'

'Last Chance'

'Right Here Right Now'

On July 21st, KISS performed their new song 'Hell Or Hallelujah' at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach, VA. Fan-filmed video is available below:

Pre-orders for the album are available now via iTunes stores worldwide.