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KISS: 'Sonic Boom' Discussion Featured On 'Black Night Meditations'

October 20, 2009

On October 6, the "Black Night Meditations" radio show on Portsmouth, New Hampshire's WSCA 106.1 FM featured an on-air discussion about the new KISS album "Sonic Boom", as well as other KISS topics such as live shows and setlists, the vast number of "greatest-hits" compilations, the band's discography and lineups, album writing and recording, and more.

You can listen to the 80-minute program by using the audio player below.

WSCA 106.1 FM is a non-commercial station broadcasting from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It features the new and classic hard rock and heavy metal show "Turn It Up" airing every Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. EST, and the true metal show "Black Night Meditations", airing every Tuesday night 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST.

"Sonic Boom" sold 108,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart. This marks the band's highest-charting LP ever.

KISS has notched eight Top 10 albums, according to Billboard.com. Its previous highest-charting set was 1998's "Psycho Circus", which debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 110,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The group's other high-charting sets include 1975's "Alive!" (No. 9),1977's "Love Gun" (No. 4) and 1992's "Revenge" (No. 6).

"Sonic Boom" was released in Europe on October 5 via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. The CD was made available in the U.S. and Canada on October 6 exclusively via Wal-Mart, Walmart.com and Sam's Club retail locations.

KISS filmed footage for the "Modern Day Delilah" video during the band's private warm-up show at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on September 24. Over 1,500 lucky fans attended the event, where the group also previewed its new stage and taped two songs for an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

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