Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Saturday, August 22, 2026
KISS - "Hotter Than Hell" (Sonic Reconstruction 2026)
©1974 KISS Catalog, Ltd./UMG
℗2026 Hipper Than Hell Records
Newly XDR* remastered album.
*Xtended Dynamic Range
01 - Got To Choose [00:00:00] 02 - Parasite [00:03:53] 03 - Goin' Blind [00:06:56] 04 - Hotter Than Hell [00:10:33] 05 - Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll [00:14:03] 06 - All The Way [00:16:20] 07 - Watchin' You [00:19:37] 08 - Mainline [00:23:23] 09 - Comin' Home [00:27:13] 10 - Strange Ways [00:29:51]
So, I've always loved "Hotter Than Hell". In fact it's in my top 5 KISS albums and it's not No. 5!
But, as I heard many, many of us complain, I too did have a slight
problem with the way it has always sounded, in various degrees, and this
is that it's horribly distorted. I've always connected the sound of the
album with an image of over-heating amps and the rattling of metal,
everything that was in the studio while it was recorded and everything
of metal did ring and buzz, and was recorded with the instruments. Not
good.
So, in an attempt to get rid of all that I deconstructed the best high
resolution sound image I had and make it as wide and dynamic as possible
with a reversed compression technique (sonic decompression). Then I
filtered as delicately as possible quite some excessive noise and EQ'd
it so that the good distortion is there, as raw as it should be, and
most of the nasty distortion on guitars and snare mostly would be gone.
And I added some low end, because it is a kind of thin, squashed
production to begin with. And, as the final touch I mastered it to my
optimum headroom benchmark, DR12.
I'm totally happy with the results, and wanted to share it with you, the
KISS fan that is here for a reason, otherwise you would not have read
this all, right?!
Enjoy!
Turn Me Up!™
To preserve the excitement, emotion and dynamics of the original performances this album is intentionally quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply Turn Me Up! (www.TurnMeUp.org)
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. All rights to clips and music belong to their respective owners.
Friday, August 21, 2026
1980s Albums Where The Remaster Was Ruined — And The One Number That Proves It. [doc]
The very reason for the existence of this blog.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
From Chile: DECESSUS
©2020/2026 Decessus
℗2026 Hipper Than Hell Records
Turn Me Up!™
To preserve the excitement, emotion and dynamics of the original performances these music videos are intentionally quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply Turn Me Up! (www.TurnMeUp.org)
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. All rights to clips and music belong to their respective owners.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
KISS - Creatures Of The Night Media Collection (Restored & Remastered 2026)
01 - PM Magazine: KISS Returns to America
02 - Eyewitness News: Mardi Gras 1983
03 - Entertainment Tonight: Controversy with KISS
04 - Nightside Specialist: Protesting KISS
05 - CBS Nightwatch: The KISS... of Death?
06 - Radio Video Interview
07 - Radio Video Performance
08 - Brazilian TV: Live In Rio
09 - News Clip: God Of Thunder
10 - TV News Clip from Brazil: Interview
11 - Freeze Frame: Interview
12 - USA' Night Flight: Interview (Part One)
01 - MTV News: Interview
02 - Spanish TV: Lipsync Performance
03 - Italian TV Special "Discoring": Lipsync Performance
04 - German 3Sat TV Special: Lipsync Performance
05 - Top Pop - Holland: Lipsync Performance
06 - Top Pop - Holland: Behind The Scenes
07 - USA' Night Flight: Interview (Part Two)
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
KISS - "Destroyer Over Anaheim" (Anaheim Stadium 1976) (Restored & Remastered 2026)[V2]
Recorded Friday, August 20, 1976
Venue: Anaheim Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Openers: Flo & Eddy, Montrose, Bob Seger and Ted Nugent
More info:
01 - Detroit Rock City
02 - King of the Night Time World
03 - Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll
04 - Strutter
05 - Hotter Than Hell
06 - Nothin' to Lose
07 - Cold Gin
08 - Guitar Solo
09 - Shout It Out Loud
10 - Do You Love Me
11 - Bass Solo
12 - God of Thunder
13 - Drum Solo
14 - Rock and Roll All Nite
15 - Deuce
16 - Firehouse
17 - Black Diamond
Turn Me Up!™
To preserve the excitement, emotion and dynamics of the original performances this music video is intentionally quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply Turn Me Up! (
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. All rights to clips and music belong to their respective owners
KISS - 2006 - ALIVE! The Millenium Concert (Sonic Restoration 2025) [ complete album stream ]
Alive! The Millennium Concert is a live album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was released on November 21, 2006, as part of the Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 box set.
It was recorded on December 31, 1999, at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia and included songs that had never before been performed by the original lineup ("Heaven's on Fire", "I Love It Loud" and "Lick It Up").
Based on the excellent reimagined and expanded album image by Mick E. Gee. in 2010 now for the first time ever with extended dynamics and recreated transients which makes it for a more 3D natural sounding listening experience, which also causes less listening fatique, so you can turn it up louder if you want.
Mick's original liner notes: "This is the official release. HOWEVER, I changed the tempo of each track to varying degrees without changing the pitch. In most cases this can leave some noise artifacts. In this case they are non-existant, or at the very least almost completely unnoticable. As you all know the Millenium disc is a very slow and sluggish performance. I think I've adjusted each track to a tempo which makes this disc a ton more enjoyable. 2,000 mann and god of thunder are included and mixed in with the other tracks. I switched the left and right channels on shout it out loud because it had ace's guitar in the left side whereas he is on the right side on every other track. It is now more uniform."
Newly XDR* remastered album.
*Xtended Dynamic Range
01 - Psycho Circus
02 - Shout It Out Loud
03 - Deuce
04 - Heaven's On Fire
05 - Into The Void
06 - Firehouse
07 - Do You Love Me
08 - Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
09 - I Love It Loud
10 - Lick It Up
11 - 2,000 Man
12 - God Of Thunder
13 - 100,000 Years
14 - Love Gun
15 - Black Diamond
16 - Detroit Rock City
17 - Beth
18 - Rock And Roll All Nite
Turn Me Up!™
To preserve the excitement, emotion and dynamics of the original performances this music video is intentionally quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply Turn Me Up! ()
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. All rights to clips and music belong to their respective owners.
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