Metal Monday: KISS’s Destroyer (Resurrected)

Downloading KISS’s Destroyer (Resurrected) marks the fourth time  in my life I’ve paid full price for this album, but the first time I’m not sure it’s worth it.

Destroyer is the album every other studio effort by the band is measured. Given Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s penchant for self-hype, it’s become something of a tradition for them to claim about each new album that it’s their “best one since Destroyer.” (I can’t think of a time when that’s been true, though Love Gun certainly comes close.)