Sonic Boom is the 19th studio album and the first in 11 years from the rock band Kiss, released on October 6, 2009. The album was recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA and produced by Paul Stanley and co-produced by Greg Collins. The album was the first to be released under the new line up consisting of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. Stanley said about the album, "The purpose of this album isn't to let people know that we're still around - it's to let people know we can still knock out anybody who's out there!". A fan routed North American tour promoted the album along with international shows throughout 2010, which included the band headlining the Rock am Ring festival in Germany. The cover artwork was created by artist Michael Doret who has worked with Kiss previously to create the cover of their 1976 album Rock and Roll Over. Wal-Mart is the exclusive distributor of the album in the US and Canada, selling it as a three disc package including the album, Kiss Klassics (a completely re-recorded greatest hits album exclusively released in Japan as Jigoku-Retsuden), and a six song live DVD recorded April 5, 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina as…