KRIS BARRAS BAND RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW ALBUM’S TITLE TRACK ‘MONSTERS WE MADE’

KRIS BARRAS BAND RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW ALBUM’S TITLE TRACK ‘MONSTERS WE MADE’

NEW ALBUM “MONSTERS WE MADE” AVAILABLE 14TH AUGUST 2026

AUGUST IN-STORE SESSIONS | OCTOBER UK HEADLINE TOUR

Devon-based hard rock heavyweights KRIS BARRAS BAND have shared the music video for their upcoming album’s title track ‘Monsters We Made’, which tackles the subject of mental demons and personal struggles and is available to view now. The band’s upcoming new full-length album “Monsters We Made” will be available 14th August via Earache Records, and sees KBB return to his hard-rocking, guitar-squealing, groovy blues roots whilst maintaining the arena-level choruses that are impossible to not sing along to in a live setting.

On the new single, frontman and guitarist Kris Barras shares:

“It was great to see people’s reaction to this track when we played it on the Smith/Kotzen tour earlier this year, as people were singing along by the time it hit the last chorus. That’s always a good sign!

He continues:

‘Monsters We Made’ is about being responsible for the things which end up dragging you down. Kind of like being your own worst enemy. Not just in an individual way either, it can be in a relationship and those little things that keep building up, eventually creating a monster. I went to town on the solo section, flipping the song on it’s head with a bit of breakdown. It’s one of my favourite solos on the album.”

Watch the music video HERE.

Listen to the track HERE.

Pre-order “Monsters We Made” HERE.

KRIS BARRAS BAND - 'Monsters We Made' official video

Recently, KRIS BARRAS BAND announced a string of in-store appearances across the UK this August that will coincide with the release of their upcoming new album. The events will include an unplugged acoustic session featuring Kris Barras (vocals/guitars) and Josiah Manning (guitars/piano), and a signing session (excluding Kingston date).

Most venues will include an album pre-order + ticket bundle for entry (with the exclusion of Kingston, which will offer a ticket-only option).

Monsters We Made In-Store Tour Dates:

Fri 14th Aug – 1pm – LEEDS Crash

Fri 14th Aug – 7pm – BURY Wax And Beans

Sat 15th Aug – 1pm – GLASGOW Assai

Sat 15th Aug – 6pm – EDINBURGH Assai

Sun 16th Aug – 6pm – LONDON Rough Trade East

Mon 17th Aug – 1pm – GOSPORT A Slice Of Vinyl

Mon 17th Aug – 7pm – KINGSTON Fighting Cocks

Tue 18th Aug – 6.30pm – BRISTOL Rough Trade

Wed 19th Aug – 6pm – NOTTINGHAM Rough Trade

Thu 20th Aug – 7pm – LIVERPOOL Jacaranda

Tickets are on-sale now.

Get yours here: https://linktr.ee/KBB2026.

In the wake of the in-store signing sessions, KRIS BARRAS BAND will embark on their first UK tour in almost two years, marking a strong comeback for KBB. They will be joined on the Monsters We Made tour by special guests 10 Years. The Knoxville, Tennessee natives’ trademark melodic alternative metal has dominated US rock radio for decades. Last seen in the UK with Three Days Grace in 2022, 10 Years are currently touring the US with Mammoth, before heading to Europe with Black Stone Cherry and then the UK with KRIS BARRAS BAND. If you’re not familiar with 10 Years yet, check out their YouTube here and be sure to show up early for the UK dates!

On the touring announcement news, Kris says:

“We are absolutely honoured to have 10 Years out with us on this run, great band, amazing songs, you are all in for a treat”.

The “Monsters We Made” Tour Dates

with KRIS BARRAS BAND, supported by 10 Years:

Wed 7th Oct – SOUTHAMPTON, The 1865

Thu 8th Oct – NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms

Fri 9th Oct – GLASGOW, The Garage

Sat 10th Oct – HULL, Welly

Sun 11th Oct – CAMBRIDGE, Mash

Tue 13th Oct – LONDON, The Garage

Wed 14th Oct – MANCHESTER, Club Academy

Thu 15th Oct – WOLVERHAMPTON, KK’s Steel Mill

Fri 16th Oct – TORQUAY, The Foundry

Get your tickets here: https://www.krisbarrasband.com/tour.

One of modern hard rock’s most exciting breakouts in recent years, KRIS BARRAS BAND’s 2024 album “Halo Effect” reached UK top 5 spot alongside Beyoncé and Linkin Park whilst topping the official UK Rock/Metal, Independent AND Download charts! KBB are known for their hard-hitting riffs, captivating choruses and fuse-lighting technical solos.

By Kris’s own admission, however, it perhaps landed as an over-adjustment with his core fans, as he absorbed the influence of modern metal and a resurgent nu-metal scene. “Monsters We Made” is his answer to all of that. “We wanted big singalongs, big riffs, big solos,” he says. “The kind of hard rock music that belongs in arenas; dense, complex and able to energise the biggest crowds.” With guitarist/keyboardist Josiah Manning on production duties, the Devon outfit – completed by bassist Frazer Kerslake and drummer Billy Hammett – have proven more than equal to those ambitions. The self-assuredness is evident across all eleven tracks, with a band unashamed of an anthemic chorus, generous with virtuosic guitar solos and knowing when to let a heavy groove do the work. For evidence, listen to the colossal opening title track which tackles the idea of being your own worst enemy and features what Kris rightly calls “one of the best choruses I’ve ever written” or the epic ballad ‘Otherside’, which plucks at heartstrings and orchestral strings alike.

After an almost-unbelievable career change from pro-MMA fighter of ten years to professional musician, Barras cut his teeth in the international blues rock scene culminating in a frontman spot with supergroup Supersonic Blues Machine (featuring ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons). In the meantime, KRIS BARRAS BANDgravitated to a heavier – yet melodic – sound that has sold-out tours with Black Stone Cherry, The Darkness and Thunder at the likes of the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Arena and Download Festival.

Earlier this year, KBB toured all corners of Europe with Adrian Smith (of Iron Maiden fame) and Ritchie Kotzen (of Poison, Mr Big and Winery Dogs) in their superb Smith/Kotzen project. The opportunity of a lifetime turned into an almost-career ending nightmare when having pushed through a tour-illness, Kris did almost-irreparable harm to his vocal chords. On doctor’s orders he had to leave the tour early, and true to the mindset of a professional fighter, Kris says “with intensive rehab I’m all healed up and singing better than ever.”