KRIS BARRAS BAND RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘UNSPOKEN’

KRIS BARRAS BAND RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘UNSPOKEN’

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

UK HEADLINE TOUR SLATED FOR OCTOBER 2026

Photo credit: Colin Hawkins

Devon-based hard rock heavyweights KRIS BARRAS BAND have shared their latest single, ‘Unspoken’, taken from their upcoming album “Monsters We Made” (due 14th August 2026 via Earache Records). The track sets itself apart from the pack by taking a softer and more vulnerable approach in amongst the hard rock riffage elsewhere on the record.

On the new single, Kris enthuses:

“This track is one of my favourites, if not the favourite, track from the new album. Both single releases so far have been pretty full-on, heavier tracks, and I don’t feel that they necessarily give the whole picture of what is to come on Monsters We Made.”

He continues:

“‘Unspoken’ brings about a bit of balance, being a bit more reserved and almost ballad-like. It’s about the battle between silence and expression. The struggle to let people know how you really feel, fighting through isolation and emotional pain while struggling to express what’s really going on inside.”

Watch the lyric video to ‘Unspoken’ HERE.

Listen to ‘Unspoken’ HERE.

Pre-order “Monsters We Made” HERE.

KRIS BARRAS BAND - 'Unspoken' lyric video

Recently, KRIS BARRAS BAND announced their first UK tour in almost two years, marking a strong comeback for KBB. They will are 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 BAND gravitated 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.”