Kris Barras Band, the hard rock group fronted by the former MMA fighter, is marking a new milestone after releasing its new album Monsters We Made.
Following the launch of its sixth studio album on Aug. 14, the record peaked at No. 1 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.
In its first week on the chart, Kris Barras Band placed ahead of Marilyn Manson’s newly released record One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 at No. 2, while the all-star band Hollywood Vampires’ Montreux Jazz Festival debut at No. 3, making the top three entirely composed of new entries on the chart.
Bass player Daniel Spree and singer and former MMA fighter Kris Barras at the Give Back Through Music’s Leslie West Tribute Concert in 2024Scott Dudelson/Getty Images
Monsters We Made also surpassed iconic albums including Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory at No. 4, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon at No. 7 and Nirvana’s legendary album Nevermind at No. 8.
Official Charts celebrated the band’s achievement, citing this as a “huge week for rock” as the album also secured No. 21 on the U.K. Top 40.
View this post on InstagramAs for Kris Barras Band’s record label Earache Records, they congratulated the group and its fans for hitting the “number 1 album” spot.
“The @krisbarrasband fans really stepped up to support the new album ‘Monsters We Made’-placing it No.1 in the Rock/Metal chart and #21 in the U.K. Top 40. Congratulations to Kris, his band mates, his management, all PR’s, Pluggers and label staff who ran an impeccable campaign. Not forgetting the fans who, without their support, none of this would be happening,” the Instagram caption reads.
Supporting the newly released album, the Kris Barras Band is gearing up for a string of shows on the UK headline tour.
Scheduled for October, the run will kick off on Oct. 7 in Southampton and conclude the nine-date trek on Oct. 16 in Torquay.
Apart from the tour, the band is also set for an acoustic promotional in-store tour, followed by meet-and-greet sessions where they can interact with fans.
“Around the album release we’re doing an acoustic in-store tour, which is going to be cool,” the frontman told Overtone, adding that he will be joined by band member and long-time musical collaborator Josiah Manning on piano.
“I really like doing like the stripped-back version of the songs,” he shared. “Vocally, I prefer singing the songs that way; I feel like I maybe do a better job vocally like singing over a piano rather than over a heavy band. It’s going to be hard, you know, two a day with some pretty crazy journeys. It’s a pretty pretty intense thing, but hopefully it’ll be good fun.”
With the album now making a strong debut on the rock and metal chart, the upcoming UK tour gives the Kris Barras Band a chance to bring its chart-topping new music to the stage.
October 2026 UK Tour Dates
Oct. 7: The 1865, Southampton, UKOct. 8: Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UKOct. 9: The Garage, Glasgow, UKOct. 10: The Welly, Kingston Upon Hull, UKOct. 11: MASH, Cambridge, UKOct. 13: The Garage, London, UKOct. 14: Manchester Academy, Manchester, UKOct. 15: KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, UKOct. 16: The Foundry, Torquay, UK
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