A watan Agusta 9, 1995, Kiss ya shiga cikin dogon layi na mawaƙa don yin aiki a kan MTV Unplugged. Kungiyar ta tuntubi Criss da Frehley kuma ta gayyace su su shiga cikin taron. Dukansu sun shiga Kiss a kan mataki don waƙoƙi da yawa a ƙarshen saiti: "Beth", "2000 Man", "Babu abin da za a rasa" da "Rock and Roll All Nite". bayyanar Unplugged ya fara watanni na hasashe cewa yiwuwar haɗuwa da asalin Kiss yana cikin ayyukan. A cikin makonni bayan wasan kwaikwayon Unplugged, duk da haka, ƙungiyar (tare da Kulick da Singer), sun koma ɗakin studio a karo na farko a cikin shekaru uku don yin rikodin bin Revenge. An kammala Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions a watan Fabrairun 1996, amma an sake shi kusan shekaru biyu.
9 ga Agusta, 1995