With 15 years and five albums worth of songs under their belt, the Kills have no plans of slowing down. Following the June release of their much-anticipated new album Ash & Ice, bandmates Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hence returned to the road this summer for three-month's worth of concerts in North America and Europe.

Without losing their slow burning, bare-bones sound, Ash & Ice marks a new era for the Kills. In the five years since their last full-length, 2011's stellar Blood Pressures, plenty has changed for the duo.

In 2013, a hand injury and subsequent surgery forced Hince to relearn the guitar.

Meanwhile, Mosshart released a new album with The Dead Weather (2015's Dodge and Burn) and honed in on her painting, which she says has opened up a whole new world of creative expression. Her first solo show, Fire Power, took place last year in New York, and was made up mostly of works she'd painted while on tour.