Saw the sub getting spammed with the songs individually, so I figured I’d create a thread for this banger of an album.
Tracklist:
- Opening Night…
- Welcome To Horrorwood
- A Rash Decision
- Assault & Batteries
- The Shower Scene
- Funeral Derangements
- Rainy Day
- Hip To Be Scared (feat. Jacoby Shaddix)
- Take Your Pick (feat. Corpsegrinder)
- The Box (feat. Brandon Saller & Ryan Kirby)
- F.L.Y. (feat. Buddy Nielsen)
- Wurst Vacation
- Ex-Mortis
- Farewell II Flesh
Hello friends!
So over the course of the pandemic, I started a band with my two best friends and we specifically write songs about horror games! We just released our first song about Resident Evil Village called Maiden’s Blood. Ice Nine Kills is a HUGE inspiration for the way this came out!
We even worked with some of our friends who helped us recreate the voices of Lady D and her daughters in the song! We recorded and mixed the song ourselves too. I play bass, do backing vocals, and mix/master the songs! I would love to know what you all think about it!
I had a cool lyric video made to go along with the song so you can follow the words as you listen. Please give me some feedback on the song! I would love to know what you liked or didn’t like about it. And don’t worry, if you liked this one and want more, there are plenty more in the chamber ready to release in the future :).
Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ynmscYgXys
Ice Nine Kills has been around 2000, whereas Eskimo Callboy has been around since 2010. However, it wasn't until recently did these bands blow up.
Just saw on Facebook a date got made for one show of their new tour dubbed the "Trinity of Terror". Only date shown is April 6th 2022 at the Monroe Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sale goes live in ~4 days so I'm sure it's to be announced at any time.
I've been wanting to do this for a while and as soon as I saw u/WayToTheDawn 's post about Darkest Hour I knew I had to do it.
This is for all the people that might want to get into them but don't really know where to start, so, let's go.
Current Members:
Vocalist - Spencer Charnas
Lead Guitarist - Dan Sugarman
Rythm Guitarist - Ricky Armellino
Drums - Patrick Galante
Bass - Joe Occhiuti
Past Members:
Oh boy we don't have enough time for that.
And now, albums.
I am not going to cover the stuff before 2007 because not only it doesn't fit here, it's not on streaming services either, so let's skip to their first album.
The Burning (November 9th 2007)
This is a pretty decent album for the people that like raw and hardcore influenced punk from the 2000s.
There's a few good songs (Last Words being my favourite song by them from their early stuff) but that's as far as it goes.
Safe Is Just A Shadow (July 21st 2010)
This album is where they started taking more influence from metalcore, the album is better than The Burning, but it's not incredible either. There's some really good songs (the 2nd half of the album kinda slaps ngl) but again, that's as far as it goes.
The Predator Becomes The Prey (January 14th 2014)
Now THIS is where the fun stuff begins.
Just by the album cover you can notice that the horror influence is starting to appear on their music, but don't judge the book by it's cover, because the album also has some really beautiful moments.
Jonathan being the best example of that. The song is dedicated to a friend of the band called Jonathan that at the point where the song was made, was almost blind (if you read the lyrics it all makes sense), and the song is absolutely amazing.
This album has what I consider to be some of their best material, like The Power In Belief, a song that has one of their best choruses, an emotional bridge, but is still heavy as a whole.
Every Trick In The Book (December 14th 2015)
... keep reading on reddit ➡https://soundcloud.com/fearlessrecords/ice-nine-kills-pubg/s-mCM6RgQl9gm?si=318c318c37974398b8d5707e09cede4f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
First song I heard was “Nature of the Beast” and I was instantly hooked. They quickly became one of my favorite bands. I was psyched when they received recognition for Silver Scream and was extremely happy they were blowing up.
Haven’t been that impressed with SS2 releases so far so I started poking around…no one except Spencer was in the band prior to 2018…you gotta ask why and what that will mean for future projects.
End of day, I hope they make it. I love the band, and I love horror, but that shtick is going to run out eventually. I hope they didn’t make long term mistakes for short term gains. I hope whatever happened that caused so many previous members to go their own way remedies itself.
This is probably a shit post from a worried fan who’s sad they won’t get more songs focusing on the symphonic metal like “communion of the cursed” and “the fastest way to a girls heart is through her rib cage”. Just ignore me as I lament.
Edit: There we’re too many comments along the same lines that I would’ve ended up spamming with the same response so I’m just going to put it here.
My issue isn’t the concepts, or horror. Love ‘em both. But what’s made INK, INK for the last 11 years is their symphonic metal. They were basically the bone thugs n harmony of metal with how well they were able to travel between singing, high pitch screams, and growls. That unique sound paired with the concepts made for one fucking hell of a unique band. Seems like they dropped the symphonic but kept the concept. And I hope the concept on its own is enough to keep them from a slew of bands that all sound the same.
Also, the 21 years thing….I get it. They were a garage band in 2000. The band, without the name, has only been around for 3 years. That’s what I meant when I said it was an oversimplification.
THE WHOLE THING SUCH A DAMN BANGER
https://youtu.be/DtqgZ_9acD8
They're heaviest song to date and it absolutely fucks🔥🔥🔥
He just recently posted a goodbye message to INK on his insta basically stating he left and is focusing more on producing and wishes the members of INK the best of luck. Here's the link if you want to read it https://www.instagram.com/p/CTnoqeVLzfu/
https://youtu.be/1XP0Mu1dETo
