The Sivler Scream

39. Ice Nine Kills – The Silver Scream (Album) (19 points)

Nominated by: Bane_of_Despair (0/3 remaining)

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Importance: 3

Fear: 6

Snake: 10



Never before has metal been this absolutely cinematic. In a suite of absolute metal bangers, Ice Nine Kills reinterprets the American horror movie canon through a series of face-melting riffs, heart-pounding drums, and sinister vocals that alternate between agonized screams of the murderers it tributes and softer arena-rock ready choruses that encourage sing-alongs and represent the quieter moments of these horror movies before moments of intense terror take hold. The American Nightmare kicks off the album with some straight-forward blasting guitars, with one of the album's catchiest choruses. INK revels in Elm Street references and sings from the perspective of Krueger, with a sample about the importance of sleep setting the tone for a track that ties perfectly into the themes of Elm Street, and the bridge features an interpolation of Krueger's infamous nursery rhyme. You can easily draw comparisons to Krueger's kills with the American war machine, doubling as a criticism on the amount of unnecessary death overseas that occurs daily. Thank God it's Friday starts off with a campground jingle, something children would sing about this song's inspiration, Jason Voorhees, followed by an intense breakdown with a tribute to Jason's, "ki-ki-ki, cha-cha-cha" sound accompaniment as the hook. The song shifts to major key towards the end of the song but quickly shifts back to minor for the final act of the track, as if to signify Jason's unkillable nature.



Stabbing in the Dark is maybe my favorite cut off the album, with some of the most intricate guitar work on the album. The riffs are absolutely dazzling and much like "Friday" the use of soundbites is fantastically done, adding an unmatched atmsophere to the heavy song. I will say Savages, taken from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is a weaker track on the album, but The Jig Is Up, which heavily features a fantastic Jigsaw impression, is a lyrically complex track with some of the most overtly horrorcore lyrics on the album. It ties into Jigsaw's MO and beliefs, and this commitment to getting inside the head of a murderer is an uncompromising way of getting the mood just right mid-album.