The Silver Scream


The Silver Scream is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Ice Nine Kills, released on October 5, 2018, by Fearless Records. Much like their previous album where all tracks were inspired by different novels, all the tracks are inspired by horror films. Some examples of the source material are A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The album features guest appearances by the band's former singer Jeremy Schwartz, Tony Lovato of Mest, actress Chelsea Talmadge, Randy Strohmeyer of Finch, Buddy Schaub and Peter "JR" Wasilewski of Less Than Jake, Will Salazar of Fenix TX, and Stanley Kubrick's grandson Sam Kubrick of the UK band Shields. The album marked their highest chart positions in the US, debuting at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Hard Rock Albums chart. "A Grave Mistake" became the band's first top ten hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. This is the final album to feature guitarist and vocalist Justin DeBlieck, as well as bassist Justin Morrow, who departed from the band in March 2019 to join Motionless in White.
Five music videos have been released in which lead singer Spencer Charnas visits a psychologist after experiencing dreams based on the songs. A sixth video was also released, though this one takes place in Christmas of 1993, when Charnas was a child and celebrating Christmas Day with his parents.
A deluxe reissue edition titled The Silver Scream: Final Cut was released on October 25, 2019. The reissue contains bonus tracks including the band’s cover of Michael Jackson's hit song, "Thriller", a song about the Scream horror film series, one live track, and three acoustic tracks.

Reception

Wall of Sound gave the album a 9.5/10 and said "The Silver Scream is more than just music, it is an event."
Caleb Newton of New Noise Magazine wrote in a positive review that the album "is an exhilarating exploration of just what metal can be... There's room for bombastic and experimental pressing forward, and at that, such is welcome, and perhaps even needed in the modern music community."

Track listing

Notes
  • "Savages" is stylized in all caps.
  • "It Is the End" is stylized as "IT is The End".

    Personnel

  • Spencer Charnas – clean vocals, screamed vocals, voice overs, piano, guitar
  • Justin DeBlieck – guitars, screamed vocals, orchestration, keyboard, programming, piano, engineering, mixing
  • Justin Morrow – bass
  • Patrick Galante – drums
  • Joseph Occhiuti – bass
  • Dan Sugarman – lead guitar
  • Ricky Armellino – rhythm guitar
  • Drew Fulk – production, mixing, mastering
  • Jeff Dunne – engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Mike Cortada – album artwork

    Writing credits

  • Spencer Charnas – music and lyrics
  • Justin DeBlieck – music
  • Steve Sopchak – lyrics
  • Drew Fulk – additional music and lyrics
  • Josh Strock – additional music
  • Jeremy Schwartz – additional music and lyrics
  • Will Salazar – additional music and lyrics
  • Randy Strohmeyer – additional music
  • Joseph Occhiuti – additional piano arrangements, "Savages" )
  • Ricky Armellino – additional music and lyrics
  • Dan Sugarman – additional music and vocals, "Thank God It's Friday", "A Grave Mistake" )

    Charts