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 Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood

Released October 15, 2021

Spencer Charnas, Dan Sugarman, Joseph Occhiuti, Ricky Armellino, Patrick Galante

Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Emo Metal


Intro

Happy Halloween, sorry for no reviews in like 2 months. Anyways to celebrate the spooky season lets do the 2nd installment of INK's Silver Scream series.


Thoughts and Feelings

This album is a MASSIVE improvement over SS. The features are better, the songs are better, and the new members are just better at their respective instruments (no disrespect to the Justins). This album is MUCH heavier and intense than the previous and I'm all for it. Enough rambling lets get into the album.

Just like with SS I will mark the horror references.


Smash or Pass?

Opening Night...- Smash. This spoken word intro lays out the story of the album. Spencer is accused of killing his fiancé, good man.

Welcome to Horrorwood- SMASSSHHHHHH. Amazing start. THIS is the new INK and I LOVE IT. The new guitarist has an INSANE death growl. This one is hard to explain just listen to it. No horror reference here. OH MY FUCK JOHN FELDMAN. HE HELPED WRITE THIS. THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

A Rash Decision- Smash. one of like 5 songs not on my playlist from this album. That being said this song is still good its just not my favorite. Too much of a focus on funk-emo-weirdness on this one. This song is based on Cabin Fever.

Assault & Batteries- SMMMASHHHHHH. This song is simply not able to be described. it uses kids toys in a death metal song. Fucking Charnas how does he come up with this shit. This one is based on Child's Play.

The Shower Scene- SMASH. This song SLAPS. Chorus feels out of place though. Great breakdown near the end. This one is based on Psycho.

Funeral Derangements- Smash. This song is the worst of the "playlist worthy" songs. That being said its great but again not my favorite. This one is based on Pet Semetary.

Rainy Day- SSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I LOVE THIS SONG. The use of dubstep/electronic works so well for a video game song, this is based on Resident Evil, and the use of digital voices is so cool. By FAR the best song so far. 10/10.

Hip to be Scared- SMMMASSHHH. This song is VERY popular and I see why. A bit to pop-metalcore for me but its still incredible. This is based on American Psycho. It also has a feature from the singer of Papa Roach.

Take Your Pick-SSSSSSSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. CORPSEGRINDER BABYYYYYYYY. THIS SONG IS SO FUCKING HEAVY. This sounds like a cannibal Corpse song with the gorey lyrics and intense instrumentals, which makes sense and the man himself George "Mr. Claw Machine" Fisher is on this track. This song is based on My Bloody Valentine, shoutout to that band again.

The Box- Smash. This is another non playlist song, its just a bit off sounding. This is a ballad on an album that does NOT need a ballad. This one is based on Hellraiser.

F.L.Y.- Smash. Once again an off sounding track. This song puts too much of a focus on vocals as opposed to the usual screaming terror we expect from INK. This ones based on The Fly.

Wurst Vacation- Smash. Good heavy start but its a bit too slow for what it is. It does pick up a bit but its just not my favorite. Sounds more like a Rammstein song. This one is based on Hostel.

Ex Mørtis-SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. THIS IS THE GOLD MEDAL JUST FUCKING LISTEN TO THIS SONG AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS PERFECT. ITS FUN, FAST, LOUD, HEAVY, ITS JSUT PERFECT. This one is based on the first Evil Dead movie.

Farewell II Flesh- Smash. Nothing tops that last song but thus one is still good. Solid closer to a great album. This one is based on Candyman.

Conclusion

This album is Much better than the first Silver Scream. With that being said its still not perfect. This album does alot right but really fucks it up near the end with that 3 song stretch between TYP and Ex Mørtis. 

RANK: A

Well its been a while. I'm hoping to be able to do more soon but I've just been busy. Thanks for reading and leave any input you have in the comments. Until next time.

-Jake (JunosBestFriend)





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