The Silver Scream

The Silver Scream
Studio album by
Ice Nine Kills
ReleasedOctober 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)
Recorded2017–2018
Genre
Length49:43
LabelFearless
ProducerDrew Fulk
Ice Nine Kills chronology
Every Trick in the Book
(2015) 		The Silver Scream
(2018) 		The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood
(2021)
Singles from The Silver Scream
  1. "Enjoy Your Slay"
    Released: May 26, 2017
  2. "The American Nightmare"
    Released: June 20, 2018
  3. "Thank God It's Friday"
    Released: July 13, 2018
  4. "A Grave Mistake"
    Released: September 14, 2018
  5. "Stabbing in the Dark"
    Released: October 19, 2018
  6. "Merry Axe-mas"
    Released: December 21, 2018
  7. "Savages"
    Released: July 28, 2019
  8. "It Is the End"
    Released: September 24, 2019

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 ("The American Nightmare"), Friday the 13th ("Thank God It's Friday"), and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ("Savages"). 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 ("The American Nightmare", "Thank God, It's Friday", "A Grave Mistake", "Stabbing in the Dark", "It Is the End"). 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 ("Merry Axe-Mas").

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.[5][6]

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  5. ^ "Ice Nine Kills - Stabbing In The Dark (Acoustic ft. Matt Heafy)" – via www.youtube.com.
  6. ^ "Ice Nine Kills Are Releasing A Deluxe Version Of Their Album 'The Silver Scream' - News - Rock Sound Magazine".