Even the purest of deathcore connoisseurs will appreciate this mind blowing collaboration which smacks you square in the face… like a pick axe! Starting with the line “this is hell”, ‘The Box’, based on Hellraiser, brings back the melodies and harmonies, with its emotive chorus, yet still includes plenty of growls and guttural screams made possible by the inclusion of Brandon Saller ( Atreyu) and Ryan Kirby ( Fit For A King), both adding an extra level of metalcore goodness with their vocal contributions. ‘Take Your Pick’ with Cannibal Corpse‘s Corpsegrinder, based on My Bloody Valentine, is about as brutal as everyone was expecting, and by far the heaviest song on the album, it is more death metal in sound than metalcore.
‘Hip To Be Scared’ based on American Psycho, was a good introduction to The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood, as it doesn’t deviate too far from the OG The Silver Scream, in terms of sound and execution (pun intended.) The sample of Huey Lewis’ original with Charnas’ commentary of The Silver Scream, is a nice satirical nod to the film too. The song works better as a tribute to the video games rather than the films, however the song does very much have the early 2000’s sound of action film soundtracks (which were super popular back in the day). Following is third single ‘Rainy Day’ ( Resident Evil franchise), which on first listen is vastly different from Ice Nine Kills’ previous work, with its gamer sound effects and Industrial metal tones. ‘Funeral Derangements’ comes out hard and fast, and uses the eerie Pet Sematary musical score to underscore the song, which includes a truck horn, a child’s laugh, and lyrics that reference the guilt of the father, Louis.
The song takes a step back from the frenetic chaos of the previous songs, and is a straight forward melodic metalcore song, with its catchy chorus and backing vocals, and it utilises the infamous knife sound effects in the bridge. Starting with the ring of a bell, ‘The Shower Scene’ references Psycho straight away. The album’s second single, based on the Chucky series, uses childlike singing to add to the terror, despite its references to the original film, lyrics also refer to Bride of Chucky where Charnas sings “stitched back together it seems, by the evil bride of his dreams”, which further cements the idea, that these individual songs are about horror films, their sequels and franchises, as opposed to an individual horror movie. The song incorporates lots of layers and contrasting sounds to create its effect, similar to ‘Assault and Batteries’ which follows. ‘A Rash Decision’ based on the Cabin Fever films, cranks up the tempo, and mixes screams, melodies, metalcore riffs, and a dash of horns, and electronica in a small dose, before a choir sings the bridge. Although it is an original song, the Scream franchise, is an obvious influence with the ideas of art imitating real life and vice versa. It establishes the concept of the album, and essentially the INK universe.
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The song itself is meta, about movie making and how film violence can translate into the real life.
‘Welcome To Horrorwood’ opens with Charnas’ voice and a piano singing “ink fills the page, a classic killer completes the cast…” before launching into a loud, guttural scream, with Galante furiously pounding the drums.
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‘Opening Night’ is an introduction to the album with a voice over explaining that these recordings are what is left of a series of some brutal slayings akin to that of the tape recorded introduction of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. So, does this sequel suck? Is my caution unfounded? This reviewer, however, was more apprehensive, as I wanted to see Ice Nine Kills tackle another topic, like they did with Every Trick In The Book and then segued to The Silver Scream with ‘Enjoy Your Slay’. For Ice Nine Kills it makes a great deal of sense that their next album would be The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood, The Silver Scream was their most commercially, critically and financially successful album and most fans, including bossman Browny, were clamouring for more. Excitement, because you are getting more of what you love or trepidation, because to quote the tagline to Scream 2, “Sequels suck”. Releasing a sequel inevitably receives two reactions from fans one of excitement or one of trepidation.