Ice Nine Kills have released A Very Vicious Christmas, collecting the music they recorded for Art the Clown’s Halloween Horror Nights attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Out today, Monday, November 9th, through Fearless Records, the eight-track EP gives familiar Christmas songs a Terrifier rewrite. ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘O Christmas Tree’ and ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’ appear alongside two versions of ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’, with a children’s choir joining in.
The songs were recorded for Terror Tram starring Art the Clown, part of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. The attraction had Art arriving at the Universal backlot too early for Christmas and hijacking the tram to stage his own celebration.
“Art loves Christmas. Who better to distastefully dismember some Christmas classics than Ice Nine Kills?” Spencer Charnas said when announcing the EP.
Listen to A Very Vicious Christmas
Charnas also acknowledged the challenge of finding a children’s choir whose parents would approve of the rewritten songs. With the attraction’s run ending on November 1st, the EP makes those recordings available beyond the park, including to Australian listeners who couldn’t get to Hollywood.
It continues a collaboration with the Terrifier franchise that began before the Christmas collection. Ice Nine Kills contributed ‘A Work of Art’ to Terrifier 3, with Art actor David Howard Thornton appearing in the accompanying music video.
Australian fans last saw the band here in September, when they joined Electric Callboy and coldrain for shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
There’s another album on the way, too. Alongside revealing the Christmas EP at Silver Scream Con, Ice Nine Kills announced The Silver Scream 3: Every Flick In The Book for 2027. A release date has not yet been announced for the follow-up to 2021’s The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood.
For now, A Very Vicious Christmas is available digitally through the band’s official streaming page.
A Very Vicious Christmas Tracklist
- Carol of the Bells
- Jingle Bells
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- O Christmas Tree
- Joy to the World
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Orchestral Version)
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