The Silver Scream

I’m not sure about you guys, but I’m enjoying October so far. Not so much the school aspect, but everything else is great.

Ice Nine Kills has released their new album, The Silver Scream, and I must say, it is fucking bomb. I love it so much, and I’ve been listening to them everyday since last Monday in preparation for this album. All the songs are based on different horror movies like IT, The Shining, Friday the 13th, that’s just to name a few. And they’re all great. I recommend everyone listen to it, and some of their other songs like Hell in the Hallways or The People in the Attic, based on Stephen King’s Carrie and Anne Frank, respectively. It’s all great to me because of the stories behind the songs or the allusions made in them. INK’s album Every Trick in the Book was their experiment at creating songs from other media. And they perfected it to me. To true lovers of literature or movie buffs, some of their songs may seem to be a flop, but I give them all a solid 10. And it’s just in time for Halloween, making it so much better – a smart marketing tactic, if you ask me. 

The song A Grave Mistake resonates with me. It’s about The Crow, a movie where a man and his soon-to-be wife are murdered, however, his life doesn’t end there. On the anniversary of their death, the man comes back to avenge their deaths. Some reason, the song hits hard to me, with lines like “buildings burn and people die all of the time” and “you can’t save yourself/ or save your soul”. They may or may not affect others the same way they do for me, I guess that’s just your opinion. I’m not here to preach about the greatness of Ice Nine Kills or anything, I’m here to say “Hey, check this out. I think it’s pretty good, and I’d like it if you gave it a listen.” I didn’t say it like that to my best friend though… I demanded her to listen it, but that’s different! Anyway, those lines I mentioned before. I think they affect in such a way because of how blunt it is. Buildings do burn and people do die. It happens daily and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Same thing for saving yourself. You can try your best to not bring yourself closer to your end, but there are some things that can’t be prevented. It’s simple as that. I think that may be the point of the song: to show how helpless we are against life. With that being said, I’m gonna leave a couple of links to the songs mentioned and to the album. Please do give them a listen!

A Grave Mistake – The Crow

Hell in the Hallways – Carrie

The People in the Attic – Anne Frank

The Silver Scream

Go listen. Or else…

Author: Morgan Crosby

The girl from D'Iberville is a really dull girl. She locks herself up in her room, content to spend her time reading and occasionally writing. She loves to read little YA romances and sometimes finds herself with books about history. The main thing motivating her writing is her overactive imagination and the strange dreams that plague her sleep. Her works also stem from what she has heard from music, conversations, or when half asleep. Crazed killers, haunted mirrors, and murderous siblings seem to be part of her stories in some way, but they always start off in her dreams. She started writing when she was in middle school, but had been telling stories since she was little. View all posts by Morgan Crosby