Ice Nine Kills announce new album; unleash lead single featuring Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix

Ice Nine Kills are following up their massive 2018 record The Silver Scream with a "deadly" upcoming sequel: The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood.

The Boston metalcore gang will be releasing album number six just in time for Halloween this year (obviously), with the full 13-track LP arriving on October 15 via Fearless.

Says frontman Spencer Charnas: "True to horror franchise tradition, there is always a sequel… Welcome To Horrorwood follows in the bloody footsteps of its predecessor, paying tribute to 13 more of the most gruesome tales to ever grace the silver screen. In this latest INK offering, the last album and video series is portrayed as a work of fiction. The new storyline thrusts the band into a brutal 'real world' slaying. The only traces of the crime are 13 songs left behind by the suspected killer…

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"We can’t wait to share this next chapter with you, and to welcome you to the sinister state of mind that will soon be known the world over as Horrorwood.

"The first stop on the tour is 1980s New York City’s 'greed is good' scene, where a certain hot shot investment banker has a rather violent dirty secret…"

Listen to American Psycho-inspired single Hip To Be Scared – featuring Papa Roach legend Jacoby Shaddix – below:

And watch the video from 7pm BST on July 9:

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