Ice Nine Kills celebrate first RIAA Gold Single for ‘A Grave Mistake’

As they continue slashin’ their way through the GOLDen age of the “Silver Scream”, playing to sold-out crowds across the US on their Silver Scream-A-Thon headline tour and at stadium dates with Metallica, Ice Nine Kills are celebrating yet another huge career milestone with the news that they have officially earned their first RIAA-certified gold single for the 2018 fan-favourite ‘A Grave Mistake’. Inspired by The Crow and taken from their smash hit album “The Silver Scream”, the track has now surpassed 100 million streams, cementing its place as one of the band’s most resonant and enduring releases. Watch the official music video for “A Grave Mistake” HERE.

In an unusually worded, somewhat robotic statement, Ice Nine Kills creative mastermind and frontman, Spencer Charnas shares:

I am filled with human emotions after ingesting the data that my musical ensemble has achieved a golden status for the very first time. Programmed with a hauntingly harmonic minor cadence, 175 bpm, and a 3/4 time signature, it sufficiently garnered more than half a million sales equivalents.

Fans can also hear the band play the freshly minted gold single on their brand new live album, “I Heard They Kill Live 2”, available digitally today HERE. Captured during their sold-out home state show at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA on November 17th, 2022, the record showcases the phenomenal energy of the band’s meticulously ferocious live performances, with an all-killer-no-filler setlist that spans the staggering array of mega-hits from seminal albums” The Silver Scream” and “The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood”.

Charnas adds further context with the following statement:

Captured in optimal performance conditions during a sold-out operation in the geographical region of Massachusetts, this album contains high-energy sonic outputs calibrated for maximum efficiency. As a result, these auditory data files will undoubtedly prove supremely satisfactory to the devoted ICE NINE KILLS user base, aka, the Cyclos!

All of this unfolds as the band continues their landmark, sold-out Silver Scream-A-Thon tour—an immersive two-night headline event celebrating their cult-classic albums The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood. The band is also playing to stadium audiences on Metallica’s M72 World Tour, and will launch their own Hell of A Summer US headline tour beginning on 10th August, joined by Dayseeker, Kim Dracula, The Funeral Portrait, and Mest. To close out the year, the band will head to the UK for their monstrous headline EU and UK ‘A Work Of Art’ tour, seeing them perform to a huge amount of nightly witnesses and ending the run with their largest ever spectacle at London’s renowned Wembley Arena. Tickets are available here.

ICE NINE KILLS – ‘A WORK OF ART’ UK TOUR DATES
08/12 – Co-op Live, Manchester (UK) VENUE UPGRADED
09/12 – Hydro, Glasgow (UK)
10/12 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham (UK)
12/12 – Wembley Arena, London (UK)

Finally, rounding out today’s triumvirate of thrillingly wicked ICE NINE KILLS happenings is the news that Spencer was the first guest on FIRE w/ FIRE, a new video series hosted by Ryan J. Downey. In this rare, in-depth sit-down, Spencer talks about his journey into horror, getting banned by Disney, scrapped storylines for the ‘A Work of Art’ music video, and more.

Two months ago, I had a conversation with my colleague and spiritual mentor, the renowned music and pop culture journalist, Ryan J. Downey of Nazareth. We discussed musical pursuits as well as the challenges and hardships of life.

The full FIRE w/ FIRE episode can be watched in full HERE.

Racking up major career milestones like the bodycount in your favourite slasher movie, Ice Nine Kills remain one of the most inventive forces in modern music. What their next major achievement will be is yet to unfold. Keep your wits sharp and your eyes open. There’s no telling just how deep the rabbit hole goes.