Ice Nine Kills is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, who are signed to Fearless Records.

Best known for its horror-inspired lyrics, Ice Nine Kills formed in its earliest incarnation in 2000 by high school friends Spencer Charnas and Jeremy Schwartz.

[3] They changed name to Ice Nine Kills just before releasing their debut independent album Last Chance to Make Amends on April 20, 2006.

[7] By 2008, the group had been invited to open for well-known acts such as As I Lay Dying, A Day to Remember, Thursday, Paramore and a one-off performance on the Taste of Chaos 2009 tour.

[10] Charnas then recruited former members of the Rochester-based post-hardcore band Remember Tomorrow which had recently disbanded[11] and stopped playing rhythm guitar.

[16][better source needed] The band released a music video inspired by the film Inglourious Basterds for their song "The People Under the Stairs".

To celebrate this announcement they released a second single from the EP entitled "What I Never Learned In Study Hall" featuring guest vocals from Tyler Carter vocalist of Issues.

[27] On February 26, 2014, it was revealed that Ice Nine Kills would be performing on the Monster Energy Stage for the entire Warped Tour 2014.

[31] From April 30 – May 22, Ice Nine Kills Headlined the IX Lives Tour with Get Scared, Upon This Dawning, Chasing Safety, and Brightwell.

On June 22, 2015, Ice Nine Kills released a music video for their version of "Animals" by Maroon 5 on Fearless Records for Punk Goes Pop Vol.

[35] Alongside other newly signed Fearless Records artist Wage War and The White Noise, the band headlined on the "Fresh Faces Tour" from October 24 – November 29, 2016.

[37] Vocalist Spencer Charnas described the reasoning, stating, "With the evolution of our skills as musicians, and the original producer, Steve Sopchak, having established himself at the top of his craft, we felt this was a perfect time to re-record the album and give it that extra attention that it always deserved.

[46] In an interview with Wall of Sound on September 24, 2018, Spencer Charnas revealed that the band collaborated with Fenix TX member Will Salazar and two Less Than Jake members Peter "JR" Wasilewski and Buddy Schaub on the song "It is the End" which is inspired by the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 epic supernatural horror novel It.

Wasilewski and Schaub provided the brass instrument section of the song to give it a "sinister, carnival and circus vibe".

Frontman Spencer Charnas revealed the news via Instagram sharing a video and anecdotal story about his former bandmate who recorded bass on the band's 2010 album Safe Is Just a Shadow.

[49] On March 23, Justin Morrow left the band to join Motionless in White, with Joe Occhiuti being announced as his replacement.

[52] On October 4, 2019, the band released the acoustic version for their song, "Stabbing in the Dark" featuring Matt Heafy of Trivium.

The Silver Stream mixed live footage from the 19-track set with a self-produced horror movie framing device, featuring the band members and Bill Moseley.

The horror movie aspect of The Silver Scream was helmed by Spencer Charnas and director Myles Erfurth of Stained Glass Eye Entertainment.

[61] The band released a cover and music video of the Elvis Presley song "Can't Help Falling in Love" on February 9, 2021, to the Fearless Records YouTube channel.

[70][71] On March 31, 2022, the band released a new song, "Hunting Season", taken from The Fall Of Troi expansion of the video game, PUBG: New State.

[76] In September 2024, during Silver Scream Con III, the band announced a forthcoming single, "A Work of Art", to be included in Terrifier 3, and a music video also featuring Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down, to be released at the film premiere.