Metal
Fearless Records · 9 November 2026
Until 1 November, “Terror Tram starring Art the Clown”, the Halloween Horror Nights attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood built around the killer clown of the “Terrifier” films, ran on select nights with a soundtrack of its own: the carols Ice Nine Kills recorded for it. Now they’re on streaming services. “A Very Vicious Christmas” came out digitally on 9 November through Fearless Records, part of the Concord group, with eight tracks that don’t quite reach twelve minutes.
The repertoire is all standard Christmas fare: “Carol of the Bells”, “Jingle Bells”, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”, “O Christmas Tree”, “Joy to the World” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, plus two takes on Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, the second of them orchestral. Singer Spencer Charnas unveiled it at the band’s own Silver Scream Con in Worcester, Massachusetts, and in the announcement he sums it up in three words: “Art loves Christmas.”
The band have worked for the character before: “A Work of Art”, the official song from “Terrifier 3”, came out in October 2024. Ice Nine Kills’ latest studio album is still “Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2”, from October 2021, and the third instalment of the “Silver Scream” series is slated for 2027.
Text by Roger Estivill