Ice Nine Kills debuted their new song and video for “Twisting the Knife,” which is featured in the upcoming film “Scream 7″…
It’s no secret that the band Ice Nine Kills are big fans of horror — go listen to the vast majority of their songs from the past couple of albums if you haven’t already — and now they are officially teaming up with “Scream 7” for a new song titled “Twisting the Knife.”
The song is part of the official soundtrack for the upcoming film dropping in theaters on February 27.
McKenna Grace, who is also starring in “Scream 7,” is featured in the song in a duet alongside Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas.
The video is actually dedicated to original “Scream’ director Wes Craven, who was behind the camera for the first four films before he sadly passed away in 2015.
“Twisting the Knife is our tribute to Wes Craven and the Scream franchise, which means so much to us,” Charnas said about the collaboration. “Scream is baked into the DNA of who I am and of Ice Nine Kills—my love of horror, comedy, and the collision between the two. I was already obsessed with Halloween and Friday the 13th, but Scream was the first I saw in theaters. Hearing the killer talk about horror movies, in that distinctively pop-culture savvy Kevin Williamson way, blew my mind.
In recent years, we’ve gotten to know and work with Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Neve Campbell, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, Lee Waddell, and others in different capacities. We announced the collaboration with Scream 7 at Wembley Arena, with Ghostface and Rose McGowan, which was surreal in itself.
When we learned that Mckenna Grace is a fan of our band, it made perfect sense to invite her to sing. She recorded her part in my home studio, in the same room where I keep my screen-used Scream knife prop, one of the four rubber knives made for the first movie.
Marco Beltrami’s Scream scores are just as influential to me as any other component of the films. In our song, there are echoes of the moody atmospheres he’s created, with our own INK twist.”
Of course, this isn’t the first “Scream” themed song the band has produced — there’s also “Your Number’s Up,” which is a direct reference to the long running horror franchise and usually features a Ghostface killer running around on stage whenever Ice Nine Kills performs the track live in concert.
Make sure to watch through the end of the video because there’s actually a part 2 for “Twisting the Knife” that you can also watch below. And don’t forget “Scream 7” lands in theaters on February 27.
