Ice Nine Kills are preparing a horror-themed Christmas album. «A Very Vicious Christmas», a collection of eight cover versions of classic Christmas songs, comes out digitally via Fearless Records on 9 November 2026.
The tracks were originally recorded for «Terror Tram Starring Art The Clown», the «Terrifier»-themed attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. The EP is the first time this music will be available outside the theme park.
“`The band revealed the release on Sunday 4 October 2026 at the annual Silver Scream Con in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Singer Spencer Charnas said the EP is the band’s early Christmas gift to the world, and that when they were asked to score Art The Clown’s «attack» on the «Terror Tram», they immediately knew what they had to do. He added that they are proud that «Terrifier» writer-director Damien Leone, producer Phil Falcone and their team opened up their world to them.
On the attraction Art The Clown arrives at Universal Studios Hollywood with a bag of bloody presents, realises he has come far too early for Christmas and takes control of the tram for a celebration of his own. «Terror Tram» runs on selected nights until Sunday 1 November 2026.
«A Very Vicious Christmas» – Tracklist
- Carol Of The Bells
- Jingle Bells
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- O Christmas Tree
- Joy To The World
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies (Full Band Version)
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies (Orchestral Version)
The EP continues the band’s collaboration with «Terrifier». «A Work Of Art», their song for 2024’s «Terrifier 3», reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart and stayed there 18 weeks, with almost 60 million streams. At the same time they are also running the «Welcome To Horrorwood» film series with AMC Theatres and Bloody Disgusting in around 300 cinemas in the US.
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