{"id":3793,"date":"2016-10-26T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ice-nine-kills-every-trick-in-the\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T22:43:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:43:55","slug":"album-review-ice-nine-kills-every-trick-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ice-nine-kills-every-trick-in-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Ice Nine Kills &#8211;\u00a0Every Trick In The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/5627096dd561723eccb9523e8fd751e4\/tumblr_oficm2qo9Q1r8no6so5_400.jpg\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Once upon a time, <b>Ice Nine Kills<\/b> self-released an album entitled <i>\u2018The Pop-Punk Ska Years\u2019.<\/i> That\u2019s right. Thirteen years on, <i>\u2018Every Trick In The Book\u2019<\/i> devotes each track to a different piece of classical literature. The first question to ask here must be, why? Is this a preposterous attempt to claim a &ldquo;classic&rdquo; of their own? Has the same old horror-laced experimental theatricore became old hat? Does their infatuation with fiction know no end? (Ice-nine is the apocalyptic substance from Kurt Vonnegut\u2019s <i>\u2018Cat\u2019s Cradle\u2019<\/i>). But who cares?<\/p>\n<p>Taken as they are, the songs here for the most part are tight, polished, deliciously over-the-top metalcore gems. Imagined as screams of an anguished Dr Jekyll or the alternate final words of Romeo, this becomes a curiously compelling listen.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>An acute awareness of melodic sensibility and metal formalities older than Shakespeare himself abounds throughout, giving tracks such as <i>\u2018The Plot Sickens\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018Star-Crossed Enemies\u2019<\/i> immediacy entirely independent of the concept. Likewise, <i>\u2018Me, Myself &amp; Hyde\u2019<\/i> eases between soft and savage much like the infamous characters it portrays. Of course, there\u2019s a generous helping of <i>&ldquo;Come one, come all!&rdquo;<\/i> storytelling shtick but the grandiosity is tasteful, orchestration appropriate and piano balladry done right, especially on the gorgeous <i>\u2019Tess-Timony\u2019.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Predictably, it\u2019s a lyrical far cry from the source material &#8211; it\u2019s hard to imagine George Orwell coming up with <i>&ldquo;What did you expect? We\u2019re fucking animals.&rdquo;<\/i> <i>\u2018The People In The Attic\u2019<\/i> descends into boring guitar solos and unwittingly amusing Nazi impressions, while <i>\u2019Alice\u2019<\/i> is a chapter to skip.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, it\u2019s smoothly executed and all-round good fun. Theatricality and rock music go hand in hand, but <b>Ice Nine Kills<\/b> have achieved a genuine degree of originality with <i>\u2018Every Trick In The Book\u2019<\/i>, and that in itself is a story worth telling.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2019Every Trick In The Book&rsquo;<\/i> by <b>Ice Nine Kills<\/b> is released on October 28th on <b>Fearless Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ice Nine Kills<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iceninekills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IceNineKills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iceninekills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Peter Stewart (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtavanHalen_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AtavanHalen_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, Ice Nine Kills self-released an album entitled \u2018The Pop-Punk Ska Years\u2019. 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