Pretty Killer Marketing

So this might be the most ingenious cosmetics marketing campaign ever. Spencer Charnas, lead singer of Ice Nine Kills, just launched a beauty line called Pretty Evil.

The entire launch spot is worth spending four minutes on and the clip is just part one apparently. This is also pretty clearly a teaser for the next installment of INK music. They set-up mysteries in their elaborate videos and carry a theme through several clips.

Oh and the product names make me chuckle too. Die Liner (eye liner) and Black Mass liquid lipstick are classic. The eye palette colors use INK song names.

And yes, I'm buying some of this. Probably the eye palette. So kill me. (See what I did there?)

'A Work of Art' - Ice Nine Kills, New Video

Just in time for Halloween, Ice Nine Kills is back with an epic video for their song "A Work of Art."

The song is included in the movie Terrifier 3.The film is in theatres now.

There is a content warning on this video because it is violent.

A Goofy 'Horror-Style' Cover For Summer

So this is unexpected: I never thought I'd see Ice Nine Kills collaborate with Reel Big Fish, but here we are. The two bands just released their version of "Walking On Sunshine," originally recorded in 1983 by Katrina and the Waves.

The track is just something fun the bands did for summer and it gives Ice Nine Kills a "new" song for their current tour with Metallica.

It's a pretty great cover, honestly. It made me giggle. You gotta find the irony in dudes covered in blood, singing about summer happiness. If you can't, you're taking yourself (and music) too seriously.

'Merry Axe-Mas' -- It Never Gets Old!

Merry Christmas, Ice Nine Kills style! If you're not rocking this on your holiday playlist, do you even metal bro?!?

See you all tomorrow when we can put the merry commercialization behind us once again!

Just In Time For Halloween: An Ice Nine Kills Special Event

For all those folks in and around Los Angeles - this will be a great horror-themed event later this week! We're at the point now where Ice Nine Kills are definitely challenging Alice Cooper when it comes to macabre theming. Plus how great is it that a modern metal band is taking the time and money to market themselves in this way - and having a special screening and Q&A session to premiere their new song and video "Meat & Greet?"

Not in California? The event will be streamed free on the Ice Nine Kills YouTube channel starting at 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET.

Doesn't matter if you like the music of Ice Nine Kills or not - you have to give the band props for never phoning it in when it comes to branding and staying on theme. Respect.

New Vinyl Haul! How About You?

I was (finally!) feeling well enough to leave the house last night for the first time in what felt like forever. I went out to eat and also to a famous little store near Cincinnati called Plaid Room Records. A good photo of the place is below (and some Bengals tweets because they have a partnership with Plaid Room, so you can actually see the inside of the shop in the moving video).

Anyway, I got a nice haul of new records last night including the famed 2011 remaster of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death, the remaster of Def Leppard's wonderful and underrated Retro Activ and Ice Nine Kill's Welcome To Horrorwood on VHS black vinyl (that's just one of the special editions available).

I'm pretty stoked for all these new records and to keep adding to my collection. I am really excited to listen to the Fleetwood Mac. It's supposed to be the most pristine of all the pressings - even better than the original! I wonder if it can compete with the sound of the remastered Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill? Because that is one album that sounds amazing on my player. Another album I have that just cooks is the remaster, re-issue of Def Leppard's Hysteria. My Glam, the sound on it is just majestic. Anyone else buy any cool new records lately?

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"Tiger Trot" by Leroi Conroy

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Sundey Fundey And A Video Premiere

Happy Sunday! Or "Sundey" for my fellow Cincinnati Bengals fans. Tonight the Bengals face the Raves in the AFC Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. The primetime game should be good fun - I just hope I can stay warm because it is supposed to be around 27 degrees for game time - yikes!

A couple of days ago on Friday the 13th, Ice Nine Kills debuted a new, elaborate video. The band teased the thing a lot into the lead-up of the release... and then the clip was blocked from online platforms. The reason? Too violent, too bloody. So the band had to make a censored version and that is what you can see on YouTube below:

Now if you are a horror fan, you probably just want to see the real, uncensored version. You can see it, but you have to watch the revised clip all the way through to figure out how to do it. People who like horror films and that genre will notice a lot of cameos from others in that industry. Enjoy! (I feel like Alice Cooper would be proud).