EVIL NEVER DIES
Nestled on the north coast of Massachusetts, the charming city of Salem is famous for a shameful chapter in American history. It was here, in 1692-1693, that 19 people were persecuted and killed after being accused of witchcraft. Today, this bleak episode has been transformed into a money-spinner for the descendants of those lost souls. Tourists pour into the town to follow guided trails, visit museums, buy t-shirts and witchy trinkets and take in the Disneyfied, Halloween air of the place. Horror and despair have become entertainment. It was the perfect birthplace, then, for Ice Nine Kills, the highly theatrical metalcore outfit obsessed with the scary side of popular culture.
“I definitely do think growing up there had some effect on my love for the macabre and the spooky side of life,” says Spencer Charnas, the band’s frontman, creative heart and walking horror encyclopaedia. “You can see where the witches were hanged and stuff like that. That sinister, historical nature that was so close to where I
