Ice Nine Kills have doubled down on their comic book carnage with a two part visual for ‘The Laugh Track’, a glossy, blood-slicked Gotham nightmare helmed by director Jensen Noen. It’s the band’s sweet spot, pulp cinema, razor edged metal theatrics, and a morality play painted in greasepaint.
The Laugh Track Part 1
Part 1 sets the fuse, the camera prowls through a city that looks like it smells of petrol and bad decisions, while Spencer Charnas plays ringmaster, half vaudeville host, half urban legend. The edit snaps on the beat as marching band blasts and orchestral stabs lace WZRD BLD’s dense, radio ready mix. You’ll clock the Ice Nine Kills hallmarks immediately, dark humour, practical gore, and that ‘is this a movie trailer?’ scale the band has mastered.
The Laugh Track Part 2
Part 2 swings the hammer, cameos in full effect with Matthew Lillard (meta slasher royalty), Phil Morris, and Terry Kiser, as the plot spirals into a parade of grins, sirens, and bad outcomes. The stunt and SFX teams (led by Joseph Perez and Christopher Nelson) go full carnival of pain, while Albina Kim’s production design drenches every frame in neon menace. It’s theatrical without slipping into parody, a balance Noen’s crew have refined across Ice Nine Kill’s Horrorwood era.
Under the hood, the song’s muscle comes from a stacked room, written by Spencer Charnas, Drew Fulk, Steve Sopchak, Joe Occhiuti, and Eric Bass; mastered by Ted Jensen; with orchestration by Francesco Ferrini. The hook is pure Ice Nine Kills, chant ready and sinister, skirting Gotham lore without naming names. Lyrically, it winks at madness and consequence, thematically, it frames the Joker archetype as a mirror for civic rot, you don’t need capes to get the point.
Between the Psychos Only Club, a relentless merch machine, and a tour engine that never idles, Ice Nine Kills keep treating heavy music like a multimedia blood sport. ‘The Laugh Track’ is another big swing, and it hit big time with a cracked grin.
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