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Living the scream! Inside the rise and rise of Ice Nine Kills – only in the new issue of Kerrang!

With an incendiary Download main stage set on the horizon, Ice Nine Kills are riding an ever-growing wave of murderous metal mayhem. In an exclusive interview with frontman Spencer Charnas, we take stock of their journey so far and find out just how far they can go...

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Kerrang! staff
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F. Scott Schafer

Ahead of what will undoubtedly be one of the standout sets of Download Festival next month, we sit down with Ice Nine Kills mastermind Spencer Charnas in the new issue of Kerrang! to reflect on a scream come true. From growing up as an avid consumer of B-movie horror to channelling his love of all things spooky into one of the biggest metalcore bands in the world right now, he is living proof that doing things your own way is always the right way to go.

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Elsewhere the summer print issue, we look back on a life in gigs with Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe, The Pretty Wild take us for a tea party on wheels, Imminence invite us into the studio, we catch up with Marmozets ahead of their explosive comeback record, and we head backstage with The Molotovs on tour with YUNGBLUD.

Plus Don Broco, Blood Incantation, Die Spitz, Ecca Vandal, Taking Back Sunday, Cage Fight... and more! As well as exclusive posters of Evanescence, Black Veil Brides and Nova Twins.

As well as the online store, if you are in the UK you can pick up a copy from WHSmith or all good noiseagents and independent stores.

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