Earlier this week horror metal madmen ICE NINE KILLS unleashed “The Great Unknown” a hard-hitting, high concept single and video finds the band stepping into the glitching heart of dystopian sci-fi inspired by one of the greatest movies of all time, The Matrix.
“The Great Unknown” pairs cinematic worship with melodic grandeur, pushing ICE NINE KILLS’ signature sound into uncharted territory while retaining the polish, precision, and razor-wire wit that have defined the INKverse to date. The official music video drops the viewer into a parallel simulation—an adrenaline-fuelled, bullet-time mindwarp where perception is fragile, control is an illusion, and nothing is quite what it seems.
“The Great Unknown” hits like a bullet-time sucker punch. Electronic pulses, glitchy sound design, and a thundering wall of riffs set the tone for a track that feels like it belongs in both a nightclub and a dystopian battlefield. Produced with sharp precision, the song leans into late-’90s nostalgia with a heavy industrial sheen, but never loses the DNA that makes INK a theatrical powerhouse. Frontman Spencer Charnas is in full command here, trading scream-heavy breakdowns for something more restrained, but no less intense. Lyrically, it’s still INK—conceptual, dramatic, and dressed in metaphor, but this time the setting trades blood for code.
On the project, frontman Spencer Charnas has shared:
“‘The Great Unknown’ optimises aggression and melody in a format our core user base consistently engages with. This audio file represents a genre expansion protocol, targeting action and sci-fi verticals proven effective via cross-platform sentiment analysis. ‘The Great Unknown’ is designed to seamlessly interface with current simulation conditions, as categorical boundaries between fact and fiction, organic and synthetic, continue to experience accelerated erosion.”
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