We have got a surprise for you, Psychos. You are going to love this one! With a Scream 7 teaser, celebrity endorsements, and a barrage of kill scenes, OVO Arena Wembley went to the slaughter as Ice Nine Kills carved their path.
Ice Nine Kills – A Work of Art EU/UK Tour
OVO Arena Wembley – 12 December 2025
Words: Rhys Tagg
Photography: Salma Bustos
The malevolent force known as Ice Nine Kills, or INK for short, descended on the UK for a grisly finale to their Europe and UK tour.
London became their infernal playground. A headline show at OVO Arena Wembley, a pop‑up shop in Mayfair, and a horror convention in Marble Arch created a smorgasbord of grotesque delights for fans. Support came from TX2, The Devil Wears Prada, and Creeper.
Colorado emo‑alt rockers TX2 opened with Feed, tearing through tracks like So Numb and I Would Hate Me Too. Early arrivals were treated to something special when members of INK joined them for the collaboration track Mad.
The Devil Wears Prada picked up the pace, drawing the audience further in. While the crowd may not have reached the size they hoped for, the band confessed it had been a dream to play Wembley. Ritual, Danger: Wildman, and Sacrifice proved fitting choices, offering a holistic view of their capabilities.
Creeper followed with gothic energy and theatrical flair, proving themselves worthy of such a vast stage. Their songs were built for arenas, their charisma capable of filling a stadium. Will Gould beamed throughout, and with the crowd devouring every moment, the connection was undeniable.
With Creeper laid to rest, the audience enjoyed a humorous sing‑along as tracks like Sweet Caroline and (I Just) Died in Your Arms played over the PA, voices echoing around the arena.
Darkness fell. A blood‑red curtain obscured the stage, transforming it into a movie‑style warning screen: “The Following Show Has Been Approved for Psychotic Audiences Only.” The perfect prelude to a cinematic massacre of chaos and carnage.
The curtain dropped to reveal the band looking dapper, a cop standing guard, and Hannibal Lecter locked in place as smoke billowed across the stage.
The group thundered into Meat & Greet. Theatrics were instant, pyro and fire ignited the show, the band elevating to arena status with a single swish of a blade. Lecter escaped, attacking the cop and biting his face, giving the baying crowd its first taste of bloodshed.
The Horrorcore icons meant business. Stage theatrics and props drenched the performance: severed limbs, blood‑soaked knives, roaring chainsaws, screens flashing tombstones and pumpkins and much more.
Monstrous characters prowled the stage for a macabre ninety minutes. Above, a huge IX glowed. Below, a hooded figure with red eyes and a knife loomed as the sinister centrepiece. The frenzy surged into Funeral Derangements and Hip To Be Scared.
The crowd responded in kind, their energy feral. Pit after pit opened, waves of crowd surfers cascaded forward, but nothing matched the guttural roar of voices. Fans bellowed back incessantly to their heroes, truly living up to the Psycho name.
Spencer Charnas embodied multiple characters throughout the evening. Wearing Patrick Bateman’s kill suit, he picked up an axe and decapitated ‘Paul Allen.’ Masked in tribute to Halloween, he waved a knife with gleeful menace. He read from The Book Of The Dead during Ex Mørtis, then hacked another victim with a cleaver, waving severed arms in the air during Wurst Vacation.
Every inch of the stage dripped with grisly theatrics. Spencer is a relentless performer who inhabits every monstrous character he conjures up during the show.
One highlight was The Laugh Track, Spencer channelling Tim Burton’s Joker. Purple and green streamers shot over the crowd, bursts of fire erupted skyward, and a grotesque parade of characters, including a towering stilt walker, joined in. The Shower Scene followed, acted out with a silhouetted kill.
As The American Nightmare ended, a Scream 7 teaser appeared. Spencer took a call displayed on the big screen, revealing none other than Ghostface.
The exchange hinted at collaboration, likely with Ice Nine Kills providing the soundtrack and perhaps Spencer himself appearing in the movie. Ghostface, agitated, snarled, “Just because we are about to work together doesn’t mean I won’t gut you like a fish.”
A show of this magnitude demanded a brutal finale. Spencer broke character for a rare moment, screaming to the crowd, “London, do you want one more?”
A Work Of Art erupted, the band ramping up the terror. Art the Clown, dressed as a King’s Royal Guard, sauntered onto the stage wheeling two victims tied to chairs, Rose McGowan and Aunt Jess (Terrifier 3), gagged with a plastic tube and fed a rat.
Hannah Greenwood returned for a final time, joining Ice Nine Kills in harmony. Art continued to terrorise his victims before taking a turn on guitars and drums.
With a final blast of confetti and fire, the show ended, the anarchy complete. And yes, it was a scream, baby!
