The Predator Becomes the Prey

The Predator Becomes the Prey
Studio album by Ice Nine Kills
Released January 21, 2014
Genre Melodic metalcore, post-hardcore
Length 37:33
Label Outerloop, Fearless
Ice Nine Kills chronology

The Predator
(2013)		 The Predator Becomes the Prey
(2014)
Singles from The Predator Becomes the Prey
  1. "Connect the Cuts"
    Released: November 11, 2013
  2. "The Power in Belief"
    Released: January 8, 2014
  3. "Let's Bury The Hatchet... In Your Head"
    Released: February 27, 2014
  4. "The Fastest Way to a Girl's Heart Is Through Her Ribcage"
    Released: February 6, 2015

The Predator Becomes the Prey Is the follow up to the self released The Predator EP by American metalcore band Ice Nine Kills.[1] This is the first album released after signing with their current label Outerloop Records; a Fearless Records and Outerloop Management collaborative effort, formed November 8, 2013, Ice Nine Kills being their first signing.[2]

The Predator Becomes the Prey is a showcase of the Metalcore sound Ice Nine Kills has been building over their last two releases The Predator EP and Safe Is Just a Shadow. The album was produced by Steve Sopchak at The Square Studio in Syracuse NY. It features guest vocals from Tyler Carter of Issues on the continuing saga "What I Learned In Study Hall".

The tracks "The Coffin Is Moving" and "What I Never Learned in Study Hall" are incorporated songs of the bands 2013 EP The Predator. The song "The Product of Hate" was a stand-alone single of the band released in 2013, the song was released in order to help because of the Boston Marathon bombing.

It's the first album featuring Justin Morrow as bass guitarist, after the departure of Steve Koch.

The album marks the band's first entrance onto the Billboard top 200 debuting at #153 overall, #3 on the heatseekers charts, #13 on the hard rock charts. The album also held the #1 spot on the iTUNES metal charts for the entire first week of its release.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Power In Belief"   3:39
2. "Let's Bury the Hatchet...In Your Head"   3:51
3. "The Coffin Is Moving"   3:09
4. "The Fastest Way to a Girl's Heart Is Through Her Ribcage"   3:07
5. "The Product of Hate"   3:25
6. "Connect the Cuts"   3:11
7. "Jonathan"   2:53
8. "What I Never Learned in Study Hall" (featuring Tyler Carter) 3:35
9. "So Long Steven Long"   3:28
10. "What Lies Beneath"   3:29
11. "My Life in Two"   3:46
Total length:
 35:33

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "The Predator Becomes the Prey on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Ice Nine Kills signs to Outerloop Records". Outerloop records. Retrieved 2014-01-21.