Metal Anarchy

Grave Diggler, the hair metal alter ego of Ice Nine Kills, have premiered a new video for their new song “Hell Or High Slaughter (Grave Diggler: Pt 2).” That track was recorded for the new movie “Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come,” which is in theaters now.

The band said the following about Grave Diggler, who are said to be composed of their fathers:

“Their sons may have eclipsed them in the 21st Century, but for a sleazy moment, Grave Diggler left its stain on hard partying rock n’ roll with decadence, desecrations, and panty raids. The group once stood shoulder to shoulder with their eyeliner-and-excess peers in Poison, Mötley Crüe, and W.A.S.P., before bad business and even worse drugs dampened the fire in their loins. By the early ’90s, like many glam bands, Grave Diggler faded from the spotlight. But history has a strange way of digglering up the past.

When the directing duo behind ‘Scream’ (2022) and ‘Scream VI’ began work on the sequel to ‘Ready or Not,’ they desperately wanted to include one of Grave Diggler’s forgotten classic anthems. But even after Radio Silence Productions deduced the connection with Spencer Charnas, securing the rights was no mean feat. The ensuing legal battle between fathers and sons resulted in Ice Nine Kills re-recording ‘Hell or High Slaughter (Grave Diggler: Pt. 2)’ for ‘Ready or Not 2’ and the long-banned 1987 music video for the song seeing the light of day.”

Frontman Spencer Charnas also commented:

“I’ve been estranged from my father for a long time. But this movie, and this song, while bringing a lot of complicated feelings to the sruface, also brought us back together.”

His father Sonny added:

“You call my son shrieking into a microphone like a meshuggah mental patient ‘singing’? That’s not heavy metal. I’m heavy metal.”

A teaser for “Hell Or High Slaughter (Grave Diggler: Pt 2)” previously appeared in a trailer for a faux documentary on the ’80s act. That mockumentary will feature “Ready Or Not 2” stars Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, and Elijah Wood alongside Michael Starr (Steel Panther), Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Matt Pinfield, Jose Mangin, and more.