The Predator Becomes the Prey

{{Infobox album

| name = The Predator Becomes the Prey

| type = studio

| artist = Ice Nine Kills

| cover = PredatorBecomesthePrey.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 21, 2014

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Metalcore{{cite web |last1=Markarian |first1=Taylor |title=10 SONGS TO SATISFY YOUR SHREDDING OBSESSION |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/10_songs_to_satisfy_your_shredding_obsession/ |website=Alternative Press |date=12 April 2016 |accessdate=6 October 2018}}|post-hardcore{{cite web |title=Review: Ice Nine Kills - The Predator Becomes the Prey |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/63035/Ice-Nine-Kills-The-Predator-Becomes-the-Prey/ |website=Sputnikmusic |accessdate=6 October 2018}}}}

| length = 37:33

| label = Outerloop Management, Fearless

| producer = Steve Sopchak

| prev_title = The Predator

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title = Every Trick in the Book

| next_year = 2015

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Predator Becomes the Prey

| type = studio

| single1 = What I Never Learned In Study Hall

| single1date = November 22, 2012

| single2 = Connect the Cuts

| single2date = November 11, 2013

| single3 = The Power in Belief

| single3date = January 8, 2014

| single4 = Let's Bury the Hatchet... In Your Head

| single4date = February 27, 2014

| single5 = The Fastest Way to a Girl's Heart Is Through Her Ribcage

| single5date = February 6, 2015

}}

}}

The Predator Becomes the Prey is the third studio album and the follow-up to the self-released The Predator EP by American heavy metal band Ice Nine Kills.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-predator-becomes-the-prey/id779851407 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609074152/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-predator-becomes-the-prey/id779851407 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 9, 2014 |title=The Predator Becomes the Prey on iTunes |publisher=iTunes |date= |accessdate=2014-01-21}} This is their first and only album released after signing with Outerloop Records; a Fearless Records and Outerloop Management collaborative effort, formed November 8, 2013, Ice Nine Kills being their first signing.{{cite web|url=http://outerlooprecords.com/fearless-records-outerloop-management-launch-outerloop-records |title=Ice Nine Kills signs to Outerloop Records |publisher=Outerloop records |date= |accessdate=2014-01-21}}

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 Never Learned In Study Hall".

The tracks "The Coffin Is Moving" and "What I Never Learned in Study Hall" are incorporated songs of the band's 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 200 debuting at No. 153 overall, No. 3 on the Heatseekers chart, No. 13 on the Hard Rock chart.