Christmas metal...

Saw this at Wally-World recently



1."Jingle Bells" – Skid Row – 3:02
2."Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" – Kip Winger – 4:06
3."Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – Jani Lane – 3:35
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas" – Twisted Sister (w/ Lita Ford) – 4:09
5."White Christmas" – Queensrÿche – 2:28
6."Run Rudolph Run" – L.A. Guns – 3:10
7."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – FireHouse – 3:07
8."Naughty Naughty Christmas" – Danger Danger – 4:56
9."Blue Christmas" – Tom Keifer – 4:15
10."Jingle Bell Rock" – Nelson – 2:52
11."Silent Night" – Faster Pu$$ycat – 4:13
12."Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – Dokken – 4:01
13."Happy Holidays" – Enuff Z'Nuff – 4:23
14."Winter Wonderland" – Stryper – 3:34
15."Christmas Love" – Billy Idol – 3:57

exact33 wrote:

The Darkness also has a nice Christmas tune:

We have a winner. Possibly my favourite Christmas song and one of The Darkness' best songs too (though that's tough since every song on the first two albums is great in my opinion).

James B. wrote:

Saw this at Wally-World recently



1."Jingle Bells" – Skid Row – 3:02
2."Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" – Kip Winger – 4:06
3."Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – Jani Lane – 3:35
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas" – Twisted Sister (w/ Lita Ford) – 4:09
5."White Christmas" – Queensrÿche – 2:28
6."Run Rudolph Run" – L.A. Guns – 3:10
7."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – FireHouse – 3:07
8."Naughty Naughty Christmas" – Danger Danger – 4:56
9."Blue Christmas" – Tom Keifer – 4:15
10."Jingle Bell Rock" – Nelson – 2:52
11."Silent Night" – Faster Pu$$ycat – 4:13
12."Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – Dokken – 4:01
13."Happy Holidays" – Enuff Z'Nuff – 4:23
14."Winter Wonderland" – Stryper – 3:34
15."Christmas Love" – Billy Idol – 3:57

i might have to get that. I love Christmas metal

exact33 wrote:

James B. wrote:

Saw this at Wally-World recently



1."Jingle Bells" – Skid Row – 3:02
2."Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" – Kip Winger – 4:06
3."Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – Jani Lane – 3:35
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas" – Twisted Sister (w/ Lita Ford) – 4:09
5."White Christmas" – Queensrÿche – 2:28
6."Run Rudolph Run" – L.A. Guns – 3:10
7."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – FireHouse – 3:07
8."Naughty Naughty Christmas" – Danger Danger – 4:56
9."Blue Christmas" – Tom Keifer – 4:15
10."Jingle Bell Rock" – Nelson – 2:52
11."Silent Night" – Faster Pu$$ycat – 4:13
12."Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – Dokken – 4:01
13."Happy Holidays" – Enuff Z'Nuff – 4:23
14."Winter Wonderland" – Stryper – 3:34
15."Christmas Love" – Billy Idol – 3:57

i might have to get that. I love Christmas metal

Ditto. I may have a coupla of those tracks already on other albums, but that looks like a pretty decent comp. I'll be keeping an eye out for that one.

Required Fields wrote:

Ronnie James Dio has a Christmas song that the local classic rock station actually plays over the Holidays.

Yep from "We Wish You A Metal Christmas" with Tony Iommi on guitar - AWESOME version of the song!

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

Also, I pulled up a couple Theocracy albums on Amazon, I didn't see any Christmas songs. There is one song called "Bethlehem" that could be one? I'm not really familiar with this band, so I don't know what I'm looking for.

ZombieHavoc wrote:

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

He & Iommi did "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"...

ZombieHavoc wrote:

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

Also, I pulled up a couple Theocracy albums on Amazon, I didn't see any Christmas songs. There is one song called "Bethlehem" that could be one? I'm not really familiar with this band, so I don't know what I'm looking for.

If I'm not mistaken, the Theocracy tracks are (or were) available directly from the band's website as free downloads. I don't believe they appear on actual albums.

I'm not really familiar myself, so maybe someone else here could clarify.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

He & Iommi did "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"...

See my above post, the youtube clip is the song

Metalguy is correct about Theocracy. You have to sign up as a member then you get access to the free songs.

thejokeriv wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

He & Iommi did "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"...

See my above post, the youtube clip is the song

I totally missed that the first time. Thanks.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

Also, I pulled up a couple Theocracy albums on Amazon, I didn't see any Christmas songs. There is one song called "Bethlehem" that could be one? I'm not really familiar with this band, so I don't know what I'm looking for.

If I'm not mistaken, the Theocracy tracks are (or were) available directly from the band's website as free downloads. I don't believe they appear on actual albums.

I'm not really familiar myself, so maybe someone else here could clarify.

Thanks, I will see if they are still available...good way to check out the band as well, if they are.

I know everyone knows about them, but the new Trans-Siberian Orchestra EP is really good. Short, but well worth owning.

And then the lesser-known blatant rip-off band, Nothern Lights Orchestra:



Decent enough, I guess, but TSO they are not. I find them to be way too cheesy, like most Christmas music, for my liking.

Eyesore wrote:

I know everyone knows about them, but the new Trans-Siberian Orchestra EP is really good. Short, but well worth owning.

I'm looking forward to getting this. I didn't even know about it until I saw it listed on one of your recent hauls lists.

ZombieHavoc wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

I know everyone knows about them, but the new Trans-Siberian Orchestra EP is really good. Short, but well worth owning.

I'm looking forward to getting this. I didn't even know about it until I saw it listed on one of your recent hauls lists.

Yeah, it's quite good. Five songs, two instrumentals, all under four minutes long. Jon Oliva has writing credits on just one song, and the rest are all Paul O'Neill's. But it's still solid.

And it doesn't really come off like a Christmas album, you know. I mean, it is, of course, but it's not overly recognizable as Christmas music unless you really pay attention to the lyrics and stuff. It wouldn't be weird to crank it in July, you know. Haha.

Eyesore wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

I know everyone knows about them, but the new Trans-Siberian Orchestra EP is really good. Short, but well worth owning.

I'm looking forward to getting this. I didn't even know about it until I saw it listed on one of your recent hauls lists.

Yeah, it's quite good. Five songs, two instrumentals, all under four minutes long. Jon Oliva has writing credits on just one song, and the rest are all Paul O'Neill's. But it's still solid.

And it doesn't really come off like a Christmas album, you know. I mean, it is, of course, but it's not overly recognizable as Christmas music unless you really pay attention to the lyrics and stuff. It wouldn't be weird to crank it in July, you know. Haha.

Despite trying not to buy too much, I'm willing to get this, but none of the Wal-Marts in my area have it.

Steve Lukather - Santamental
features Eddie Van Halen, Edgar Winter, Steve Vai, Slash & Mike Landau rocking trough all the christmas classics.

And the two Merry Axemas albums are also really good

thejokeriv wrote:

Required Fields wrote:

Ronnie James Dio has a Christmas song that the local classic rock station actually plays over the Holidays.

Yep from "We Wish You A Metal Christmas" with Tony Iommi on guitar - AWESOME version of the song!

it is the song that made me get that comp. Excellent song!!

ZombieHavoc wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

What is this Dio Christmas song mentioned? Never knew about it.

Also, I pulled up a couple Theocracy albums on Amazon, I didn't see any Christmas songs. There is one song called "Bethlehem" that could be one? I'm not really familiar with this band, so I don't know what I'm looking for.

If I'm not mistaken, the Theocracy tracks are (or were) available directly from the band's website as free downloads. I don't believe they appear on actual albums.

I'm not really familiar myself, so maybe someone else here could clarify.

Thanks, I will see if they are still available...good way to check out the band as well, if they are.

if you need em, let me know. I got them all.

After all these years,this is still one of my favorite christmas tunes

Lots of really good stuff has been posted here. Thanks everyone! I've been checking out the videos posted, and many of them will be added to my Holiday listening this year.

Deliverance seems pretty awesome. I've never really listened to them before, but aside from Believer they were really the only Christian thrash band I knew of. I'm not religious, so I never really sought these types of bands out, but religion or no, there is no question that Deliverance crushes. I will have to get some albums by them.

One of my all-time favorite Christmas songs, done metal and done RIGHT!:




Here's a good one. Check out the fancy double bass work starting just after 1:45 on this one:




Check this one out...slow and doomy. It gets REALLY stinkin' heavy at :50, or so:

220 Volt One Of My Favorites