We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year
Album Description
When rockin’ around the Christmas tree just ain’t enough, Armoury Records presents “We Wish You A Metal Xmas & A Headbanging New Year”, an all hard rock and metal compilation of everyone’s favorite holiday songs which features the likes of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Ronnie James Dio, Lemmy, Alice Cooper, Billy F. Gibbons (ZZ Top), George Lynch (Dokken) and more!
We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year
Tags: Xmas...and, Year, Metal, Wish, Headbanging
Zero stars. I’m a metalhead until I die, but this is just crap. Stupidity. It’s not even good for a laugh. Don’t bother torturing yourself with this abomination.
Rating: 1 / 5
We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year
Last year, they put out the Hair Band Christmas CD, but this is unacceptable. This goes against all that metal stands for. Christmas music is suppose to be peaceful and serene. You can’t mix that with Lemmy, Ripper and Dio. For future purposes: STOP MAKING METAL CHRISTMAS CD’S!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year
From the day following Halloween until Christmas Day we are inundated with Christmas music and Muzak. Well if you are like me…WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE! Thanks to Bob Kulick, we don’t have to take it anymore!
Turn your stereo/i-pod up to 11 and blow away your friends and neighbors with Christmas classics reimagined and ROCKED OUT! Bob Kulick bring rock/metal icons together for 12 scorching tracks. A MUST HAVE for any rock and roll fan!
Rating: 5 / 5
We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year
I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I saw this CD. A friend of mine told me about it, and wanted it for Christmas. I thought it might be crap, but since it is inexpensive at amazon, I went ahead and picked up 2.
Wow, this CD rocks! It is my new favorite cd. I have listened to it close to 23 times now (according to itunes), so by now the novelty has worn off. It still rules. I love breaking this cd out, cause no-one knows about it.
Here are my favorite picks.
2 - Run Rudolph Run w/ Lemmy Kilmister 4 stars
3 - Santa Claws w/ Alice Cooper 4 stars (so awesome!)
4 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen w/ Dio 4 stars (again, totally sick!)
5 - Silver Bells w/ Geoff Tate (listening to this now) 4 stars.
6 - Little Drummer Boy w/ Dug Pinnick is 3 stars
7 - Santa Claus is Back In Town w/ Tip Ripper Owens 4 stars
9 - Deck The Halls w/ Oni Logan 4 stars
10 - Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer w/ Stephen Pearcy 4 stars
11 - Rockin’ Around The Xmas Tree w/ Joe Lynn Turner - 5 stars!
The other songs are not really worth mentioning. Silent Night is terrible, We Wish You a Marry Xmas is ok, but a 1-2 star, Happy Xmas is a slower song, but has some cool guitar work, i give it a 2-3 star rating. I skip It when it comes on, but sometimes listen to it.
If you are a guitarist, you have to buy this CD. It is that good.
I love this cd, and after this year, I will surely be looking forward to listening to it again next year. I’m so glad I bought this, go ahead and get it yourself, you will love it. If your buying it as a gift, if that person is a guitarist, get it for em, they will definitely love it.
Rating: 5 / 5
We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year
As a lifetime metal fan, who is always growing my horizons with a deep appreciation for classic “hard” rockers (who, zepplin, etc…) I find this CD which covers at least the 25 years (& if you wanna include Tony Iommi you could easily say longer). Each song brings its own style & high points, like Dio & Iommi reworking Merry Gentlemen to have that eerie Black Sabbath feel that has always made Sabbath one of the best. Lemmi gives run Rudolph run its own unique rough edge with his trademark sound. Alice Cooper makes Santa “Claws” is coming to town one of the creepiest Christmas Carols Ive ever heard. Silent Night is not so silent with the trademark death growl of Chuck_Billy. All in all the album as a whole is nice blend of old & new, hard & heavy, gutter growls & high howls. Its honestly a well rounded over the years album, that has the added benefit of making you relatives uncomfortable with metal all over again :D
Rating: 5 / 5
We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year