"Little Drummer Boy" - Featuring King's X frontman Dug Pinnick on vocals, this has an amped up traditional sound. Pinnick's unique voice sounds great leading the likes of George Lynch and Billy Sheehan.
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" - For a little of that 80's hair metal style we have this comic Christmas staple. This features the union of Ratt's Stephen Pearcy and LA Guns Tracii Guns for a fun old school ride through a song that you have to sing along to.
While I really enjoy this whole collection, there is one song that stands out above the rest:
"Silent Night" - Yes, this sedate staple of the door to door carolers is given a truly metal makeover. It has been taken from that lullaby melody and transformed into and out and out heavy metal thrasher with the demonic growl of Testament's Chuck Billy to guide us and Anthrax' Scott Ian to shred the way. I was caught completely off guard for this piece of brilliance. The moment Chuck's voice is first heard I knew I was in for something special.
Bottomline. If you have a desire for some Christmas tunes, like metal, have a loud stereo, and have a little bit of a sentimental side, do yourself a favor and get your hands on this. It is a must have.
Highly Recommended.
Now, this is quite long, but considering the talent involved, I thought you may like to see the complete track list and the artists on each track:
Tracklist
1. We Wish You A Merry Xmas
- Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY)
- Bruce Kulick (KISS, UNION)
- Bob Kulick
- Chris Wyse (THE CULT)
- Ray Luzier (KORN, DAVID LEE ROTH, ARMY OF ANYONE)
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Alice Cooper
- John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON)
- Billy Sheehan (DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS, MR. BIG)
- Vinny Appice (DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH)
3. Run Rudolph Run
- Lemmy Kilmister (MOTÖRHEAD)
- Billy F. Gibbons (ZZ TOP)
- Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS)
Article comments
1 - Nutty Swede Runholm
This is, buy far, the "best" Christmas album released. I almost laughed myself to death reading the lineups on the different songs.
Being a hibernated metal head I will certainly make sure to spread this around the office :-)