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| | We Wish You a Metal Xmas...and a Headbanging New Year | | | Music Artist : | | Various Artists | | Music Style : | | Compilations | | Record Label : | | Eagle Records | | Release Date : | | 2008-10-14 | | Store Price : | | $15.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $12.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Run Rudolph Run (Lemmy / Billy F. Gibbons / Dave Grohl)
2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Alice Cooper / John 5 / Billy Sheehan / Vinny Appice)
3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Ronnie James Dio / Tony Iommi / Rudy Sarzo / Simon Wright)
4. Little Drummer Boy (Dug Pinnick / George Lynch / Billy Sheehan / Simon Phillips
5. Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Tim "Ripper" Owens / Steve Morse / Juan Garcia / Marco Mendoza / Vinny Appice)
6. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Tommy Shaw / Steve Lukather / Marco Mendoza / Kenny Aronoff)
7. Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer (Stephen Pearcy / Billy Sheehan / Greg Bissonette)
8. Rocking Round the Xmas Tree (Joe Lynn Turner / Bruce Kulick / Rudy Sarzo / Simon Wright)
9. Silent Night (Chuck Billy / Scott Ian / Jon Donais / Chris Wyse / John Tempesta / Geoff Tate)
10. Silver Bells (Jeff Scott Soto / Carlos Cavazo / James Lomenzo / Ray Luzier)11. Deck the Halls (Oni Logan / Craig Goldy / Tony Franklin / John Tempesta)
11. We Wish You A Merry Xmas (Mark Slaughter / Doug Aldrich / Chris Wyse / Ray Luzier)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 we wish you a very METAL christmas
Submitted on: 2009-01-21 |
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| with a title like we wish you a very metal Christmas and a head banging new year, and the fact that you have half of Black Sabbath/heaven and hell doing a cover of rest ye merry gentleman, I want it! It is the best track on the album and of course the most HEAVY! there are some real gems and truely great vocalist as well as some of the most amazing guitar SOLO's THANK YOU the Gods of heavy metal are SMILING...and so are we! |
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Definatly Different
Submitted on: 2009-01-19 |
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| My husband had heard parts of this CD on the Radio and wanted it for Christmas. So needless to say I bought it. This is defiantly not what I thought it would be. I'm not saying it is not good just saying it is different. If you like Metal music then this would be a good buy. Overall it was what my hubby wanted and he loves it. |
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 Best X-mas CD Ever!!
Submitted on: 2009-01-09 |
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| This is now my only x-mas cd. I have been trying to search for a good x-mas cd to get you in the mood for the holidays that does not sound stuffy!! This is it!!! Highly recommended! A lot of Heavy metal guys I have not heard in a long time. It was nice that they are still rockin' it!!!! |
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For those Elves about to RAWK....we salute you!!!!!
Submitted on: 2008-12-22 |
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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! |
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 Better not pout
Submitted on: 2008-12-19 |
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There's nothing sweet, sentimental or ring-a-ding-ding when Lemmy Kilmister, Ronnie James Dio, Chuck Billy, Tony Iommi and other metal and hard rock luminaries put their mark on traditional Christmas music.
Instead there are growls, shrieks, creepy crooning, sonic chords, screaming guitars and emphatic pa-rum-pum-pum-pahs. Jingle a bell and you've got We Wish You a Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year.
In a metal Christmas world, Alice Cooper's ghoulish "Santa Claws is Coming to Town" makes you want to hide under the bed. When Santa visits Alice, he breaks the toys and burns down the toyland town.
"Silent Night" becomes downright unholy when growled menacingly by Testament's Chuck Billy. Vocal giant Ronnie James Dio imbues "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" with a dark power that's magnified by the melancholy chords of longtime collaborator and guitarist Tommy Iommi.
While most songs fare well with metal's drama and drive, it can't save "Little Drummer Boy" from tedium (perhaps nothing can) although dUg Pinnick of King's X attempts to infuse the monotonous lyrics with emotion. But, face it, pa-rum-pah-pah-pum simply isn't metal. Perhaps if growled ...
Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister shouts with enthusiasm on "Run, Rudolph, Run," but his distinctive gravelly voice somehow comes off gargly. Tim "Ripper' Owens yowls a rousing version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" while Styx's Tommy Shaw wails John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" with more grit and funk than the original.
Also getting a metal makeover are "Silver Bells," "Deck the Halls," "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer," and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."
This album is fun for diehard metal fans, but it's not something you want to play every day through the holidays. |
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