Guns N' Roses, Megadeth, Judas Priest Stars Give Mariah Carey's Christmas Hit A Metal Makeover

11-02-2023

(RF) Heavy Metal music fans are well-known for being some of the most passionate and devout fandoms on the planet. Just ask any metal band or artist and they will inevitably say that it's the fans who keep them going, making all of the difficulties and struggles of being a road-weary artist worthwhile. So now, in the spirit of the Giving Season, Christmas, some of the metal world's most renowned vocalists, shredders, and virtuosos are repaying their fans with not one but two volumes of Holiday-themed metal albums that are sure to have the whole family raising the horns and rocking around the Christmas tree!

Perhaps no Christmas song is as inescapable during the holidays as Mariah Carey's retro pop classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You" but rarely is the question asked, what if that song ROCKED? Well, the former Guns N' Roses axeman Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal along with Kings Of Thrash bassist David Ellfson and perhaps the only vocalist on the planet who could go toe-to-toe with Carey, ex-Judas Priest vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens, have the answer. Together, this triumvirate turn in a spine-tingling, superbly epic version of this holiday favorite that deserves to be overplayed this year and every year - just like the original!

A Very Metal Christmas and A Very Metal Christmas II feature brand new recordings from an incredible array of supremely talented metal artists including Rainbow's Graham Bonnet, Megadeth's Chris Poland, King's X's Ty Tabor, Ratt's Stephen Pearcy, Bulletboys' Marq Torien, UFO's Vinnie Moore, King Kobra's Paul Shortino, Deep Purple's Glenn Hughes, George Lynch, Marty Friedman, Great White's Jack Russell, Vixen's Janet Gardner, Angel's Frank DiMino and many more! Grab your copy today and grab another to give as a gift to the metal fan in your life!

A VERY METAL CHRISTMAS TRACK LIST:
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Tim "Ripper" Owens, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, David Ellefson
2. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Cherie Currie, Tracii Guns
3. Feliz Navidad - Stephen Pearcy, Vinnie Moore
4. Carol Of The Bells - Chris Poland
5. Last Christmas - Graham Bonnet, Mick Box
6. Please Come Home For Christmas - Carmine Appice, Ty Tabor, Paul Shortino, Phil Soussan
7. White Christmas - Bulletboys
8. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 - George Lynch
9. Merry Xmas Everybody - Kim McAuliffe & Cliff Evans
10. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Paul Dianno
11. Happy Holiday - Enuff Z'nuff
12. Little Saint Nick - L.A. Guns
13. Donner & Blitzen (Achim Koehler Mix) - Thor

A VERY METAL CHRISTMAS II TRACK LIST:
1. O Holy Night - Glenn Hughes
2. Blue Christmas - Jack Russell, Chris Holmes
3. Winter Wonderland - Fast Eddie Clarke, Steve Overland
4. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Janet Gardner
5. Another Rock And Roll Christmas - Paul Dianno, Paul Samson
6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Marty Friedman
7. It's A Wonderful Life - George Lynch & Jeff Pilson
8. Father Christmas - Pretty Boy Floyd
9. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Gilby Clarke
10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Helix
11. Run, Rudolph Run - Faster Pussycat
12. Silent Night - Frank DiMino, Tracii Guns
13. What Child Is This? - Glen Drover