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We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year (10.14.2008)

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What do you get when you take Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Dio, Dave Grohl, Tony Iommi, Lemmy Kilmster and John 5, mix that with an all star cast of other metal heads and tons of Christmas cheer? You get one hell of a Christmas album!

We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year is 12 “not your average” Christmas songs all done by “not your average” musicians. The disc includes random renditions like “Run Rudolph Run” sung by Lemmy from Moterhead, a very rockin’ version of “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree”, and uh… let’s just say a not-so-silent version of “Silent Night” that would give your grandma a wicked spook.

Straight up… if you love metal, classic rock, heavy metal and love Christmas, then I suggest you get up right now and buy 1… 2… or 5 copies of We Wish You a Metal Xmas…and a Headbanging New Year and give one to your dad… brother… hell even your grandma will get a kick out of “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”.

An amazing album, stocking stuffer, or CD you wanna bust out every December… 10 Santa Claws out of 10.  [ END ]

Track Listing:

01. Run Rudolph Run (Lemmy / Billy F. Gibbons / Dave Grohl)
02. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Alice Cooper / John 5 / Billy Sheehan / Vinny Appice)
03. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Ronnie James Dio / Tony Iommi / Rudy Sarzo / Simon Wright)
04. Little Drummer Boy (Dug Pinnick / George Lynch / Billy Sheehan / Simon Phillips
05. Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Tim “Ripper” Owens / Steve Morse / Juan Garcia / Marco Mendoza / Vinny Appice)
06. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Tommy Shaw / Steve Lukather / Marco Mendoza / Kenny Aronoff)
07. Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer (Stephen Pearcy / Billy Sheehan / Greg Bissonette)
08. Rocking Round the Xmas Tree (Joe Lynn Turner / Bruce Kulick / Rudy Sarzo / Simon Wright)
09. 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)

Run Time: 51:00

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