Mixtapes 4

Unholy Night Redux: A Severely Metal Christmas Mixtape

By @JohnnyFirecloud · On December 18, 2009

Who couldn’t use a little metal in their stockings this year? Because we love you (and because search traffic is already hitting a fever pitch for it), we decided to resurrect our Severely Metal Christmas Mixtape to help kick the seasonal spirit into fifth gear.

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First published as an installment of our Christmas Songs Mixtape series in 2008, this mix focuses on a batch of tracks that are either altogether on the side of laughably stupid shredding (Spinal Tap) or face-meltingly metal (King Diamond). Whatever the case, these are some of the best and brightest metal renditions of Christmas favorites you’ll find.

Rawkit. And have a very metal Christmas while you’re at it.

Johnny Firecloud's been kickin' names and takin' ass since his first interview in 2001 with A Perfect Circle, 6 years before starting AQ with Kevin Cogill. He also spent ten years as music editor/senior writer at CraveOnline.

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4 Comments

  • Justin says: December 18, 2009 at 7:32 AM

    you should have included some Twisted Sister as well. They put out a Christmas Album that has a GREAT version of 12 days of christmas (Metal Style of course)

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  • fmuff says: December 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Justin, they gotta save something for next year!!

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  • Johnny Firecloud says: December 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM

    Damn right. Besides, it doesn’t seem right to put Twisted Sister in league with all these guys.

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  • Kelli St. Claire says: December 21, 2009 at 8:49 AM

    Great ! I would add MCR “All I Want for Christmas Is You” they did awesome job on that track

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