We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year (from the English - “We wish you a metallic Christmas and a dizzying New Year”) - a music album, a collection of traditional Christmas songs. For arranging and recording each song, a kind of “ supergroup ” was formed from among the invited, mostly known in the field of “heavy” music, musicians.
| We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year | |
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| Various Artists Collection | |
| Date of issue | October 14, 2008 |
| Genres | heavy metal |
| Duration | 45:01 |
| Producer | Bob Kulik, Bret Chassin |
| A country |  USA |
| Language of songs | English |
| Labels | Eagle Rock Entertainment and others |
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Content
Record History
Against the background of sufficient success of the Christmas “metal” albums of A Twisted Christmas by Twisted Sister (2006) and the collection Monster Ballads XMas (2007), American producer and guitarist Bob Kulik decided to collect the stars of the “heavy” scene and record an album of Christmas songs performed in the “metal” »Processing. Bob Kulik took part in the Kiss and WASP groups, but is even more known as a producer of tribute collections, for which he manages to collect "star" compositions. On his account, albums such as Welcome to the Nightmare: An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper and Numbers from the Beast: An All-Star Tribute to Iron Maiden , where artists such as Bruce Dickinson , Ronnie James Dio , Dave took part Mustaine , Zakk Wilde and many others. The executive producer of the project was Wendy Dio, wife of Ronnie James Dio.
The album was recorded in Van Nyce (California) at Office Studios during 2008, with the exception of Michael Schenker's part , which he recorded in Munster .
Reviews about the album were positive:
| If you have some faddish combinations of a vocalist and musicians, this all works for the most part: at least just listen to the classic Christmas songs again in a way that you have never heard them - gaining momentum, charged with a bunch of torn power chords, shredova guitar and all metal machined Original text With some rather odd pairings of vocalists and musicians, this all works well for the most part; if only for the sheer novelty of hearing some Christmas classics like you've never heard them before - revved up and supercharged with lots of ripping power chords and shredding lead guitar work and getting the full metal treatment in the process. |
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| Everyone will find their favorite song on this album of 12 songs - or 16, if you count bonuses that are absolutely necessary! Whether it's Run Rudolph Run , a nimble little track with Lemmy's unmistakable growl, or maybe God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen , sung by the legendary Ronnie James Dio Original text Everyone will have their own favorite song on this 12 track album, 16 if you include the bonus tracks which you totally should! Be it Run Rudolph Run, a pacey little number with the unmistakable growl of Lemmy or maybe it's the epic beat of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen sung by the legendary Ronnie James Dio. |
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The album on the quality of the material was even compared with the charitable collection Hear 'n Aid : “There are almost as many classic rock and metal (plus new generation musicians) gathered under the same banner as on Hear' n Aid ” [3]
It was also suggested that despite the fact that it was possible to collect one of the best collections of this type, but by and large such albums are basically not needed by anyone [4]
The album was released in CD format and on dual LP . The main edition contained 12 songs, but editions with two or four bonus tracks were also released. [five]
List of Songs
| No. | Title | Author | Performers | Duration |
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| one. | " We Wish You A Merry Xmas " (Merry Christmas!) | Jeff Scott Soto / Bruce Kulik / Bob Kulik / Chris Wise / Ray Luzier | 4:39 | |
| 2. | " Run Rudolph Run " (Run, Rudolph, run!) | Chuck berry | Lemmy / Billy Gibbons / Dave Grohl | 4:00 |
| 3. | " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " (Santa Claus is traveling to the city) | Haven Gillespie , Fred Coots | Alice Cooper / John 5 / Billy Sheehan / Winnie Inscriptions | 4:19 |
| four. | " God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen " (God bless you, merry gentlemen!) | Ronnie James Dio / Tony Iommi / Rudy Sarzo / Simon Wright | 4:07 | |
| five. | Silver Bells | Jay Livingston , Ray Evans | Jeff Tate / Carlos Cavazo / James Lomenzo / Ray Lusier | 5:05 |
| 6. | " Little Drummer Boy " (Little Drummer) | Katarin Davis, Harry Symeon, Henry Onerati | Doug Pinnick / George Lynch / Billy Sheehan / Simon Phillips | 4:37 |
| 7. | " Santa Claus Is Back in Town " (Santa Claus returns to the city) | Jerry Liber and Mike Stoller | Tim Ripper Owens / Steve Morse / Juan Garcia / Marco Mendoza / Winnie Inscriptions | 4:01 |
| eight. | Silent Night | Chuck Billy / Scott Ian / John Donais / Chris Wise / John Tempest | 4:11 | |
| 9. | Deck the Halls (Decorate the Hall!) | They're Logan / Craig Goldie / Tony Franklin / John Tempest | 4:10 | |
| ten. | " Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer " ( Grandma was hit by a deer) | Randy Brooks | Steven Percy / Tracy Hans / Bob Kulik / Billy Sheehan / Gregg Bissonetta | 4:41 |
| eleven. | “ Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree ” (Lighting around the Christmas tree) | Johnny marx | Joe Lynn Turner / Bruce Kulik / Bob Kulik / Rudy Sarzo / Simon Wright | 3:21 |
| 12. | “ Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ” (Merry Christmas (War is Over)) | John Lennon | Tommy Shaw / Steve Lucater / Marco Mendoza / Kenny Aronoff | 4:27 |
| 13. | “ O 'Christmas Tree ” (Oh, Christmas tree!) | Ernest Anschulz | Doro / Michael Schenker / Tony Franklin / Frankie Banali | 4:16 |
| 14. | Auld Lang Syne (Good Old Time) | Robert Burns | Girlschool | 3:20 |
| 15. | " Frosty The Snowman " (Frosty the Snowman) | Walter Rollins, Steve Nelson | Steve Lips Kudlov / Ron Bumblefoot Tal / Chris Cheney / Kenny Aronoff | 4:06 |
| sixteen. | " Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer " ( Rudolph the Red Nose ) | John marx | Des Fafara / Doug Aldrich / Blasco / John Tempest | 4:08 |
Additional participants and staff
- Bob Kulik - Producer, Guitar EBow (3,4,12)
- Bret Chassin - producer, backing vocals (1,6,9,10)
- Wendy Dio - Executive Producer
Notes
- ↑ Various Artists - We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year
- ↑ Album Review: We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year - Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
- ↑ REVIEW: We Wish You a Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year - House of Hair with Dee Snider
- ↑ Various Artists: We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year (Review / Kritik) - Album-Rezension (Weihnachtssongs im Metal-Stil)
- ↑ We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year | Discogs