First off, let me say this...in a million years I would have never even fathomed the idea of Rob Halford of Judas Priest fame doing a Christmas song, let alone an entire album...but now I must say I truly thank him from the bottom of my heart for doing so. In my younger days blaring Defenders Of the Faith I would have never conceived one day he would be singing odes to little baby Jesus's birthday, although, his vocal talents lend tremendously to the awe inspiring renditions of such traditional carols as " O Holy Night" and "Come All Ye Faithful". Yes, For this household Christmas has come a bit early already.
I am sure there will be a spark of outrage among the die hard try hard metal fans that will refuse to accept the fact that Halford has made a disc filled with Christian lyrics, sentiment and sincere reverence...but to be frankly honest, those douche bags aren't the people Rob made this album for anyway. Let the die hard tryhards listen to shitty hate filled bands like Deicide and the rest of us will feast upon this holiday buffet of metal prowess.
From beginning to end this album is filled with the Christmas spirit. Launching first into "Get into the spirit", Halford set into an 80's-tastic metal rhythm that will get your spirit flowing and your blood pumping. Rob's vocals are outstanding as usual and the mix up of metal tracks and traditional takes make this an all around winner for the season to come.
Highlight moments are "We Three Kings, "O Come O Come Emanuel", Winter Song and What Child Is This?". This is a definite for the avid Judas Priest/Halford fan and collector and also for fans of modern Christmas music acts like Trans Siberian Orchestra, The December People and even last year's shocker, Twisted Sister's "A Twisted Christmas".
Artist: Halford
Album: Winter Songs
Genre: Power metal/Christmas Music
Country: UK
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I love that you got this whole christmas theme going on this month, i think its a great idea really, plus, its christmas music that dosn't suck, which really is pretty important these days.
You got that right. Halford most certainly doesn't suck. I have some more gems coming up including some of the weirdest Christmas albums I have seen and acquired in my years of collecting yuletide anomalies.
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