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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 11/25/2008
Heavy metal bands doing novelty holiday albums is nothing new, as evidenced by such releases as
Twisted Sister's
A Twisted Christmas from 2006. However, no extreme metal bands have tackled Christmas tunes until
Austrian Death Machine came along with their 2008 EP
A Very Brutal Christmas. But be forewarned. The title is a bit misleading, as there is only a single Christmas song included -- a thrash-punk rendition of
"Jingle Bells" -- which is joined by the silly original
"Get to the Choppa" and a cover of
Judas Priest's
"Hell Bent for Leather." In other words, this is not an album full of extreme metal reworkings of
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Frosty the Snowman," etc. That said, for fans of such goof metal acts as
Green Jelly,
Austrian Death Machine's '
A Very Brutal Christmas' may provide a few smirks and chuckles.
~Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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