Have Yourself A Twisted Christmas

Its that wonderful time of the year. As we partake in the joy of giving, many cash registers across the globe are ringing overtime. Everyone is cashing in on this time of the year and that includes veteran rockers Twisted Sisters who have released a full length Christmas album titled Twisted Christmas. You can listen to the full album here for a limited time. As far as i can remember, i don't think there has been a real heavy metal Christmas album to boast about. Many metal artists have released Christmas singles, like Ozzy for example who stumped everyone when he recorded Winter Wonderland with none other than Jessica Simpson(sigh). Check the video here. Twisted Sisters have taken a huge step in going the whole way and releasing a whole album. I personally would not rate this album very highly. Sure its a heavy metal Christmas album, but its just the traditional Christmas songs thrown in.

I would have appreciated it and valued it much more if they had written some songs themselves rather than cover the classics. The track list includes songs such as O Come All Ye Faithful which has been sung to the rhythm of their cult classic We're Not Gonna Take It, which i would call as the highlight of this album along with Have yourself a Merry Christmas. Other tracks include I'll Be Home For Christmas, a duet with Lita Ford, Let It Snow and other classics that emerge out of tunes borrowed heavily from other bands like AC/DC's "Problem Child" becomes Silver Bells, Judas Priest's "You've Got Another Thing Coming" becomes I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and Black Sabbath's "Never Say Die" and "War Pigs" are blended into Deck The Halls and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

Someone who is in love with traditional carols will not appreciate this album. Someone who has real high expectations from Twisted Sisters too will find it hard to appreciate this album. We got to give them credit for their past glory. There was a time when they ruled. The 80's belonged to bands like them, but now it seems they have run out of steam. They regrouped four years ago and continued touring and are now due to split up next year. This was probably a last minute statement they made to the world and to the Twisted fans. Not the best kind of goodbye i expected from them.

My final verdict: This is an OK album. I will keep it in my play list and maybe even listen on the road during the season. This is only because there are no other dedicated metal Christmas albums. Maybe next year if another metal band decides to do an album, Twisted Christmas may be gathering dust in my room somewhere. But till then, have yourself a Twisted Christmas
Watch the video for O Come All Yea Faithful