Monster Ballads Xmas – (Release Year – 2007)
Before 2006, the only band hard rock fans had to turn to at Christmas Time for harder edged X-mas music was Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
In 2006, Twisted Sister released their Christmas Album, and now in 2007, the fine folks at Razor & Tie Records have released a Christmas Compilation CD with some of the biggest stars of the 80′s Hard Rock Era.
Monster Ballads XMas is a tasty feast of reworked Christmas classics, and a song with a unique twist from Danger Danger. Every song on this disc is highly enjoyable, at least until you get to Faster Pussycat’s Silent Night, which is awful.
If you need a disc to get you in the mood for the holiday season, this is the one to pick up. There are only 23 shopping days left before X-Mas. Don’t miss out on this record!
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Jingle Bells - Skid Row
2. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - Winger
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Jani Lane Of Warrant
4. I’ll Be Home for Christmas - Twisted Sister with Lita Ford
5. White Christmas - Queensryche
6. Run Rudolph Run - L.A. Guns
7. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - Firehouse
8. Naughty Naughty Christmas - Danger Danger
9. Blue Christmas - Tom Keifer of Cinderella
10. Jingle Bell Rock - Nelson
11. Silent Night - Faster Pussycat
12. Twelve Days of Christmas - Dokken
13. Happy Holiday - Enuff Z’Nuff
14. Winter Wonderland - Stryper
15. Christmas Love - Billy Idol
[...] more hard rock and metal stars than any other Christmas compilation in history (Yes, even more than Monster Ballads Christmas from 2007). With that being said, it has to be awesome [...]
We Wish You A Metal Xmas…And A Headbanging New Year (Release Year - 2008) « www.hardrockhideout.com said this on December 22, 2008 at 6:17 am |
Christmas Rocks…..this cd proves it……
If you like X-mas tunes….you would probably like it Tania. These are rocked up versions. Its pretty well done….except for Faster Pussycat. They should have left that track off this disc.
LOL I dont think I could cope with this… well apart from maybe Keifer
I really enjoyed this album and it’s a fun record. I reviewed it here: http://hardrockheavymetal.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/monster-ballads-xmas-2007/
Bubba is right, there are some great Rock Xmas albums: the Gary Hoey discs are great, .38 Special has one, so does Lynyrd Skynyrd. I’m trying to track down the Billy Idol Xmas disc.
Steve
Heavy Metal Addiction
http://hardrockheavymetal.wordpress.com/
I love this disc. There are a few other good ones out there…Merry Axemas (2 volumes), Have a Hairy Christmas (which has a lot of the same songs as this disc), and the Screaming Santas. My favorite is Gary Hoey’s instrumental “HO HO HOEY” discs (3 volumes).