Hard and Heavy Christmas

Apple Music Christmas

Editors' Notes This playlist features a rousing lineup of rock heavyweights performing original festive fare—and putting an aggressive (if sincere) spin on seasonal classics. Sometimes the holidays even bring out the tender side of tough-as-nails punks and headbangers.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Eve and Other Stories
3:25
 
Lemmy Kilmister, Billy F Gibbons, Dave Grohl
Christmas Blues
4:00
 
AC/DC
The Razors Edge
3:59
 
Rob Halford
Celestial
3:31
 
Ted Neeley
O Holy Night - Single
5:02
 
Dee Snider, Lzzy Hale
The Magic of Christmas Day - Single
5:05
 
The Darkness
Christmas Time - Single
3:39
 
Ramones
Brain Drain
2:05
 
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
3:16
 
Korn
Nightmare Revisited
3:37
 
Bon Jovi
A Very Special Christmas 2
2:52
 
Queen
The Works (Deluxe Edition)
4:19
 
August Burns Red
August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill, A Holiday Album
2:48
 
Twisted Sister
A Twisted Christmas
4:39
 
Type O Negative
October Rust
6:48
 
Corey Taylor
X-M@$ - Single
2:33
 
The Black Crowes
Back Door Santa - Single
2:26
 
Billy Squier
Christmas Is the Time to Say "I Love You" - Single
2:54
 
Weezer
Christmas With Weezer - EP
1:24
 
Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody - Single
3:43
 
Bad Religion
Christmas Songs
1:58
 
Korn
The Essential Korn
3:25
 
L.A. Guns
A Very Metal Christmas
2:08
 
Rob Halford
Celestial
5:03
 
Shinedown
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) - Single
3:34
 
10 Years
Silent Night - Single
3:45
 
Escape the Fate
Christmas with Better Noise Music
2:54
 
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
2:31
 
Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap
4:33
 
Cheap Trick
Christmas Christmas
3:14
 
Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio
Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - Twisted Christmas Boxed Set
3:21
 
King Diamond
The Dark Sides - EP
4:21
 
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Lost Christmas Eve
3:05
 
August Burns Red
Winter Wilderness - EP
3:07
 
Twisted Sister
A Twisted Christmas
2:52
 
Rise Against
Nightmare Revisited
3:26
 
Rob Halford
Halford III: Winter Songs
4:05
 
The Used
Maybe Memories
2:54
 
The Smashing Pumpkins
A Very Special Christmas 3
3:16
 
Issues
Punk Goes Christmas
3:47
 
Def Leppard
We All Need Christmas - Single
3:57
 
William Shatner
Shatner Claus
3:19
 
Sixx:A.M.
The Heroin Diaries - X - Mas in Hell (Ep)
4:24
 
Christopher Lee
A Heavy Metal Christmas - Single
4:31
 
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
2:23
 
J.J. Hrubovcak
Death Metal Christmas - EP
4:02
 
Danger Danger
Monster Ballads X-Mas
4:55
 
Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio
Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - Twisted Christmas Boxed Set
2:38
 
Rob Halford
Celestial
2:47
 
Alice Cooper, John 5, Billy Sheehan, Vinny Appice
Rock Karácsony
4:19
 
Stryper
7 Weeks: Live In America, 2003
3:39
 
Local H
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Single
2:35
 
Manowar
Silent Night (Metal Version) - Single
2:52
 
Blasko, Dez Fafara, John Tempesta, Doug Aldrich
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
4:08
 
The Rock Heroes
Heavy Metal Christmas
3:04
 
Thousand Foot Krutch
Christmas Rock
2:47
 
Sleeping With Sirens
Christmas on the Road - Single
3:22
 
Stephen Pearcy, Tracii Guns, Bob Kulick, Billy Sheehan, Gregg Bissonette
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
4:41
 
L.A. Guns
Another Xmas in Hell - EP
4:11
 
Twisted Sister
A Twisted Christmas
3:09
 
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
3:31
 
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Lost Christmas Eve
5:03
 
Michael Schenker, Doro Pesch, Tony Franklin, Frankie Banali
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
4:16
 
Black Label Society
Glorious Christmas Songs That Will Make Your Black Label Heart Feel Good - Single
3:25
 
Rob Halford
Celestial
4:24
 
Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
4:06
 
Cheap Trick
Christmas Christmas
2:16
 
Girlschool
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
3:20
 
The Misfits
Horror Xmas - Single
2:06
 
Iggy Pop
Anthology Box: The Stooges & Beyond
3:27
 
Bad Religion
Christmas Songs
2:07
 
Twisted Sister
A Twisted Christmas
5:14
 
GWAR
Stripper Christmas Summer Weekend - Single
4:12
 
I Built the Sky
Merry Christmas - Single
4:32
 
Venom
Beauty and the Beast
2:59
 
Rob Halford
Celestial
5:31
 
Chuck Billy, Scott Ian, Jon Donais, Chris Wyse, John Tempesta
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
4:11
 
Lacuna Coil
Naughty Christmas - Single
3:20
 
Anberlin
Happy Christmas, Vol. 4
2:49
 
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
3:40
 
Supersuckers
Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus, Vol. 1 & 2
2:29
 
Pearl Jam
Lost Dogs
2:57
 
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Eve and Other Stories
3:51
 
Apocalyptica
Oh Holy Night - Single
4:55
 
Spinal Tap
Lost Christmas 2: Holiday Rarities
1:10
 
Steel Panther
The Stocking Song - Single
2:18
 
Toni Kakko, Marko Hietala, Jarkko Ahola, Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto, Pasi Rantanen, Ville Tuomi, Ari Koivunen, Tommi Salmela, Antony Parviainen, Kimmo Blom
Ragnarok Juletide
3:22
 
The Funeral Portrait
Christmas with Better Noise Music
3:15
 
Cheap Trick
Christmas Christmas
3:44
 
Helix
Heavy Metal Christmas
1:59
 
Black Label Society
Glorious Christmas Songs That Will Make Your Black Label Heart Feel Good - Single
2:20
 
Dweezil Zappa
A Very Metal Christmas
4:07
 
Twisted Sister
A Twisted Christmas
3:40
 
Sonata Arctica
Christmas Spirits - Single
4:37
 
L.A. Guns
Another Xmas in Hell - EP
2:29
 
Rob Halford
Celestial
7:28
 
Enuff Z'Nuff
Peach Fuzz
4:26
 
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
2:33
 
Joshua Homme
Silent Night - Single
3:09
 
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