| | |  | Christmas | Home » » Twisted Christmas | | | | | | | Description: | | Yes, Virginia, there is a sanity clause, but Twisted Sister have chosen to ignore it and they've recorded a yuletide offering as their official swan-song! No, really. For their final studio album, Dee Snider and those crazy critters from Twisted Sister ring in the holidays with 10 merry Metal melodies, including nine classics like 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas', 'Silver Bells', 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' and others, plus a track entitled 'Heavy Metal Christmas'. The perfect stocking stuffer. Demolition. 2006. | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| October 17, 2006 | | Studio:
| Razor & Tie | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 92 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | | 2. | Oh Come All Ye Faithful | | 3. | White Christmas | | 4. | I'll Be Home For Christmas | | 5. | Silver Bells | | 6. | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | | 7. | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | | 8. | Deck The Halls | | 9. | The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) | | 10. | Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days Of Christmas) | |
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42 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Have yourself a twisted little ChristmasOct 22, 2006
By Amanda Richards
This is the perfect Christmas album for all your twisted friends, particularly if they wear black mascara and spandex and call themselves SMFs. It's probably not a good choice for your grandmother or parish priest, but then again you know them better than I do.
Heavy metal versions of Christmas songs are one thing, but when "O Come All Ye Faithful" begins sounding like "We're Not Gonna Take It" it's a whole new season. Each of the songs gets a Twisted tweak, but none more so than "Heavy Metal Christmas" which is the TS version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Forget the partridge and turtle doves, leaping lords and other dumb gifts, and get the heavy metal gift list instead:
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
12 Silver crosses
11 Black mascaras
10 Pairs of platforms
9 Tattered t-shirts
8 Pentagrams
7 Leather jackets
6 Cans of hairspray
5 Skull earrings
4 Quarts of Jack
3 Studded belts
2 Pairs of spandex pants
And a tattoo of Ozzy!
Extra points awarded for TS for having the guts to twist Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a twisted Christmas.
Amanda Richards, October 21, 2006
29 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Merry Christmas to all, and to all a twisted Christmas!Oct 27, 2006
By Joseph M. Siegler
The second, and supposedly final, recording by Twisted Sister after they reunited in the early 2000's. This is quite an odd beast, it is an album of traditional Christmas songs recorded by Twisted Sister. On the surface it seems like quite a bizarre concept; something that wouldn't work. But wow - does it work. I've been a TS fan since the early 80's right before they broke big with "We're Not Gonna Take It". I've followed them since then pretty well, I'd like to say I like something from all their eras, but when I heard about this, I thought "Ugh". But I gave it a shot, and it hooked me.
What makes this work for me I think is that I've always been someone who has disliked Christmas music. It's not because of the meaning behind the songs, it's generally been the music itself. Not so much the songs, but the way they're played. To me, most Christmas music is unlistenable. But this completely works. So much so I've been hooked since the day it came out. In the week and a half since it's been released (I'm writing this on the 27th, 10 days after release) I've probably listened to it 20 or 30 times. It has crystallized my feelings on Christmas music that it's the presentation of the songs. Since I'm a metal guy, I loved this presentation.
Two things to point out here. The actual songs themselves are unchanged (other than the instruments they're played on obviously) except for two songs. The first is "Oh Come All Ye Faithful". The lyrics are the same, but the music is the music from "We're Not Gonna Take It". It's quite interesting to see how well those lyrics fit that song. The other modified one is the 12 Days of Christmas. Instead of the traditional 12 gifts, TS has things like "Tattoo of Ozzy", "Spandex Pants", "Cans of Hairspray", etc. That's quite funny.
The problem with this album is that most metal heads will dismiss it out of hand because it doesn't fit their generally narrow view of what a hard rock/heavy metal album should be. Shame, as this album works very well for this old school Twisted Sister fan.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 21, 2007
By Stephen W. Chumbley
"viper51901"
I have been waiting for a metal Xmas album for years. Finally, one that deserves at least 1 listen. The album is great. You can listen to it obviously at Xmas time but it is also great enough to listen to through out the year.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Surprisingly goodJan 29, 2010
By capefearcinema
"capefearcinema"
I'm a great lover of all kinds of Christmas music, but I was light on heavy-metal Christmas music. Obviously. I took a chance on this CD and it didn't disappoint. While Twisted Sister doing Christmas sounds gimmicky, surprisingly it works. Most of the songs are earnest renditions of the classics while remaining true to the spirit of metal. I appreciated in particular that Oh Come All Ye Faithful - with more than a wink to We're Got Gonna Take It - was respectful of the religous content of the original. Sister probably never received true credit for their talent; this album suggests to me that they had plenty of it to spare.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Twisted Sister's A Twisted Christmas ReviewNov 24, 2007
By Jay Amabile
"Jay-Ryan"
First and foremost you probably need to be a fan of Christmas music and the 80s era of hard rock in general before you can appreciate this album. Many friends I know hate Christmas music, they are just humbugs. They also despise Hair Metal which deeply offends me from the bottom of my soul. Twisted Sister did a fantastic job recreating all of the Holiday classics on this album. What's amazing is when you listen to the songs like "Deck The Halls," you'll realize that these guys are the real deal and the song arrangements are extremely well done. These standards get rejuvinated when they are put to the '80s big hair rock style. Dee Snider is hitting the notes and the band is on point just have a listen to the best song on the album "Oh Come oh ye Faithful," it gives me chills. There's also an '80s metal duet with Dee and Lita Ford teaming up for "I'll Be Home For Christmas." It'll really pump up your holiday playlist so I definitely recommend it! Also check out Monster Ballads Xmas which is a great compilation of 80s rock bands doing Christmas classics.
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