While Christmas, on the surface, might not seem like a particularly metal holiday, it's more brutal than you'd think. Between Santa Claus likely being modeled after the Norse ruler Odin and Krampus snatching the naughty kids in their sleep and dragging them to hell, Christmas folklore might rival Halloween in badassery. In that spirit, we've compiled a Spotify playlist of some of our favorite hard-hitting Xmas anthems so you can rock out this — and every — Yuletide season.
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King Diamond, Type O Negative, Gwar and more get into the yuletide spirit
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From Anthrax to Voivod
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15 Essential Grunge Albums
From Alice in Chains to Temple of the Dog
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Avenged Sevenfold singer gains audience with Metallica's founding duo in classic story
How Lamb of God Came Back After Randy Blythe's Arrest and Imprisonment
From Prague's Pankrác Prison to LOG's 'VII: Sturm und Drang'
Florida Death Metal's Gory Rise, Groundbreaking Reign: The Definitive Oral History
Deicide, Death, Morbid Angel and more tell the story of one of heavy music's most game-changing movements
Injuries, Pressure, Ciphers: Inside Alice in Chains' 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here'
How Seattle rock giants proved the comeback was real with one of their heaviest records