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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Rob Zombie Interviews Alice Cooper: "Enjoy the Bloody, Dirty Stage. Next."
Rock superbeasts talk Groucho, why grunge was "boring," joys of "offending everybody"
Dave Grohl Interviews Mastodon: "Have You All Ever Taken Acid Together?"
Chief Foo Fighter asks the important questions in classic 2009 story
How Deftones Pulled Together After Trauma, Tragedy to Make 'Koi No Yokan'
Chino Moreno discusses survival and healing in classic 2012 interview
25 Essential Black-Metal Albums
From Venom and Bathory to Behemoth and Deafheaven