So here it is – the third and final week of our Christmas-themed Sunday Spotify Slaylist. If you ain’t filled to the gills with musical Christmas spirit by now, then frankly you must be a right royal Scrooge. And no-one likes a Scrooge at Christmas.

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You know what makes us happy? Free Christmas rock’n’roll downloads. You know what makes us even more happy? Free Christmas rock’n’roll parties. What’s that? Today we’re getting both thanks to Earache and SSS. MAD SKILLS.

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You’re all sending Christmas cards to your family and your girlfriend’s friends. Right? Well don’t miss the last post. Just don’t. There is even less point in receiving a Christmas card just before New Year. And getting one in 2010? Come on. Luckily we’ve got the dates of all the last posts in the UK [...]

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“Bah humbug” – just two little words, but they really encapsulate everything negative about Christmas, don’t they? Well, Misantrof Records, the label set up by Carpathian Forest bassist, Daniel Vrangsinn, are certainly embracing that negative Christmas spirit, and have released an entire album about why Christmas sucks ass. And they’re giving it away for free.

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It’s week two for our Christmas-themed Sunday Spotify Slaylist, so rather than waste time reading this blurb, why don’t you click the link down below and get to the music after the jump?

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Got kids? Are they awesome? I mean, do they headband to Motorhead and drum along to Megadeth? Got them some awesome heavy metal-related Christmas presents to fit in with their righteous lifestyle? Learn from the mistakes of these kids’ parents. There is no end in sight for this family.

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Sometimes at Christmas, you’ll be forced into a situation where it’s simply not possible to crank out your favourite death metal album at full volume. Maybe your dear, frail old granny has come over for Christmas dinner, and her weak heart simply can’t handle Anaal Nathrakh. What you need for situations like this is heavy [...]

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Anything you can do, the Dutch can do better. Right? No. This statement is pretty much a load of codswallop unless you’re talking about smoking a pancake or some such activity. This Christmas, however, the Dutch are all set to redeem their totally metal credentials with Christmas Metal Symphony. Yes, it’s a real thing. It’s [...]

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There are some Christmas traditions that never change or go out of fashion – turkey, mulled wine, mistletoe….and TV Christmas Specials. So we were more than a little chuffed when our favourite cartoon heavy metal phenomenon, Metalocalypse, premiered their own Christmas Special, ‘Dethmas’, this past weekend.

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Despite Jack Black’s insistence of his love of metal, Tenacious D don’t exactly live up to his big mouth, do they? Far too many acoustic guitars for our liking. But bizarrely enough, a team up with redundant frat-punkers Sum 41 resulted in them creating track that was both Christmas-y and metal. WIN!

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