The song lyrics basically warn the human race that this demon is now born and will seduce every last mind on this planet into altering their morals and convictions to suit his purpose unless man refocuses. Cultures from around the world are looking for answers.
Elaborates JJ, “At this stage in the story, the earth is in great turmoil, thus the melancholy men who can get no rest from their suffering. At this point, Azrael is fully self-actualized and carries out acts of suffering and death throughout the world in a way never before witnessed by mankind.īear witness to the “Unrest For Melancholy Men (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen),” the beginning of this torrid holiday tale that centers itself on Azrael’s birth and foreshadows what’s to come. After systematically eliminating opposition, he turns on the entire human race. Once this king has total authority, he betrays the world leaders who realize that they’ve been misled for years. He is so adept at manipulating men that they crown him king either in the public eye or behind the scenes. The world leaders implement his “solutions” over the years as he slowly awakens to his own lust for power. He develops concepts for solutions to many of the world’s problems and seduces world leaders into designating him the de facto authority on most major issues. Azrael is never in the public eye nor is he ever elected to any position but is heavily involved in the family business of politics. The child is not named Azrael but is infused with its spirit and is predestined by Abaddon (the Destroyer) to cleanse the earth of man though he does not know it yet. The story follows a child (Azrael) born to a wealthy family heavily involved in politics throughout the generations. The lyrics have been altered to portray a possible future outcome to mankind’s current path and focus on Azrael, the angel of death in some Islam, Sikhism and Hebrew lore. Since many hymns written ages ago are dark in nature, they were obvious concept choices. It was very important from the start that this album not be a joke, but a serious record that could survive outside of the Christmas season and thus the resulting symphony of sickness. Everything else was built around the theme - solo sections, intros, outros, harmonies, etc. A death metal record first and Christmas album second, the themes of the hymns were used as a baseline for the music and can mostly be heard in the right channel. Petersburg, Florida and boasts five deformed Christmas classics.įar from a campy holiday metal record, Christmas – Hellish Renditions Of Christmas Classics comes replete with updated arrangements, blast beats, double bass drum battery, hellbound guitar solos and new lyrics with a purpose. with vocals and artwork, by brother/Monstrosity throat Mike Hrubovcak, Death Metal Christmas – Hellish Renditions Of Christmas Classics was engineered by Hate Eternal mastermind Erik Rutan and J.J., mixed and mastered by Brian Elliott all at Mana Recording Studios in St. Hrubovcak vomits forth Death Metal Christmas – Hellish Renditions Of Christmas Classics, a twistedly unholy rendition of some of the seasons darkest hymns.Ĭomposed and produced by J.J. Week of Abrams In The Dark (Small Stone Recordings) America's Perversion Dies Irae (Hells Headbangers) An Abstract Illusion Woe (Willowtip Records) Anette/Olzon Army Of Dreamers (Frontiers Music Srl) Astral Spectre Phantom Nightmare / The Oath Is Broken (Northern Silence Productions) Berried Alive Our Own Light (Berried Alive Productions) Bloodbath Survival Of The Sickest (Napalm Records) Bones Sombre Opulence (Invictus Productions) Burning Shadows Steel Diplomacy (Official Bootleg) (N/A) Crippled Black Phoenix Banefyre (Season Of Mist) Electric Callboy Tekkno (Century Media) END / Cult Leader Gather & Mourn (Closed Casket Activities/Deathwish Inc.) Fallujah Empyrean (Nuclear Blast) Greber Fright Without (Ancient Temple/Nofuneral/Hibernation Release) Gridfailure/Megalophobe Harbinger Winds (Nefarious Industries) High Vis Blending (Dais Records) Highly Suspect The Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner Records) Holy Fawn Dimensional Bleed (Wax Bodega) I AM Eternal Steel (MNRK Heavy) Inhuman Depravity The Experimendead (Gruesome Records) Katatonia City Burials (Vinyl) (Peaceville) KISS KISS Off The Soundboard: Live In Des Moines (UMe) KMFDM Hyëna (KMFDM Ent.Just in time for the holiday season, Hate Eternal bass maverick J.J. The band’s current touring plans will see them playing across the UK and Europe in the coming months, here’s where:Ġ4/30 Blandford Forum.
The band’s rendition of “ O Holy Night” from the effort can be heard below.