Kerrang! Presents: The Ultimate Xmas Slay-List!

Need some Christmas tunes that don't suck? Step this way…

December 23, 2018

Dear Mariah, shut up. Hey, Bublé: bog off. Oi, Slade… You're alright, actually. But most Christmas music can jog on. Not all of it, though. We've put together a festive playlist to blast away the tedious shite they're playing in the supermarket and get you in the mood for a serious binge on presents and sprouts, featuring those festive bastards in Weezer, Bad Religion, Korn, Type O Negative, and the always holly-jolly Corey Taylor.

Get on it, and Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Album review: The Scratch – Pull Like A Dog

Raucous Irish buskers-turned-folk-punks The Scratch reveal their steel on metal-infused third album, Pull Like A Dog.

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Lamb Of God: “Don’t just be an apathetic slug and complain when everything turns to sh*t”

Randy Blythe has gazed in horror at the whole world on the slide. On the eve of apocalyptic 10th album Into Oblivion, however, Lamb Of God’s indefatigable frontman sees that now is not the time for fatalism, but one which demands righteous outrage, hope and courageous action. So strap in for an unsurprisingly furious state-of-the-planet address.

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Sweet Pill: “No matter what rock bottom you’re hitting, you can start a fire again”

Sweet Pill’s debut album made them emo’s hottest new stars. But after touring the world for three years, when the Philly fivesome came to make its follow-up, singer Zayna Youssef wasn’t finding her spark. She tells Kerrang! how she got here, and how through therapy and reflection she rekindled her fire even brighter to make Still There’s A Glow…

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Get your limited-edition Carpenter Brut x Kerrang! printed zine

Dive into the magic and mystery of Carpenter Brut’s closing chapter in the Leather Trilogy with this exclusive printed zine!

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My First Time announce debut self-titled EP

My First Time’s four-track eponymous debut EP is coming in just two weeks’ time, with new single Celebrity out now.

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Watch the video for The Warning’s explosive new single, Kerosene

Before The Warning hit UK arenas with YUNGBLUD next month, they’ve unleashed a fiery (literally) new single and video…

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Hear Mike Patton on Jehnny Beth’s new single, Look At Me

Following on from Jehnny Beth’s 2025 album You Heartbreaker, You, listen to Mike Patton appear on new standalone single Look At Me: “It was mind-blowing…”

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Album review: The Scratch – Pull Like A Dog

Lamb Of God: “Don’t just be an apathetic slug and complain when everything turns to sh*t”

Sweet Pill: “No matter what rock bottom you’re hitting, you can start a fire again”

The Kerrang! Chart: The best new music this week

Get your limited-edition Carpenter Brut x Kerrang! printed zine

My First Time announce debut self-titled EP

Watch the video for The Warning’s explosive new single, Kerosene

Hear Mike Patton on Jehnny Beth’s new single, Look At Me

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