A Very Special Christmas 1,2,3,4,5 (Compilations 1987-2001) (CORRECT ID3 TAGS!)

Genre: Rock, Pop, Christmas
About: Hope you all had a great Christmas! (Or whatever holiday you may celebrate) This is a really good compilation of Christmas songs that I just found thanks to a song I wanted from Die Hard (1988). The song was "Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC. No worries, this is the only rap artist in the entire series. Most of it is classic rock, such as Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Pointer Sisters, Extreme... Then there are also more recent artists such as Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Eve 6, Dido, Sheryl Crow, etc. Highly recommended by me!

(I have a problem with terrible, incorrect tags. Get these compilations anywhere else and you will likely be listening to the song "O Christmas Tree - Aretha Fra" by the artist "Christmas" with no track numbers so you do not know the order of the tracks on an album. You have to purposely enter in that incorrect stuff to mess it up that badly. What is wrong with people?? Ugh! Anyway...)

Full Track lists, and Buy on Amazon if you like what you hear!
(~8 dollars per CD... perhaps buy them for gifts for your relatives for next Christmas! :D)

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Throne Of Ahaz - At The Mountains Of Northern Storms (Demo) (1992)

Genre: Black Metal, Raw Black Metal
About: This is a nice raw black metal band. The production is very clear for a black metal demo, just a slight hiss/white noise in the background. It starts with a 1 minute acoustic intro and then goes into some impressive riffage and vocals.

(I apologize, the last 15 seconds or so of track 4 are cut off. Not a big deal though.)

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The Brave - Battle Cries (1992)

Genre: Hard Rock, Melodic Rock
About: Another relatively unknown but exceptionally good melodic hard rock band. The singer sounds a lot like the singer for Scorpions. They also take the award for cheesiest cover art I have ever seen. :P

Review from amazon.com: "The Brave - Battle Cries is in the top 5 best metal/AOR Christian Metal bands ever!! The musicianship, songs, hooks & vocals are better than most secular releases of the late 80's early 90's. Produced by John & Dino Elefante (Kansas & St. Elmo's Fire Soundtrack) they knew how to get the best bands & get the best out of their musicians. If you do not have this cd get it now, it is long out of print & getting harder to find."

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