Halford III: Winter Songs

Halford III: Winter Songs is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Halford. It was released on 3 November 2009 in the United States, 9 November 2009 in Europe and 13 November 2009 in Germany.[4] It was written, arranged and recorded between 2008 and 2009.[5] The album is Christmas themed consisting of traditional holiday favorites made into heavy metal fashion along with a few original arrangements by Rob Halford and producer/guitarist Roy Z.[6]

Halford III - Winter Songs
Studio album by Halford
Released	3 November 2009 9 November 2009 13 November 2009
Recorded	2008–2009
Genre	Heavy metal, christmas music
Length	41:57
Label	Metal God Entertainment
Producer	Roy Z
Halford chronology
Metal God Essentials, Vol. 1 (2006) Halford III - Winter Songs (2009) Halford IV: Made of Metal (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Lords of Metal	77/100[2]
Metal Express Radio	9/10[3]

The first single "Get Into the Spirit" was released on 29 September 2009.[7] In 2019, Halford released a second Christmas-themed album entitled 'Celestial', although this was recorded with family and friends rather than his usual bandmates.[8]

Track listing

All songs arranged by Rob Halford, Roy Z., Ed Roth, John Baxter.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Into the Spirit"	Rob Halford, Roy Z., John Baxter	5:26
2.	"We Three Kings"	John Henry Hopkins Jr.	4:06
3.	"Oh Come, O Come, Emanuel"	John Mason Neale	4:38
4.	"Winter Song"	Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson	5:38
5.	"What Child Is This?"	William Chatterton Dix	4:27
6.	"Christmas for Everyone"	R. Halford, Roy Z.	3:06
7.	"I Don't Care"	R. Halford	3:14
8.	"Light of the World"	R. Halford	4:13
9.	"Oh Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam	4:09
10.	"Come All Ye Faithful"	John Francis Wade	2:27

Personnel

Halford

• Rob Halford – vocals
• Roy Z – guitar
• Metal Mike Chlasciak – guitar
• Mike Davis – bass
• Bobby Jarzombek – drums

Additional performer

• Ed Roth – keyboards

Production

• Produced and engineered by Roy Z
• Executive producer – John Baxter
• Mixed and engineered by Pete Martinez
• Sound design, percussion, and engineering by John Mattox
• Drum tuning by Mike Fassano
• Mastered by Maor Appelbaum
• Graphic direction, web marketing, and design by Attila Juhasz
• Cover illustration and packaging design by Marc Sasso
• Photography by John Eder, Marc Sasso, David Hildreth, and John Baxter

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. "Review: Halford III: Winter Songs". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
2. "Halford - Winter Songs | Review | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - issue 99". Lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
3. "Metal Express Radio". Metal Express Radio. 2012-01-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
4. "Chart Attack: Rob Halford Releasing Christmas Album". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
5. "The Aquarian Weekly: Interview with Rob Halford: A Metal God Christmas". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
6. "Rob Halford Sings Christmas Carols. No, really. Rob Halford has also single handedly created the greatest christmas metal album of all time". SMNnews.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
7. laut.de | Rob Halford - "Winter Songs" (CD-Kritik)
8. "Judas Priest's Rob Halford to release 'Celestial' Christmas album". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.