Christopher Lee, 91, has another heavy metal Christmas album out

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 11 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

I’m not going to pretend I understand Christopher Lee’s side gig as a Christmas-loving death metal rocker, but maybe it need not be explored or explained. What I do know is that at 91-years-old, the beloved horror movie thespian has just debuted his third straight holiday metal track: this one called “Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing.” You can listen to a sample below.

The actor, who has starred in almost 300 movies including ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’, ‘Dracula’, ‘The Wicker Man’ and most recently ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’, had these wise words to impart:

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Eric Walkuski

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Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil

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