FuryRocks.com has issued an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman ROB HALFORD. The following is an excerpt:

Q: When you think of Christmas, you don’t think of Rob Halford, how did this Christmas CD Winters Songs come about?

A: "I have to agree with you! (laughing) I celebrate the holiday like everyone else. I love to listen to holiday music, being with my family, and eating great food. From a musical standpoint, it is a bit of a double take. Most people may be going, 'What’s he been smoking?' (laughing). The Metal God Goes Christmas!"

Q: I really loved what you did with 'Oh Come O Come Emanuel', it’s one of my personal favorite Christmas songs. I actually found myself listen to it as if it was the first time I heard it.

A: "Just by the nature of what you said, I like to feel that some of these tracks are doing the same thing for other metal heads. I wasn’t going to do 'Jingle Bells' or 'Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer'. It has to be fitting to my world. I've done a lot of things with my music over the years as you know. Look at what Priest has been doing, we have done everything from Painkiller to the Turbo Lover to Point of Entry to Nostradamus. So I don’t think that this CD too far left field."

Q: Was it difficult to determine what songs would make it on Winter Songs?

A: "It was pretty difficult to figure what songs were right. The arrangements were very important to me, to give them a strong rock treatment yet be reminiscent of the old metal days. I think we have a nice mix of songs, 10 distinctive tracks and nothing repeating itself to any great level. A very interesting record."

Read the full interview at this location.

BraveWords.com recently received the following press release:

So you’ve been saving up your hard-earned cash, waiting to complete your collection of Rob Halford’s recorded works. The wait is now over. The Meal God’s Holiday Sale runs through December 31st featuring US$7.99 & US8.99 digital downloads from Fight and Halford at HalfordMusic.com.

Fight’s $7.99 downloads include Rob’s first solo releases: War of Words - Remastered, Mutations - Remastered, and A Small Deadly Space – Remastered. Also, Fight’s K5: The War of Words Demos CD/Jewel case features sixteen (16) rare Rob Halford Demos on sale for US$7.99 + shipping.

Halford’s Resurrection - Remastered, Crucible - Remastered, and Metal God Essentials – Volume 1 each digital title on sale for US$8.99 at HalfordMusic.com. The Meal God’s Holiday sale also features Halford’s stunning 28-track Live Insurrection - Remastered digital title for US$14.99

Additional DVD, Blu-Ray and Metal God Apparel are also on sale.

And don’t forget Halford’s new release, Winter Songs, featuring ‘Get Into The Spirit,’ ‘We Three Kings,’ ‘Oh Come O Come Emanuel,’ ‘Light Of The World,’ and more.

As previously reported, Halford's new album Winter Songs began shipping from MetalGodShop.com on November 3rd. A Limited Edition radio promo will be included in all orders while supplies last.

Halford III - Winter Songs is Rob's first solo release in more than seven years, and includes a collection of new Halford-penned tracks plus traditional holiday favorites presented with original arrangements by HALFORD (Rob Halford - vocals, Roy Z., - producer / guitarist, Metal Mike Chlasciak - guitars, Mike Davis - bass and Bobby Jarzombek - drums).

Written, arranged and recorded during 2008 and 2009 Halford III - Winter Songs celebrates one of the most exciting holiday periods of the year.

"Well, I've always said I wanted to produce a Christmas CD," comments Rob Halford. "The Halford band has assembled a fantastic release, and we're excited to have produced a collection of holiday tracks which all of us have enjoyed from a very early age."

Halford III - Winter Songs debuts new Halford tracks: 'Get Into The Spirit,' 'When Christmas Comes For Everyone,' 'Light Of The World,' 'What Child Is This', 'Oh Holy Night,' 'Come All Ye Faithful' and more.