With Christmas now less than a week away, HATE ETERNAL bassist J.J. Hrubovcak marches on with his yule tide tirade, today unleashing a lyric video for 'O Come, O Come Azrael'. The latest holiday hymn comes by way of the recently released Death Metal Christmas - Hellish Renditions Of Christmas Classics full-length.

Featuring five deformed interpretations of the season's most abysmal hymns, Death Metal Christmas was composed and produced by J.J. with vocals and artwork by brother and MONSTROSITY garbler Mike Hrubovcak, engineered by Hate Eternal chieftain Erik Rutan and J.J. and mixed and mastered by Brian Elliott all at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg. With updated arrangements and lyrics fit for the sickest of holiday carolers, the record is an ominous death metal composition first and joyous Christmas album second.

The concept focuses on Azrael, the angel of death in some Islam, Sikhism and Hebrew lore, and the inevitable fall of mankind. The story follows a child (Azrael) born to a wealthy family heavily involved in politics throughout the generations. The child is not named Azrael but, infused with its spirit, is predestined by Abaddon (the Destroyer) to cleanse the earth of all life.

Comments Hrubovcak of 'O Come, O Come Azrael', the fourth stop in Azrael's journey, "At this point, Azrael is fully self-actualized but the lyrics to this one don't address the story as much as the other songs. Instead, this song serves as more of an invocation. The guitars in the beginning and middle are designed as a swallowing force to sink the mind into the meditative subconscious and create complete focus for the invocation. This song is basically an anthem for misanthropes everywhere! So turn out the lights, break out the candles and sing - rejoice!"