I meant to write this guide sooner, and by now, it’s probably too late, but a late Christmas present is better than an an un-metal christmas present. So I present to you – the Heavy Metal 2009 Christmas Shopping Guide!

T-rex shirt, $19.99, from SHRED Clothing

SHRED tee shirts
Awesome metal-style graphic shirts. Use the discount code “awesome” to recieve up to 27% off tee shirts (it’s like a sale advent calender – the price gets lower the closer to Christmas).

WHORE HOUSE small plate, $20 US, from Trixie Delicious

“Vandelized Vintage” crockery from Trixie Delicious
Your metal mom will love these handpainted crockery settings featuring inappropriate words. My favourites include the FREAK teacup and the WHOREHOUSE plate. Trixie is a New Zealand lass too, so reprazent!

Cannibal Corpse leggings, $65 US, from Black Sunshine

Black Sunshine
Etsy seller who creates unique clothing from discarded rock, metal and horror tees. There are a few sellers around who do this, but I really like her designs. She also takes custom orders if you’ve got a specific old shirt you want revamped.

Blood Spike Coat, $495 pounds, from Veil of Visions

Veil of Visions
Amazing steampunk clothing and accessories for the lady in your life. There are LOTS of steampunk sites and sellers around nowadays, but Veil of Visions has been operating since 2009, and their items stand out as being high quality and totally kreig. They’re also totally into metal. I’m positive Steampunk Metal will be THE next big thing of 2010.

Pistol Earrings, $5 US, from Northwic

Northwic
My friend Amy’s etsy shop, and a great place to find one-of-a-kind items like these Pistol Earrings. Amy is a die-hard metalhead and Wacken attendee, and she’s very talented!

Purple Brain in Jar, $18 US, from Your Organ Grinder

Your Organ Grinder
For the person who has everything, felted and sewn body organs!

Tickets to Wacken Open Air 2010
Nothing says “I love you” better than tickets to the greatest heavy metal festival of all time.

Metal CDs

Always a tough purchase if you don’t know someone’s taste, or what they’ve already brought. However, some great albums have come out this year, and they deserve a place on the metal gift list. I recommend:

Death / Black Metal

Wormwood, Marduk
Black Cascade, Wolves of the Throne Room
Evangelion, Behemoth
Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars. Blut aus Nord
Those Whom the Gods Detest, Nile
Crogacht, Suidakra

Power / Folk / Gothic Metal

From Afar, Ensiferum
Design your Universe, Epica (I didn’t really like this as much as their earlier stuff, but Epica fans will love it)
Bible of the Beast, Powerwolf
Villandin, Trollfest
Black Sails at Midnight, Alestorm
Evocation I – The Arcane Dominion, Eluveitie
New Shores, Lunatica
No Sacrific, Not Victory, Hammerfall
Etermied Damnation, Wolfchant
To the Grave, Iron Fire
Ravenous, Wolf
April Rain, Delain

Misc Metal

Metal Nation, Crystal Viper
Into the Labyrinth, Saxon
World Painted Blood, Slayer
Wavering Radient, Isis
Blue Record, Baroness
Hordes of Chaos, Kreator
Massive Aggressor, Municipal Waste

SKELETON ONSIE, $8.95, from Pushin' Daisies

Pushin’ Daisies
A cheery site selling death and funeral related items, like this skeleton onsie for your newborn nephew!

Rakk and Ruin Jewellery
Kickass dark fashionable jewellery from Rakk and Ruin. If you buy 2 or more pieces before the 1st of Jan, you receive a 10% discount on the total.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
For the bookworm in your life, this gem pits Elizabeth Bennet against the forces of the undead. Natalie Portman is starring in the upcoming movie!

Cthulhu Fish Car Emblem, $10, from Arkham Bazaar

Arkham Bazaar
What metalhead doesn’t secretly pray to the Eldar Gods? Well, now you can help your loved one’s proclaim their undying devotion to the world with all this awesome Cthulhu stuff. We are proud owners of a Cthulhu fish car emblem (it gets lots of honks) and the “Shoggoth on the Roof” CD. (“Woooooah, Tentacles!”). Brilliant!

So, while that’s not a comprehensive heavy metal fit guide, it might give you a few ideas for Christmas Shopping – the grymm and frostbitten way. What about you, my dear readers? How’s your “antichrist”-mas shopping going? What are you buying your metal loved ones? (but only tell if you don’t think they read this blog!)

Horns up for an epic metal Christmas! \m/
Steff