Phil Anselmo teams up with Sock Puppet Parody for Christmas cracker

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Phil Anselmo is Krampus in video for The Banishing – this year’s Immortal Christmas track from Sock Puppet Parody

Sock Puppet Parody

Phil Anselmo has teamed up with Sock Puppet Parody for this year’s Immortal Christmas video.

The Banishing is the fourth track in the series, with the new promo featuring the voice of Anselmo. He takes on the role of the evil Krampus who is intent on inflicting pain on the band members. However, he’s eventually vanquished by a blistering, face-melting guitar solo from Santa Claus himself.

The Banishing is a mash-up of Dimmu Borgir’s The Serpentine Offering and Gene Autry’s 1947 song Here Comes Santa Claus.

Meanwhile, Philip H Anselmo & The Illegals will release their new album Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue on January 26 through Anselmo’s Housecore label in North America and Season Of Mist in Europe.

It’s now available for pre-order.

Immortal re-imagined as sock puppets

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.