December Holiday Song Challenge

Week 1: Snow & Spirit

Dec 1 – Style: Pop • Topic: First snowfall magic • Artist: Mariah Carey
Dec 2 – Style: Country • Topic: Small-town Christmas lights • Artist: Luke Combs
Dec 3 – Style: Soul • Topic: Warmth on a cold night • Artist: Stevie Wonder
Dec 4 – Style: Jazz Ballad • Topic: Fireside romance • Artist: Michael Bublé

Fireside Romance

December Holiday Song Challenge

Week 1: Snow & Spirit

Dec 1 – Style: Pop • Topic: First snowfall magic • Artist: Mariah Carey
Dec 2 – Style: Country • Topic: Small-town Christmas lights • Artist: Luke Combs
Dec 3 – Style: Soul • Topic: Warmth on a cold night • Artist: Stevie Wonder
Dec 4 – Style: Jazz Ballad • Topic: Fireside romance • Artist: Michael Bublé
Dec 5 – Style: Rock • Topic: Decorating the house • Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Dec 6 – Style: Folk • Topic: Handmade gifts • Artist: James Taylor

Gifts We Make For Christmas

🎄 December Holiday Song Challenge

Week 1: Snow & Spirit

Dec 1 – Style: Pop • Topic: First snowfall magic • Artist: Mariah Carey
Dec 2 – Style: Country • Topic: Small-town Christmas lights • Artist: Luke Combs
Dec 3 – Style: Soul • Topic: Warmth on a cold night • Artist: Stevie Wonder
Dec 4 – Style: Jazz Ballad • Topic: Fireside romance • Artist: Michael Bublé
Dec 5 – Style: Rock • Topic: Decorating the house • Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Dec 6 – Style: Folk • Topic: Handmade gifts • Artist: James Taylor
Dec 7 – Style: Soul • Topic: Finding the perfect gift • Artist: Aretha Franklin

The Perfect Gift Is You

The air is thick, a velvet, freezing cloak, beyond the pain, the Yuletide carols choke. No silver sleigh, no reindeer bells ring clear, but in the snow, a dreadful sound draws near. 

The good have gone to slumber, safe and warm, ignoring whispers of the coming storm, but naughtier children, restless in the gloom, sense something ancient stalking to their room. 

From Alpine peaks, where Winter holds it's reign, he comes to punish those who cause Saint pain, not Santa's list, but Krampus ledger dread, record the wicked words the naughty said. 
A stench of sulfur, goat, and mountain mire, his coat is matted fur, his eyes are fire. Two twisted horns that scraped the chimney stone, a nightmare figure, hideous and alone.
Jangling chains announce his hellish stride, whip of birch prepared for human hide. The empty basket swinging from his hand, to steal the bad ones from the sleeping land.
A shiver runs with festive garland's gleam, he is the shadow lurking in the dream. He finds the house, he pauses at the door, and with a terrifying gravelly roar, he bursts inside, a creature dark and grim, the anti Santa come to claim his whim.

In The Shadow Of Saint Nick

The song retells the Alpine legend of Perchta, the winter witch who walks the Twelve Nights judging the living. But in Frostveil Covenant’s lore, she is more than folklore—she is an ancient cosmic force, a spirit older than the mountains, awakened by human deceit and winter’s suffering.

Themes include:
	•	Punishment for winter laziness (“If your work is undone, she’ll know.”)
	•	Dual nature—half-beautiful, half-crone
	•	Her silent, terrifying approach
	•	The dread of hearing her footsteps in fresh snow
	•	The belief that winter itself is alive

Rising In The Snow

🎄 December Holiday Song Challenge

Week 1: Snow & Spirit

Dec 1 – Style: Pop • Topic: First snowfall magic • Artist: Mariah Carey
Dec 2 – Style: Country • Topic: Small-town Christmas lights • Artist: Luke Combs
Dec 3 – Style: Soul • Topic: Warmth on a cold night • Artist: Stevie Wonder
Dec 4 – Style: Jazz Ballad • Topic: Fireside romance • Artist: Michael Bublé
Dec 5 – Style: Rock • Topic: Decorating the house • Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Dec 6 – Style: Folk • Topic: Handmade gifts • Artist: James Taylor
Dec 7 – Style: Soul • Topic: Finding the perfect gift • Artist: Aretha Franklin
Week 2: Love & Family
Dec 8 – Style: R&B • Topic: Holiday love confession • Artist: Alicia Keys

Holiday Confession

Mother of the Mountain” is a crushing, atmospheric metal track built around the Icelandic legend of Grýla, the ancient ogress who hunts misbehaving children in the dead of winter. The song opens with a slow, icy riff that feels like the weight of a glacier sliding down a mountain, setting the tone for a story steeped in fear, superstition, and folklore.

Lyrically, the track paints Grýla as both myth and inevitability — a massive, merciless presence who hears every lie whispered in the cold and answers them with hunger. The verses creep with tension, describing her cauldron, her monstrous silhouettes, and her descent from the mountains when storms gather. The chorus erupts into a huge, doom-infused melody, naming her “Mother of the Mountain” and framing her as the ancient judge of winter’s sins.

Musically, the song blends heavy groove riffs with atmospheric pads and haunting minor-key melodies. The vocals shift between gritty metal intensity and soaring clean lines, capturing both the terror and grandeur of Grýla’s mythology. The bridge grows darker and more frantic, echoing the sound of chains, storms, and the distant roar of something too old to name.

“Mother of the Mountain” is the moment where winter becomes a monster, folklore becomes reality, and the listener is pulled straight into the jaws of Iceland’s most fearsome Christmas legend.

Mother Of The Mountain

Winter Executioner” is a hard-hitting modern metal track that reimagines Knecht Ruprecht—the soot-faced companion of Saint Nicholas—as a relentless force of winter judgment. Where other holiday legends bring warmth, this song dives into the cold, merciless side of December: the punisher who walks behind the saint, chains dragging through the snow.

Winter Executioner” transforms a centuries-old legend into a crushing metal battle hymn. It’s dark, aggressive, and mythic—perfect for fans who like their folklore with fists raised and their winter stories dipped in steel.

The Winter Executioner

The Ghost Horse at the Door” is a dark, atmospheric metal track based on the Welsh legend of the Mari Lwyd—a skeletal horse spirit that roams midwinter nights. The song blends slow, haunting riffs with ritual-like melodies, capturing the moment the pale shrouded horse knocks on the door and challenges the household to a battle of rhyme. Win, and she fades into the storm—lose, and she slips inside. Moody, mystical, and frostbitten, the track feels like a winter ghost story set to heavy doom-tinged metal.

Ghost Horse At The Door

Goblins of the Twelve Nights” is a doom-heavy folklore metal track inspired by the chaotic Kallikantzaroi—the mischievous goblins of Balkan winter legend. Slow, crushing riffs and eerie melodies paint the scene as these twisted creatures crawl from the underworld during the Twelve Days of Christmas, sneaking into homes, spoiling food, and unleashing mayhem. The song blends dark storytelling with ritualistic chanting, capturing the wild, unpredictable energy of winter’s most troublesome spirits.

Goblins of the Twelve Nights

Musician, with a semi ok voice to sing his own poetry. Discovered AI and found a perfect avenue to hear his poetry in music form. My lyrics, my chord structure, but AI BAND. Also sometimes my voice processed through many filters.

The Winter Executioner

Kevin Kardel