Celestial (Rob Halford album)

Celestial is a solo studio album by British heavy metal singer Rob Halford recorded with his family and friends. His previous solo album Winter Songs was released in 2009. The album is a collection of traditional Christmas carols interpreted by Halford and several originals written by bandmembers.

Reception
Guy Oddy of The Arts Desk stated, "...on Celestial, Rob Halford has proved himself to be the one man who can out-camp The Darkness, even with a complete lack of fruity humour and innuendo, but by somehow throwing all self-consciousness aside. For this is an album that doesn’t so much straddle the line between genius and insanity but gamely embraces both, and could just be the greatest rock’n’roll Christmas album ever because of it." Jay H. Gorania of Blabbermouth.net wrote, "There is an undeniable sense of self-awareness throughout "Celestial" as he performs family-friendly classics with heavy metal's fist-to-the-face approach, which highlights his banshee-like wailing, crooning, screeching and growling. The irony is not lost on our favorite hell-raiser at all."

Personnel

 * Rob Halford – vocals, percussion
 * Alex Hill - bass guitar, vocals
 * Robert Jones - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals, programming
 * Nigel Halford – drums, percussion
 * Mike Exeter – keyboards
 * Jon Blakey – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
 * Phil Ridden – percussion
 * Sue Halford - percussion