Shatterproof, Elizabeth Chan (Merry Bright)

Elizabeth's story started with her composing a Christmas song for a reality show about a decade ago, which led her into a career as a Christmas musical artist. For 2024, she's back with an EP in which she repurposes her original semi-hit "A Christmas Song" into  "A (Metal) Christmas Song," in which the arrangement is salted with a few heavy metal readymades, but most listeners will probably only notice the typical thud-thud tempo of 70s metal being superimposed on what remains a good holiday pop song. Two new originals, "The Season Was Made For Us," with her kid contributing vocals, and "The Thanksgiving Song" extend her repertoire with modern pop sounds. She rounds things out with two covers, a rocking "Jingle Bells" in an original arrangement, and a moderately bombastic take on "Mary Did You Know." This will suit her fans, and the rest of us will likely find a playlist candidate or two here. Downloads and streaming.