A guitarist reimagined the beloved “Hallelujah Chorus,” adding a thrilling and thoroughly enjoyable rock twist, making for one epic musical performance. The incredibly talented musician gave the timeless Christmas piece an updated sound and feel. Check out this video because this version of the Christmas classic is more than worth a few listens.

Christmas is a festive, joyous season, complete with song after song after song about the most wonderful time of the year. Essentially, there is a Christmas tune for every musical taste and preference. If you haven’t found a Christmas song that you at least mildly enjoy, that’s only because you aren’t trying hard enough.

The classics, those songs that we sing and listen to every year at Christmastime, have been performed and recorded hundreds, perhaps thousands, of times. Each time, every musician tries to offer and add their own take and spin on whatever Christmas classic they are covering. Some become classics in their own right, and others are ones we’d like to forget completely.

In a clip posted on YouTube, S. Joel Norman performs George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece “Hallelujah Chorus.” Of course, everyone is familiar with this piece of music, even if they don’t know it. The tune is still widely heard and covered despite being hundreds of years old. However, you’ve probably never heard it played quite like this before.

Using only electric guitars, S. Joel turns in an absolutely rocking performance about the tune of the angels singing and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. This is a simply masterful performance from a clearly gifted musician. It’s a unique take on a Christmas classic we all know and love. This will surely be one that you add to your Christmas rotation, to be played yearly.

Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”