Here are the most disgustingly ugly Christmas jumpers you can bag in EMP's Cyber Monday deal - if you have the guts to wear them in public

EMP Christmas jumpers
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If you're the type of person who thinks no Christmas get together is complete without at least one disgustingly ugly festive jumper in the room (full transparency: I am that type of person), then you might want to think about jumping into EMP's Cyber Monday sale before it wraps up later tonight. Because I wanted to give myself a headache, I had a proper look through and picked out some of the most hideous designs that you can get for that bit cheaper, just in time to offend a relative or two at dinner on the big day. Enjoy!

Metallica Ugly Christmas jumper
Metallica Ugly Christmas jumper: was £64.99 now £55.99 at EMP UK

The biggest heavy metal band of all time go back to their roots with this lovingly festive homage to the original title of their classic debut album, Kill Em All. At least the original dagger is replaced by a candy cane.

Darth Vader Christmas jumper
Darth Vader Christmas jumper: was £59.99 now £50.39 at EMP UK

Nothing says 'festive' like the ghastly visage of that wheezing nut job who likes choking people out for a laugh. Whack this on, tie a load of pig in blankets together in a makeshift lightsaber and start swinging.

AC/DC Christmas jumper
AC/DC Christmas jumper: was £79.99 now £51.99 at EMP UK

Quite frankly, the original asking price of 80 quid for this visual abomination is outrageous, but thankfully it's been discounted by over a third to something a little more reasonable. Plus, it can be shredded as used as police tape for Halloween once you're bored of it. Everyone wins!

Beetlejuice Christmas jumper
Beetlejuice Christmas jumper: was £55.99 now £50.39 at EMP UK

Wear this jumper three times and an otherworldly ghoul will appear, take one look at you, laugh at you for wearing something so heinous and leave again. Or, more likely, you just won't be invited over to Auntie Kate's for Boxing Day again after making little Cousin Johnny cry.

One Piece Christmas jumper
One Piece Christmas jumper: was £55.99 now £50.39 at EMP UK

I don't even watch One Piece but I had to include this in the list because...I mean...just look at it! It looks like something you'd buy from a stall at 4am in a dark corner of Glastonbury Festival. A true, year-round ugger of a sweater.

Black Sabbath Christmas jumper
Black Sabbath Christmas jumper: was £64.99 now £48.74 at EMP UK

This is actually packing one of the bigger discounts of EMP's whole Christmas jumper range, with a whole quarter knocked off the original price. Truly, wearing this will make you the Master Of Christmas. Or just that big clammier while tucking into your seventh mince pie of the day. You swine.

Powerwolf Christmas jumper
Powerwolf Christmas jumper: was £64.99 now £58.49 at EMP UK

If your main goal this Christmas is to traumatise your least favourite relative at the dinner table, make sure you grab one of these bad boys courtesy of everyone's favourite purveyors of werewolf-inspired Eurp power metal, Powerwolf!

Sabaton Christmas jumper
Sabaton Christmas jumper: was £79.99 now £55.24 at EMP UK

What could possibly say "Merry Christmas!" more merrily than a camo jumper decorated with a gas mask, knives and skulls? Nothing, that's what! You can thank war-obsessed Swedish power metal megaweights Sabaton for this one.

The Lord Of The Rings Christmas jumper
The Lord Of The Rings Christmas jumper: was £55.99 now £50 at EMP UK

I don't even know where to start with this one. The dreary green in the middle? The garish red just under it? The rings casually plonked on there to look like Sonic The Hedgehog just got slapped? Actually, I think it might be the retina-searing orange and red text plastered over it. All in all, a disaster. Perfect.

Volbeat Christmas jumper
Volbeat Christmas jumper: was £69.99 now £45.49 at EMP UK

The only explanation I can find for this is that Volbeat asked someone to design a football kit, decided they didn't like the results and decided to shunt it out as a Christmas jumper instead. There is not a single sniff of festive joy here. It's grey and black lines, for Christ's sake. I'll have two.

Not feeling it? Don't panic: you still have time to browse our huge Cyber Monday deals hub to find the right discount for you, be it music, merch, tech, collectables or anything else you want to lay your hands on in the coming hours.

Merlin Alderslade
Executive Editor, Louder

Merlin moved into his role as Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has previously written for the likes of Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.