How a 90-Year-Old Man Made the Most Metal Album Ever

Christopher Lee — the English actor most famous for playing Dracula, Saruman, Count Dooku, and the mad scientist in Gremlins 2 — recently turned 91 years old. While most people commemorating their 10th decade of life would limit the celebration to a 3:00 p.m. dinner reservation at Red Lobster, Lee decided to mark the occasion by releasing a heavy metal album.

This is because Christopher Lee is secretly the metalest dude to have ever walked the planet Earth. He’s more metal than Glenn Danzig slaying a griffin with a broadsword forged from the bones of Dimebag Darrell. Here is why: