In May 2013, Christopher Lee, then 91, became the oldest heavy metal performer in history after releasing the symphonic metal concept album Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, a follow-up to his 2010 ...

In 2010, at age 87, Lee released a heavy metal concept album, Charlemagne: By Sword and Cross, and followed it up three years later with another LP featuring Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on guitar ...

In 2012, 90-year-old Christopher Lee released his latest heavy metal single that would appear on his final album in 2013.

He will also release his follow-up album The Omens of Death in 2013. Sir Christopher Lee has reprised his role of Saruman from the Lord of the Rings trilogy in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.