Heavy Metal Thunder | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Saxon | ||||
Released | 23 September 2002 14 February 2015 (2015 re-issue) |
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Recorded | Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany, 2001 San Antonio, Texas, 2002 (live tracks) |
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Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 86:16 | |||
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SPV/Steamhammer UDR (2015 re-issue) |
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Producer | Biff Byford, Saxon | |||
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Heavy Metal Thunder is a greatest hits album by heavy metal band Saxon, released in 2002. The album features eight re-recorded tracks from the limited edition of Killing Ground, as well as five other tracks. These tracks originally appeared on their first six albums, from their self-titled debut to Crusader.
A limited edition bonus disc, featuring five live tracks from a 2002 show in San Antonio, Texas, as well as the music video for Killing Ground recorded during Wacken Open Air 2001.
The album was re-issued on February 14, 2015 by UDR. Disc 1 is identical to the original release. All tracks from Disc 2 were recorded live at the Bloodstock Heavy Metal Festival on August 10, 2014.