Heavy Metal Thunder (Saxon album)

Heavy Metal Thunder is a greatest hits album by heavy metal band Saxon, released in 2002. The album features eight re-recorded tracks, which first appeared on the limited edition of Killing Ground, as well as five other tracks. All of 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.

Track listing

The album was re-issued on 14 February 2015 by UDR. Disc one is identical to the original release. All tracks from Disc two were recorded live at the Bloodstock Heavy Metal Festival on 10 August 2014.

Personnel

Saxon

• Biff Byford – vocals
• Paul Quinn – guitars
• Doug Scarratt – guitars
• Nibbs Carter – bass
• Fritz Randow – drums

Production

• Biff Byford – producer
• Saxon – producer
• Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany – recording and mixing location
• Nikolo Kotzev – audio engineered
• Charlie Bauerfeind – audio engineered
• Rainer Hansel – executive producer, mixing
• Herman Frank – mixing
• Rainer Holst – mastering at Staccato Studios Hannover, Germany
• Paul R. Gregory – cover design

References