Heavy Metal Thunder (Saxon album)

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Heavy Metal Thunder
Heavy Metal Thunder cover
Compilation album by Saxon
Released September 23, 2002
Recorded 2002
Genre Heavy Metal
Length 86:16
Label Steamhammer/SPV
Producer Biff Byford/Saxon
Professional reviews
Saxon chronology
Killing Ground
(2001)		 Heavy Metal Thunder
(2002)		 Lionheart
(2004)

Heavy Metal Thunder is the greatest hits album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).

The album features eight classics re-recorded tracks from the limited edition of Killing Ground, as well as five other tracks.

A limited edition bonus disc, featuring five live tracks from a 2002 show in San Antonio, TX, as well as the music video for Killing Ground recorded during Wacken Open Air 2001.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Heavy Metal Thunder" – 4:13
  2. "Strong Arm Of The Law " – 4:25
  3. "Power & The Glory" – 5:59
  4. "And The Bands Played On" – 2:53
  5. "Crusader" – 6:40
  6. "Dallas 1PM" – 6:18
  7. "Princess Of The Night" – 4:11
  8. "Wheels Of Steel" – 5:54
  9. "747 (Strangers In The Night)" – 5:02
  10. "Motorcycle Man" – 3:47
  11. "Never Surrender" – 3:37
  12. "Denim And Leather"– 5:21
  13. "Backs To The Wall"– 3:07

[edit] Bonus disc

  1. "Broken Heroes" – 4:10
  2. "Dragon's Lair" – 6:38
  3. "The Eagle Has Landed" – 5:52
  4. "20,000 FT" – 3:45
  5. "Crusader" – 4:24
  6. "Killing Ground" (Music Video)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Produced by : Biff Byford & Saxon
  • Recorded at Karo Studios Brackel, Germany
  • Engineered by : Nikolo Kotzev & Charlie Bauerfeind
  • Executive Producer : Rainer Hansel
  • Mixed by : Herman Frank & Rainer Hansel
  • Mastered by : Rainer Holst at Staccato Studios Hannover, Germany
  • Cover Design : Paul R. Gregory