Heavy Metal Thunder (Saxon album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Heavy Metal Thunder
Type = Compilation
Artist = Saxon


Released = September 23 2002
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Heavy Metal
Length = 86:16
Label = Steamhammer/SPV
Producer =Biff Byford/Saxon
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xb2uakokam3v~T1 link]
Last album = "Killing Ground" (2001)
This album = Heavy Metal Thunder (2002)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

*Biff Byford - Vocals
*Paul Quinn - Guitar
*Doug Scarratt - Guitar
*Nibbs Carter - Bass
*Fritz Randow - Drums

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