...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble signed to that label. The album shows the band trying out various genres a mix of heavy metal and progressive rock rather than the hard rock that they would become known for on later albums. Tracks 3 and 8 were recorded as Spice songs prior to the band's renaming as Uriah Heep, and featured session player Colin Wood on keyboards. When Ken Hensley joined Spice in late 1969, the tracks were not re-recorded. The album was generally panned by the mainstream critical press upon its release, although it has since been acknowledged as an early classic of the heavy metal
Heavy Metal Thunder (Saxon album) identical to the original release. All tracks from Disc two were recorded live at the Bloodstock Heavy Metal Festival on August 10, 2014. Production 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 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