Heavy metal music styles in its early years, but by 1969 vocalist Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had led the band toward the developing heavy metal style. In 1970, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple scored major UK chart hits with "Paranoid" and "Black Night", respectively. That same year, two other British bands released debut albums in a heavy metal mode: Uriah Heep with "...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble" and UFO with "UFO 1". Bloodrock released their self-titled debut album, containing a collection of heavy guitar riffs, gruff style vocals and sadistic and macabre lyrics. The influential Budgie brought the new metal sound into
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