| Heavy Metal Thunder | |
| Type: | greatest hits |
| Artist: | Saxon |
| Cover: | Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover art by Paul R. Gregory |
| Released: | 23 September 2002 |
| Recorded: | 2001, 2002 |
| Studio: | Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany, live tracks recorded in San Antonio, Texas |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 86:16 |
| Label: | SPV/Steamhammer UDR (2015 re-issue) |
| Producer: | Biff Byford, Saxon |
| Prev Title: | Killing Ground |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Lionheart |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
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.
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.
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