United Kingdom Metal & Hard Rock Albums of the 1960s

Browse 6 metal and hard rock albums connected to the United Kingdom scene in the 1960s, with detailed artist and album pages.

Albums

/ Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Deep Purple retains the first lineup’s psychedelic color while moving more deeply into heavy riffs and intricate song construction.

/ Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock

Led Zeppelin is the band's debut, turning the language of the blues into enormous volume and improvisation and setting a new standard for hard rock.

/ Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock

Led Zeppelin II captures the momentum accumulated between tours and turns it into thick riffs and dense groove.

/ Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Shades of Deep Purple introduces the band through Ritchie Blackmore’s cutting guitar, Jon Lord’s classically colored organ, and Rod Evans’s gentler vocal…

/ Hard Rock, Classic Rock

The Book of Taliesyn expands the blues-and-psychedelia mixture of the debut into longer forms and a more dreamlike atmosphere.