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

Deep Purple
DEEP PURPLE / / Hard Rock, Classic Rock

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

Led Zeppelin
LED ZEPPELIN / / Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Led Zeppelin takes blues language as its foundation and joins Jimmy Page’s layered guitar, Robert Plant’s soaring voice, John Paul Jones’s musicianship, and John Bon

Led Zeppelin II
LED ZEPPELIN / / Hard Rock, Classic Rock

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

Shades of Deep Purple
DEEP PURPLE / / 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 presence.

The Book of Taliesyn
DEEP PURPLE / / 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.