NWOBHM Albums

The fourteenth studio album, following Bloodlines (2023). Mighty Music issues it internationally on 11 September 2026 as PMZ437CD; Marquee Inc.

An eight-track EP marking the band's fiftieth year, issued by Silver Lining Music on 14 February 2025: five new songs, plus three live recordings that between them feature three different Raven drummers.

Recorded at The Patriot in Crumlin, Wales in 2023 and released on 26 April 2024 through Target Records on CD, double vinyl and streaming.

The fifteenth studio album, recorded at drummer Mike Heller's own studio in Los Angeles and released by Silver Lining Music on 30 June 2023.

The thirteenth studio album, released by Mighty Music on 5 May 2023 as PMZ390CD: ten songs from "Edge of the World" to "Making All The Rules".

Diamond Star Halos expands Def Leppard’s trademark blend of stacked harmonies, bright guitars and pop momentum into a broader palette.

A four-track EP: two new songs and two re-recordings from the 1980 debut Wild Cat.

Senjutsu pushes Iron Maiden’s large-scale instincts further, layering riffs, melody, key changes and quiet space across extended songs.

The fourteenth album, and the first studio record with Mike Heller. Gallagher pitched it as the album Raven would have made straight after 1982's Wiped Out.

The band's third full live album — a late-November 2017 show in Aalborg, Denmark, captured without Raven knowing a tape was running.

The twelfth studio album, released by Mighty Music on 22 November 2019 — eleven songs running from "Worlds Apart" to "Sail On".

The eleventh studio album, self-titled, issued by Mighty Music on 21 October 2016 as PMZ 200. Eleven songs, opening with the advance track "Only the Brave".

The self-titled Def Leppard revisits the band’s stacked harmonies, polished guitar sound and buoyant rhythm with a contemporary feel.

The Book of Souls pours Iron Maiden’s heavy riffs, three-guitar melody and dramatic vocals into large, narrative-like structures.

The thirteenth album, paid for in part by a Kickstarter campaign that took over $27,000, and rolled out across territories through SPV/Steamhammer in April 2015.

A covers album made as a reward for the Kickstarter backers who helped fund ExtermiNation; the band's own site files it as a bonus release rather than a studio album.

The tenth studio album, released by Rocksector Records on 24 September 2012. It is a record full of returns.

The Final Frontier uses cosmic atmosphere, long-form construction and layered triple guitars to create Iron Maiden metal on an adventurous scale.

The comeback record after the long break that followed Mark Gallagher's injuries, and the first place it appeared was Japan, on King Records, on 25 March 2009.

Songs from the Sparkle Lounge condenses Def Leppard’s thick harmonies, shining guitars and instantly memorable melodies into compact songs.

The ninth studio album, issued by Live Wire Records in 2008 as LW024-2. As originally released it ran eleven songs, from "Rock Candy" to "Dark Rider".

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A Matter of Life and Death joins Iron Maiden’s multi-guitar harmonies and extended structures to weighty themes of war and belief.

A live album released by Angel Air Records on 6 June 2005 as SJPCD206.

Dance of Death uses layered guitar harmony, driving bass and Bruce Dickinson’s theatrical voice to tell stories on a large scale.

A live album recorded in Carlisle, in the north-west of England, and released by Angel Air Records in 2003.

A studio album issued by Communique Records as CMG CD026, the second of the band's second life. Its year is not agreed.

X by DEF LEPPARD: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

A live album from the band's 1981 concert at Rock City in Nottingham, issued by Spitfire Records in 2001.

A live album from the band's 1999 appearance at Wacken Open Air, issued by Spitfire Records in 2001.

A studio album released by Z Records in 2001 — the band's first new record since Burning in the Shade in 1987, and the first of their second life.

Brave New World marks Iron Maiden’s renewed momentum with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith back in the lineup.

Euphoria brings Def Leppard’s signature strengths back to the foreground: stacked harmonies, polished guitar work and hooks built for instant lift.

The studio album that followed Everything Louder. The band's own album gallery files it under 2000.

Virtual XI builds an epic atmosphere through heavy riffs, bass-led melody and extended song structures.