NWOBHM Albums - Page 2

A fifteen-track studio album from 1997, closing out the stretch the band spent working around the German metal scene.

Slang deliberately reduces Def Leppard’s grand polished sheen and turns toward lower, heavier guitar, dry rhythm and more inward-looking songs.

The X Factor opens a new Iron Maiden chapter with Blaze Bayley, pursuing darker air, heavier weight and longer song structures than before.

A live album recorded in Japan. Gallagher has since said he had laryngitis when it was taped.

A 1994 album, twelve tracks cut at Showplace Studios in Dover, New Jersey.

Adrenalize gathers Def Leppard’s layered chorus work, hard guitar and immediate melody into a record completed after the loss of Steve Clark.

Fear of the Dark keeps Iron Maiden’s sense of charge while moving into darker, harder riffing and more sustained tension.

Made in Germany after the band took up with Kreator's management. Gallagher calls it darker and heavier than the low-budget record before it.

No Prayer for the Dying finds IRON MAIDEN in a phase that reasserts the force of traditional metal through steel-edged riffs, forward beat and proud vocal delivery.

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son keeps Iron Maiden’s traditional charge while adding keyboard color and a connected narrative.

The seventh album, self-produced for Combat Records in America and the first with ex-Pentagram drummer Joe Hasselvander.

Hysteria layers guitars, lead vocals and choruses until each song carries an enormous hook.

The last Raven record for Atlantic, and the last with Rob "Wacko" Hunter on drums. Twelve tracks.

The last studio album of the band's first run, issued by Zebra Records in 1987 as ZEB 10.

Somewhere in Time keeps Iron Maiden’s fast riffs and narrative drive while adding new color through synthesized guitar texture.

The second Atlantic album, cut at Bearsville with Eddie Kramer producing — and the Raven record John Gallagher is hardest on.

The Atlantic debut, made after the move to New York, and home to the MTV single "On And On".

A studio album released by Music for Nations in 1985 as MFN 50, and by Roadrunner in Europe. This is the record most often misattributed.

Powerslave is one of the records where Iron Maiden most naturally joins fast metal, dramatic development and historical subject matter.

The double live album that closed the Neat years, its sleeve boasting that the record carries no overdubs.

Pyromania combines sharp guitar riffs, stacked choruses and tightly controlled rhythm with remarkable density.

Piece of Mind joins racing riffs, carefully built rhythm and Bruce Dickinson’s powerful vocal into a confident Iron Maiden statement.

The third album, co-produced by Michael Wagener and Accept's Udo Dirkschneider, and home to the song "Athletic Rock".

The Number of the Beast expands Iron Maiden’s world through racing guitars, leaping bass and a vocal performance that heightens every dramatic turn.

The second album, recorded and mixed in six days alongside the Crash Bang Wallop EP, and released in May 1982.

The fourth studio album, issued by MCA Records in 1982 as MCF 3150.

High ’n’ Dry keeps Def Leppard’s rough NWOBHM edge while moving toward more organized riffs, layered choruses and stronger melody.

Killers locks Steve Harris’s racing bass, Dave Murray and Adrian Smith’s guitars, and Paul Di’Anno’s rough vocal into a focused attack.

The 1981 debut, and the first LP Neat Records ever issued — recorded a day at a time over a long stretch.

The third studio album, released by MCA Records on 3 November 1981 as MCF 3123 — barely seven months after Spellbound, and three albums in fifteen months cou…

The second studio album, released by MCA Records on 10 April 1981 as MCF 3104. It reached number 33 and stayed four weeks.

On Through the Night feels like Def Leppard’s youthful impulse captured without restraint.

Iron Maiden brings punk-bred urgency and heavy-metal structure together around Steve Harris’s leaping bass.

The debut album, released by MCA Records in 1980. It reached number 18, entered the chart on 30 August 1980 and stayed five weeks.