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No More Tears
No More Tears (1991) is Ozzy Osbourne's sixth solo studio album on Epic, produced by Duane Baron and John Purdell, with four songs co-written by Lemmy Kilmister. It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, went 4x Multi-Platinum, and won a 1993 Grammy for Best Metal Performance.
No Prayer for the Dying
No Prayer for the Dying is Iron Maiden's eighth studio album, released 1 October 1990: recorded in Steve Harris's Essex barn, first album with Janick Gers after Adrian Smith quit, featuring the BBC-banned UK number one "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter".
No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)
No Rest for the Wicked is Ozzy Osbourne's fifth studio album, released 28 September 1988. It debuted guitarist Zakk Wylde, hit No. 13 on the Billboard 200, went 2x Platinum, and included 'Miracle Man' about televangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
Opus Eponymous
Opus Eponymous is the 2010 debut studio album by Swedish band Ghost, released on Rise Above Records. Recorded in Linköping by Tobias Forge (as producer pseudonym Gene Walker), it pairs Satanic occult imagery with melodic 1970s-style heavy metal and became Rise Above's biggest seller.
Overkill (Motörhead album)
Overkill (Motörhead album): Motörhead's second studio album, released March 24, 1979 on Bronze, produced by Jimmy Miller; its title track was performed on Top of the Pops in 1979.
Ozzmosis
Ozzmosis (Ozzy Osbourne's seventh studio album, 1995, Epic), produced by Michael Beinhorn with Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Deen Castronovo, and Rick Wakeman; peaked at No. 4 Billboard 200, 2x Platinum RIAA, singles Perry Mason, See You On The Other Side, I Just Want You.
Painkiller (Judas Priest album)
Painkiller is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in 1990 and Rob Halford's last with the band for 13 years.
Paranoid (album)
Paranoid is the second studio album by Black Sabbath, released in 1970; it contains "War Pigs," "Iron Man," and "Paranoid" and was their first album to reach number 1 in the UK.
Perfect Strangers (album)
Perfect Strangers (1984) is Deep Purple's reunion studio album for the Mark II lineup of Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Paice, and Glover, recorded in Stowe, Vermont, peaking at UK number 5 and selling 3 million copies.
Peter Criss (2025 album)
Peter Criss (2025) is the sixth solo album by Kiss co-founder drummer Peter Criss, released December 19, 2025 on Silvercat/Flatiron; 11 rock tracks with John 5, Billy Sheehan, Paul Shaffer, and Mike McLaughlin, reviving recordings started around 2008.
Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin's sixth studio album, is a double LP released February 24, 1975. It was released on Swan Song Records and achieved No. 1 chart status.
Piece of Mind
Piece of Mind is Iron Maiden's fourth studio album, released 16 May 1983; first with drummer Nicko McBrain, produced by Martin Birch in the Bahamas, UK number three and platinum, home of The Trooper and Revelations.
Point of Entry
Point of Entry, Judas Priest's seventh studio album (February 1981, Columbia/CBS), a commercial hard rock follow-up to British Steel; UK peak No. 14, US No. 39, silver/gold certified, produced by Tom Allom at Ibiza Sound Studios.
Power Metal (album)
Power Metal (album): Pantera's fourth studio album, released June 24, 1988 on Metal Magic Records; first Pantera record with vocalist Phil Anselmo, largely heavy/speed metal with glam remnants, sold about 30,000 copies, never officially reissued.
Powerslave
Powerslave is Iron Maiden's fifth studio album, released 3 September 1984 on EMI, produced by Martin Birch at Compass Point Studios, Bahamas; Egyptian-themed record with Eddie-as-pharaoh cover, "Aces High," "2 Minutes to Midnight," and the Coleridge-based "Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
Presence (album)
Presence (1976) is Led Zeppelin's seventh studio album, released on Swan Song Records. Recorded in 18 days in Munich with Robert Plant in a wheelchair after his 1975 car crash, it hit number one but became their lowest-selling studio album.
Psycho Circus
Psycho Circus is a 1998 studio album by the American rock band Kiss, released on Mercury Records and credited to the original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.
Ram It Down
Ram It Down (1988) is Judas Priest's eleventh studio album, produced by Tom Allom on Columbia. Born from the split Twin Turbos project, largely drum-machine-driven, gold in the US, and the last album with drummer Dave Holland.
Redeemer of Souls
Redeemer of Souls is the seventeenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in July 2014 and their first without guitarist K.K. Downing.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath's fifth studio album, released December 1, 1973 on Vertigo and Warner Bros. Written at Clearwell Castle after writer's block, with Rick Wakeman on keyboards; first Sabbath album with positive mainstream reviews and fifth US platinum album.
Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)
Sabotage is Black Sabbath's sixth studio album, released July 28, 1975, the last of the original lineup's classic run, recorded at Morgan Studios amid litigation with manager Patrick Meehan, featuring Hole in the Sky, Symptom of the Universe, and The Writ.
Sad Wings of Destiny
Sad Wings of Destiny, Judas Priest's second album (Gull, March 23, 1976), recorded at Rockfield Studios, peaked at UK number 48 and became a blueprint for NWOBHM and thrash metal.
Scream (Ozzy Osbourne album)
Scream (2010, Epic Records) is Ozzy Osbourne's tenth studio album, produced with Kevin Churko, featuring new guitarist Gus G after Zakk Wylde's departure; it peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 with the single "Let Me Hear You Scream".
Screaming for Vengeance
Screaming for Vengeance, Judas Priest's eighth studio album (July 17, 1982, CBS), produced by Tom Allom in Ibiza; double platinum in the US, with the radio hit "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" and opener "The Hellion/Electric Eye".
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is Iron Maiden's seventh studio album, released 11 April 1988. A concept album about a clairvoyant seventh son, it was their first UK number one since 1982 and last classic-lineup record.
Seventh Star
Seventh Star (Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi) is the 1986 album written as Tony Iommi's first solo record, released under the Sabbath name on label and manager Don Arden's pressure; its only Sabbath album with singer Glenn Hughes, fired five dates into the tour.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is Mötley Crüe's second studio album, released September 1983 on Elektra, produced by Tom Werman. Certified 4x platinum, it peaked around #17 in the US and defined early glam metal with its Satanic Panic-era imagery.
Sin After Sin
Sin After Sin is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on CBS in 1977 and their first for a major label.
Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album)
Somewhere in Time, Iron Maiden's sixth studio album (29 September 1986, EMI/Capitol), first to use guitar synthesizers, written without Bruce Dickinson, produced by Martin Birch, RIAA platinum, revived on The Future Past tour.
Splat! (album)
Splat! is Deep Purple's 24th studio album, released July 3, 2026 on earMUSIC, produced by Bob Ezrin, second album with guitarist Simon McBride, a 13-track concept album by Ian Gillan on humanity's end as transformation.