Phil Collen, guitarist for Def Leppard, has said that the band will have a new album in October.
Collen talked with Boston's WAAF on Friday, telling them that the band originally went into the studio to record a single or, at most, an EP but ended up coming out with over a dozen tracks.
"There wasn't any industry ' no record company executive or anyone saying, 'You've got to do an album.' It was purely because we wanted to write songs, and we felt the need to do that."
The album will be their first in seven years, since 2008's Songs From the Sparkle Lounge, and their eleventh studio effort overall.
'[It's] probably the most diverse thing we've done. I think it's the best thing we've done since Hysteria ' I really do. I've said that, and I've heard that come back as a quote, and I sincerely believe it. It's the loudest rock guitars we've ever had on some tracks."
So far, no title or official released date have been announced.
