special guests on the Udo Dirkschneider "Back to the Roots 2" tour and 20 select headline shows. Raven released their fourteenth studio album, Metal City, on 18 September 2020. It marked their first studio album in five years, and their first to feature Mike Heller on drums. In July 2022, Raven announced that they had signed to Silver Lining Music and are planning to release their fifteenth studio album in 2023. Band members Current members John Gallagher – bass, lead vocals (1974–present) Mark Gallagher – guitar, backing vocals (1974–present) Mike Heller – drums (2017–present) Touring substitutes Manos Kehagias – drums (2013) Spiros Antonatos – drums (2013) Nick Papadopoulos – drums (2013) Fabio Alessandrini – drums (2017) Jimmy Mess – drums (2017) Dave Chedwick – drums (2017) Former members Paul Bowden – guitar, backing vocals (1974–1979) Paul Sherrif – drums (1975–1976) Mike "Mick" Kenworthy – drums (1976–1977) Sean Taylor – drums (1977–1979) Pete Shore – guitar, backing vocals (1979–1980) Rob "Wacko" Hunter – drums, backing vocals (1979–1987) Joe Hasselvander – drums, backing vocals (1987–2017) Lineups Timeline Discography Studio albums Rock Until You Drop (1981) Wiped Out (1982) All for One (1983) Stay Hard (1985) The Pack Is Back (1986) Life's a Bitch (1987) Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (1988) Architect of Fear (1991) Glow (1994) Everything Louder (1997) One for All (2000) Walk Through Fire (2009) ExtermiNation (2015) Metal City (2020) Leave ‘Em Bleeding (2022) See also List of new wave of British heavy metal bands References External links Magazine clippings of Raven English heavy metal musical groups British speed metal musical groups English hard rock musical groups Musical groups established in 1974 British musical trios Musical groups from Newcastle upon Tyne Sibling musical groups Combat Records artists Megaforce Records artists Atlantic Records artists New Wave of British Heavy Metal musical groups