In Through the Out Door is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , and their final album of entirely new material. It was recorded over a three-week period in November and December 1978 at Abba's Studio in Stockholm, Sweden and released by Swan Song Records on 15 August 1979. In Through the Out Door was the band's eighth and final studio release to reach the top of the charts in America, and was the last released by the band before the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980.