For \(p \in [1, \infty )\) , we generalize the concept of classical spectral triples by extending the framework from Hilbert spaces to \(L^p\) -spaces, and from C*-algebras to \(L^p\) -operator algebras. In addition, we define an \(L^p\) -spectral triple to be metric when the state space of the algebra has a p-quantum compact metric space structure. Specifically, we construct \(L^p\) -spectral triples for reduced \(L^p\) -group algebras of countable discrete groups with proper length functions and also for \(L^p\) UHF-algebras of infinite tensor product type, the latter inspired by E. Christensen and C. Ivan’s construction of a Dirac operator on AF C*-algebras. We prove that \(L^p\) -spectral triples associated with \(L^p\) -group algebras (provided that the length function is of bounded doubling) and those associated with \(L^p\) UHF-algebras are always metric.