Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968.[1] They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock,[2][3] although their musical approach changed over the years.[4] Originally formed as progressive rock band, the band's sound shifted to hard rock in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-Seventies".[5] They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre,[6][7] and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide,[8][9][10][11] including 7.5 million certified units in the US.[12]
Is no longer a mystery that Deep Purple is going to release a new album in April this year, (actually there are 38 more days until the album is going to be released). They even released a new song, All The Time In The World, and now they unveil the album cover and also the Now [...]
Jon Lord is immortal – just ignore everything you may read or hear in the media. His spirit, his heart, his legacy lives on – and Deep Purple lives on. For some reason, I’ve been having a really good feeling in my stomach about their upcoming album – and this song definitely confirms. Somehow reminiscent [...]
The rock legends are back ladies and gents, and we’re really really excited to see what they have sound like after all these years. But until we get our hands on the actual songs in April, we’ll just have to settle for this little teaser. Producer Bob Ezrin, who also worked with Pink Floyd, KISS, [...]
Deep Purple recently confirmed that on 30th April this year, are going to release a new album, after numerous rehearsals in Europe. Not that they recorded, but they even mixed the entire project in Nashville with the producer Bob Ezrin. In a recent interview for the 100% Rockmagazine, Ian Gillan talks about how this new material [...]
In case you’ve been living on some other distant planet, you know that in every shop you go there’s at least one record in the ‘must have’ section that involved Ritchie Blackmore. Whether it’s from Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s night or any other project he’s been involved in, you know it’s a work of art. [...]
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