Deep Purple have announced their new album ‘Splat!’, with a world tour to follow later in the year.

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The legendary rock band, led by Ian Gillan, will release their 24th studio record, and their follow-up to 2024’s ‘ =1 ’, on July 3 via earMUSIC, and you can pre-order/pre-save your copy here .

‘Splat!’ sees Deep Purple reuniting with the celebrated producer Bob Ezrin ( KISS , Pink Floyd , Lou Reed ), and it has been described as one of the group’s heaviest albums in several years, with the tracks having been laid down live in the studio.

Gillan has said: “Where we are now with this incarnation of Deep Purple feels very much like a very ‘now’ version of Deep Purple as it was in the seventies.”

“I have to say, now we are very much back in with material that is compatible with ‘Highway Star’, ‘Smoke on the Water’, ‘Lazy’ – the dynamics, the balance, and the fun of the music we made from ‘69 to ‘73.…