Deep Purple

Deep Purple, the biblical forefathers of rock and metal, released their new studio album, titled “SPLAT!”, on July 3 via earMUSIC. The band has just wrapped up a European tour promoting the new album, and we caught them in Vienna on 5.…

Deep Purple (support: Jayler)Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, 7:30 PM to 10:40 PMVienna (Wien) / Wiener Stadthalle - Halle D / Austria Who would have believed it, who would have dared to predict anything? Deep Purple, one of the essential, if…

Label: earMusicRelease date: July 3, 2026Genre: Hard Rock / Art RockProduction: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 50.24 minRating: 8.0/10 The hard rock patriarchs Deep Purple are among us once again with a new studio album, “SPLAT!”. With it…

Europe, the legendary Swedish hard rockers, are back on September 25 with a brand-new studio album titled “Come This Madness”. The band's twelfth studio record will drop via Silver Lining Music / Hell & Back Recordings. Below you…

Deep Purple, the biblical forefathers of rock and metal, will release a new studio album called “SPLAT!” on July 3 via earMUSIC. The album will be available in all formats and variants! You can already pre-order it. Below you'll…

Deep Purple, the biblical forefathers of rock and metal, will release a new studio album called “SPLAT!” via earMUSIC on July 3. The album will be available in every format and variety going! You can already pre-order it. Check…

Deep Purple, the biblical forefathers of rock and metal, will release a new studio album called "SPLAT!" via earMUSIC on July 3. The album will be available in all formats and variants! You can already pre-order it. With more than…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: July 19, 2024Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 52.19 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Deep Purple, the indestructible hard rock legends, just won't quit. Unlike their equally notorious and influential…

"Jon Lord – Concerto for Group and Orchestra"Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) and the Zagreb Philharmonic with the music of Deep PurpleLjubljana / Cankarjev dom / SloveniaSaturday, 25 March 2023 Every once in a while, a special kind of…

"With »Whoosh!« Deep Purple have made it loud and clear that they're in no rush to retire from the studio and are still having a blast making new music. Once again they've delivered an impressively solid record, on par with everything…

"The story behind the 50th anniversary of one of the most important albums in the history of rock music."

"The new single "Man Alive" announces that the creative muse is far from done with Deep Purple, even after the 'The Long Goodbye' tour, which signaled that retirement wasn't far off, and after their induction into the controversial 'Rock…

"Deep Purple ride on, then. Into infinity, into eternity! The iconic group crossed into myth and legend long ago. Given the form on display, the farewell is going to last a good while yet. And that's a good thing!"

"Many of those in the crowd at Zagreb's Arena were sorry to see the show by these indestructible rock veterans fly by while they were reveling in the one-of-a-kind Deep Purple evergreens, as the seasoned masters of music once again proved…

Plenty of people in Zagreb's Arena were sorry to see the show by these indestructible rock veterans fly by in a blink, lost in the joy of Deep Purple's one-of-a-kind evergreens. The seasoned masters proved once again that nobody can touch…

Label: Ear Music RecordsRelease date: 2017Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 45.47 minGenre: Heavy Rock/Hard RockRating: 8.0/10 After a four-year break from the studio, Deep Purple are back with "Infinite", their twentieth studio…

The hard rock champions will celebrate their fiftieth anniversary in 2018, and you can bet they'll mark it in a special way. If »Infinite« turns out to be their final studio album, they'll certainly be going out in grand style, because…

Mr. Gillan, who was in Portugal at the time of the interview, and I had an interesting phone chat about all sorts of topics from his rich musical career. A few closing words were also devoted to the July Deep Purple show in Ljubljana,…

Location: Majano / Festival Concert Area / Italy Date: Wednesday, 24.07.2013 These days, Deep Purple are, alongside Black Sabbath, the only 'old school' heavy rock band with roots in the sixties that can still fill big concert…

In great spirits and backed by top-notch sound in the middle of Majano, Deep Purple proved once again that they deserve everlasting respect and admiration from lovers of good music, because even after 45 years they remain one of the biggest…

Now what? Nothing, onward to fresh studio and live triumphs! »Now What?!« is by every measure the best Deep Purple album since »Purpendicular«, which is genuinely great news for everyone who had quietly written off the legendary old guard…

»All the Time in the World«, with both of its trimmed-down versions of the new songs, offers a rather bashful peek at the upcoming studio effort from the legendary patriarchs of hard rock, so leave it to their most devoted fans.

With »Rapture of the Deep«, Deep Purple convincingly proved they're nowhere near ready for the scrapheap. There's a lot more life in them than in plenty of their 'old-school' peers, who tend to spend their later creative years either…

On "Bananas," the legendary hard rock veterans got another much-needed sonic facelift, one that never would have happened without Airey's arrival, no matter how strange that may seem after the departure of his famous keyboard predecessor,…

Solid but unexciting, »Abandon« somehow lacked the real songwriting spark to earn a place among the classic Deep Purple albums. It did serve as a decent farewell for the legendary Jon Lord, who handed his Hammond organ over to Don Airey…

»Purpendicular« was a total rebirth for hard rock legends who'd been written off more times than anyone could count. With Morse on board, they made their best album since the mid-seventies and caught a fresh wind in their…

»The Battle Rages On«, the swan song of the Deep Purple Mark II lineup, was a surprisingly strong and consistent record as a whole, considering Blackmore and Gillan were locked in nonstop combat like two dragons.

»Slaves and Masters« was a seriously solid and utterly unique album that, for a brief moment, made Blackmore's melodic rock vision of the 'true' Deep Purple sound a reality, a logical stylistic continuation from where Rainbow…

»The House of Blue Light«, which rarely gets a mention these days, was a worthy successor to its celebrated, artistically more accomplished predecessor, which puts it somewhere in the golden middle of Deep Purple's studio output.

»Perfect Strangers« was the triumphant comeback of heavy rock legends everyone had already written off. They found their feet brilliantly in the radically changed technological and production landscape of the eighties and delivered one of…

"»Perfect Strangers« was a triumphant return for hard rock legends everyone had already written off. They found their feet brilliantly in the radically changed technological and production landscape of the eighties and delivered one of the…

Often overlooked, the classic »Come Taste the Band« is a worthy farewell to Deep Purple's seventies and an immensely valuable testament to Bolin's unique guitar talent, one that makes you forget Blackmore was ever gone.

"The often-overlooked classic »Come Taste the Band« is a worthy farewell to Deep Purple's seventies and an immensely valuable testament to Bolin's unique guitar talent, one that makes you forget Blackmore's absence altogether."

»Stormbringer« came flying in from a cloudy sky, came, saw and conquered, handing Deep Purple's Mark III lineup its last masterpiece, one loaded with an exceptionally juicy mix of styles.

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: November 16, 1974Production: Deep Purple & Martin BirchAlbum length: 36.31 minGenre: Hard Rock / Heavy RockRating: 10/10 "Stormbringer" was the ninth studio effort from British heavy rock legends…

"»Burn« was the magnum opus of the newborn Mark III lineup, which blazed with incredible fire from its very first post-birth pangs, hell-bent on showing the world a revitalized face of the legendary English heavy rock champions. For the…

»Burn« was the magnum opus of the newborn Mark III lineup, which burned with incredible fire from its very first labor pains, determined to show the world a revitalized face of the legendary English heavy rock champions.

»Who Do We Think We Are« is by far the least inspired album from the Mark II Deep Purple lineup. They fell apart in a gloomy atmosphere, a by-product of the studio slog their management forced on them and the constant Blackmore-Gillan…

" "Who Do We Think We Are" is by far the least inspired album from the Mark II lineup of Deep Purple, a band that fell apart in a gloomy atmosphere, a by-product of management-forced studio slogging and constant Blackmore-Gillan feuding,…

"'Machine Head' is the golden crown atop Deep Purple's finest studio efforts and the peak of the Mark II lineup, which created the band's most beloved classics to this day."

"Machine Head" is the golden crown atop Deep Purple's finest studio efforts and the peak of the Mark II lineup, the one that gave us their most beloved classics to this day.

"The experimental masterpiece »Fireball« is in many ways an even more interesting studio record than its famous predecessor, and it would've overshadowed it in every respect if it didn't have just one single flaw, going by the name…

This experimentally tinged masterpiece, »Fireball«, is in many ways an even more interesting studio record than its famous predecessor, and it would overshadow it in every respect if it didn't carry one single flaw named »Anyone's…

"Deep Purple in Rock" is a timeless heavy rock masterpiece and, without a doubt, the most important studio achievement in the whole Deep Purple story. It's also one of the most important rock albums of all time. With it, Mark II began their…

»Deep Purple in Rock« is a timeless hard rock masterpiece and, without a doubt, the most important studio achievement in the entire Deep Purple story.

"Concerto for Group and Orchestra" was an incredibly ambitious project for its time, the late sixties, and it deserves a special place in rock history, because it brought two completely different musical worlds together with real…

"Concerto for Group and Orchestra" was an incredibly ambitious project for its time, the late sixties, and it earns a special place in rock history, because it brought two completely different musical worlds together with real conviction.

"“Deep Purple” was, without a shadow of a doubt, the best record of the Mark I Deep Purple lineup. The legendary band hit its artistic peak here, with one foot already stepping toward the big stylistic shift that came right after Evans and…

»Deep Purple« was without a shadow of a doubt the best achievement of the Mark I Deep Purple lineup. This version of the legendary band hit its artistic peak and already had one foot in the big stylistic change that came right…

"Even though the band was on a rapid creative climb, the album completely bombed commercially on British soil, while the American response was likewise below expectations. Meanwhile, the first irreconcilable differences over the band's…

»The Book of Taliesyn« marks a clear artistic step forward from the Deep Purple debut, and proves that the members of this legendary band were in constant evolutionary motion when it came to shaping a recognizable sound and…

"Deep Purple's psychedelic-tinged debut is a vivid mirror of the original Mark I lineup, a band that leapt forward with every subsequent release, and today it's especially fascinating for anyone digging into the roots of heavy metal, hard…

The psychedelic-tinged Deep Purple debut is a vivid mirror of the original Mark I lineup, a band that leaped forward with every successive release, and today it's mainly of interest to anyone digging into the roots of heavy metal, hard rock…

Venue: Križanke / LjubljanaConcert date: 06.06.2010Attendance: 3000Ticket price: 45 € RockLine has already said and written plenty about picnicking at concerts with the legendary hard rock dinosaurs Deep Purple (if I'm not mistaken, going…

Author: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Dom sportova (velika dvorana) / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: June 5, 2010Attendance: 5Ticket price: €46.00 Some bands stick with us from the cradle to the grave. They keep us in rock! They hold us and…

Venue: Palazzo del Turismo / Jesolo (near Venice) / ItalyConcert date: 11.12.2009Attendance: 6000Ticket price: €40 Deep Purple are regulars on the concert circuit. Their peers hit their creative peaks in the early '70s, and in quite a few…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Olympiahalle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: November 15, 2008Attendance: 12,000Ticket price: €52.00 Rock titans Deep Purple on their 2008 autumn tour, with hot-blooded Swiss hard…

Venue: Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle / Stuttgart / GermanyConcert date: November 8, 2008Attendance: 12,000Ticket price: 48.40€ (standing) After finally pulling ourselves together following a wild night of hanging out and wandering…

Venue: Eishalle / Graz / AustriaConcert date: November 7, 2007Attendance: 4000Ticket price: €40.00 Lately Deep Purple somehow never manage to dodge our neck of the woods, or if not our neck of the woods, then at least direct contact with…

Venue: Hala Tivoli / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 04.10.2006Attendance: 4Ticket price: 9.500,00 SIT (39,64 €) - on the day of the show Old friends, old town, old band! By around 6 PM traffic on Celovška had visibly collapsed. It…

"The chemistry between the crowd and the band was incredible all night. Not a single flub to be heard. Purple took our breath away (as always) with their famous trademarks. Flawless solos and songs flowing into one another through witty…

Location: Festivalgelände / Wiesen / AustriaConcert date: 07.07.2006Attendance: 6500Ticket price: from 39,00€ to 65,00€ The day after Legends Of Rock! Morning at the campsite! Uuuu, my head! It felt like a tank had rolled…

Shortly before the release of Rapture of the deep, I chatted with Mr. Gillan on the phone... Vene: Rapture of the deep followed Bananas pretty quickly... Ian Gillan: There were a few years in between. V

"Unforgettable Rock In Izola 2004 with Requiem, Cheap Trick, Status Quo and Deep Purple!"

Location: Izola, Mestni StadionConcert date: 05.07.2004Attendance: 8000Ticket price: 8.900,00SIT I woke up this morning,… nope, no, it wasn't Ten Years After! Yep, I got up this morning and the first thing I did was pat myself down…

Deep Purple are among the pioneers of hard rock in music history, right up there with giants like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Since 1968 they've racked up an ocean of songs, albums and shows. There were plenty of lows, and maybe even…

Author: Peter Podbrežnik Location: Ljubljana / Hala TivoliConcert date: 04.12.2003Attendance: 6500 This report would never have existed if I hadn't believed so fiercely that I'd be at this show. After five years, the legendary British…