Deep Purple's Splat! confirms the band's enduring golden age with their 24th studio album
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Ian FortnamReviews Editor, Classic Rock
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Deep Purple's 24th studio album "Splat!" confirms the band is enjoying a golden age in their Mark IX incarnation, following the significant return to relevance marked by 2024's "=1". The review highlights Ian Gillan's conscious decision to avoid screaming at the peak of his range, and celebrates the band's continued creative vitality and musical relevance decades into their career.
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Inevitably, time's passage has to be respected. Ian Gillan made a conscious decision to eschew screaming at the very peak of
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