Deep Purple Recording In The Studio, Will Release New Album In 2013

Deep Purple has announced that the band members will extend their time in the studio in order to finish the follow-up to their 2005 LP, Rapture of the Deep. The group says that it hopes to release the new album sometime in 2013.

In a post to its official site, the group said the scope of the album made the extension necessary:

"Deep Purple are very excited by the prospect of making a new and significant album. To that end they have decided to extend their writing and recording period through the Summer of 2012."

Front man Ian Gillan added that fans should try to exercise patience.

"We know we will disappoint some of our fans this Summer however we look forward very much to our Autumn/Winter Tour and continuing our Worldwide tour with our new album in 2013," he said.

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