Purpendicular feat. Ian Paice have set to release their new studio album “Banned” on October 10th, 2025, via Metalville Records.
In the hot summer of 2024, the band decided to write their fourth album in a remote village high in the mountains near Porto, Portugal.
The concept was agreed on the first night but that concept took a twist when the devastating fires took place that very evening, putting the lives of the band in grave danger.
The band were rescued off the mountain from their villa, too a safer option and to an alternative accommodation where they spent the night watching the fires rage on the veranda.
It was here titles and more ideas came to fruition, to add to the already conceptual theme of “Banned” which summarises todays sensitive culture, in that the slightest wrong word can get you banned, adding the pun “Banned” with last two letters before the last D in the word being crossed out equaling the word Band.
With all this in mind and the whole band in agreement, it was then decided to add an autobiographical theme also, telling the story of events as they unfolded that treacherous night where many people lost their lives and homes.
The final recordings of the album were completed in Italy, Poland and UK. The record is produced by Alessandro Debiaggi and Robby Thomas Walsh. It is a fresh modern look back at the 70s! It is advised to play this Record very loud!
Tracklist:
1. Inferno
2. Beast
3. The Escape
4. Blood Red Moon
5. You Better Behave
6. Banned
7. Too Hard to PLease
8. Seventies Kid
9. The End
European Tour Dates 2025:
17.09. Aarhus(DK) – Train
18.09. Horsholm(DK) – Trommen
19.09. Kolding(DK) – Forum
20.09. Borreby(DK) -Gods
21.09. Greve(DK) – Portalen
23.09. Hamburg(D) – Markthalle
24.09 Drachten(NL) – Iduna
26.09. Zoetermeer(NL) – Boerderij
27.09. Amsterdam(NL) – Q-Factory
29.09. Prague(CZ) – Doupe
01.10. Prague (CZ) – Lucerna Show
02.10. Liberec (CZ) – Dum Kultury
03.10. Pardubice (CZ) – Ideon Kultury Dum
04.10. Plzen(CZ) – Depo 205
06.10. Prague (CZ) – Lucerna
07.10. Brno(CZ) – Sono Music Club
08.10. Ostrava(CZ) – Barrak
09.10. Bratislava(CZ) – Majestic
19.10. Bernau (D) – Stadthalle
20.10. Aschaffenburg(D) – Colos Saal
21.10. Bensheim (D) – Rex
24.10. Regensburg (D) – Airport Halle
26.10. Nürnberg (D) – Hirsch
27.10. Koblenz (D) – Hahn
28.10. Ingolstadt (D) – Eventhalle Westpark
29.10. Bonn (D) – Harmonie
Line-up:
Robby Thomas Walsh (Ireland) – Vocals
(Roger Glover, Tony Carey, Joe Lynn Turner)
Ian Paice (UK) – Drums
(Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Gary Moore)
Murray Gould (UK) – Guitars
(Eric Clapton, Elton John, Joe Bonomassa)
Alessandro Debiaggi (Italy)- Keyboards
(Has toured with Ian Paice Purpendicular since 2022)
Mauricio Torchio (Italy) – Bass
(Has toured with Ian Paice Purpendicular since 2022, here replacing the
unavailable Nick Fyffe)
