Today, Purpendicular feat. Ian Paice present the new track “Blood Red Moon,” the first single from the new studio album Banned, set for international release on October 10th via Metalville.
You can watch the official video for the song HERE at Metalville‘s official YouTube channel.
“Blood Red Moon” was inspired by a surreal moment when the wildfires in Portugal painted the night sky in ash and turned the moon a deep crimson. The track channels that haunting image into a driving rock anthem, filled with emotional urgency and atmospheric tension. It’s a sonic journey through devastation and reflection—where beauty emerges from chaos and silence burns louder than fire.
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, to 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 summarizes today’s sensitive culture, in that the slightest wrong word can get you banned, adding the pun Banned with the 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 the 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! Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Purpendicular’s Banned
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
PURPENDICULAR lineup
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)
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