Deep Purple, Infinite (2017) A Review

Deep Purple, Infinite (2017) A Review

By: Ghost Writer

2013's Now What? Was an impressive comeback recording by British veterans Deep Purple, I bet few people thought that this legendary metal machine would be able to make such an outstanding recording after more than 5 decades of recording history, but Now What? easily proved everyone wrong, and although less surprising, this year Infinite, recorded by the same line up, seems destined to share the creative spark of it predecessor, the windy keyboards of Time to Bedlam reminds me a bit of Van Halen's 1984 and then comes in Ian Gillan near Gregorian vocals, it’s an engaging melody with Steve Howe admirable guitar histrionics and Gillan solid reputation in putting in full display, although i'm a little puzzled by Howe's guitar getting to close to Ritchie Blackmore's snake charming magic, but I guess that's part of DP trademark sound, Din Airey is just perfect keeping a complex work divided between classic and contemporary, while powerhouse rhythm section is just perfect, solid and marauding.

For Hip Boots it's Gillan time to take the spotlight on a true rock n rolling performance, with Airey and Paice playing really hard and the whole band doing wonders in order to revitalize their sound perfectly backed by legendary producer Bob Ezrin on the mix board, with Ezrin hand felt heavy on the EPIC All I Got is You with Gillan powerful voice driven by Airey hardcore keys, it could be easy to call Infinite a Gillan-Airey-Paice record, just check out One Night in Vegas, with Paice earth shattering drumming, Airey omnipresent keyboards and Gillan again totally stealing the show, and the formula repeating again and even louder and better on Get Me Outta Here.

Steve Howe finally rise the bar on tracks like Johnny 's Band and On Top of the World where his blistering guitar histrionics are thunderously heard in between Paice monster drums and Airey energized keys, and the whole band explodes to infinity on Birds of Prey, where you can feel all the power this legendary band is able to display, classic, progressive and imaginative, the band takes numerous risks here almost attempting at creating a new brand of sound within the classic band's frame, and of course they succeed, is a sound heavy to endure, colossal in its nature compared to today's standards but one that reflect that even this experienced cats are learning new tricks and putting them to use in a fearlessly way, even risking it all in the end on the Doors classic Roadhouse Blues with Airey and Gillan close to spectacular almost making you forget about Morrison and Manzarek, making Infinite a truly inspiring event, not unlike fellow British metal warriors Black Sabbath, both living proof that this metal machines are alive and well (although Sabbath is about to say goodbye definitely to the stage) and capable of showing a strength that mist of today metal acts can only imagine achieving.