Includes "Highway Star (Live in Dresden)" (Japan Bonus Track). Deep Purple, the legendary British hard rock band that helped build rock history and remains active at the forefront, releases a new album, their first in about two years since their previous album "=1". Once again, this work was made with Bob Ezrin as producer. Returning to their roots, they wrote classic hard rock, and the members recorded together in the studio to complete a straight-ahead rock album. It is also a noteworthy work built around a concept by Ian Gillan (Vo). This new release comes while the excitement from their sold-out Nippon Budokan performance held in April 2026 has still not cooled down. After the release of this work, they are also scheduled to hold a long world tour covering more than 80 performances worldwide, and the legend will continue... (subject to change) Since this product is a worldwide simultaneous release item, delivery of the product will be on or after the release date.