Deep Purple is 'n Engelse musiekgroep gestig in Hertford in 1968. Die groep word gereken as die voorvaders van Heavy metal. 1968: Shades of Deep Purple 1968: The Book of Taliesyn 1969: Deep Purple 1970: Deep Purple in Rock 1971: Fireball 1972: Machine Head 1973: Who Do We Think We Are 1974: Burn 1974: Stormbringer 1975: Come Taste the Band 1984: Perfect Strangers 1987: The House of Blue Light 1990: Slaves and Masters 1993: The Battle Rages On... 1996: Purpendicular 1998: Abandon 2003: Bananas 2005: Rapture of the Deep 2013: Now What?! 2017: Infinite 2020: Whoosh! 2021: Turning to Crime Shades of Deep Purple album sleeve notes pp. 4–5. Wasler, Robert (1993). Running with the Devil: power, gender, and madness in heavy metal music. Wesleyan University Press. p. 10. Lys van heavy metal-kunstenaars