Deep Purple have brought Splat into the Official UK Albums Chart at No.12.
The record entered the chart for 10–16 July 2026 during a week led by Madonna’s Confessions II, with Sienna Spiro’s Visitor at No.2.
Another veteran guitar band still making new records
Deep Purple’s appearance in the UK Top 20 is another reminder that long-established rock bands can still cut through during a release week dominated by contemporary pop and streaming-heavy catalogue titles.
The same chart also contained Oasis, My Chemical Romance, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Linkin Park, The Killers and other guitar-led names across its Top 100, showing how broad the audience for rock remains even when it is spread across new releases and catalogue listening.
For Imminent Infinity, the interesting part is not nostalgia on its own. It is the fact that new guitar records continue to arrive alongside decades of catalogue music and still find an audience willing to listen — and buy.
