Vincent Price

"Vincent Price" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple. Featured on their 19th studio album, titled Now What?!, the track is both the second single from the album and the last track on it. The band confirmed the single's release on 6 May 2013, sending messages via their official webpage and Facebook account. Featuring a hard rock and progressive metal inspired style, reminiscent of past horror films, the song came out on the following day. The group made it available as a digital download, as an expanded CD release, and as a seven-inch transparent vinyl record. The band created a music video for the track, their first official video as such in seventeen years, and it soon received distribution through various music related publications, Blabbermouth.net being an example. In terms of songwriting, all of the then current band-members (Don Airey, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, and Ian Paice) helped to compose the track alongside producer Bob Ezrin. Background and song contents The song is a tribute to the late classic horror movie icon Vincent Price, and it features sonic as well as lyrical references to numerous tropes associated with horror films. Examples include dramatic sounds of thunder and mysterious wailing noises as well as lyrical references to human sacrifice and vampirism. All of the then current Deep Purple band-members (Don Airey, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, and Ian Paice) served as songwriters for the tune alongside producer Bob Ezrin. Coming out of the group's typical jams, its style is reminiscent of instrumental film soundtracks while also having a hard rock and progressive metal based sound. In terms of the track's creation, Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has remarked,