The Battle Rages On...

The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 19 July 1993 in Europe.

Joe Lynn Turner was fired from the band during the early sessions, with Mike DiMeo initially chosen as his replacement.

Ritchie Blackmore allegedly became infuriated by Gillan's re-writes, believing the songs were more melodic in their original versions, and he left the band for the second and final time after a show on 17 November 1993 in Helsinki, Finland.

A handful of working tracks written during The Battle Rages On... sessions would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner under different song titles.

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where notedThe album received favorable reviews.