ROCK God Brian May described them as a potent young Deep Purple and they've been tipped for the top by a host of showbiz names.

New hard rock band Inglorious release their self-titled debut album in February and follow it up with a UK tour, visiting The Brook on February 23.

Inglorious are five young men with a mutual love and respect of the classics of Hard Rock music, big guitar riffs, and soulful vocals. Their influences stem from iconic rock and roll shrine of Rock albums from the 1970s – many years before the band members were born.

It's clearly inspired by classic rockers Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, Bad Company, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, to name a few.

Formed in February 2014, the band is fronted by Nathan James, who made a name for himself having sung for the multi-platinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Scorpions guitar legend Uli Jon Roth.

Inglorious is also made up of rhythm guitarist Wil Taylor, lead guitarist Andreas Eriksson, bassist Colin Parkinson, and drummer Phil Beaver.

For tickets, visit the-brook.com or call 023 8055 5366.