Metallica, Iron Maiden and The Flaming Lips have all signed up to contribute tracks to a new Deep Purple tribute album.

The record, which is titled Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head, will see a selection of acts covering each of the tracks on Deep Purpleโ€™s classic 1972 album Machine Head.

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Also confirmed to appear are Black Label Society, guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana and rock supergroup Chickenfoot.

As well as this, a series of one-off collaborators will join forces to record some of the tracks. Among the musicians set to take part are Red Hot Chili Peppersโ€™ Chad Smith, ex-Guns Nโ€™ Roses men Matt Sorum and Duff MacKagan, Def Leppardโ€™s Joe Elliott and Steve Vai.

The collection is being put out in honour of Deep Purpleโ€™s Jon Lord, who died last month at the age of 71 after suffering a pulmonary embolism.

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Slash, Black Sabbathโ€™s Geezer Butler, Tom Morello, Jamie Cullum and Ewan McGregor were among those to pay tribute to Lord after he passed away.

The tracklisting for โ€˜Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Headโ€™ is as follows:

Carlos Santana โ€“ โ€˜Smoke On The Waterโ€™

Chickenfoot โ€“ โ€˜Highway Starโ€™

Glenn Hughes, Chad Smith and Luis Maldonado โ€“ โ€˜Maybe Iโ€™m A Leoโ€™

Black Label Society โ€“ โ€˜Pictures Of Homeโ€™

Kings of Chaos (Joe Elliott, Steve Stevens, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Arlan Schierbaum) โ€“ โ€˜Never Beforeโ€™

The Flaming Lips โ€“ โ€˜Smoke On The Waterโ€™

Jimmy Barnes, Joe Bonamassa โ€“ โ€˜Lazyโ€™

Iron Maiden โ€“ โ€˜Space Truckinโ€

Metallica โ€“ โ€˜When A Blind Man Criesโ€™

Glenn Hughes, Steve Vai, Chad Smith, Lachlan Doley โ€“ โ€˜Highway Starโ€™