Muse have revealed the Drones as title of their upcoming new album. The band shared the news in a 10-second video clip posted to Instagram, which featured footage inside the studio of a digital screen with the words, "Artist: Muse. Album: Drones" scrawled over it, backed by sounds of a drill sergeant barking orders.
The new effort will be the seventh studio album for the band and is expected to be released at some point this year, NME reports. It will follow up 2012's The 2nd Law, which spawned singles such as "Survival," "Madness," "Follow Me," "Supremacy" and "Panic Station."
Matt Bellamy spoke with NME about Muse's album plans, saying it would be more stripped down in comparison to their recent releases.
"I have this strong feeling that the next album should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we've experimented with on the last two albums," he said, "which is electronics, symphonics and orchestral work and all that kind of stuff."
On Twitter, Bellamy said that the album would feature themes of "Deep ecology, the empathy gap and World War 3." He also hinted at a "sequel" to the song "Citizen Erased" off 2001's Origin of Symmetry.
The band is also slated to play a handful of European festivals the summer, though no North American dates have yet been scheduled.
Check out the video clip below, and let us know what you think of the title in the comments section!
A video posted by @muse on Jan 26, 2015 at 4:17am PST
