Muse Drones

Muse has announced their new album to be titled Drones through their Instagram account. In a 10 second video a blue and black screen appear with the text Artist: Muse. Album: Drones. It should be noted that a spokesperson for Muse declined the opportunity to confirm the album title according to the NME.

Matt Bellamy have previously stated that the album will be more rock oriented: "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, which is electronics, symphonics and orchestral work and all that kind of stuff."

Just a few minutes ago, Muse posted the artwork and release date to Facebook! "Drones" is set to release on June 8th!

1. Dead Inside
2. [Drill Sergeant]
3. Psycho
4. Mercy
5. Reapers
6. The Handler
7. [JFK]
8. Defector
9. Revolt
10. Aftermath
11. The Globalist
12. Drones
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A video on vimeo has appeared and it seems to be the 'making of' of two tracks of the album, 'The Globalist' (supposed to be the sequel of 'Citizen Erased') and 'Defectors':

https://vimeo.com/123294061

"Mercy," which premieres on BBC Radio 1 tomorrow, leaked this morning on various muse facebook groups and the .mu message board.

NME has given the album 7 out of 10. They reference the album as "the most focused Muse album since 2006’s ‘Black Holes And Revelations’, but the weirdness (obviously) lingers."

Today Reapers Lyric video appeared as part of a game of Muse's website 'drones.muse.mu'

Another new song from the album, entitled 'The Handler', has been confirmed for release today after reports from fans using spotify.

The Handler was indeed premiered on June 1st in a surprise reveal on BBC Radio 1.

The Handler is available both on music stream services Spotify and Deezer.