Muse have tracks written for fifth album

Muse have been busy in the studio and already have a several tracks written for their next record.

As previously reported, Muse had tentatively started work on album number five, the follow up to 2006's 'Black Holes And Revelations', earlier this year.

Drummer Dominic Howard has now explained that the band wrote a few tracks ahead of their headline V Festival slots (August 16-17) and are set to head back to their studio near Lake Cuomo in Italy soon.

Speaking to BBC 6music Howard said: "We're working on new stuff and we're gonna have a couple of weeks off and then in about two weeks time we're back out to Italy to start writing again."

He added: "We've already done a few tracks and it sounds great, so we're just working towards the future."

Howard also admitted he was a massive fan of recent Reading And Leeds Festivals headliners Rage Against The Machine.

"The music they make is so from the heart, so passionate and really, they almost started a genre of music," he declared.

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