Muse Aim To Include 'Hardest Song Ever' On New Album

Answering questions from fans on the Muse forum, bassist Chris Wolstenholme confirmed that work had started on the follow-up to their 2006 album "Black Holes And Revelations".

Wolstenholme wrote: "It would be nice to have the album out in the second half of next year [2009] but we have not set ourselves any targets. It is more important for us to make the best album we have made to date, and if that means it comes out in 2010 then we don't mind."

The star did add that he and the rest of the band were hoping to make the earlier release date.

The trio also revealed that the album could feature the "hardest song" frontman Matt Bellamy has ever written.

"There is a new song in three parts, more of a symphony than a song, which I have been working on sporadically for many years," said the singer, answering another question. "As a large percentage of the composition is orchestral, I have never wanted to collaborate with a string arranger as they may make it 'theirs'. So I have been arranging the orchestral elements myself, which is taking a long time. It should hopefully make the next album as the final three tracks."

Meanwhile the band also joked that having recently been given honorary doctorates they have been enjoying using their new titles.

One fan asked whether they had used the phrase "Trust me, I'm a doctor", to which drummer Dominic Howard joked: "I use that line every day... I just hope I'm not in the situation where someone takes me seriously and asks me to do something. At that point I will just have to offer a healing drumbeat."

Credits for the report to Nme.com.

Comments

[jammyninja]

Yay Muse . The title kind of infers "heavy" rather than "complex" but a lengthy orchestral song would be interesting to hear seeing as there were no particularly long songs on Absolution, I'm sure Matt will make it work. Hopefully some amazing riffs too. If the song turned out like the lovechild of Apocalypse Please and Butterflies and Hurricanes + a spazzy riff I would be pretty happy.

[ordinary_story]

Awesome.

[GuitarCrazyFrog]

Looking forward to this.

[Rasta Dogg]

Sounds cool, love the band and can't wait to hear what they come up with.
And what's the deal with "honorary doctorates"? Off to google...

[ndhdl]

cant wait its gonna be awesome

[NightEmbers]

Haha Trust me, Im a doctor.... cant wait! long orchestral pieces thats an immediate thumbs up for me

[korbhag]

New album in late 2009 means North American tour somewhere in 2010 or 2011! Finally!

[satyphan]

Best news today!!! Should have been top page...

[Deathsdoor99]

The title is misleading. I thought they were going to come up with some speaker-destroying, ear-drum bursting, riff-driven, over-distorted madness!!!

Then, I read the article.

[ravioli123]

Deathsdoor99 wrote:

The title is misleading. I thought they were going to come up with some speaker-destroying, ear-drum bursting, riff-driven, over-distorted madness!!!

Then, I read the article.

But thats what they usually do I have high hopes for this, just hope it doesn't turn out to be a pompous flop, but Bellamy hasn't let me down so far

[jeowy]

good blokes, funny, intelligent, and artistic. looking forward to the next album

"hard" as in what though? technically difficult to play? heavy? :S

[Kai07]

This looks good =]

I really like this band, I hope that the next album is as great as the last =D


AH who am I kidding, we know it will!

[Moozze]

Awesome! Please don't make it 2010 though!

No wait, take whatever time you need so we get something extremely awesome!

But do it fast...

...and take your time.

[Tom!!]

jeowy wrote:

good blokes, funny, intelligent, and artistic. looking forward to the next album

"hard" as in what though? technically difficult to play? heavy? :S

Matt was asked in a kinda Q&A going on at the Official Muse Forums "What song was the hardest to compose?"

And he answered with the quote in the article about these new Ochestral songs he is working on...

So he means Hardest to Write/Compose.

[Dempsey68]

"I use that line every day... I just hope I'm not in the situation where someone takes me seriously and asks me to do something. At that point I will just have to offer a healing drumbeat."

i lol'd

[Mihyaeru]

ooooo im excited about the orchestral piece i hopei ts on the album

[uk.mace]

Sounds awesome!

[LazySandman]

should be pretty cool... and i'd take that healing drumbeat any day

[kgesme21]

It's offical, the hardest song ever is by Muse. Trust them, they're doctors.

[RockGuitar92]

This should be awesome.

checked.

[happytimeharry]

I got goosebumps just thinking about what Bellamy and the guys are cooking up for this next album.

[llama_guitarist]

Oh man, I am so excited for this

It would be great if they came out with it during the summer and had a nice headlining tour of North America in the fall.

Either way, new Muse = excited me.

[Rothu]

Yea well they've better to beat Dream Theater on that one, at least when it comes to the technical side.

[Shinsen88]

Cool. Sounds pretty awesome.

[r3conmarine90]

Never been a huge fan of Muse, mostly cuz I've never listened to any of their songs outside of what gets on the radio. But of what I've heard I liked so this I def gonna be somethin to look into.

[dandoosh101]

Rothu wrote:

Yea well they've better to beat Dream Theater on that one, at least when it comes to the technical side.

Love Muse but seriously ? DT have Mike and John. Bloody virtuosos . I like muse better but Dt are technically better . Matts a better front man though

[a6l6e6x1]

i would bet anything its a MASSIVE dissapointment

[TimboSlice]

Considering the effortlessness with which he plays (everything), if Matt Bellamy considers anything difficult, I think it's safe to say that 36.2% of listeners will start bleeding from their ears.
Such a talented group, and a mind-blowing live show. Please teach me your ways.

[twat]

We are talking hardest to compose here not hardest to play. Musically Matt is one of the greatest songwriters of the 21st century without a doubt, but he is not necessarily technically the best at playing (although I have yet to see a better Rock pianist).

[Haha, Crackhead]

ravioli123 wrote:
But thats what they usually do I have high hopes for this, just hope it doesn't turn out to be a pompous flop, but Bellamy hasn't let me down so far

We're talking about Matt Bellamy, here. And, he's been working on it for many years. This cannot possibly turn out bad. It would be a musical fallacy.

I do have one question, though. If this is supposed to be a symphony, shouldn't it be in 4 parts?

[musefanatic]

Yay! That's awesome, I've been waiting for this. Bring on the rock symphony.

[ACG]

I read this like 3 days ago on the Muse forum but still amazing news. Can't wait for Matt's song, hopefully it gets on the album..

[whitestrat279]

Can't wait for this one!

[Higgzy]

And I Think This Is Gonna Be One Hell Of An Album When It Comes Out.

[deadlyMETAL]

That's Muse for you: awesome.

[crazymnm]

This is awesome, not a single negative comment! Woooo Muse!!!

[JeanMi36]

I came. Hard. Twice

I can't wait for the new album!

Go Muse!

[Minkaro]

So Matt's basically going to try to play Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch/150301737/sizes/o/ for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about. You'll probably recognise it straight away.

[joker_thief]

best news i've heard all day

[DieYouBastard]

I will just have to offer a healing drumbeat.

LOL, epic fail.

[David_Bowie=GOD]

muse is alright i guess, but I dont see why everyone loves and praises them so much, they are better than most of the crap out there nowadays in mainstream music, but thats not saying much.

[hairypineapple]

great band.. but they just arent funny

"At that point I will just have to offer a healing drumbeat."

[kaptink]

I wouldn't mind if they recorded someone hitting a spoon against a chair for an hour as long as it stays away from the problems of BH&R

[Pretty_Much]

This has got to be the most stupid and misleading title i have ever seen.

[CrabSoldier X]

this could be awesome hopefully it wont disappoint

[powerstroke]

David_Bowie=GOD wrote:

muse is alright i guess, but I dont see why everyone loves and praises them so much, they are better than most of the crap out there nowadays in mainstream music, but thats not saying much.

Because everything about them is amazing. The lyrics are smart, Bellamy's vocals are amazing, the guitar and bass are written to compliment each other well, and all in all every song is good. I have every song they've ever made including B-sides and shit and I can honestly say they've never written anything less than great. I'm sure whatever Matt is writing is going to be beautiful and the next album will kick ass and take names.

Checked

[korbhag]

David_Bowie=GOD wrote:

muse is alright i guess, but I dont see why everyone loves and praises them so much, they are better than most of the crap out there nowadays in mainstream music, but thats not saying much.

Watch HAARP and you'll understand everything.

[Sguit]

yay a new Muse album! I hope its gonna be as good as absolution and Black holes & revelations

[kill 'em pretty]

muse and progressiveness sounds like a first class mix to me.

[Dr Collosus]

hairypineapple wrote:

great band.. but they just arent funny

"At that point I will just have to offer a healing drumbeat."

Someone hasn't seen the Hullabaloo Documentary
Dom is hilarious

SIT THE F*CK DOWN!

I do hope this is a return to Muse's glory days. Ive been a fan since Origin, and im hoping for less pop (im looking at you starlight),and more Muse,

[exez]

hardest song ever ? but matt, if you include a hard song in ur album. how do we suppose to cover it ?

[caught22]

YES

[Table Salt]

This sounds absolutely amazing.

[redvetteZ06]

I am a doctor and I can say that rubbing that title in someone's face from time to time does have its perks. I'm usually not a douche however....

[stumaster18]

Gonna get it the first day it's out

[IamAwesomeness]

omg...i read in these comments one thing tht rly ticks me off...tht a band could be better becuz its more technical...or "technically better" god i hate tht term...and if u knew anything about music u would know tht technicality isnt wat makes music good...sumtimes the simplest things are the best...technicality has no effect on our brains just the things tht it creates and simple music can do the same thing. muse are muscial genius's cause they know how to arrange music so tht our brains find it most satisfying..thts why they hav honorary doctorates...

[Regression]

twat wrote:

We are talking hardest to compose here not hardest to play. Musically Matt is one of the greatest songwriters of the 21st century without a doubt, but he is not necessarily technically the best at playing (although I have yet to see a better Rock pianist).

He is a very good pianist, but there are better. Look at keyboard players in progressive bands.

[Steel_Wave]

Muse is so inventive and original with their music!
Yea, real creative, aren't they?
If you ask me, this only serves to make them look more arrogant and stupid than they were before.
It seems a good majority fans think that their music is so sensational and genius, and that Matt B. is the greatest guitarist of the 21st century.
But if you insist that "epic" sounding riffs are the most awesome and amazing thing you've ever heard, then be my guest, this is all just my opinion, I'm not going to stop anyone from listening to them.

[-kristaaa.]

now that, i'd love to see.
an amazing band, never fails to impress.
i'm sure whatever they've got coming will only make me love them that much more.
bellamy is a prodigy, honestly.

[verona_bassist]

haha..doctors

[mtllica]

I'm looking forward to this, I lvoed Black Holes and Revelations

[GoldSoundzUKNZ]

this is great news, i can't wait. it'd be cool to be in a band and a doctor...

[qwertyuiop13]

Steel_Wave wrote:

Muse is so inventive and original with their music!
Yea, real creative, aren't they?
If you ask me, this only serves to make them look more arrogant and stupid than they were before.

It seems a good majority fans think that their music is so sensational and genius, and that Matt B. is the greatest guitarist of the 21st century.
But if you insist that "epic" sounding riffs are the most awesome and amazing thing you've ever heard, then be my guest, this is all just my opinion, I'm not going to stop anyone from listening to them.

What the **** are you talking about dude.

[pingpong89]

ohhh cant wait to get this, wish i could just hibernate until it came out

[kalel182]

i couldn't expect less than a genious symphony from bellamy

[llama_guitarist]

Steel_Wave wrote:

Muse is so inventive and original with their music!
Yea, real creative, aren't they?
If you ask me, this only serves to make them look more arrogant and stupid than they were before.
It seems a good majority fans think that their music is so sensational and genius, and that Matt B. is the greatest guitarist of the 21st century.
But if you insist that "epic" sounding riffs are the most awesome and amazing thing you've ever heard, then be my guest, this is all just my opinion, I'm not going to stop anyone from listening to them.

I disagree with you, of course, but I respect the way you don't force your opinion. Kudos.

[TylerAOH&A7X]

dandoosh101 wrote:

Rothu wrote:

Yea well they've better to beat Dream Theater on that one, at least when it comes to the technical side.

Love Muse but seriously ? DT have Mike and John. Bloody virtuosos . I like muse better but Dt are technically better . Matts a better front man though

who IS the frontman of Dream Theater?? i overall HATE that term frontman, unless it REALLY applies, like if one guy was the one man band and wrote ALL the parts but had a backing band to play live, like Devin Townsend in the Devin Townsend Band or Jayson Sherlocke of Horde

[TylerAOH&A7X]

but if you had to consider a frontman for DT, who would it be??? id say either John Petrucci or Mike Portnoy...they both write about 90% of the lyrics, but then theres Jordan Rudess who completely intervenes with an amazing atmosphere

anywayz, hellz yea for MUSE!!!

[mafyoo]

I want to freeze myself and then unfreeze when the album comes out... xD

[jtaylor]

IamAwesomeness wrote:

omg...i read in these comments one thing tht rly ticks me off...tht a band could be better becuz its more technical...or "technically better" god i hate tht term...and if u knew anything about music u would know tht technicality isnt wat makes music good...sumtimes the simplest things are the best...technicality has no effect on our brains just the things tht it creates and simple music can do the same thing. muse are muscial genius's cause they know how to arrange music so tht our brains find it most satisfying..thts why they hav honorary doctorates...

Take a look at Protest the Hero or The Fall of Troy. They're both quite technical, AAAAAND they're music is aranged amazingly. I don't get why people keep mentioning Dream Theater, they're quite good musicians with a horrible singer and tacky song writing. I still like muse and have seen them live.. But theres so much better out there though.. really. I could name 10 bands that have they're shit together better than muse(not just a technical sense ofc..).

checked

[Shred Penguin]

Muse are pretty tasty, dream theater do get a bit tacky after a while, but still good. If youre into dream theater and can bare a bit of death growl definately get into opeth, especially their old stuff like the watershed album. But its true that not everything is about technical skill. After all everyone could argue about how their favourite band has more skill than your favourite band etc. but the reality is they'd probably both be pwned by some old jazz guys and peeps like mozart. So share the love not the hate! I'm pretty psyched about muse's new album. Just hoping that Bellamy doesnt dominate the rest of the band too much like he has done so before.

[Slainone]

The dream theater singer isnt that bad. I prefer them over muse anyday.

[David_Bowie=GOD]

powerstroke wrote:
I have every song they've ever made including B-sides and shit and I can honestly say they've never written anything less than great. I'm sure whatever Matt is writing is going to be beautiful and the next album will kick ass and take names.

well thats all still just opinion, i dont hate them, i do think they arent as good as everyone says though.

[Raizer Sabre]

they use "trust me, i'm a doctor" in some of their songs lol

[Orange Porridge]

David_Bowie=GOD wrote:

powerstroke wrote:
I have every song they've ever made including B-sides and shit and I can honestly say they've never written anything less than great. I'm sure whatever Matt is writing is going to be beautiful and the next album will kick ass and take names.

well thats all still just opinion, i dont hate them, i do think they arent as good as everyone says though.

Everything in a UG forum is an opinion . and thus Matt IS god, so are Chris n Dom to be fair

[linds4lif]

Yeah!

[TZguy]

bahhhh!! I cant wait! Im definitely getting it when it first hits stores. hopefully I can beat the other fans to it

[benrochlin]

Minkaro wrote:

So Matt's basically going to try to play Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch/150301737/sizes/o/ for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about. You'll probably recognise it straight away.

1) ^^ hahaha... proparly cool
2) bring on the muse. Really cant wait for this

[Patchy13]

Muse should come to Minnesota

I want their new album to be out so badly. XD

[Tahlee Reid]

Muse should come to Newcastle, Australia. Its the second biggest city in NSW. And muse is totally awsome.

[jsnpark]

2009

COME TO SYDNEY!!!

BIGGEST CITY IN AUSTRALIA

[Jamma]

As much as I like muse, this is the most stupid title of an article I've ever read and is obviously not true in any context.