Muse' forthcoming new album 'Black Holes & Revelations' has leaked on file sharing and torrent sites online, weeks before it is officially available to buy.
The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2003's 'Absolution' is released on July 3rd.
The leak is suspected to originate from a promotional copy of the album which was sent out to journalists for review earlier this month.
One blogger at http://musicforants.blogspot.com described the album as follows: "I'm loving the album but wouldn't quite place it as high as Absolution
or Origin of Symmetry... yet. It definitely has some awesome songs on
it, but nothing that immediately blew me away like Hysteria or
Stockholm Syndrome did. It also doesn't have the same degree of killer
piano rock operas that I love so much like New Born or Butterflies
& Hurricaines. In spite of this, I think the album works fabulously."
"Muse
had played around with the "Spanish guitar" sound, but City of Delusion
is the first time Bellamy puts it to real good use and the results are
amazing. CoD is also the first time I remember hearing trumpets in a
Muse song, and they get repeated in Knights of Cydonia. There's a
noticable danceable quality to a few of the songs, which is something
that I've found myself enjoying (on Supermassive Black Hole its the
most obvious). The individual elements on the CD are strong. The fuzzy
bass is in full storm, Matt's voice sounds as good as ever, the drums
are out of this world, and the piano parts, although sparse, add a good
deal to their songs. The album doesn't have any really weak tracks, and
there's some nice variety on songs like Starlight which shows a traces
of U2."
"Finally, the song Knights of Cydonia is in the running
for the most bombastic, pretentious, epic, (pick your adjective), song
that Muse has made. It's the kind of song that can only be at the
beginning of a CD or the end (Muse chose the latter). It starts out
with the sound of horses galloping and lasers shooting off, has some
really crazy choral singing/screaming parts, and includes one of the
nastiest guitar breakdowns I've heard near the end of the song."
Tracklisting for the album is as follows:
01. Take A Bow
02. Starlight
03. Supermassive Black Hole
04. Map Of The Problematique
05. A Soldier's Poem
06. Invincible
07. Assassin
08. Exo Politics
09. City Of Delusion
10. Hoodoo
11. Knights Of Cydonia
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Muse' forthcoming new album 'Black Holes & Revelations' has leaked on file sharing and torrent sites online, weeks before it is officially available to buy.
"Muse
had played around with the "Spanish guitar" sound, but City of Delusion
is the first time Bellamy puts it to real good use and the results are
amazing. CoD is also the first time I remember hearing trumpets in a
Muse song, and they get repeated in Knights of Cydonia. There's a
noticable danceable quality to a few of the songs, which is something
that I've found myself enjoying (on Supermassive Black Hole its the
most obvious). The individual elements on the CD are strong. The fuzzy
bass is in full storm, Matt's voice sounds as good as ever, the drums
are out of this world, and the piano parts, although sparse, add a good
deal to their songs. The album doesn't have any really weak tracks, and
there's some nice variety on songs like Starlight which shows a traces
of U2."
