Queens of the Stone Age are to begin recording a new album this month, with keys player Dean Fertitas revealing that the band are champing at the bit to start putting songs down on tape.

He says “Everybody seems excited and ready to go. We’ve got so many ideas started already; I guess we’ll see what turns out to be everybody’s favorite. It’s very much still (Josh Homme’s) band, but I think all of us really feel like we’ve found our space in it and can contribute to it as well.”

A release date and title for the follow up to 2007’s Era Vulgaris are yet to be announced.

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