English rockers Muse have revealed that their dubstep-tinged new album ‘The 2nd Law’ was inspired by none-other than brostep pioneer Skrillex.
The world-famous rockers, who’ve always been known to incorporate electronic sounds or influences into their music, recently unveiled their forthcoming album ‘The 2nd Law’ - and its trailer revealed a rather drastic change in sound.
Luckily for hardcore fans, the sickly bass wobble of dubstep is apparently only evident in one track on the LP, but frontman Matt Bellamy has revealed that though dubstep may not be their new genre - it’s definitely had an influence on the whole of the record.
“We went to see Skrillex in Camden around October,” Bellamy told NME. “We went, 'Fuck, it's so heavy', loved it. It was like a full metal gig, they had circles of death, people were moshing, I hadn't seen a reaction like that to electronic music before. We took inspiration and came up with [album track] 'The 2nd Law: Unsustainable'.”
He continued: “The moshpit has moved from guitars and gone towards the laptop, so with that song we're trying to see if we can challenge the laptop. We created something that was dubsteppy but we wanted to see if we could do it with real instruments. We wanted to ask, 'Can rock bands compete with what these guys are doing?”
‘The 2nd Law’ is set to hit shelves on September 17th - and if their brand new record is up your street, you can catch the band touring it throughout October. Check the dates and details below to find Muse tickets through Stereoboard.
Wed October 24th 2012 - SECC, Glasgow
Fri October 26th 2012 - O2 Arena, London
Sat October 27th 2012 - O2 Arena, London
Tue October 30th 2012 - LG Arena, Birmingham
Thu November 1st 2012 - Arena, Manchester
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