Muse have begun demoing material for the follow-up to 2006's Black Holes & Revelations.
"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," said drummer Dom Howard in an interview with the BBC's 6 Music. "We've already done a few tracks and it sounds great, so we're just working towards the future."
The band's as yet untitled new album is expected to surface early next year.