Latest Release
- 4 OCT 2024
- 3 Songs
- Black Holes and Revelations · 2006
- The Resistance · 2009
- Black Holes and Revelations · 2006
- Absolution · 2003
- Absolution · 2003
- Origin of Symmetry · 2001
- Drones · 2015
- Black Holes and Revelations · 2006
- Origin of Symmetry · 2001
- Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe) · 2018
Essential Albums
- Growing more dystopian by the album, Muse step into fighter mode on 2006’s <I>Black Holes and Revelations</I>, a nonstop cinematic thriller that seeks to set our minds free while setting the world ablaze. “Take a Bow” sets the apocalyptic scene with a simmering synth arpeggio that boils over into a forbidding rebel call: “You will burn in hell!” frontman Matt Bellamy bellows into the guitar-squiggling, techno-throbbing chaos. But the world can’t end without a stirring love story, and so he quickly slips into the role of romantic lead, aided by the hand-clapping rhythm of “Starlight” and the sexy funk groove of “Supermassive Black Hole”. One track later, on “Map of the Problematique”, the black hole comes to represent the terrifying void of loneliness, paced to the pulse of ‘90s Depeche Mode. That burning desire for human connection permeates the rest of this roaring epic, even through the militaristic march of “Invincible” and the System of a Down-inspired assault on “Assassin”, in which Bellamy orders for the destruction of “demonocracy”. By the album’s climax, all borders seemingly vanish, as the band weaves together Middle Eastern strings, mariachi trumpets, flamenco guitar, classical piano and spaghetti-western twang in its closing trio of tracks. The Four Horsemen eventually arrive, galloping into the blistering finale, “Knights of Cydonia”, a “Bohemian Rhapsody” for our darkest of hours. Like the best sci-fi blockbusters, this album will have your heart racing up to the very last second.
- 2003
- 2012
Artist Playlists
- This intense trio dragged progressive rock into the 21st century.
- Muse’s Matt Bellamy joins Zane to discuss the band’s latest album.
- The Teignmouth band's darkest, most menacing dystopian fantasias.
- Earth-shattering stadium rock and electro-bass in all its glory.
- “I think it's important to try and find some kind of hope.”
Compilations
Appears On
More To Hear
- Conversation around Muse's latest album, 'Will Of The People.'
- Matt Bellamy from Muse selects music and FaceTimes Zane.
- Matt Bellamy and Dominic Howard take us through their best cuts.
- Matt and Dom talk the band's “Something Human” and touring.
- New music from Khalid & Normani, Nipsey Hussle, Tinashe, and Muse.
- Matt Bellamy and Dom Howard talk “Thought Contagion."
More To See
About Muse
To get a sense of where Muse is coming from, consider that in 2016 the band was venturing to design a stage made of magnets so it would look like they were flying—like superheroes. The stage never happened, but the point stands: Few bands go as shamelessly big as Muse. Formed in Devon, England, in the mid-’90s, the trio fashioned themselves as a modern answer to ’70s prog, mixing Queen-like arena rock with electronic music and glam, layering their sound with narratives about drone warfare, government oppression, the idea that we’re all just lines of code living in a program we call reality—blockbuster fantasies that restored rock to a state of wide-eyed wonder. Though their approach has shifted and evolved over the years (the classical inflections of 2003's Absolution, the hard rock of 2015’s Drones, the electro sheen of 2018’s Simulation Theory), the core of their sound has stayed the same: Take something big and make it bigger. Still, the band has always maintained a good sense of humour about themselves. Speaking to Apple Music in 2015, singer Matt Bellamy recalled a night when bassist Chris Wolstenholme literally got stuck in an elaborate stage platform during a show—what Bellamy called “the Spinal Tap moment.” “There’s a seriousness in what we do,” Bellamy said. “There’s also an irony as well. And we always oscillate between those two things, and create something a bit different than both those things.” In 2022, they released their ninth studio album, Will of the People.
- ORIGIN
- Teignmouth, Devon, England
- FORMED
- 1994
- GENRE
- Alternative