Queens Of The Stone Age: new track 'The Evil Has Landed' is streaming now

Get your adrenaline pumping with one of QOTSA's finest songs to date

17:42 10th August 2017

With Queens Of The Stone Age's album just around the corner (25 August) they're cranking up the hype by unveiling 'The Evil Has Landed', which is classic guitar heavy QOTSA.

The de-tuned crunchy riffs, trademark falsetto vocals, and dirty solos suit lyrics of hedonistic abandon and will please fans of the band's Rated R album.

There are moments on the forthcoming album that are twists on their archetypal sound but this isn't one of the more severe. Changes, and sonics away from what their most known for are subtle.

Meanwhile, Queens Of The Stone have made their album available to pre-order with instant grat track that's streaming below and the first single 'The Way You Used To Do' landing in your computer instantly.

The first single was released in June and has amassed a staggering 3.6 million views in that time, indicating that the world's appetite for a bit of QOTSA is well intact after a four year absence of new music from them.

Their last album.. Like Clockwork was met with critical acclaim and probably their best since Songs For The Deaf. The follow up sees the band take on a pop producer, Mark Ronson, which raised some eyebrows in the rock community. But Josh Homme knows what he think's right as an artist and he's quite hard to argue against with this statement:

"The most important aspect of making this record was redefining our sound, asking and answering the question 'what do we sound like now?' If you can’t make a great first record, you should just stop—but if you can make a great record but you keep making records and your sound doesn’t evolve, you become a parody of that original sound."

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15. 'Go With The Flow': No doubt a QOTSA gateway track for many, 'Go With The Flow' is a visceral testament to the band's legacy. Raw, intense, and a riff that will make you want to learn guitar, it has everything.
14. 'Burn The Witch': Straight off 2005's Lullabies To Paralize, 'Burn The Witch' is perfect proof of QOTSA's ability to take a simple, infinitely catchy hook and build an effortless anthem around it.
13. 'If I Had A Tail': Indicative of Like Clockwork's dark, foreboding ambience, 'If I Had A Tail' is one of qotsa's most ominous tracks, and thus one of their most intriguing.
12. 'Little Sister': We've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.
11. 'Make It Wit Chu': Romantic and QOTSA don't usually belong in the same sentence, but this twisted ode to modern love saw Homme show his sweet side, a rare yet beautiful thing.
10. 'Sick Sick Sick': From subtle romance to all out intensity, the polarity between ferocious instrumental foundations and Homme's relaxed vocal delivery on 'Sick Sick Sick' justifiably places it as one their best.
9. '3's and 7's': Like a runaway train, '3's and 7's' feels gloriously unpredictable, no matter how many times you listen to it.
8. 'First It Giveth': One of the tracks that ushered in the band's worldwide breakthrough, 'First It Giveth' established QOTSA's signature sound early on, a raw yet polished take on rock foundations.
7. 'My God Is The Sun': The perfect fusing of their old and new sounds that perfectly encapsulated the group's growth over the last decade, 'My God Is The Sun' was one of the fundamental reasons why Like Clockwork received such critical acclaim.
6. 'Monster In The Parasol': One of the lesser known singles from the early days, this track is still a firm favourite in Queens' frankly amazing live show, and rightly so, it's a banger. With acid-fuelled lyrics and a menacing stoner-rock groove, let's pray they bring this out at R L.
5. 'Mexicola': One of the band's more bass-led tracks, 'Mexicola' is the type of song that makes you want to walk down the street like a badass, a heavy smash with urgent, passionate vocals. Josh Homme says that everyone needs a theme song in life, make this yours.
4. 'Smooth Sailing': Another one from Like Clockwork, 'Smooth Sailing' is about as bombastic as QOTSA get, a funky yet powerful smash with an unashamedly huge chorus. It's also oh so sexy.
3. 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer': A fuzzy classic from the back catalogue, 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer' is a call to arms for QOTSA fans, a visceral romp through the band's vices over intense foundations. The ultimate hedonism anthem.
2. 'No One Knows': No doubt their most iconic song, 'No One Knows' is a bona fide piece of rock history, a ferocious statement of intent from the group that even your mum will recognise. Expect this to be one of THE defining moments of Reading and Leeds.
1. 'A Song For The Dead': ...and so we've hit number one, are you really surprised? Their classic set-closer and perhaps career-definer, 'A Song For The Dead' brings together everything we love about QOTSA and condenses it into six minutes of near-perfect rock.