Muse LP to feature their 'hardest ever song'

Matt Bellamy has revealed that Muse's new album will feature their "hardest song" ever.

In a posting on the Muse forums, Bellamy also said that the record will feature a long-in-the-works orchestral track.

He wrote: "There is a new song in three parts, more of a symphony than a song, which I have been working on sporadically for many years.

"As a large percentage of the composition is orchestral, I have never wanted to collaborate with a string arranger as they may make it 'theirs'. So I have been arranging the orchestral elements myself, which is taking a long time.

"It should hopefully make the next album as the final three tracks."

Bass player Chris Wolstenholme added that he is optimistic about a late 2009 release, but conceded that the band's plans may change.

"It is more important for us to make the best album we have made to date, and if that means it comes out in 2010 then we don't mind," he said.

The group's last album, Black Holes And Revelations, was released in 2006.