On June 5, 2015, the rock band Muse presented their seventh studio album, Drones, in Europe, and on June 8, the album was presented in the UK. The first single from the album was the composition "Dead Inside", released on March 23, 2015, and the second was the track "Mercy", released on May 17. A week before the release of the album, videos for the tracks "Reapers" (May 29), "The Handler" (June 2), and "[JFK]" + "Defector" (June 3) followed. The words and music for all songs were written by vocalist Matthew Bellamy. The frontman shared in an interview that "the main themes of the album will be World War III, deep ecology and emotional rupture."
Tracklist:
- Dead Inside (04:24)
- [drill Sergeant] (00:21)
- Psycho (05:17)
- Mercy (03:52)
- Reapers (06:00)
- The Handler (04:34)
- [jfk] (00:55)
- Defector (04:33)
- Revolt (04:06)
- Aftermath (05:48)
- The Globalist (10:07)
- Drones (02:52)
