Queens of the Stone Age detail album, plan festivals

Josh Homme's Queens Of The Stone Age recently spoke with Billboard about their new record. The album will be titled Era Vulgaris (Latin for "Common Era") and will arrive in June. It follows up 2005's Lullabies To Paralyze.

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas are both scheduled to appear on the record, as is on-again/off-again contributor Mark Lanegan. The article also describes the album as harder and faster than past outings, naming songs "Sick, Sick, Sick," "Battery Acid," and "3's + 7's" as examples.

Lullabies was the first record following former Dwarves bassist Nick Oliveri's boot from the band. The period which also saw Homme scuffle with Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia, an incident that resulted in a court order to keep the two 100 yards apart at all times.

In addition, the band recently confirmed a number of European festival appearances this summer. You can click Read More for the dates.