Rolling Stone is reporting that The Cure are recording their twelfth album in London with producer Ross Robinson (At The Drive In, The Blood Brothers). Frontman Robert Smith spoke to the magazine "We are trying to get a heavier sound than we've been associated with in the past… The heavier sound we're going for is more to do with the tempos and dynamics and the space were leaving… The more space you leave, the heavier you get. It's actually the antithesis of the new-metal assault, which is all about piling things on. It's going back to the Faith period, but making the sounds themselves a lot heavier and more savage."

The album is scheduled to be completed in February and released in summer `04 on Robinson's I Am Recordings label. The band will tour the US in support of it.