Kasabian are to give away their new single, 'Vlad The Impaler', as a free download.

Fans will be able to download the song from 7.30pm on March 31st to midnight April 3rd via the band's official website.

The track, written by guitarist Serge Pizzorno, is taken from Kasabian's forthcoming album 'The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum’.

“'Vlad...' is a total chaos tune,” Pizzorno said. “It’s a call out to all our people, the ones who are tuned into our radio station.”

The band are to debut a video for the song, which is directed by IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade, on March 31st.

The video features a guest appearance from Mighty Boosh actor Noel Fielding.

'The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum’ is released on June 8th.

(by Jason Gregory)