The band are set to begin recording the follow-up to 2007's 'Era Vulgaris' in January Keyboardist Dean Fertita revealed.

"Everybody seems excited and ready to go. We've got so many ideas started already; I guess we'll see what turns out to be everybody's favorite," Fertita told Billboard.

He added: "It's very much still [Josh Homme's] band but I think all of us really feel like we've found our space in it and can contribute to it as well."

Queens Of The Stone Age released a 10th anniversary edition of 'Rated R' in August.

(by Holly Frith)