Foo Fighters have revealed new details of their upcoming eighth studio album. Sonic Highways, due out on 10 November, was recorded in eight different cities, with a different "local legend" recorded on each song.
"This album is instantly recognisable as a Foo Fighters record, but there's something deeper and more musical to it," Grohl said in a statement. "I think that these cities and these people influenced us to stretch out and explore new territory, without losing our 'sound'."
Butch, who is a member of Garbage, has worked with Grohl on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and also produced the Foo Fighters' previous LP, 2011's Wasting Light describes the forthcoming album to be "Epic".
The album's other guests are rumoured to include Public Enemy's Chuck D, Fugazi's Ian MacKaye, the Eagles' Joe Walsh, Heart's Nancy Wilson, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes and Kiss frontman Paul Stanley. The album will also be documented in an eight-part HBO miniseries, due to premiere on 17 October.
Their eighth studio LP, coincidentally recorded in 8 different studios, in 8 different cities across the States will be accompanied by a mini series, Sonic Highways, set to broadcast on HBO, which will document the process of the as-yet-untitled album.
With Grohl at helm, Sonic Highways is set to debut in October 17, following his directorial debut in 2013's Sound City. The singer/guitarist describes the project as "a love letter to the history of American music."
The cities included are Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, Austin, Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle and New Orleans. Studios involved with the project include Rancho De Luna in Seattle; Steve Albini's Electrical Audio in Chicago, and Washington, D.C's Inner Ear Studios. Each episode will feature interviews from artists who recorded at the respective studios. Among them are Paul Stanley of Kiss, Ian Mackaye of Fugazi, Joe Walsh of The Eagles and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick.
Rumors are going around that a tour across the US supporting the new album might be in the works.
Foo Fighters have sold more than 25m albums since 1995. They are scheduled to perform at London's Invictus Games closing ceremonies on 14 September.
Sonic Highways track list:
1. Something From Nothing
2. The Feast and The Famine
3. Congregation
4. What Did I Do?/God As My Witness
5. Outside
6. In The Clear
