MUSE DETONATE REALITY WITH NEW SINGLE ‘UNRAVELLING’—A COSMIC MELTDOWN IN FOUR MINUTES

June 21, 2025 rocknews

Just when you thought the space-time continuum was safe, Muse have returned to tear it apart—note by note, riff by riff—with their brand-new single Unravelling. Dropped like a sonic warhead onto streaming platforms yesterday, this track isn’t just a song—it’s a full-blown existential crisis wrapped in synths, distortion, and Matt Bellamy’s apocalyptic poetry.

Opening with haunting, arpeggiated synths that feel like the soundtrack to a collapsing star, Unravelling quickly mutates into a snarling beast of barbed riffs and theatrical grandeur. Produced by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me The Horizon, Blink-182), the track is a genre-bending juggernaut that fuses the dystopian shimmer of Simulation Theory with the raw, riff-heavy chaos of Absolution and Origin of Symmetry.

Bellamy’s lyrics are pure Muse: cryptic, cosmic, and catastrophically romantic. “An insect trapped in amber, I’m a fading pulse,” he croons, before the track detonates into a chorus that sounds like the end of the world scored by Queen and Nine Inch Nails in a blender.

The band debuted Unravelling live in Helsinki last week, sending 50,000 fans into a frenzy at Rockfest. It’s now the opening salvo of their summer festival tour, with headline slots at Hellfest, Pinkpop, and Mad Cool Festival. And yes, they’re already teasing album number ten—expected to land in 2026 like a meteor of prog-metal glory.

But before we spiral too deep into the black hole of Muse’s latest era, let’s take a moment to appreciate the madness that brought us here. Behold:

TOP 10 MIND-MELTING MUSE FACTS

Matt Bellamy once tried to buy a haunted house—because of course he did. The man writes songs about apocalypse and alienation; ghosts are just roommates.
Muse holds the Guinness World Record for most guitars smashed on a tour—140 axes obliterated during the Absolution tour. That’s not a band, that’s a demolition crew.
They were banned from playing in a Liverpool venue in 2000 after setting off the fire alarm with their pyrotechnics. Rock and roll, baby.
Bellamy owns a custom Manson guitar with a built-in Kaoss Pad—because why not turn your guitar into a spaceship?
Muse’s 2012 Olympics performance of “Survival” was so intense it made the Queen blink. Probably.
They once played a gig in a blizzard in Norway—and didn’t miss a note. The crowd? Frozen. The band? On fire.
Chris Wolstenholme battled alcoholism during the recording of The Resistance—and came out the other side stronger, sober, and still thundering on bass.
Muse’s live shows have featured drones, giant robots, and floating pyramids—because subtlety is for amateurs.
They’ve cited Queen, Rage Against the Machine, and Rachmaninoff as influences—which explains a lot, and also nothing.
Their name was almost “Rocket Baby Dolls”. Let that sink in. Somewhere in a parallel universe, Rocket Baby Dolls are headlining Glastonbury.

What’s Your Ultimate Muse Moment?

With Unravelling, Muse aren’t just back—they’re reborn, recharged, and ready to rewrite the laws of sonic physics. If this is the beginning of their next chapter, then buckle up, because the end of the world has never sounded so good.

So whether you’ve been air-guitaring through Plug In Baby since the early 2000s or lost your mind at the mind-melting drones of the Drones tour, we want to hear from you. What’s your favorite Muse track? Got a moment that blew your socks off at a gig? Or maybe Unravelling just climbed straight to the top of your playlist and rewired your synapses?

Drop your thoughts in the comments, share your wildest Muse memory, and let the debate rage like a Bellamy solo in zero gravity. Because let’s face it—no one just likes Muse. You survive them.