Over two decades on from their classic Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) debut – an age in hip hop – the Wu-Tang Clan are gearing up for their sixth release as a group. Anyone who caught nearly the entire (remaining) Clan live at Stradbally last September can attest to the fact that the Wu are an extremely viable force live, now they're hoping it will translate to the studio.

It has been seven years since their last LP, 8 Diagrams, appeared. On Monday (Jan 6), a message was posted on their Facebook: "The new Wu album 'A Better Tomorrow' coming soon."

Though there is no scheduled date as yet, RZA announced in November that the album was a mere "45 days" away from completion. The production whizz stated that Raekwon had been holding up the process, whilst Ghostface Killah, GZA, Method Man and Inspectah Deck had all contributed their verses last summer.

With the Wu-Tang Clan, anything can happen, but all signs suggest the record will arrival early in 2014.