Darkness on the edge of Ireland

Speaking with Classic Rock Magazine, The Darkness front man Justin Hawkins revealed that Ireland was the perfect place for rock and roll inspiration.

"We’ve been writing it on a remote island just off the coast of Ireland,” said Hawkins. “It’s been a really inspirational place to work and a real luxury to be able to do that. It’s a great place to write songs. There’s really nothing to do but rock out and enjoy the scenery and the Atlantic. We have loads of super-strong material.”

It's not clear exactly what island the Suffolk rockers visited, but Justin's brother and bandmate, guitarist Dan Hawkins, revealed that Ireland may yet play a further part in the record.

"We’re even talking about recording it in Kerry too," he said. "I can’t tell you what sort of effect the place has had on us. It’s just triggered some of these medieval, Led Zep-style riffs that we’ve been missing for a while."

The recording of the new work is set to start this August or September.