MUDVAYNE Says Something Is 'Coming'

The Pulse of Radio reports: MUDVAYNE's MySpace page has recently changed, with all the usual features going away and replaced by a simple, riff-heavy music loop and a black screen that displays a message in bursts of static. The message reads, "It's happening. It's coming. Are you ready?" This is the first sign of activity in a while from the Illinois-based band, whose fourth studio album was initially slated to come out late last year and was subsequently bumped to an unspecified release date while the group recorded additional music. According to Harddrive Radio, management has said that the yet-to-be-titled disc could now surface in November.

Drummer Matt McDonough told The Pulse of Radio recently that he's been concerned about staying in shape during the band's long layoff. "Yeah, I'm not getting any younger, so I love to run, I've got a nice elliptical here at my house, but nothing compares to being onstage and playing my drums," he said. "I mean, you can sit down at a kit by yourself in your basement and it's just — the energy isn't the same. And I don't think you, for me, I don't play the same way. So I'm a little nervous about going back onstage again. It's gonna be some work to get my stage legs."

MUDVAYNE's last all-new studio effort, "Lost and Found", came out over three years ago.

The quartet issued a collection of fan-selected rarities called "By The People, For The People" in 2007. It featured one new track called "Dull Boy" (see video below).

MUDVAYNE was initially rumored as one of the big acts on this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour, which is co-headlined by DISTURBED and SLIPKNOT, but those plans never materialized.

Singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett spent most of last year and the first part of 2008 touring with their other group, HELLYEAH, which also includes members of PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN and NOTHINGFACE.