Muse to release sixth album in September 2012

Muse's Matt Bellamy revealed the new album would be out in September

Muse have revealed the title and release date for their forthcoming sixth studio album.

The Teignmouth rockers announced the title of the album, The 2nd Law, in a video trailer posted on their website.

The clip also confirmed that the album would be coming out in September after spending most of the year in a studio in London.

The band's most recent album The Resistance topped the UK album chart when it was released in 2009.

The two-minute long video on the group's website for the new album features a montage of news events, performance footage of the band and a clip of a track which appears to be influenced by dubstep.

Last month thousands of people turned out to see the threesome carry the Olympic flame through their Devon home town.

Their last live appearances in the UK came when they headlined the Reading and Leeds festivals in August 2011.