Big news out of the hard rockin’ Queens of the Stone Age camp today, as it was confirmed that Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo  Fighters) has been laying down drum tracks for a new QOTSA album, presently  due for an early 2013 release.

As reported by Antiquiet, QOTSA frontman Josh  Homme announced that the band’s drummer Joey Castillo had departed the band  on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show. The band also posted a photo on their Facebook page showing a recording console with “Dave Drums” written above one of the channels.

The as-yet-unnamed new album will be the band’s first since 2007 release Era Vulgaris. Grohl has a long history with Homme and company, playing  drums on Songs For the Deaf, the breakout 2002 release that was  recently certified platinum (more than one million copies sold).

Queens of the Stone Age are scheduled to appear at the 2013 Download Festival  in England in June for the first time, alongside such acts as Iron Maiden, Motorhead and Rammstein.

–Scott T. Sterling, CBS Local

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