Muse – The Resistance (2009/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:18 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Rock
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The Resistance is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Muse. Upon its release, it topped the album charts in 19 countries. It also debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 128,000 copies during the first week. The album yielded the band their first Grammy Award in 2011 for Best Rock Album.

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Muse – The 2nd Law (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:34 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Throughout their career, it’s always been clear that Muse aren’t satisfied to just do the same thing over and over again, as they have evolved from their early days when they were (perhaps unfairly) pigeonholed as a Radiohead imitator into purveyors of some of the most epic symphonic rock since Queen graced the stage. On their sixth album, The 2nd Law, they continue to shake things up, diving deeper into the electronic rabbit hole as they experiment with a sound that’s less reliant on Matthew Bellamy’s guitar heroics, resulting in an album that’s a bit of a mixed bag. Incorporating some of the slickest production the band has ever had with a more synth-heavy sound, the album certainly succeeds in feeling different from Muse’s previous work. While this certainly keeps with their tradition of always pushing their sound in new directions, their excursions into dubstep and dance music on tracks like “Madness” and “Follow Me” feel more like remixes than original songs. Songs like these definitely have the spine of Muse tracks, but the production that’s built up around them feels almost alien. This feeling really comes through on “Panic Station,” which feels like a cousin to “Supermassive Black Hole,” but where the latter was built on a solid foundation of heavy guitars, the former is over-produced into what feels like the band’s version of Genesis’ “That’s All.” Though there are plenty of moments like these, there are also lots of places where they get things right, with album opener “Supremacy” and Olympic anthem “Survival” leading the pack with their symphonic arrangements providing the album with the kind of sweeping grandeur that people have come to expect. The most surprising experiment, however, comes by way of “Save Me” and “Liquid State,” which find bassist Chris Wolstenholme stepping into the spotlight as a singer and a songwriter for the first time. The two songs work well together, with the first feeling like a kind of drifting introduction to the other’s bass-heavy drive, providing the album with a pair of songs that feel like a throwback to the Origin of Symmetry and Absolution days, while feeling different enough that they’re not an obvious step backward. With so many different experiments going on, The 2nd Law can sometimes feel a bit disjointed. Fortunately, the sense of drama Muse have cultivated over the years provides just enough glue to tie the album together so that fans won’t have too much problem navigating its choppy waters, and though not all of the band’s experiments necessarily pay off, the album feels like a worthy proving ground for the ideas that will take the band boldly into the future.

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Muse – Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:04 minutes | 1001 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Simulation Theory is the upcoming eighth studio album by English rock band Muse. It will be released on 9 November 2018 through Warner Bros. Records and Helium-3. Co-produced by the band with Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, and Timbaland, it is a synth-rock album with themes of simulation and centering on the idea of “fantasy becoming real”. Contrasting the band’s previous three albums which dealt with darker themes, the band sought lighter influences from science fiction and 1980s pop culture and produced the album one track at a time without a focus on a greater narrative or theme. Recording began at AIR Studios in London in early 2017 with Elizondo, creating three tracks before embarking on a midyear tour of North America. Production restarted in Los Angeles in late 2017 with Costey, who had co-produced the band’s 2003 album Absolution and 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. “Era-blending” juxtapositioning and the contemporary political climate of the United States informed the album’s music and lyrics.

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Muse – Showbiz (1999/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:33 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Showbiz is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1999 through Mushroom Records. Recorded between April and May at RAK Studios and Sawmills Studio, respectively, the album was produced by John Leckie and Paul Reeve in conjunction with the band. Showbiz was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 29 on the UK Albums Chart.

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Muse – Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:08 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Muse celebrate the twentieth anniversary of ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ by releasing ‘Origin Of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX’ on Warner Records. The new edition features remixed and remastered audio plus re-imagined artwork and will be released on digital formats on June 18th before two vinyl packages follow on July 9th.

As the album’s anniversary approached, Muse asked the Grammy-winning producer Rich Costey, who has produced or mixed material on almost every subsequent record, to revisit the original recordings. Whereas most remix albums aim to radically rework the material, or to switch to an entirely different genre, the band and Costey wanted to provide a renewed clarity with a more open, dynamic and less crushed sound. This highlights parts and ideas previously buried or muted on the original mixes, like a harpsichord on ‘Micro Cuts’ and Abbey Road recorded strings on ‘Citizen Erased’, ‘Megalomania’ and ’Space Dementia’.

And that’s precisely what has been achieved. From the visceral opening riff of ‘New Born’ to the cinematic melancholy of the closing ‘Megalomania’ via the staggering scope of fan favourite ‘Citizen Erased’, the remix unveils every facet of the album’s intricate production alongside a new-found warmth. It further benefits from mastering courtesy of Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.

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Muse – Origin Of Symmetry (2001/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:08 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Origin Of Symmetry is English rock band Muse’s second studio release. The 2001 record made it to the number 3 spot in the UK and features singles “Plug In Baby”, “New Born”, “Bliss” and “Hyper Music”.

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Muse – Live At Rome Olympic Stadium (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:36 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Live at Rome Olympic Stadium was filmed on 6th July 2013 in front of a capacity audience of over 60,000. The three school friends from Devon take the audience on a mesmerizing journey using pyrotechnics, expansive digital screens and a troop of actors to accompany their epic playlist of 13 tracks for the accompanying audio tracks including hits from their most recent studio album The 2nd Law, as well as classics such as Uprising, Supermassive Black Hole, Time Is Running Out, Starlight and Plug-In Baby.

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Muse – Drones (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:44 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Rock
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The British arena rockers will release ‘Drones,’ their seventh studio album beginning of June 2015. Co-produced by Muse and Robert John “Mutt” Lange, the album, titled Drones, is set to be a departure from their mostly experimental EDM-ish sounding last release, 2012’s The 2nd Law. And by departure, we’re talking back to the guitar sound that first made them global superstars.

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Muse – Black Holes And Revelations (2006/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:12 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Black Holes and Revelations is Muse’s fourth studio album, released three years after previous album Absolution, in July 2006. The album is less classically orientated than Origin of Symmetry and Absolution, while introducing new influences including jazz, soul and R&B. The album contains elements of these genres.

The varied influences on the album can be traced to the intial demos and recording made in the Château Miraval studio and the later recordings in New York City, where Matt DJed in a club and the band recorded the remaining songs in the Electric Lady Studios. Inspiration for the album was taken from a wide variety of other artists, from contemporary acts such as Lightning Bolt and Rage Against The Machine, to composer Ennio Morricone and jazz singer Nina Simone.

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Muse – Absolution (2003/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:26 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Rock
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Abosolution is the third studio album released by English rock band Muse. The record made it to the number one spot on the UK Album Charts, and features the group’s top ten single “Time Is Running Out”.

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