Leicester rockers Kasabian have said that their forthcoming album will be more “aggressive.”

Sergio Pizzorno, Tom Meighan, Chris Edwards and Ian Matthews are ready to start work on their fifth studio album this year, which will be a follow-up to 2011’s 'Velociraptor!'. The band have promised a more edgier sound for the new album after saying they felt that 'Velociraptor!' was too commercial.

Pizzorno said in an interview with NME, "'I'm obsessed with mantras. I love things that repeat and build. The drops in dance music always fascinate me."

"I want to push the sound. I never want to give in and think about selling albums. If it comes out next year it'll be the 10th anniversary from the first one [2004's self-titled 'Kasabian']. Pushing that electronic sound that we've had from the start would be the perfect way to round it off.'"

Meighan is already excited about some of the ideas he's heard from Pizzorno, which he compares to some of the band's earlier material.

He added, ''I've heard the demos and they're f**king raunchy and heavy. Riffy in the vein of 'Fast Fuse' and 'Underdog'. It's the most aggressive thing we've done. 'Velociraptor!' was like a pop album but this is much more extreme.'"

Watch Kasabian chat to NME about their future plans here: