Jack White has dropped a surprise track that could be a teaser for a forthcoming new solo album.

Called 'Battle Cry', the track is vocal-free asides from some chants over drum beats which appear to have been sampled from recordings of a traditional Native American ceremony, and features White's signature heavy, squalling guitar sound.

The White Stripes frontman is currently recording in Nashville, Tennessee on what is expected to be a follow-up to his 2014 record Lazaretto.

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'Battle Cry' is White's first new solo music since that release, but he has also appeared on albums by Beyonce and A Tribe Called Quest.

In a rare profile feature with the New Yorker in March, White revealed that he had been recording on a reel-to-reel tape machine bought with money made from "mowing lawns" when he was 14-years-old.

Speaking about his studio set-up White added: 'If I could just break my lef and be in the hospital for six weeks, what would it be like? Something about a room and a cot and a little space. You have nothing to do."