Today on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme announced that drummer Joey Castillo has left the band. Dave Grohl, who played on 2002's Songs for the Deaf, will drum on the new album, out sometime next year. The band posted the above image on Twitter, for proof.

Queens of the Stone Age play England's Download Festival June 14-16, 2013 with Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Alice in Chains, the Gaslight Anthem, Motörhead, and more.

Watch the band play "Avon" with Grohl at Glastonbury in 2002: