Lange - known for his collaborations with Def Leppard, Nickelback and many others - was behind the desk for the follow-up to 2012's _The 2nd Law, _due on June 8.

Bellamy tells Rolling Stone: "Before I met him I wasn't sure. I didn't want us to be turned into a kind of top 40 act. I figured Mutt would be more focused on, 'What's the single? What's going to be the big hit?'"

But he continues: "He wasn't like that at all - he was totally into the concept. He's the kind of person to get into the mind of the artist and whatever the artist wants." Read more - here.

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