In the wake of the news that guitarist Tom Morello is to release another album, Rage frontman Zach De La Rocha has announced details of his first solo project.

The singer is teaming up with John Theodore, formerly of the Mars Volta, to form a band called One Day as a Lion.

Their first EP is due to be released on July 21st. It will feature De la Rocha on Keyboard and vocals with Theodore on the drums.

According to a statement from the band, One Day As A Lion "is both a warning delivered and a promise kept’ they are ‘a defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare."

The track listing of the E.P will be

1. Wild International
2. Ocean View
3. Last Letter
4. If You Fear Dying
5. One Day As A Lion

Zach De La Rocha will also be Headlining this years Reading Festival with Rage Against the Machine.

(by Chris Cummins)