Following Steve Rikfind’s recent confirmation that The Wu-Tang Clan will be reforming under a new deal with his SRC label and Universal Records, the group has announced their new album will be released this summer and will be called "8 Diagrams."

"8 Diagrams" is the first new Wu-Tang album in six years and will feature Rza, Gza, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspektah Deck, Masta Killa and U-God.

The album will also include a previously unreleased performance from late Wu-Tang member Ol’ Dirty Bastard which is said to show why he "was considered one of the illest MCs ever," before he died from a heart attack triggered by a drug overdose in November 2004.

"This is the perfect time for us to come back, the stars are aligned," RZA said. "It’s like when we first started with Steve. We put out real hip-hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B. We brought the focus back to the music in its rawest form, without studio polish or radio hooks."

Rza says the album is a "conjunction of creative and corporate thinking by the whole group."