Gonna be honest, was scared I wouldn't like it but I really really do.
I appreciate all Muse tbh, I like Guding Light and NSC, but then I also like CE, New Born and Stockholm Syndrome.
I don't listen to Muse's work specifically for rock elements, I enjoy it for what it is, which very often is just damn good music. And for all intents and purposes, whatever genre Muse tackle and whatever technique they employ, for me at least it always ends up as an appreciable and beautifully written piece of music.
I think if I'd come into Drones looking specifically for a heavy, hard-rock album then I'd be disappointed. But coming into it as a Muse album, I do really love it. (apart from some of the lyrics though )