Editing Queens of the Stone Age (section)

===''Lullabies to Paralyze'' (2004–2006)===
[[File:QOTSA Live Paris 200508 2.jpg|thumb|The band performing live, August 25, 2005, in Paris, France. Included in this performance are two bandmates from the band [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]], [[Alain Johannes]] and the late [[Natasha Shneider]], who joined the line-up for ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'' and the supporting tour.|alt=|left]]
In late 2004, Homme, along with [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]] multi-instrumentalist [[Alain Johannes]] and remaining band members Van Leeuwen and Castillo recorded the Queens' fourth studio album, ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'', a title taken from a lyric in "Mosquito Song" from their previous album.<ref name="Vertigo">{{cite news | url=http://www.vertigo.fm/main.php?site=artist_texte&artist_id=1639 | publisher=Vertigo | title=Queens of the Stone Age Interview | access-date=May 9, 2007 | archive-date=July 21, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721121411/http://www.vertigo.fm/main.php?site=artist_texte&artist_id=1639 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The album featured guests including [[ZZ Top]]'s [[Billy Gibbons]]. Despite Lanegan reportedly turning down an invitation to remain with the band, he recorded vocals on new tracks (notably the solo vocalist on the opening track "This Lullaby") and appeared on the supporting tour as scheduling and his health permitted.

''Lullabies to Paralyze'' was leaked onto the internet in February 2005 and was aired by Triple J radio in Australia on March 3, 2005, as an unsubstantiated 'World Premiere'. It was then officially released on Tuesday, March 22, 2005, in the US, debuting in the number 5 slot on the [[Billboard Music Chart]], the greatest debut of any Queens record until ''...Like Clockwork'' debuted at number 1 in June 2013.

On May 14, 2005, the group was the [[List of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests|musical guest on Saturday Night Live]], hosted by Will Ferrell. One of Ferrell's popular Saturday Night Live characters, fictional [[Blue Öyster Cult]] cowbellist [[More cowbell|Gene Frenkle]], made a re-appearance on the show, playing with the Queens on their first song of the night, "[[Little Sister (Queens of the Stone Age song)|Little Sister]]." Frenkle played the song's wood block part using a cowbell along with the band.

On November 22, 2005, Queens of the Stone Age released a live album/DVD set, ''[[Over the Years and Through the Woods]]'', featuring a live concert filmed in London, England, and bonus features which included rare videos of songs from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, the group supported [[Nine Inch Nails]] on their North American tour of ''[[With Teeth]]'' along with [[Autolux]] (for the first half of the tour) and [[Death from Above 1979]] (for the second). NIN's guitarist [[Aaron North]] appeared as an onstage guest with the Queens for the songs "Born to Hula," "Regular John," "[[Avon (song)|Avon]]," "[[Monsters in the Parasol]]" and "Long, Slow Goodbye" at the [[Wiltern Theatre|Wiltern LG]] in Los Angeles on December 19 and 20, 2005.

Another onstage guest for the December 20 performance was Homme's former Kyuss bandmate [[John Garcia (singer)|John Garcia]], the first time that Homme and Garcia had played together since 1997. As a special encore they performed three Kyuss songs: "Thumb," "Hurricane" and "Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop."<ref name="NME">{{cite web | title = Queens Of The Stone age joined by unexpected guest | publisher = [[NME]]| date= December 21, 2005 | url =https://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/21827| access-date = July 3, 2007}}</ref> Homme stated that the band's lowest point was during the ''Lullabies'' era,<ref>{{cite video
 | people     =[[Josh Homme]], [[Joey Castillo]] (interviewees)
 | date=       May 9, 2007
 | title      =Queens of the Stone Age interview
 | url        =http://www.virginmedia.com/music/interviews/queensofthestoneage.php
 | format     =[[.wmv]]
 | publisher  =[[Virgin Media]]
 | access-date =May 9, 2007
 | time       =05:43
 | quote      =The lowest point has been…like somewhere in ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze|Lullabies]]''…that was very confusing…
}}</ref> but that the record "took the lead jacket off" the band following the firing of Oliveri in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news
 | title =QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: "THIS IS A DANCE RECORD"
 | newspaper =[[NME]]
 | page =1
 | date= May 5, 2007
 }}</ref>