King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Set June Release For New Album, Share Lead Single Gila Monster
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Jason Galea
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have announced their 24th album.
'PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation' will arrive on June 16 via KGLW, and finds the Melbourne band leaning into their metal influences, as they did on their 2019 album 'Infest The Rats' Nest'.
"When we made Rats’ Nest, it felt experimental,” said frontman Stu Mackenzie. "Like, ‘Here’s this music that some of us grew up on but we’d never had the guts or confidence to really play before, so let’s give it a go and see what happens’. And when we made that album we were like, ‘Fuck, why did it take us so long to do this?’ It’s just so much fun to play that music, and those songs work so well when we play them live. So we always had it in our minds to make another metal record."
"We worked on it the same way we started our 'Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava' album last year,” he added. "We wrote a song a day, and we came into the practice space with no riffs, no tunes, no ideas, and started from scratch. And we jammed, and recorded everything, and pieced the songs together from that. I’d sketched out the story the songs would tell, and I’d portioned it out into seven song titles, with a short paragraph of what would happen in the song. I guess we kind of made the record backwards."
Commenting on the creative inspiration, he continued: "We wanted to start the story in the real world, and then send it to hell. It’s about humankind and it’s about planet Earth but it’s also about witches and dragons and shit."
As a preview, the group have dropped the single Gila Monster, which rolls out over thrashy guitar riffs and gang vocals. Check out the accompanying video below.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard will kick off a North American tour with a slot at Boston Calling on May 28. They also have European festival appearances in the diary for the summer.
'PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation' tracklist:
1. Motor Spirit
2. Supercell
3. Converge
4. Witchcraft
5. Gila Monster
6. Dragon
7. Flamethrower
8. Dawn of Eternal Night (featuring Leah Senior) [Audiobook, Vinyl Exclusive]
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu June 01 2023 - PELHAM Tennessee - Caverns (USA)
Fri June 02 2023 - PELHAM Tennessee - Caverns - TN (USA)
Sat June 03 2023 - BIRMINGHAM AL Tennessee - Caverns Above Ground Amphitheater - TN (USA)
Sun June 04 2023 - BIRMINGHAM AL Tennessee - Caverns Above Ground Amphitheater - TN (USA)
Wed June 07 2023 - DENVER Colorado - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (USA)
Thu June 08 2023 - DENVER Colorado - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (USA)
Sun June 11 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed - Chicago (USA)
Mon June 12 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed - Chicago (USA)
Tue June 13 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed - Chicago (USA)
Fri June 16 2023 - CARNATION Washington - Carnation Farms - WA (USA)
Sat June 17 2023 - CARNATION Washington - Carnation Farms - WA (USA)
Sun June 18 2023 - CARNATION Washington - Carnation Farms - WA (USA)
Wed June 21 2023 - LOS ANGELES California - Hollywood Bowl (USA)
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