From Loudersound.
Australian psych sextet King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced they will release a brand new album, complete with the expected lengthy title of PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation through their own KGWR label on June 16.
The new album sees the band cranking the guitars up, taking its cues from 2019’s thrash metal excursion Infest The Rats’ Nest. A new single, Gila Monster has been released, which you can see in this week’s Tracks Of The Week on Friday.
“When we made Rats’ Nest, it felt experimental,” says Gizzard leader 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 wanted to start the story in the real world, and then send it to hell,” Mackenzie adds. “It’s about humankind and it’s about planet Earth but it’s also about witches and dragons and shit” he laughs. “Lyrically, PetroDragonic Apocalypse is fun on the surface, but profound if you dig a little deeper. Shakespeare and the Bible were definite inspirations for the voice of some of the lyrics, which play out the album’s blackly comedic and bleakly destructive tale with the highest of drama. It’s like a secondary voice on the album – it appears in each song, and it’s like words that were spoken 500 years ago, or 2,000 years ago.”
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King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
1. Motor Spirit
2. Supercell
3. Converge
4. Witchcraft
5. Gila Monster
6. Dragon
7. Flamethrower
8. Dawn of Eternal Night feat. Leah Senior (Audiobook, Vinyl Only)
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- King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity - Rancid Rainwater Eco Mix Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 13:11)on May 5, 2024 at 7:18 pm
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Nonagon Infinity (Limited Edition 2016 UK/EU 9-track LP pressed on Rancid Rainwater Eco Mix Vinyl, including the singles Gamma Knife, People Vultures & Mr. Beat. Comes housed in a biodegradable gatefoldpicture sleeve complete with the illustrated inner. Limited to 1000 copies only, the sleeve & vinyl appear Near Mint HVNLP127)
- King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Murder Of The Universe - Glow In The Dark Vinyl + Booklet - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $43.75, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 04-Apr-2024 14:40)on May 5, 2024 at 7:18 pm
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Murder Of The Universe (2017 UK/EU limited edition 22-track LP pressed on Glow In The Dark Vinyl, the tenth studio album from the Australian psychedelic rockers including the singles 'Han-TyumiAnd The Murder Of The Universe' & 'The Lord Of Lightning vs The Balrog'. The picture sleeve shows just a little shelfwear but comes complete with a download code voucher and the 30-page illustrated story book, while the vinyl remains in unplayed condition)
- King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland - 180gm - Sealed - Finnish - vinyl LP - £34.99, $43.74, €40.94 (New Item) (arrived 10-Feb-2024 10:27)on May 5, 2024 at 7:18 pm
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Polygondwanaland (Sealed 2018 Finnish 10-track LP by the Australian psychedelic rock band, pressed on 180gram Vinyl. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve with gold foil lettering on the back& map artwork inside, complete with the lyric inner, sealed from new in the hype stickered shrinkwrap BLOOD-206)
- King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Live In San Francisco '16 - Deluxe Edition - Sunburst Coloured Vinyl - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £19.99, $24.99, €23.39 (Back In Stock) (arrived 29-Nov-2023 11:58)on May 5, 2024 at 7:18 pm
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Live In San Francisco '16 (Deluxe Edition 13-track double album 2-LP pressed on Bay Fog & Golden Gate Sunburst coloured vinyl,recorded live at The Independent San Francisco, May 25th 2016 this 13-song spectacular is likely to leave every listener awestruck and adrenalized! Both records are housed inside a rainbow-foil-effect picture sleeve, within a brown paper outer. Recommended)
- King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - K.G. [Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Volume 2] - Purple Grape Vinyl + Stickered Bag - UK - vinyl LP - £49.99, $62.49, €58.49 (New Item) (arrived 06-Jul-2023 15:10)on May 5, 2024 at 7:18 pm
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD K.G. [Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Volume 2] (2021 UK/EU limited edition 10-track LP pressed on Purple Grape Vinyl, the sixteenth studio album from the Australian psychedelic rock band including the singles Honey, Some of Us, Straws In The Wind, Automation and Intrasport. The vinyl shows minimal signs of play issued in the embossed picture sleeve which comes with the lyric printed inner, obi-strip plus the outer brown paper bag which has the custom-printed barcoded hype sticker) **Limited to 1000 Copies Only**
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