King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Returns to Thrash Metal With Ridiculously Titled New Album
variety.comEthan Shanfeld King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, the prolific Australian rock act known for traversing genres, is returning to thrash metal with a new album titled “Petrodragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation.” Bet you can’t say that three times fast. “Petrodragonic Apocalypse,” the band’s 24th album, is out June 16 via their KGLW label.
In tandem with the announcement, King Gizzard released the record’s first single, “Gila Monster,” along with a spooky music video in which frontman Stu Mackenzie wears a cloak and sings atop a snowy mountain while the rest of the band gathers around a witch’s cauldron.
The band is also about to embark on an international tour, kicking off May 28 at Boston Calling and wrapping up Sept. 3 at England’s End of the Road Festival.
The tour includes multi-show residencies in Chicago, Denver, Seattle and Pelham, Tenn. On June 21, they’ll play a “three-hour marathon set” at their biggest single-venue show to date at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl.
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