King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is back—and more bizarre than ever. The Australian rock group has announced a new album titled PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Releasing on June 16th, King Gizzard’s 24th album continues to play on the thrash-metal sound first featured on the band’s 2019 record, Infest The Rats’ Nest.
PetroDragonic Apocalypse’s recently released lead single, “Gila Monster”—along with its Lord of the Rings inspired music video—provides a preview into the fantastical, otherworldly nature of the album. Additionally, with a tracklist comprised of songs titled “Witchcraft,” “Flamethrower,” and “Dawn of Eternal Night,” along with supposed Shakespearean and biblical inspirations, the record is sure to hold many experimental surprises.
The band’s “mad professor” frontman, Stu Mackenzie, describes the band’s unique approach to the similarly unique record: “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.”
Photo courtesy of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard begins touring on May 28th, with dates listed below:
Sun. May 28 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
Thu. June 1 – Grundy County, TN @ The Caverns Underground
Fri. June 2 – Grundy County, TN @ The Caverns Underground
Sat. June 3 – Grundy County, TN @ The Caverns Amphitheater
Sun. June 4 – Grundy County, TB @ The Caverns Amphitheater
Wed. June 7 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu. June 8 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu. June 8 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Sun. June 11 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Mon. June 12 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Tue. June 13 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Fri. June 16 – Carnation, WA @ Carnation Farms
Sat. June 17 – Carnation, WA @ Carnation Farms
Sun. June 18 – Carnation, WA @ Carnation Farms
Wed. June 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hollywood Bowl
Sat. July 22 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendor In The Grass Festival
Thu. Aug. 10 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
Sat. Aug. 12 – Piestany, SK @ Grape Festival
Mon. Aug. 14 – Verbier, CH @ Palp Festival
Tue. Aug. 15 – Cologne, DE @ E-Werk
Wed. Aug. 16 – Luxembourg, LU @ Den Atelier
Thu. Aug. 17 – Saint-Malo, FR @ La Route Du Rock
Sat. Aug. 19 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
Sun. Aug. 20 – Kiewit-Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
Mon. Aug. 21 – Munich, DE @ Tonhalle
Tue. Aug. 22 – Padua, IT @ Parco Della Musica
Thu. Aug. 24 – Barcelona, ES @ Plaza Mayor De El Poble Espanyol
Sat. Aug. 26 – Torremolinos, ES @ Canela Party
Sun. Aug. 27 – Madrid, ES @ La Riviera
Tue. Aug. 29 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini
Wed. Aug. 30 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene
Thu. Aug. 31 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation is set to release digitally on June 16th. The album can be preordered/presaved here.
