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| Released | 2026 | |||
| Genre | EDM | |||
| Label | p(doom) | |||
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Alien Metal is the upcoming twenty-eighth studio album by Australian rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It is set to be released in August 2026 through p(doom) Records. The album is preceded by the lead single "Level 5".[1]
Background
[edit]Alien Metal was announced on 8 July 2026, alongside the release of the lead single "Level 5" and its music video starring Vince Colosimo.[2]
Composition
[edit]In 2023 the band released The Silver Cord, an electronic album that was followed by an increasing emphasis on introducing electronic material into their live shows through the use of a modular synth rig named "Nathan". Alien Metal was written over these years as the band grew increasingly familiar with electronic music, with Stu Mackenzie noting that the band scrapped multiple hours of demos over that time—more than any prior album. "Entire albums, entire universes that were formulated, created, recorded, deleted and started again."[3] The band spent a week in mid-2025 recording for the album before their rave tour in which they played only electronic material. The band's drummer Michael Cavanagh also credited Joey Walker's solo career as "Bullant" as a large help with learning how to work with electronic instruments.[4]
Mackenzie continued to experiment with electronic music, releasing a solo album Mango Sticky Rice through the band's Bootlegger program in December 2025, consisting of an hour and a half of ambient generative music. In June 2026 he played a handful of solo shows with his synth rig at a cafe in Melbourne.
The album's primary themes came to be in a one-hour improvisational session with the band in the key of F♯.[5]
Promotion
[edit]On 7 July 2026, the band added a show to their tour, a rave show at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York, to promote the album.[6]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sapience" | ||
| 2. | "Alien Metal" | ||
| 3. | "Superheavy, Supercritical" | ||
| 4. | "Kill for the Steel" | ||
| 5. | "Level 5" | 5:35 | |
| 6. | "Rapid Alpha Decay" | ||
| 7. | "Uqt" | ||
| 8. | "Atomic Collapse" |
References
[edit]- ↑ Pearis, Bill. "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard go rave on new album 'Alien Metal,' share "Level 5:". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard announce EDM album Alien Metal". Yahoo Entertainment. 8 July 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are going electronic with new album, Alien Metal". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Cohen, Jonathan (8 July 2026). "King Gizzard Drummer CAVS Talks Groovy Solo LP". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Broerman, Michael (8 July 2026). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's New Album 'Alien Metal' Is Not Metal". L4LM. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Monroe, Jazz (8 July 2026). "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Are Releasing an EDM Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 July 2026.