King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release INFEST THE RATS' NEST Today
By: Kaitlin Milligan Aug. 16, 2019
Australia's King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released their fifteenth studio album -- the thrash metal-worshipping Infest The Rats' Nest -- today via ATO Records. Earlier this week, the septet released a video game revealing their latest single "Mars For The Rich.". King Gizzard also began their massive headline world tour this week with a night at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre. The band will continue on through much of the U.S. and Canada in the coming weeks before storming through Europe this October. See below for the full list of currently-announced tour dates.
Before releasing the "Mars For The Rich" game, the band shared three singles from the album -- the wildly heavy "Planet B," the chugging "Self-Immolate," and the blastbeat-laden "Organ Farmer" -- and their absurdly dark accompanying videos. These new tracks prove that King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard aren't mere dabbling dilettantes when it comes to thrash and metal. Their love of this ferocious music runs deep, and was previously explored on 2017's apocalyptic concept album Murder Of The Universe, hinted at during the award-winning Nonagon Infinity's more bludgeoning moments and elsewhere in numerous hardcore psychedelic freak-outs in their back catalogue.
In a display of their defiant creative restlessness, the prolific group released the decidedly mellowerFishing For Fishies (ATO) earlier this year, which featured the stomping electro-shuffle "Cyboogie" and the playful title track.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 2019 tour dates
08/16 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
08/17 - Vancouver, BC @ Harbour Event Centre
08/18 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/20 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
08/21 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
08/23 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
08/24 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
08/26 - Montreal, QC @ Olympia
08/27 - New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
08/28 - New York, NY @ SummerStage Central Park
08/30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
08/31 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
09/01 - Asheville, NC @ New Belgium Brewing Company
09/02 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
09/03 - New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater
09/04 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Austin
09/06 - Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
09/30 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Nottingham
10/01 - Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow
10/02 - Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
10/03 - Manchester, UK @ Victoria Warehouse Manchester
10/05 - London, UK @ Alexandra Palace
10/06 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg (SOLD OUT)
10/07 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
10/08 - Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique (AB)
10/11 - Cologne, Germany @ Carlswek Victoria
10/12 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle Berlin
10/13 - Luxembourg @ Rockhal Club Esch Sur Alzette
10/14 - Paris, France @ L'Olympia
10/15 - Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
10/16 - Zürich, Switzerland @ X-TRA
10/18 - Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera
10/19 - Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
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