King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Detail Electronic LP ‘Alien Metal’, Share First Single

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have set a name and a face to their next electronic venture. The band’s 28th studio album, Alien Metal, will arrive this summer on their p(doom) label, and the first single “Level 5” is streaming now alongside a video directed by Hayden Somerville.

The clip features Australian actor Vince Colosimo, known for Chopper and Lantana. Producer Ruby Thomas said the casting felt improbable at first, but Colosimo brought more than expected. “He was a dream to work with and brought so much more to the role than we could have imagined,” Thomas noted.

Where 2023’s The Silver Cord introduced the band’s guitar-free electronics, Alien Metal pushes those sonics into rawer, more unpredictable territory. Recorded entirely on Nathan, the group’s bespoke modular synthesizer rig used live for years, the album’s identity only clicked during an hour-long late-night jam. Every song grew from that session, rooted in the key of F#.

Joey Walker described bandmate Stu Mackenzie’s immersion in the gear as obsessive, despite having no background in dance music. “He had to learn the template—the ‘beats,’ how the ‘drop’ functions, that sense of tension and release,” Walker said. “Stu found his way there naturally, just through immersing himself in the gear.”

The result is a record that moves through early Prodigy hardcore, pulsating techno, house, and IDM, with Miami bass undertones. Mackenzie insists it still sounds like King Gizzard: “crunchy, but also beautiful.” Walker added, “It feels unique—it feels like us, still.”

The material is likely to surface live at the band’s only show of the year next month: their own Field of Vision festival in Colorado.