King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced that they will be releasing yet another album this year.
The upcoming record, however, will be nothing like the environmentalist summer anthem we received a few months ago. Instead, the album will take the band in an entirely new and much heavier direction.
The record will be called Infest The Rats’ Nest and will see the band throwing themselves headfirst into the metal genre.
Frontman Stu McKenzie said: “In year 4 there was an older kid who was into Rammstein. I made friends with him and we put together a performance at our school assembly where we headbanged to ‘Du Hast’.”
He continued: “I got whiplash, which I thought was pretty cool. That was my introduction to heavy metal, and soon Rammstein led to Metallica, Metallica led to Slayer, Slayer led to Kreator and Sodom. The German bands really kicked my ass and scared the hell out of me too. Later on, when I picked up a guitar I realized that s**t was too hard to play, so I got into rock ‘n’ roll and garage. That was liberating.”
The metal record is scheduled for release on August 16. You can expect a review from us when it comes out.
