King Gizzard will release their 29th album before Christmas, every track at 160 beats a minute

Most bands take years between albums. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced their second in four months.

The Melbourne group will release Entropy, their 29th studio album, on Friday 4 December through their own label, (p)doom records. The lead single, Rogue Wave, came out with the announcement on Tuesday, US time.

Entropy is a companion to Alien Metal, the 28th album, released in August. Both came from the same recording sessions, built on the Eurorack modular synthesisers the band has leaned into over the past few years.

How is it different from Alien Metal?

It is quicker, and it does not change speed. Every track on Entropy runs at 160 beats per minute and sits in the key of A, according to frontman Stu Mackenzie. Alien Metal was slower.

“Entropy’s a lot faster, and has a different energy,” Mackenzie said in the band’s announcement. He described it as “prettier, more harmonic, more cosmic,” and said the record had grown into “its own place” rather than a leftover half of the earlier album. The band had first planned to release both together.

There are eight tracks: Aeon, Heaven & Hell, Hard Sync, Rogue Wave, Angel, To Mercury…, Face of the Earth and Entropy.

Why does a 29th album matter?

Because of how fast it got here. King Gizzard formed in Melbourne in 2010 and built a large international live following by refusing to stand still: thrash metal one year, microtonal psychedelia another, and now techno-leaning synth records.

Twenty-nine studio albums in 16 years averages almost two a year, and two full-length releases inside four months is fast even by their standards. The band played just seven US shows in 2026, so the 2027 run is a full return to the road there.

Where are they touring?

Mostly in the northern hemisphere, in three runs across 2027.

In June they play Europe and the UK, opening at Primavera Sound in Barcelona on 5 June and taking in Toulouse, Lyon, Bologna, the Best Kept Secret festival in the Netherlands, two nights in Antwerp, Paris, two nights at London’s Eventim Apollo, Manchester and Bristol.

In August they cross North America from two nights at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles to The Armory in Minneapolis, including The Gorge in Washington state and dates in Canada. A second leg in October runs from Dallas to Chicago’s Wintrust Arena, with stops in Austin, New Orleans, Atlanta, Montreal and Toronto.

When do tickets go on sale?

The North American shows go on sale on Friday 13 November at noon US Eastern time, which is 1am AWST and 4am AEDT on Saturday 14 November.

What about Australia?

There is nothing yet. None of the announced dates are in Australia or New Zealand, and the band has not said when it will next tour at home.

When can Australians hear it?

Entropy is out worldwide on Friday 4 December. Rogue Wave is available now.