News · 11 November 2026

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce New Album 'Entropy'

The record acts as a companion piece to 'Alien Metal'.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - photo by Maclay Heriot

Fresh from the success of the synth-heavy 28th album Alien Metal, genre-defying six-piece King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a companion album, Entropy, out Friday 4 December via their own (p)doom records.

Similar to Alien Metal, King Gizzard's new record continues their obsession with Eurorack, a modular synthesiser system involving diodes and cables that looks like something out of a vintage sci-fi flick. So fans can expect another dance-heavy dose of electronica with Entropy, which was born in a single session when King Gizzard were recording days and days of extended Eurorack improvisations.

"Of all the recordings we did with the Eurorack, there were always these two jams that felt really good, really different," Stu Mackenzie explains.

Originally Alien Metal and Entropy were to be released at the same time, but as Mackenzie explains, "Entropy began to feel like its own project, something that could stand on its own, and needed a little longer to simmer. We were like, 'Let's commit – let's dig deeper, mine this sound further, and challenge ourselves a bit more. Entropy's definitely coming from its own place."

Along with announcing the release of Entropy, King Gizz have shared the album's first single, 'Rouge Wave', a five-and-a-half-minute rave workout with manipulated vocals that's sure to surprise fans.

While both albums share much in terms of method and concept – each obeys a single key and BPM throughout – they differ in important details. "Alien Metal's tracks are 143bpm and in F sharp; Entropy's tracks are at 160bpm and in the key of A," says Mackenzie. "Entropy's a lot faster, and has a different energy, and we leaned into a lot of different rhythmic things on this one. And where Alien Metal had a grungy dirtiness about it, Entropy is prettier, more harmonic, more cosmic."

In short, Entropy is a much more vibrant offering and once again showcases another side of the Gizz while still sounding unmistakably like the six-piece.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have also announced two 2027 North American Tours, one beginning in August and the other in October, following a run of shows across the UK and Europe that includes Primavera Sound and Best Kept Secret.

'Rouge Wave' is out now. Listen here. Entropy is out Friday 4 December via (p)doom records.