King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are set to release the biggest, heaviest, fastest album of their career.

Yep, gig's up. The prolific rock monster have released a new single and video titled 'Self-Immolate', lifted from the band's upcoming 15th(!) studio album. And it totally rips.

With its galloping hacksaw guitar shredding, gruff vocals, and riotous blastbeat drumming, 'Self-Immolate' picks up where the thrash metal of 'Planet B' left off. (If you're still playing catch-up: King Gizz surprise-dropped 'Planet B' before releasing their boogie 'n' blues-themed album Fishing For Fishies in April).

Complementing the gnarly riffage is the bleak music video. Where 'Planet B' saw the band getting shot, this one - fittingly - sees them set on fire. Watch below.

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Channelling metal masters like Metallica, Pantera, and Motörhead but fusing it with King Gizz's own oddball charisma and knockabout attack, 'Self-Immolate' got shredheads on the txtline roaring during its first play on triple j Drive.

☏ I'm gonna die in the pit for this song, but it will be worth it - Frank from California

☏ OMG!!! I just head banged all the way to yoga!! Lizz

☏ This makes me imagine dirt bikes flying through the air Crusty Demons style

☏ Oh my god, Gizzard have gone METAL & I am HERE for it! Sarah from the Gong xx

☏ Did I just die and go to metal heaven? Another masterpiece from the the genre-bending Gods

☏ This makes me want to yell at a microphone that is one foot taller than I am, then give myself whiplash while listening to a progressive concept album on shuffle. Ben from Launceston

☏ SHIDDANG BLOODY MARVELOUS, tore the roof off my car, now it's convertible Yeow!

Frontman Stu Mackenzie told triple j Drive that the new album promises to be harder and more ferocious than anything we've heard on previous Gizz epics Nonagon Infinity and Murder of the Universe

"For us, we were trying to do the heaviest [music possible]. Take it to the next level of scariness and fastness than we’ve ever done before. We didn’t grow up making heavy metal so it comes from this different place than usual."

Hear Stu and drummer Michael 'Cavs' Cavanagh talk about the narrative structure of the new album and where it might fit into the whole Gizzverse fan theory.



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Stu also shared a fully 'horns-up' metal memory:

"I remember being obsessed with Rammstein when I was 8 or something like that, an older friend of mine was into Rammstein and at school assembly Grade 5, we did a performance where we all headbanged to ‘Du Hast’ and I got whiplash. I was really proud of myself. That was my introduction to heavy metal.”

The follow-up to Fishing For Fishies doesn't have a release date yet, but it'll be King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's second album since their hectic 'five albums in 12 months' streak in 2017.

The band will be heading off on a big Australian tour this June before heading overseas to play massive shows at Fuji Rock, Summerstage in Central Park, New York City, and London's 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace.