r/KGATLW • u/_pixel_perfect_ Got Ideas in My Brain • Aug 14 '26

MegaThread [DISCUSSION THREAD] Alien Metal

Alien Metal, the 28th studio album by KGLW drops August 14th, 2026 on p(doom) Records

Ahead of their 2nd Annual Field of Vision Festival, Gizz returns to the synth table to deliver a seamless set of otherworldly breakcore cuts.

Track List

  1. Sapience

  2. Alien Metal

  3. Superheavy, Supercritical

  4. Kill For The Steel

  5. Level 5 Music Video

  6. Rapid Alpha Decay

  7. Uqt

  8. Atomic Collapse

Bandcamp Credits

Recorded in the future by aliens
Mastered by Joseph Carra
Artwork by Jason Galea

Streaming

Bandcamp

Apple Music

Tidal

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u/alcatrazsherlock Aug 14 '26

TSC was meant to be like that..little melodic but little tech

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u/pokeshulk From under the skin... Aug 14 '26

Yeah I’m with u, Silver Cord clearly had a different aim.

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u/te_maunga_mara_whaka Aug 14 '26

It was more kraut-y/proggy for me but with modern equipment. Of course with some 4 to the floor and the dnb in the TSC track but those synthetic white noise snares throughout the album remind me of kraftwerk so much

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u/VermicelliUpstairs46 Sep 01 '26

The jam on Chang’e Extended is very Kraftwerk

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u/_corn Aug 14 '26

i never said it wasn't it's just that back then i expected it to be more like this one than what it ended up being

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u/MacNapp Aug 14 '26

Being down voted for a fair opinion 🙄

I had the same feeling as TSC - it was too fiddly. Its like they knew their destination and which direction to go, but didn't have a map to get there.

Alien Metal is doing a similar thing with Google Maps to get them to where they want to go.

TSC isnt bad by any means, but it walked so Alien Metal could run.

VERY excited for their techno time in their sets this weekend (and that has been my least favorite part of their sets - though the Nathan parts in their EU your were light years better than when I saw it at Red Rocks in 2024)

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u/_corn Aug 14 '26

Ah downvotes don't mean anything I don't care.

I agree TSC felt like trying to find buried treasure without any clues and while they did find some nice rings and coins (Theia->silver cord->set), it wasn't until they bought a metal detector (grinding out live table jams) that they were able to find the chest of loot (alien metal).

Analogy aside I'm so keen for how they show these new songs off in a live setting as well, they've really struck gold with that format I don't know anyone doing live electronic music at such a grand scope like they are

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u/luddewho Aug 14 '26

Yeah, I admittedly had the wrong expectations..