Karnivool Drop Their First New Single In Four Years

Perth metallers Karnivool have returned with their first new music in four years.

Today, they dropped the single Drone—the long-awaited follow-up to the 2021 track All It Takes—and like that number, Drone feels like a culmination of Karnivool’s previous work, with a modern flourish added.

The song arrives ahead of the band’s upcoming Ad Complementum tour of Australia, which begins at Hobart’s Odeon Theatre next month. The tour will see Karnivool visit metro and regional spots across the country, where they’re set to debut some of the new music they’ve been working on since February of this year.

According to a press release, Drone is only the beginning and has been lifted from an upcoming “larger body of work.” More news from the band is “imminent.” Fans have eagerly awaited a new album from Karnivool since 2013’s Asymmetry.

“Drone is the sound of Karnivool entering a new era — a slow-cooked journey forged in the studio’s heat, where every note was tested and tempered,” the band commented in a statement. “This track hums with the weight of vast Western Australian deserts, anchored by colossal rock riffs that could only come from our home. It’s both a reflection and a rebirth.”

You can check out Drone below.

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For their upcoming tour, Karnivool will be joined by special guests BIG NOTER—the heavy metal-leaning project of Indigenous icon Briggs. Some dates on the tour have sold out; others aren’t far off. Check out all the dates below and purchase tickets here.

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