King Parrot (AUS) Returning To Aotearoa New Zealand This Winter

Nearly here in 2020 before the global pandemic pulled the rug out, Australian extreme metal maniacs King Parrot will finally be pummelling earholes in Aotearoa New Zealand this July. Hard-gigging recent tour mates in the USA with legendary monster riff lords Gwar and Soulfly, the Naarm grindcore five-piece are jumping the ditch in celebration of their latest album A Young Persons Guide To King Parrot — an ultra-aggro ten track opus, featuring such sagely anthems as 'Fuck You and the Horse You Rode in On', 'Cunning as a Dunny Rat', and 'Look Away I'm Hideous'. Get rowdy with King Parrot at Te Whanganui-a-Tara's Valhalla and Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar this winter...

"It's been a while between drinks but we were most certain that we must return to NZ this year and give you guys a dose of King Parrot! We cant wait to get back and see our kiwi mates and bring our brand of off the kilter grind, thrash and punk rock chaos, get your tickets now and well see you real soon!" - King Parrot vocalist Matt Young

King Parrot
with special guests to be announced

Friday 17th July - Valhalla, Wellington
Saturday 18th July - Whammy Bar, Auckland

Get tickets HERE via UTR

Brave the age-restricted warning and smash play on 'Fuck You and the Horse You Rode in On', from A Young Persons Guide To King Parrot...

Blast your co-workers with 'Look Away I'm Hideous', also from A Young Persons Guide To King Parrot...

Press release:

King Parrot are pleased to announce their return to New Zealand to launch the blistering new album A Young Persons Guide to King Parrot. Described as a hostile and abrasive slab of sensory destroying anthems, the record features ten thoroughly crafted blasts through the psyche of this crazed Aussie quintet. Recorded at Melbourne’s Dangertone studios with engineer Luke Walton, it’s the first full-length album since 2017’s critically adored Ugly Produce offering and their first new music since 2020’s Holed Up In The Lair EP. Pulling the new songs together was a meticulously creative endeavour and the final product is the most complete, aggressive, and urgent the band has ever sounded.

The band have been in full throttle touring mode since the release in early 2025 and are currently out on a massive 39 date jaunt through the USA alongside Gwar and Soulfly. Much of the last year was spent touring the globe in support of Pantera all over Europe, the UK and the USA where King Parrot amassed performing exactly 100 shows for the year. New Zealand fans can expect a band that is firing on all cylinders and awaiting their first shows in NZ in many years.