STUDIO ALBUM BY KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

Year Released: 2017

Murder of the Universe is the tenth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 23 June 2017 by Flightless in Australia, ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in the United Kingdom. It is the second of five albums released by the band in 2017.

The album was nominated for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, despite controversy over the band's win the previous year with Nonagon Infinity.

Murder of the Universe is a concept album split into three separate stories, called suites, each containing elements of spoken word to carry a narrative. The first two suites feature Leah Senior's narration, while NaturalReader's "UK, Charles" text-to-speech application narrates the final suite.

TRACK-LIST:

Side A - The Tale Of The Altered Beast:

1. A New World
2. Altered Beast I
3. Alter Me I
4. Altered Beast II
5. Alter Me II
6. Altered Beast III
7. Alter Me III
8. Altered Beast IV
9. Life/Death

Side B - The Lord Of Lightning Vs Blarog:

1. Some Context
2. The Recitent Raconteur
3. The Lord Of Lightning
4. The Balrog
5. The Floating Fire
6. The Acid Corpse

Side C - Han-Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe:

1. Welcome To An Altered Future
2. Digital Black
3. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg
4. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
5. Vomit Coffin
6. Murder Of The Universe