- psychedelic rock, spoken word, garage rock, progressive rock
- 47 min
- 21 tracks
- ATO Records
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.
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Epic, grave, bleak and open-ended.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 73/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubD+
- Clash8/10
- Classic Rock2.5/5 ★
- Exclaim!6/10
- The Irish Times3/5 ★
- The Line of Best Fit7.5/10
- Paste7.4/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- Under the Radar8.5/10
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Tracks
- 1The Tale of the Altered Beast: A New World0:57
- 2The Tale of the Altered Beast: Altered Beast I2:24
- 3The Tale of the Altered Beast: Alter Me I0:46
- 4The Tale of the Altered Beast: Altered Beast II4:29
- 5The Tale of the Altered Beast: Alter Me II1:26
- 6The Tale of the Altered Beast: Altered Beast III2:15
- 7The Tale of the Altered Beast: Alter Me III1:26
- 8The Tale of the Altered Beast: Altered Beast IV5:11
- 9The Tale of the Altered Beast: Life/Death0:59
- 10The Lord of Lightning Vs Balrog: Some Context0:17
- 11The Lord of Lightning Vs Balrog: The Reticent Raconteur1:05
- 12The Lord of Lightning Vs Balrog: The Lord of Lightning5:07
- 13The Lord of Lightning Vs Balrog: The Balrog4:29
- 14The Lord of Lightning Vs Balrog: The Floating Fire1:54
- 15The Lord of Lightning Vs Balrog: The Acrid Corpse1:01
- 16Han‐Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe: Welcome to an Altered Future0:55
- 17Han‐Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe: Digital Black2:47
- 18Han‐Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe: Han‐Tyumi, the Confused Cyborg2:22
- 19Han‐Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe: Soy‐Protein Munt Machine0:30
- 20Han‐Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe: Vomit Coffin2:19
- 21Han‐Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe: Murder of the Universe4:10
21 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- ATO Records
- Released
- June 23, 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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