King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe (2017)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe (2017)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Chapter 1: The Tale of the Altered Beast

1. "A New World"   0:57

2. "Altered Beast I"   2:23

3. "Alter Me I"   0:45

4. "Altered Beast II"   4:28

5. "Alter Me II"   1:25

6. "Altered Beast III"   2:14

7. "Alter Me III"   1:26

8. "Altered Beast IV"   5:10

9. "Life/Death" 1:00

Total length:   19:48

Chapter 2: The Lord of Lightning vs. Balrog

10. "Some Context"   0:16

11. "The Reticent Raconteur"   1:05

12. "The Lord of Lightning"   5:06

13. "The Balrog"   4:29

14. "The Floating Fire"   1:54

15. "The Acrid Corpse"   1:00

Total length:   13:50

Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe

16. "Welcome to an Altered Future"   0:55

17. "Digital Black"   2:46

18. "Han-Tyumi, the Confused Cyborg"   2:21

19. "Soy-Protein Munt Machine"   0:30

20. "Vomit Coffin"   2:19

21. "Murder of the Universe"   4:09

Total length:   13:00

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Band Members / Musicians

Stu Mackenzie – vocals, Hagström F12 guitar, Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer, Mellotron flute, Mellotron choir, Yamaha Reface YC organ, Fender Mustang bass, Natural Reader UK Charles

Michael Cavanagh – '62 Maxwin drum kit, '61 Yamaha Tiger Red Swirl kit

Joey Walker – Yamaha SG-3 guitar, Yamaha Reface YC organ, Roland JX-3P synthesizer, Roland Juno-60 synthesizer

Ambrose Kenny-Smith – Hohner Special 20 harmonica, Yamaha Reface YC organ

Cook Craig – Rickenbacker 620 guitar

Lucas Skinner – Fender Mustang bass

Eric Moore – management

Leah Senior – spoken word (tracks 1–9, 11–15)

Casey Hartnett – recording

Stu Mackenzie – recording, production

Michael Badger – recording, mixing

Joey Walker – recording

Joe Carra – mastering

Jason Galea – artwork

Murder of the Universe is the 10th 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. The band lost the award to Northlane for Mesmer.