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• Murder of the Universe, released on 23 June 2017, is a sprawling concept album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard that fuses psychedelic rock, prog, and narrative ambition. Recorded at Flightless HQ, the album is structured into three chaptersThe Tale of the Altered Beast, The Lord of Lightning vs. Balrog, and Han-Tyumi & the Murder of the Universelinked by spoken-word narration from Leah Senior and text-to-speech voices. The music navigates shifting tones: driving motorik rock, synth interludes, bluesy harmonica passages, and heavy prog motifs all intermingle. Stylistically, it builds on the bands earlier experiments while leaning harder into theatricality, immersion, and narrative.

  The album rewards repeated listening: while its concept is ambitious and occasionally audacious, the internal coherence of motifs, tra