King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Entry updated 7 April 2025. Tagged: Music.
Australian band formed in Melbourne in 2010, whose music mixes healthy doses of prog with metal, psychedelic rock and pop-punk. Their name indicates the level of absurdity found throughout their voluminous discography. Murder in the Universe (2017) includes a suite about a Cyborg named Han-Tyumi, who wants to learn how to vomit and die, and eventually engulfs the universe in Grey Goo. Infest the Rats' Nest (2019), a more straightforwardly metal record, is a concept album about escaping Climate-Change Disaster on Earth by attempting to colonize Venus; the colony members all die and are sent to Hell. The follow-up rejoiced in the title PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (2023). [CWa]
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