Unexpect
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- The correct title of this article is uneXpect. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
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| Country | Montreal, Quebec Canada  |
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| Years | 1996-present | ||
| Genre | Avant-garde metal Extreme metal Progressive metal |
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| Label | The End Records | ||
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uneXpect is an avant-garde extreme metal band from Montreal, Canada with a unique amalgamation of completely different styles of music, including black, death, core, progressive and melodic heavy metal; European classical, operatic, medieval, gypsy music, electro, ambient, psychotic, noise, circus music and jazz.
The band’s debut album, Utopia, was independently released. The band only had word of mouth and the Internet to market the work. With unorthodox distribution and online support, the album sold well.
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[edit] Line-up and albums
From their beginnings in 1996, the band saw its share of line-up changes, as only 3 members of this period are still in the band : Artagoth, syriaK and Exod (who was drummer at that time). uneXpect then recorded a full length album called " Utopia " in 1998 which was released in 1999. This first offering was critically acclaimed by many countries around the world with no distribution whatsoever and with internet as only support. A new era began for the band with the release of a new EP called _wE, Invaders in November 2003. This EP, released on the label Galy Records in America, caused quite a positive stir with the critics and introduced their will to create something different from the usual. They are now signed on the eclectic label The End Records and the new album "In a Flesh Aquarium" was released on August 22, 2006 in North America. ChaotH introduced his trademark 9 stringed bass during a Galy Records show on June 4, 2005.
[edit] Tours
In 2006, uneXpect finished their Canadian and U.S. tour with Augury, with some dates also playing with such bands as The Gathering and Giant Squid. They have also played with bands like Sodom, Finntroll, Kataklysm and Green Carnation. They were also supposed to open for the famous Swedish black/death metal band, Dissection during their last U.S. tour at B.B. King's club in New York City, but the show was cancelled due to Dissection's inability to obtain entrance into the country. UneXpect played September 3rd at the Emerging Music Festival in Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
[edit] Current Members
- Syriak (ex-Magister Dixit) - Vocals, Guitar (1996 - )
- Artagoth - Vocals, Guitar (1996 - )
- ChaotH - 9-stringed Bass (2001 - )
- Exod - Keyboards, Sampling (1997 - )
- Leïlindel - Vocals (2001 - )
- Landryx - Drums (2004 - )
- Blaise Borboën-Léonard - Violin (2007 - )
[edit] Official Ex-Members
- le bateleur - Violin (1997 - 2006)
- Elda - Vocals (1997 - 2001)
- Zircon - Bass (1996 - 2001)
- Merzenya - Keyboards (1997 - 2001)
- Dasnos - Drums (2003)
- Anthony Trujillo - Drums (2002)
[edit] Releases
- Utopia (1999), self-released
- _wE, Invaders [EP] (2003), on Galy Records and distributed by The End Records
- In a Flesh Aquarium (2006), on The End Records
[edit] Notes
- ^ - quote from official The End biography: http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=38
- ^ - Official biography from uneXpect on myspace : http://www.myspace.com/unexpect
