Unexpect

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Name = Unexpect


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Origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre = Avant-garde extreme metal
Years_active = 1996 - present
Label = The End
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URL = [http://www.unexpect.com www.unexpect.com]
Current_members = Syriak
Artagoth
ChaotH
Exod
Leïlindel
Landryx
Blaise Borboën-Léonard
Past_members = Le Bateleur
Elda
Zircon
Merzenya
Dasnos
Anthony Trujillo

Unexpect (often capitalized uneXpect, unexpecT, UnexpecT) is an avant-garde extreme metal band from Montreal, Canada with an amalgamation of different styles of music, including black metal, death metal, progressive metal, melodic heavy metal, European Classical music, opera, medieval music, gypsy music, electro, ambient, 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 successfully. [ [http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=38 Official The End biography] ]

History

From its beginnings in 1996, the band saw its share of line-up changes, as only three members of this period are still in the band: Artagoth, SyriaK and Exod (who was drummer at that time and went under the moniker of Lunorin). Unexpect then recorded a full-length album entitled "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 the internet as its only support. A new era began for the band with the release of a new EP entitled "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 band's second 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.

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 blackened 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. More recently, the band has opened up for power metal act Sonata Arctica and death metal act Nile as well as playing the Heavy MTL festival on June 21 2008 along with the likes of Overkill, 3 Inches of Blood, Mastodon and Iron Maiden.

Members

Current members

* Syriak (ex-Magister Dixit) – vocals, guitar (1996- )
* Artagoth – vocals, guitar (1996- )
* ChaotH – bass guitar (2001- )
* Exod – keyboards, sampling (1997- )
* Leïlindel – vocals (2001- )
* Landryx – drums (2004- )
* Blaise Borboën-Léonard – violin (2007- )

Previous members

* Le Bateleur – violin (1997-2006)
* Elda – vocals (1997-2001)
* Zircon – bass guitar (1996-2001)
* Merzenya – keyboards (1997-2001)
* Dasnos – drums (2003)
* Anthony Trujillo – drums (2002)

Discography

* "Utopia" (1999, self-released)
* "wE, Invaders" EP (2003, Galy Records; distributed by The End Records)
* "In a Flesh Aquarium" (2006, The End Records)

References

External links

* [http://www.unexpect.com Official website]
* [http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=38 UneXpect] at The End Records
* [http://www.myspace.com/unexpect UneXpect] at Myspace
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=302&PHPSESSID=712c9c55b298cea882f0eeca566f4843 UneXpect] at Encyclopaedia Metallum
* [http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/unex.htm UneXpect at BNR Metal Pages]