Montreal's rambunctious and unique classical/black metal ensemble UNEXPECT recently completed work on its sophomore album, "Fables Of The Sleepless Empire", at Badass Studio with producer Jef Fortin. The CD's cover artwork was created by Spanish artist Mario Sanchez Nevado. All inside graphic work was handled by Eric Charron while the photography was taken care of by Elaine Phaneuf.
"Fables Of The Sleepless Empire" track listing:
01. Unsolved Ideas Of A Distorted Guest
02. Words
03. Orange Vigilantes
04. Mechanical Phoenix
05. The Quantum Symphony
06. Unfed Pendulum
07. In The Mind Of The Last Whale
08. Silence This Parasite
09. A Fading Stance
10. When The Joyful Dead Are Dancing
11. Until Yet A Few More Deaths Do Us Part
Regarding the new album release, the group previously said, "After some deep and profound thinking, we finally decided to take back the reins of our destiny and go independent for the release of the next album! We gave this option a lot of attention/thinking time and the conclusion was that we think it's all positive and for the best! And the fact of removing intermediaries will let us be even closer to our public!"
UNEXPECT last year announced the departure of keyboardist Exod. The band said, "The lifestyle and sacrifices that go with touring is not to everyone's taste and it's been the main reason behind his choice. We were already talking about all of this while touring North America in 2008 so it's been a well-thought decision that we all knew of for a long time. That said, it doesn't mean that there won't be more future collaborations with him as we're still very good friends and are, as always, totally musically compatible...as you'll be able to hear on the new album."
UNEXPECT is:
Syriak - Vocals, Guitar
Artagoth - Vocals, Guitar
Leïlindel - Vocals
Chaoth - 9-Stringed Bass
Borboën - Violin
Landryx - Drum
UNEXPECT released its debut album, "In a Flesh Aquarium", in the summer of 2006 via The End Records.
