Unexpect 5760592 221218282 2008-06-23T15:48:42Z Hari iyer44 6969703 {{Primarysources|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Unexpect | Img = <!-- Put only the image name (e.g. Example.png) without the Image: prefix. --> | Img_capt = | Img_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels. Set the value as a number without "px". --> | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | Genre = [[Avant-garde metal|Avant-garde]] [[extreme metal]] | Years_active = 1996 - present | Label = [[The End Records|The End]] | Associated_acts = | URL = [http://www.unexpect.com www.unexpect.com] | Current_members = Syriak<br />Artagoth<br />ChaotH<br />Exod<br />Leïlindel<br />Landryx<br />Blaise Borboën-Léonard | Past_members = Le Bateleur<br />Elda<br />Zircon<br />Merzenya<br />Dasnos<br />Anthony Trujillo }} '''Unexpect''' (often capitalized '''uneXpect''', '''unexpecT''', '''UnexpecT''') is an [[avant-garde metal|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 music|electro]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[noise music|noise]], [[circus music]], and [[jazz]]. The band's [[debut album]], ''[[Utopia (Unexpect 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.<ref>[http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=38 Official The End biography]</ref> ===Line-up and albums=== 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 (Unexpect album)|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 [[Extended Play|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 [[bass guitar#Strings and tuning|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 (band)|The Gathering]] and [[Giant Squid (band)|Giant Squid]]. They have also played with bands like [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]], [[Finntroll]], [[Kataklysm]], and [[Green Carnation]]. They were also supposed to open for the famous [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[blackened death metal]] band [[Dissection (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 (band)|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) – [[singer|vocals]], [[electric guitar|guitar]] (1996- ) * Artagoth – vocals, guitar (1996- ) * ChaotH – [[bass guitar]] (2001- ) * Exod – [[electronic keyboard|keyboards]], [[sampling (music)|sampling]] (1997- ) * Leïlindel – vocals (2001- ) * Landryx – [[drum kit|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) ==Releases== * ''[[Utopia (Unexpect album)|Utopia]]'' (1999, self-released) * ''[[wE, Invaders]]'' EP (2003, Galy Records; distributed by [[The End Records]]) * ''[[In a Flesh Aquarium]]'' (2006, [[The End Records]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==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] [[Category:Canadian heavy metal musical groups]] [[Category:Avant-garde metal musical groups]] [[Category:Progressive metal musical groups]] [[Category:Metal fusion bands]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1996]] [[Category:Montreal musical groups]] [[fr:Unexpect]]