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Montréal, Québec, Canada (1996 – present)

uneXpect is an Avant-garde metal band, they mix elements of Black, Death, Progressive and Melodic Metal; Classical, Operatic, Medieval, Goth, Electro, Ambient, Psychotic, Noise and Circus Music with an occasional jazzy touch. With a crew composed of 7 different beings, the atmosphere sometimes takes a form of symphonic proportion by its sound diversity and arrangements. Their vocal performance range from one extreme to the other as they alternate between glorious choirs; inhuman screams of deep, high, mid-growl and delirious intensity; theatrical narrations and clean/sober sections strewn with bewitching feminine singing pleasures.

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)

http://www.unexpect.com/

Montréal, Québec, Canada in 1996

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Black_Sandman wrote:
Saturday afternoon

?_?

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Legume666 wrote:
Thursday evening

Best avant-garde.

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Chuckle_Nuts wrote:
Thursday morning

Truly epic band. Can't wait for new material.

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Joyful_Blue wrote:
Thursday morning

Interesting to say the least, heard them for the first time today and I'm definitely curious.

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KainTehPwnsome wrote:
last week

Your comment makes no sense.

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melez102 wrote:
last week

This band makes no sense. Sounds like nu metal.

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Runesmyth wrote:
10 days ago

Would you have preferred me saying they sound like System of a Down getting fucked up the ass by The Dresden Dolls while Merzbow presses random buttons on his laptop as Tarja and Bjork sing over it? It's all subjective, anyway, but I'm sure we can agree on one thing: UnexpecT are one of the most original bands to come out of the 2000s.

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Jack_Pisanu wrote:
16 days ago

Unexpect live....just a great experience!!!!!!

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Tarrkin wrote:
16 days ago

There's no point speaking of: "this sounds like [enteryourfavoritegroupname]". It's just awesome, perhaps: death metal growl with some groans, shrieks and other sounds; female vocals above all of this, very noisy rhythm guitars, lead guitars playing in some very weird scales, all this very spiced by violin and piano, like by some 20th century modern composer. New album please

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rustytheginge wrote:
22 days ago

Shru? u idiot, soad and nightwish??? to me they sound like an amalgamation of gorguts and meshuaggh, with epic piano and female voclas :P

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KV626 wrote:
23 days ago

the fuck? Don't what the fuck is going on in their music but it's 100% made of win.

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MrChimney wrote:
23 days ago

Awkward.

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Waldheri wrote:
27 days ago

Wow, that was the worst compliment ever. XD

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Shru wrote:
last month

Really like what I've heard from UnexpecT thus far. They sound like System of a Down at their strangest while fronted by Tarja from Nightwish. It's an interesting combination.

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Emtay13 wrote:
last month

vThis. That's just insulting.

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aWinnarIsYou wrote:
last month

@Runesmyth; Could you have picked any more horrible bands to compare them to?

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Leichengott wrote:
last month

great music from a great band

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Runesmyth wrote:
last month

Really like what I've heard from UnexpecT thus far. They sound like System of a Down at their strangest while fronted by Tarja from Nightwish. It's an interesting combination.

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SC10n wrote:
last month

Weird shit.

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EinarOv567 wrote:
last month

AmishRefugee@ nu metal? wow dude. I'd like to think the awesomeness of Unexpect clobbered you in the head. That would explain the stupid thing you just said

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