BIOGRAPHY

"An eclectic band rooted in the creative soils of Montreal, Canada. unexpecT is a metal laboratory mixing elements of black, death, core, symphonic, progressive and melodic metal; classical, operatic, medieval, goth, electro, ambient, psychotic, noise and circus music with an occasional jazzy touch. The septet includes a violin, keyboards/sampling, a singing contemporary dancer, a 9 stringed bass, 2 guitarists/singers and a drum. The vocal performance of the two singers range from an 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 a female singer who's angelic voice could melt the will of the most vile politician.

The ideas traveling in their lyrics are related to the imagination and the inherent creative power of all human beings, subjective tales, trancelike sensorial exploration, undercover denunciation of social aspects and subconscious realities. Think Cirque du Soleil goes black metal amidst an acid-trip version of The Dark Crystal.
 
The band released their first album “Utopia” independently in 1999 and their unstable line-up finally became solid only in 2003 with the release of the mini-cd “wE_Invaders”. This EP, released in North America via Montreal-based label Galy Records, caused a really positive stir with critics worldwide and helped introduce quite effectively the evolutionary scheme that Unexpect was focusing upon musically.
The album “In a Flesh Aquarium” (2006 released in North America by The End Records & Ascendance Records in Europe) has been acclaimed nearly unanimously by the critics as a milestone in contemporary metal."