unexpect

[reality is but a dream]

what do people here think of this band?

unexpect is a avant-black band from quebec that incorporate many different styles of metal together ( not unlike akercocke) and have a strong bizarre/circus theme going on. they use some less used instruments in their music such as the violin , the piano, the 9 string bass ( fully utilised ) and have 3 singers ( the lead being female)

i find this band stands out of the crowd and have created a unique name for themselves.

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[Alteredmindeath]

Great fucking crazy band!

 

[SPLASTiK]

They're strange.

Here's a Youtube Video live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAi-JBkebiE

 

[Liquid Tension]

I've liked all their stuff so far....

 

[AshDLS]

Excellent group of musos, very interesting stuff.

 

[Pethical]

i like them

 

[Hypnos]

interesting band, but i thing they try too hard to be weird for the sake of being weird. some parts just sound too forced for my taste

 

[soundave]

From the little I've heard, I like it. Thinking about picking up some, actually. Only heard their stuff The Entropy League podcast.

 

[Talking Meat]

Pretty f'n insane. Seems like the musicians can do just about anything they want.

 

[Shapeless)))]

Wow... that youtube video..... cool stuff.

 

[PeeWee1473]

These guys seriously rule. Every music fan should hear their new one "In a Flesh Aquarium" at least once in their life. Hoping to check them out live soon.

 

[The Poona of Peshwa]

I really dislike this band.

 

[Justin S.]

utter shit.

 

[derbeder]

saw them opening for the gathering in nyc. i could stand them for only 5 minutes. then i went out the bar where they were playing ok computer. thom yorke saved my ears.

 

[opeth_353]

Overrated but not awful.

 

[ExistenZer0]

The band name is fuckin' stupid but from what I've heard so far they seem pretty interesting,

 

[Treesinger]

I didn't like them when I first heard them, but now I love them. "In A Flesh Aquarium" was one of my favourite 2006 albums.

 

[Alcapoth]

Wow man, you know what? Not bad...not bad at all. I was expecting something kinda shitty from their band name.

Coming from an Arcturus fan, I must say I REALLY dig the keys.

 

[reality is but a dream]

for those of you who decided to pickup a copy ( you really should, all the songs sound very different) , notice theres a very opeth ish riff in "summoning scenes" at around 5:55 in the song

 

[Selkie]

I guess there are some decent moments, but most of the music sounds like a cheesey jumbled mess and grates on my ears. I'm not opposed to avant-garde, but this seems really forced, blending genres in a rather contrived way.

To me this is like a more technical and aggressive take on Arcturus' LMI, but without the tastefulness. I have similar problems with bands like Solefald, Vintersorg, new Borknagar, etc.