Utopia (Unexpect album)
Encyclopedia
Utopia is the first full-length album by Canadian
avant-garde extreme metal
band Unexpect
. It was released in 1999 by the band itself and is recorded and mixed by the band with help of Serge Cosette.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
avant-garde extreme metal
Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
band Unexpect
Unexpect
Unexpect is an avant-garde extreme metal band from Montreal, Canada featuring a unique amalgamation of different styles of music, including black metal, death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, melodic heavy metal, classical music, dark cabaret, opera, medieval music, jazz, funk, electro,...
. It was released in 1999 by the band itself and is recorded and mixed by the band with help of Serge Cosette.
Track listing
- "Vespers Gold" – 7:32
- "Constellations and Mysticism" – 5:37
- "Metamorphosis" – 2:45
- "Shades of a Forbidden Passion" – 6:44
- "Palace of Dancing Souls" – 2:54
- "The Fall of Arthrone" – 7:28
- "Ethereal Dimensions" – 7:46
- "The Flames of Knowledge Forever Lost" – 7:16
- "In Velvet Coffins We Sleep" – 8:53
- "The Revival" – 8:34
The Utopians
- syriaK – vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Zircon – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Lunorin (Exod) – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Merzenya - keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Le bateleur – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Artagoth - vocals, guitar
- Elda – vocals