Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Encyclopedia
Fables of the Sleepless Empire is the third full-length album by Canadian
avant-garde extreme metal
band uneXpect
. It was released Independently on May 31, 2011
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 Independently on May 31, 2011
Track listing
- "Unsolved Ideas of a Distorted Guest" – 6:54
- "Words" – 5:57
- "Orange Vigilantes" – 4:55
- "Mechanical Phoenix" – 6:55
- "The Quantum Symphony" – 6:04
- "Unfed Pendulum" – 7:55
- "In the Mind of the Last Whale" – 2:58
- "Silence this Parasite" – 5:19
- "A Fading Stance" – 2:06
- "When the Joyful Dead are Dancing" – 4:38
- "Until yet a few more Deaths do us Part" – 2:05
Personnel
- Leïlindel – vocals
- 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...
- Artagoth – vocals, guitar
- ExoD – 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...
, piano, samplingSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically... - Borboen – 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....
- ChaotH – 9-stringed bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Landryx – 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 ....
Production
- Mixed by Jef Fortin with the assistance of Syriak, Leïlindel & Unexpect at Badass Studio.
- Mastered, Engineered, Edited and Re-amped by Jef Fortin at Badass Studio.
- Drums, Vocals & Bass Recorded at Badass Studio by Jef Fortin.
- Guitars, Keyboard & Violins recorded at home studios.
- Additional Vocal track recorded at J-C Desjardins (Caraan & Shy Shit) home studio.
- All inside graphic work and modifications have been done by Éric Charron; cover art by Mario Sanchez Nevado.
- Photographies by Élaine Phaneuf .