In a Flesh Aquarium is the second full-length album by Canadian

Canada

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 avant-garde extreme metal

Extreme metal

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 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 on August 22, 2006 through The End Records

The End Records

The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...

. This is the first album to include Landryx as the new drummer and the last album to feature Le Bateleur on violin.

SyriaK wrote all lyrics, except "Megalomaniac Trees" by Artagoth and "The Shiver" by ChaotH. The lyrics to "Another Dissonant Chord" were translated to Hungarian by the Hegyesy family (relatives of Leïlindel); the booklet also includes the English translation.

The album was re-released in Europe in 2007 by Ascendance Records and distributed worldwide by Plastic Head, with a different album cover and also including the 2003 release wE, Invaders as a bonus CD, which includes a bonus track entitled "Puppet's Strange Vision" composed by ExoD.

Track listing

In a Flesh Aquarium

• All Lyrics By SyriaK, unless otherwise noted. All Music As Noted.

1. "Chromatic Chimera" – 5:52 (UnexpecT)
2. "Feasting Fools" – 6:17 (UnexpecT)
3. "Desert Urbania" – 7:30 (UnexpecT)
4. "Summoning Scenes" – 7:47 (UnexpecT)
5. "Silence 011010701" – 5:14 (ExoD)
6. "Megalomaniac Trees" – 5:57 (Lyrics: Artagoth/Music: UnexpecT)
7. "The Shiver - Another Dissonant Chord" – 3:00 (Lyrics: ChaotH/Music: UnexpecT)
8. "The Shiver - Meet Me at the Carrousel" – 4:08 (Lyrics: ChaotH/ Music: UnexpecT)
9. "The Shiver - A Clown's Mindtrap" – 3:41 (Lyrics: ChaotH/Music: UnexpecT)
10. "Psychic Jugglers" – 11:10 (UnexpecT)

Personnel

• Leïlindel – vocals
• SyriaK – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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   on "Psychic Jugglers"
• Artagoth – vocals, guitar
• ExoD – keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
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  , piano, sampling
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• Le Bateleur – violin
  Violin
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• ChaotH – 7- and 9-stringed bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Landryx – drums
  Drum kit
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Guest musicians

• Amélie Blanchette – clarinet
  Clarinet
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   on "Psychic Jugglers"
• Nathalie Duchesne – additional violin and cello
  Cello
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   on "Summoning Scenes", "The Shiver", and "Psychic Jugglers"
• Stéphanie Colerette – additional violin and cello on "Summoning Scenes", "The Shiver", and "Psychic Jugglers"
• Benjamin Proulx-Mathers – saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  on "Megalomaniac Trees"