Fables of the Sleepless Empire
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fables of the Sleepless Empire
| type = Album
| artist = uneXpect
| cover = Fables_of_the_Sleepless_Empire_(Unexpect_Album_Cover).jpg
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| released = May 31, 2011
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| genre = Avant-garde metal, extreme metal, progressive metal
| length = 55:46
| label = Independent
| producer = Syriak and Unexpect
| prev_title = In a Flesh Aquarium
| prev_year = 2006
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Fables of the Sleepless Empire is the third and final full-length album by Canadian avant-garde extreme metal band uneXpect. It was released independently on May 31, 2011. In 2024, it was named one of the 10 "wackiest" progressive metal albums ever by Loudwire.{{Cite web |last=Blum |first=Jordan |date=2024-06-25 |title=10 Wackiest Prog Metal Albums Ever |url=https://loudwire.com/wackiest-prog-metal-albums/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Loudwire |publisher=Townsquare Media}}
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
=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 .
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