UNEXPECT nominated for 'Best Metal' album at 7th Annual Independent Music Awards

Montreal's dynamic and unmatched classical/black metal act UNEXPECT have been nomimated for
an award at the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards.

In an update the band posts: "Good news never comes alone...We've just been nominated again for another Best Metal album
of the year title! We're among finalists of the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards. Thousands of submissions from
Australia to Zimbabwe have been reviewed and it seems like they chose us freaks…

Here's a briefing of the event taken from their website: "The Independent Music Awards is an International program that helps artists
overcome mainstream obstacles and reach wider audiences. IMA Finalists will now advance to the final round of judging by a distinguished
group of influential artists and industry insiders. The Judges who will determine this year's IMA Winners include Les Claypool of Primus;
Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers; Suzanne Vega; Snoop Dogg, Ray Davies of The Kinks; Susan Tedeschi, Frank Iero of My
Chemical Romance; blues legend Charlie Musselwhite; Judy Collins; Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis, MTV Music Supervisor,
Carrie Hughes, Kevin Lyman of Vans Warped Tour and many others. Winners will be announced in December. Past winners include
Lacuna Coil & God Forbid. Developed and coordinated by Music Resource Group, publisher of The Musician's Atlas, the Independent
Music Award program delivers a variety of premiums to Winners including:

- Year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances, that will place the
Winners in front of millions of music fans and industry decision makers around the world.
- The IMA Winners CD compilation will be distributed to 10,000 music fans and industry at events such as SXSW,
Ozzfest, The Warped Tour throughout the year and promoted to more 650 US & Canadian college & public radio stations.
- eMusic will promote IMA Winners to millions of their subscribers throughout 2008.
- Borders Books & Music will promote IMA Winners more than 11 Million of their customers.
- Exposure to nearly 10 million viewers of ManiaTV.com and Havoc TV."

You can vote for us too at the IMA Vox Populi Jukebox (ALBUM FINALIST / HARDROCK-METAL section):
http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/IMAFinalist/AlbumFinalist.aspx?yr=2008&catid=8#8

While this vote will not affect the Judges final decisions, the IMA Vox Populi winners
will be announced in February and promoted throughout 2008.

On another note, our Fearless Music TV performance of 'Desert Urbania' can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uutrjotwB38


UNEXPECT tour dates:
11/08/07 Thu @ BB Kings Blues Club - New York City, NY (w/ Enslaved, Arsis)
11/20/07 Tue @ Mark's Place - Bedford, NH (w/ Paradise Lost)
11/23/07 Fri @ Bar le Magog - Sherbrooke, QC
(with Trail of Tears, Cellador, Echoes of Eternity)
01/10/08 Thu @ Vnuk's Lounge - Milwaukee, WI (w/ Echoes of Eternity)
01/11/08 Fri @ The Reverb - Cedar Falls, IA (w/ Echoes of Eternity)
01/12/08 Sat @ I-Rock - Detroit, MI (w/ Echoes of Eternity)
01/13/08 Sun @ The Mad Hatter - Covington, KY (w/ Echoes of Eternity)
01/14/08 Mon @ The Muse - Nashville, TN (w/ Echoes of Eternity)
01/15/08 Tue @ Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
01/16/08 Wed @ Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
01/17/08 Thu @ Webster Theater - Hartford, CT
01/18/08 Fri @ The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
01/19/08 Sat @ Mark`s Place - Bedford, NH
01/20/08 Sun @ BB Kings Blues Club - New York City, NY
01/21/08 Mon @ Rainbow - Ottawa, ON
01/22/08 Tue @ Velvet - Quebec City, QUE
01/23/08 Wed @ FouFounes Electriques- Montreal, QUE
01/24/08 Thu @ The Funhaus - Toronto, ONT
01/25/08 Fri @ Peabody`s Down Under - Cleveland, OH
01/26/08 Sat @ The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
01/27/08 Sun @ Station 4 - St Paul, MN
01/30/08 Wed @ El Corazon - Seattle, WA
01/31/08 Thu @ Roseland Grill - Portland, OR
02/01/08 Fri @ TBA - San Francisco, CA
02/02/08 Sat @ Showcase Theatre - Corona, CA
02/03/08 Sun @ El Jardin del Silencio Extreme Rock Bar - Mexicali, MEX
02/04/08 Mon @ Whiskey a Go Go - West Hollywood, CA
02/06/08 Wed @ Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
02/07/08 Thu @ Launch Pad - Albuquerque, NM
02/08/08 Fri @ White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
02/09/08 Sat @ TBA - Dallas, TX
02/10/08 Sun @ Meridian - Houston, TX
02/12/07 Tue @ Static Bar - Kansas City, MO (w/ Echoes of Eternity)
02/13/07 Wed @ Station 4 - St. Paul, MN (w/ Echoes of Eternity)