DESCRIPTION:
Tomorrow's Eve is a German progressive metal band who has changed a lot since this particular release. They formed in 1999, and now only two (Rainer and Oliver) of the original five members remain.

On The Unexpected World, I would say that their music was truly the best in their career. They take hints from many genres and artists, namely jazz, Dream Theater, Vanden Plas, but their work is not derivative at all.

On the contrary, I consider this album a breath of fresh air, consisting of warm and crunchy distorted riffs, driving rhythms from Sascha and Ralf, atmospheric clean guitar/keyboards, and quite entertaining concepts in the lyrics. A true gem in the progressive metal world.

Line-up

- Ralf Gottlieb / drums, percussion
- Rainer Grund / guitars
- Sascha Hilles / bass
- Oliver Schwickert / keyboards
- Peter Webel / vocals

Lyrics:
A scaring fire and a sound of thunder
There goes the Voyager what will it bring?
The golden plate to introduce the humans
To someone nobody has ever seen

Nobody has asked if this is right or wrong
What you have done but now it's far too late
Will there be answers and what will they be like?
Nobody knows, and we can only wait

There is a war that rages on, even now beyond the fields that we know
Between the utopian kingdoms of the high heavens, and the chaotic pits of the burning hells
This war is known as the great conflict, and it has raged and burned longer than any of the stars in the sky
As the forces for light and darkness constantly vie for control over all creation.
(The Answer-)
We could not foresee what our action caused to be (The End)
We will resist, there's always a second chance. (You Lie)
We'll defend ourselves with our nuclear technology (You Die)
We want to keep alive, they will show us mercy
They're not interested in our lives, they want resources that's what they need
We will be slaves until our doom and if we resist they'll blow us away

Way down to hell, that's where you go
Responsibility is a hard word for you (x2)
No one ever cares what these inventions might bring
Advantage or the end, we dare to act like we're gods

How can we act this way? Are we completely out of mind?
Satellites that show the way to a primitive culture with masses of ores

(You've lost)
They were just too strong, we could not destroy them (Died)
Our soldiers lost; everybody's dead now
(You see) What we have done, but it wasn't our fault (Untrue)
You elected us, not only we are guilty

Way down to hell, that's where you we
Too late for tears, the others have won
No one ever cares what these inventions might bring
Advantage or the end, we dare to act like we're gods

How can we act this way? Are we completely out of mind?
Satellites had shown the way to a primitive culture with masses of ores
A scaring fire and a sound of thunder, the end of human and all life on earth.
The golden plate has brought them real destruction, ironic how invention broke the earth.