The Death Defying Unicorn

The Death Defying Unicorn is the fifteenth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho, released on 10 February 2012 via Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records. It was released on double CD and double 12" vinyl. It is a collaboration with Ståle Storløkken, and also features Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.

The Death Defying Unicorn
Studio album by
Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken
Released10 February 2012
Recorded2011
GenreProgressive rock[1]
Length83:44
LabelStickman Records
Rune Grammofon
ProducerKåre Christoffer Vestrheim & Bent Sæther
Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken chronology
Heavy Metal Fruit
(2010)		 The Death Defying Unicorn
(2012)		 Still Life with Eggplant
(2013)

Track listing

Compact disc

Disc one:

  1. Out of the Woods (Storløkken) – 2:40
  2. The Hollow Lands (Sæther) – 7:36
  3. Through the Veil (parts I & II) (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 16:01
  4. Doldrums (Storløkken) – 3:06
  5. Into the Gyre (Ryan/Sæther) – 10:22
  6. Flotsam (Storløkken) – 1:33

Disc two:

  1. Oh, Proteus - A Prayer (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 7:35
  2. Sculls in Limbo (Ryan) – 2:21
  3. La Lethe (Storløkken/Sæther) – 7:53
  4. Oh, Proteus - A Lament (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 1:04
  5. Sharks (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 7:56
  6. Mutiny! (Ryan/Sæther) – 8:33
  7. Into the Mystic (Sæther) – 7:04

Vinyl

Side A:

  1. Out of the Woods
  2. The Hollow Lands
  3. Through the Veil, Part I

Side B:

  1. Through the Veil, Part II
  2. Doldrums
  3. Into the gyre
  4. Flotsam

Side C:

  1. Oh, Proteus - A Prayer
  2. Sculls in Limbo
  3. La Lethe
  4. Oh, Proteus - A Lament

Side D:

  1. Sharks
  2. Mutiny!
  3. Into the Mystic

Credits

Music arranged by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken
Words by Bent Sæther
Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra arranged by Ståle Storløkken

Performed by Motorpsycho:
Kenneth Kapstad – drums
Hans Magnus Ryan – guitars and vocals
Bent Sæther – bass and vocals
and
Ståle Storløkken – keyboards

featuring
Ola Kvernberg – violin
Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs and other canned goods of the viennese persuasion

with
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Trondheimsolistene

References
  1. Kelman, John (March 18, 2012). "Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken: Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
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