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 is a collaboration with Ståle Storløkken, and also features Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.

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

Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs and other canned goods of the viennese persuasion

with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Kjetil Traavik Møster – clarinet, tenor & baritone saxophones Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone Klaus Ellerhusen Holm – alto saxophone Andre Roligheten – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Mathias Eick, Eivind Nordseth Lønning – trumpets Mats Äleklint, Kristoffer Kompen – trombones Trondheimsolistene Daniel Turcina, Åse Våg Aaknes, Sigrid Stang, Stina Andersson – violins Frøydis Tøsse, Lars Marius Hølås – violas Marianne Lie, Tabita Berglund – cellos