The Unknown is the sixth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 3 June 2016 through Prophecy Productions.

[1] The album was announced by the band on their official Facebook page on 31 October 2015,[2] and a teaser EP containing two tracks that eventually appeared in it, entitled The Kindred of the Sunset, came out on 25 March 2016.

A deluxe two-CD box set, containing two bonus tracks, was also released.

"The Whine of the Cemetery Hound" and "The Kindred of the Sunset" originally appeared on the teaser EP The Kindred of the Sunset; a lyric video for the latter was uploaded to Prophecy's official YouTube channel on 24 March.

[4] On 31 May 2016, "From Wolf to Peacock" was released online (via Prophecy's YouTube channel).