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WAR OF BEING

TesseracT

Progressive Metal

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gbjones
4 stars I don't like to do blow-by-blow song-by-song reviews, but rather whole album reviews because they're easier to read (and even easier to write!). Tesseract is a new group with new ideas and a fresh attitude on music. PA classifies them as progressive metal, but to me they are much more progressive than metal. One can't compare them to other groups because of the high level of originality. My first encounter with Tesseract, I rented a car in South Africa coincidentally at the same time I bought their first album, then listened to the same album addictively throughout the vacation while driving around the country. This recent War of Being is a quality collection of songs with echoing guitars, hints of metal (e.g. death vocals), but not metal throughout and not numerous. The tracks are consistent, and consistently good. The production quality is likewise excellent. For those already familiar with Tesseract, a definite return to form!
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Bashir
5 stars An album brimming with strength, vitality, and originality. Tesseract is a band I discovered several years ago with their album ALTERED STATE, and since then I haven't been able to shake my addiction to their complex and syncopated riffs, the stunning voice of their singers Daniel Tompkins and previously Ash O'Hara, plus an extraordinary drummer (Jay Postones). This album is an epic journey through the human soul. It requires at least a dozen listens to begin to understand and appreciate the richness, the variety, the mathematical precision of each of its compositions, which together form an album that, after a while, becomes a pleasure to listen to again and again. All of their works seem excellent to me: ONE, ALTERED STATE, POLARIS, and SONDER. A tremendous band, very underrated. Creators of ethereal, surreal atmospheres, compositions that are simultaneously violent and delicate, these musicians are a true pleasure to listen to.
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