Prog metallers end long wait for a new album in spectacular fashion.
TesseracT’s last record, 2018’s Sonder, affirmed them as one of the UK’s premier progressive metal bands. Five years on, the expectation for a follow-up is immense. Perhaps it’s why, inspired by the immersive audio-visual experience they crafted with Portals over lockdown, they pushed themselves to see how far they could take a concept album. The result is not only TesseracT’s most accomplished record to date, but it’s one that adds greater extravagance, wonder and distinction to their already wide-ranging sound.
“It adds greater extravagance, wonder and distinction.” It’s also their heaviest album yet. A ferocity fuels vocalist Daniel Tompkins throughout, with pitched screams his new secret weapon, unleashed between bouts of stunningly executed clean vocal melodies, which expand…
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Prog (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 143