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After releasing the album of their career in the form of War Of Being, UK prog metal titans TesseracT invite fans once more to a beautiful listening experience in the form of ‘Echoes’, the newest single from the record.
Tomorrow, the band will kick off their biggest tour to date in North America, bringing listeners right into ‘The Strangeland’, the concept world of War Of Being. This leg of TesseracT’s world tour will span from 5th October in North Carolina right up to 13th November at the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee.
The track lands with earth-shattering impact as guitar riffs collide with polyrhythmic drums, giving way to malleable basslines, coupled with a vocal performance that is as vulnerable as it is brilliant. Gearing up for the track’s climactic grand finale where aftershocks of groove reverberate throughout the listener, it’s the perfect prologue in understanding the relationship between ‘El’ and ‘The Scribe’.
Regarding the track, Daniel Tompkins had the following to say:
“The concept of ‘Echoes’ is based around one of our main characters, ‘El’, and ‘The Scribe’. They play a major part in the concept and game as ‘The Scribe’ is a splintered part of ‘El’s ego that has the ability to control destiny and rewrite the past.”
Dan continues:
“This has always been a hard-hitting song and it adds a real dynamic to the album. As a standalone track it exudes feelings from the heights of euphoria but also the depths of desperation. There’s a real sense of frustration and regret throughout, especially as the song climaxes with its brutal admission.”
The visualiser, created by Asiel Manuel Rodriguez Espinosa (@asiel_type ) peels back yet more layers from the mysterious world of ‘The Strangeland’. It moves from peaceful moonlit plains to fiery ruins taking with it the listener to another world.
Now, for the first time, the band will be bringing ‘The Strangeland’ to the live arena with their worldwide tour. Alongside regular tickets, fans will also have to opportunity for VIP experiences which consist of an exclusive stripped down performance, Q&A with TesseracT, limited signed art print, laminate with lanyard, early merch access and early entry.
Order the album here: https://tesseractkscope.lnk.to/warofbeing
TesseracT marked their return with their statement of intent that was the 11 minute ‘War Of Being’, a world tour announcement and the unveiling of the world’s first ever VR concept album experience in ‘The Grey’ bringing fans directly into the world of ‘The Strangeland’. Now, the band now plot their course for the heart on the emotive ‘Legion’ as we hurtle towards the release of their magnificent fifth album.
Fans can download and play the War Of Being game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475790/War_Of_Being
TesseracT have also unveiled the Kickstarter for the full VR + Desktop game, ‘War Of Being’, as frontman Daniel Tompkins elaborates more here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dmtesseract/war-of-being
Alongside the brand new album the band will be embarking on a worldwide tour that will begin in 2023 running through to 2024, performing shows throughout the US, EU, UK, Asia and Australia with support from Intervals, Unprocessed, Alluvial and The Callous Daoboys.
UK dates are as follows:
Feb 20: UK Nottingham Nottingham Rock City
Feb 21: UK Birmingham O2 Institute
Feb 22: UK Bristol O2 Academy
Feb 23: UK London O2 Forum Kentish Town
Feb 24: UK Manchester O2 Ritz
Feb 25: UK Glasgow SWG 3 Studio Warehouse
Feb 27: IE Dublin Academy
Tickets onsale from: https://www.tesseractband.co.uk/tour-dates
War Of Being was recorded at Middle Farm Studios in the United Kingdom with Peter Miles (Architects/Sylosis/Dodie) co-producing with the band alongside Katherine Marsh of Choir Noir (Bring Me The Horizon / Architects / Marillion). Assisting with additional programming and production, the band were joined by Randy Slaugh (Periphery, Architects, Devin Townsend). With additional engineering by Forrester Savell (Karnivool). The artwork, which features characters ‘Ex’ and ‘El’ was created in collaboration between AI and human as a means to extend the concept into its presentation.
TesseracT online:
https://www.tesseractband.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/tesseractband
https://www.instagram.com/tesseractband
https://twitter.com/tesseractband
https://open.spotify.com/artist/23ytwhG1pzX6DIVWRWvW1r
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/tesseract
TesseracT are:
Daniel Tompkins (vocals)
Acle Kahney (guitar)
James Monteith (guitar)
Amos Williams (bass)
Jay Postones (drums)
Photo Credit: Andy Ford
