/r/tesseractband
r/tesseractband is a subreddit for fans of the Progressive Metal band Tesseract. New album ‘War Of Being’ out now!
TesseracT is a British progressive metal band from Milton Keynes, England. Read more about them here
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Concealing fate
God damn. I'm in my kitchen making pasta and this is completely derailling me while I'm cooking pasta... So damn good A little bit of vodka was involved)
11:20 UTC
Problem with conflicting 2025 tour dates
In short, TesseracT is coming to New York City on May 9 and Leprous/Wheel will be in Red Bank, NJ that night too. For people not familiar, these are the only real options on both tours for people in the NYC/NJ/Philly area.
I've seen them all and there's a lot of fan overlap. It sucks that people in the tri-state area have to choose between the two, especially because Leprous announced a few weeks ago so people probably already bought tickets. Do you think there's any chance TesseracT adds an extended leg?
The dates: https://imgur.com/a/IWo4Sue
00:26 UTC
Beneath my Skin/ Mirror Image appreciation post
I don’t even realize it was a 10min song. I have played it like 10 times today. I can’t believe I overlooked this for so long
00:35 UTC
Looking for a keyboard player
Looking for a keyboard player who is interested in playing live and regular rehearsal in the Indianapolis area! Prog/Djent/nu-core metal band, two guitars, bass and drum slots filled, will be starting rehearsal this december! Project is called Human Gallery, I can send demos on request, PM me if interested! Or email torinkursell@gmail.com
06:40 UTC
A demo is my favourite song by them
There is a old demo that is called april idea (new snare) and its one of their most solid works imo and i wish that there was a full song of it, and if there is could you link it to me? This is the link to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-88VOTfQiv4&list=PL1I1SH-23XpYjsXgbXTTqm9nN4aXdExtD&index=55 and the timestamp of it is 13:15
16:10 UTC
War of Being Chord Progression
Hey guys and gals,
Anyone know the chord progression from War of Being that's repeated and repackaged from the 8 minute mark until the end of the song? It sounds like it should be in B-flat major, but some of the guitar distortion can make it difficult to parse out the rest of the tones. Sounds like the beginning of the progression is some sort of I-V-bVII. But then it comes down to a three maybe?
What do you all think?
22:00 UTC
THEY’RE COMING BACK TO USA!
As special guests for Devin Townsend!!! Oh my GOSH!
03:08 UTC
TesseracT - Legion VOCAL COVER
I hope this is appropriate to share in here! Check it out! Hope you enjoy!
00:48 UTC
Will the next album come out 2026?
One 11 Altered State 13 Polaris 15 Sonder EP 18 War of Being 24
The pacing used to be 2 years only. Covid of course delayed the last one but now that things are back to normal, can we expect the next album in late 2025 or early 2026 again?
23:56 UTC
What year did you attend your first Tess show? Mine was in November of 2009!
22:04 UTC
Stream my original music out everywhere under ‘Ben Challenger.’
Hey all! Trying to get my numbers up on streaming platforms and thought this would be the best medium to promote it to. Pitching to some touring companies over the next few months and hoping yall can help! Any stream, follow, and subscribe will go a long way :)
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YnT9MiOGbWjihf0np9ozP?si=T02pKn0aT7eUT_-W6I1-2g
16:06 UTC
Who has one of these beauties from the 2014 tour with Animals As Leaders and Navene K on the EU run?
Came with a soundcheck/meet and greet/tour shirt/tour poster and lanyard. Was a great day!
23:15 UTC
Holy cow...
Been a fan for a while, but I don't immediately listen to their stuff (unlike bands I'm obsessed with like between the buried and me, iron maiden etc.)
But holy hell, I am currently listenung to their newest album and... Wow.... Legion is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. When I first heard it, I got goosebumps. The melody in dans vocals are unlike Anything I've ever heard . Concealing fate was amazing, so was luminary(I believe that was the album name)
But Ive never heard anything more raw than in legion. Near the end when he goes from growling, to dry, to falsetto. It genuinely inflicts this feeling of frustration and desperation to me.
Similar to April of echoes, but on a whole different level.
I wish him and ashe would work together. They are both amazing, altered stated is one of my favorites.
But it's like comparing Paul dianno to Bruce Dickinson (iron maiden) Both did their jobs perfectly, but Bruce fit maiden more than Paul.
I feel the same way with Dan.
It's been a long time that I've had goosebumps all over my body and on the verge of tears hearing Dan scream out in frustration... Idk guys, there is something so special about his voice and diversity that really tugs my heart strings.... Not only is the music amazing itself, but the way they mix their songs is super unique. The drums are usually in your face, but a moment later, my whole attention is on the vocals.
God damn, what an amazing band.
01:41 UTC
War of Being lyrics
What do you think the meaning of the lines “To dream of flowing locks untwisted and stormy, and auburn eyes glistening as you weep”
I know that line is actually from a game, but what is the deeper meaning of that section?
13:04 UTC
I Can't Listen To "One"
I don't know if this is just me but I love every TesseracT's album from start to finish (Polaris being my favorite) but every time I try to listen to "One", the mix & Dan's vocal performance are so jarringly different (not at all saying his performance is bad btw) than the rest of their work for me to really get into it. I really like a lot of the song writing in that album and the portal version of "Concealing Fate" is so good. I really do hope they remaster "One" one day. *Edit: "Remaster" is probably not best word to use but maybe remixed*
18:26 UTC
Emotional songs
Bit of short back story, i’m not an emotional person and I’ve never been the type to get emotional or even cry because of music. I’ve got nothing bad going on in my life at the moment or anything but when I was driving the other day the song War of Being was playing and on the final part of the song I have no idea what it was but the music and vocals just overwhelmed me and actually left me in tears, listened to this song a million times before so was very out of nowhere, anyone else had this same experience?
15:07 UTC
Anyone know the set list for their tour in January?
curious sorry if this has been posted already or not published yet
18:17 UTC
Personal wishes for the next album?
Themes, styles, instruments, lyrics, etc. Whatever comes to mind.
I personally am quite happy with the direction of War of Being, so I'm hoping for more of that (especially the proggier long songs) + more jazzy passages. I can totally imagine a song that has chuggy riffs, juicy bass, screams and thrn smoothly shifts into a jazzy part with piano and maybe even saxophone before returning to guitars and clean singing.
21:02 UTC
Help me 'get' the first 3 songs of War of Being.
I love Tesseract. I have listened to every album cover-to-cover.
I love War of Being. It's my 2023 AOTY.
I've had it on repeat all year.
But, I don't like the first 3 songs.
Legion -> Sacrifice is perfection. But Natural Disaster, Echoes and The Grey don't seem to fit.
What am I missing here ?
04:28 UTC
New vocal cover WOB :D
Heheh finally edited the other cover I recorded in the studios of my high school. Hope you guys enjoy it 😌
15:43 UTC
Where Hollow?
Recently discovered the song but it's not on Spotify. Is it something temporary or is the song something exclusive?
16:41 UTC
I thought I'd share these unseen pictures of TesseracT I took performing at an underground venue on 14/11/09 when I first got into them. Dan had only been in the band a few months. Prior to any Album releases!
This was a headline show at the Luton SU (now demolished) in November 2009. The first time I'd seen them after listening to the demo. The next show was with Monuments and Chimp Spanner in 2010 for Basick Records' 5th Birthday Party. An amazing first two shows.
18:30 UTC
If Tesseract featured guest artists on their next album, who would you want?
I was thinking how fucking cool it would be to have Courtney Leplante (Spiritbox) or even Ashe O'Hara(Altered State) come in and sing with Dan for a song or two. Listening to The Mara Effect by Spiritbox convinced be she'd be amazing in a Tesseract song.
22:13 UTC
He doesn’t like the growling…
Came across this review on Amazon for a WoB vinyl, I think he’s passionate about not liking the “growling”…
Then proceeds to list multiple other prog bands that scream/growl and says Tesseract should be more like them
Ok buddy
12:55 UTC
War of Being
War of Being is hands down the best album i’ve ever listened to by any band i’ve ever heard, don’t care what anyone says. Every song is an absolute masterpiece, I was in awe when I saw them live in london this year. Nobody can change my mind
23:23 UTC
Found at great escape Nashville!
Found this at great escape; another lady grabbed one for her hubby and said one was left!
01:38 UTC
My take on Legion (Vocal Cover)
A while ago I shared my vocal cover of Seven Names, what I thought at the time that it was one of tesseract's most difficult songs to sing... Oh, how did Dan fool me, he upped his game and so I had to. It's far from perfect, but I had a limited time to use the recording studio for recording this song and soon I will post my cover of War Of Being.
This album is close to altered state to being my favourite and I'm so exited to try and cover all the songs of this record. The next cover may be either Natural Disaster or Burden.
21:46 UTC
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