Exciting news from TesseracT! The English prog metal band has just announced the upcoming release of their fifth album, War of Being, set to be released on 15 September via Kscope. This announcement is complemented by the release of the title track along with an 11-minute video, providing an introduction to the concept of the album. Bassist Amos Williams explains the concept :
“War Of Being has been all encompassing for us since late 2019. After I returned home from filming P O R T A L S I found myself in such a deeply introspective headspace. The scale of work and reward from that project kind of set this up to be inevitable. We simply had to try and see how far we could take a concept album with TesseracT.
Within these songs the band has given life to the themes and ideas that are personified within the characters of “The Strangeland” story. It’s certainly been a catharsis and a way for me to explore the internal dissonance.”
Vocalist Daniel Tompkins added:
“War Of Being is a fight for acceptance, a battle of existence and a resistance against ego. It’s a struggle for control as we cut through the white noise of reality. It’s the need to know and identify with oneself, to accept and understand what we stand for and who we are. There is an urgent need to ‘Tear the mask away’ and reveal your true self.”
But that’s not all! The band has also revealed a European tour for early 2024, which will include Belgium. They’ll be performing at the Trix in Antwerp on January 26. Tickets for this show are already on sale on the venue’s website.