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TESSERACT

War Of Being

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British djent heroes consolidate 12 years of progressive metal

IF YOU HAD a baby on the day that Tesseract released their last album, that child would now be starting primary school. Five years and one global pandemic separate War Of Being from Sonder but, according to the band, the dry spell was a blessing. As well as recording the Portals livestream and upgrading their stage show, the UK prog metal luminaries got the time to fine-tune the biggest release of their lives.

Tesseract’s fifth album makes their comeback in the most monumental manner. When it was unveiled, the band also announced a seven-month world tour and released the 11-minute-long title track as a single. The song is a careerconsolidating opus, pulling from the screaming djent and atmospheric prog of 2011 debut as well as the

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