War Of Being

So good

If you enjoyed TesseracT’s previous material then this won’t disappoint. This gets better the more and more you listen to it. Quality output from the Brits.

I love progressive metal and doom metal but only when there is no rubbish death metal growling or high-pitched screaming.. I like my lead singers to actually sing. As soon as they start growling I can’t turn it off quickly enough. I find it laughably bad. Since I buy only vinyl I have to get out of my chair and move the stylus, hence I don’t buy any albums by bands that growl. The tragedy is that most of these bands like Tesseract have brilliant singers who don’t need to growl. Please Tesseract, take a leaf out of my favourite bands like Katatonia, Leprous, Opeth, Soen, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Redemption, Threshold, Haken, Caligula’s Horse, etc. and dispense with the growling! “War of Being” is filled with great musicianship and great vocals (not going to call then “clean” vocals as it validates growling as vocals!”). Would be a 5-star album without the growling! The music is so good I have actually just bought it on double vinyl…but would be perfect without the screaming/growling! To be fair, most of the growls/screams are in the first half of the album!

Brit tech-metal voyagers took five years to make this record and it shows. Its their most conceptual, dynamic & sonically intricate to date, full of sprawling atmospherics, impassioned vocals & heavy riffs. A phenomenal set of immersive sounds full of precision & power. A progressive metal masterpiece indeed.

In which Tesseract create the best, most ambitious music of their career, yet half way through I had to turn it off. Why? Because I wholeheartedly agree with the review by Francis above, there is far too much growling and screaming on the vocals, making parts of it almost unlistenable, A great shame for what could have been a classic album that could have appealed to others outside of the genre.. that said, the last track is superb!

I gave this one a try but to no avail. Poor songwriting, muddy production and weak vocals just couldnt get this one above 1 star. Sad, really.

かっちょえー！

Doesn’t disappoint. The Pink Floyd of metal it felt like for me. Masterpiece that takes you on a journey.

Che genere di musica è questa? Boh, forse nessuno la può definire davvero, ma per chi ama questo genere, per chi ama questa band, è un album imperdibile! Prodotto ben rifinito e stampato, grafica fantastica, arrivato nei tempi.

Les albums de Tesseract ne peuvent proposer la même intensité sur toute leur longueur, tant certains morceaux sont épiques, et donc ça ne serait aucune utilité. Alors oui il y a des titres moins forts, et c'est très bien ! Ça permet aussi de calmer les nerfs.. et les neurones ! Comme à chaque livraison, plusieurs moments forts, pour moi Echoes, Legion, et War Of Being. Un Daniel Tompkins au meilleur de son art, jamais il n'a jamais été aussi complet et en maîtrise de sa voix. Il entre à présent dans le cercle des très grands chanteurs d'un métal plus moderne que jamais, que sont par exemple Einar Solberg de Leprous, ou le génial Devin Townsend. Comme souvent lorsque la musique est complexe, et elle l'est ici (bien que ce 'e soit jamais gratuit), il faudra pas mal d'écoutes, non pas pour aimer, mais pour se familiariser avec les riffs aux mesures composées (on est en 4/4... parfois 🤣), et vraiment rentrer dans cet univers magique et au final si émotionnel. Seule incompréhension pour moi, le prix du vinyle, je ne sais pas ce qu'il se passe mais qd on connaît le coût de fabrication, et alors que d'autres gatefold sortent à 25 euros, qu'est-ce qui peut justifier que certains soient à 40 ?? 🤷

This album is fenomenal, great songs like Echoes, Natural Disaster