TesseracT - Polaris (album teaser)

TesseracT's new album "POLARIS" is OUT NOW
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U.K.'s premier progressive act TesseracT released their LP titled POLARIS in 2015 via their UK label home Kscope and a partnership with eOne Music in North America. "TesseracT has been through a roller coaster of a ride since our first EP," says the band. "We seemed to always have been filling the holes in our ship's hull to stop this ship from sinking, as we raced around the world time and time again."

POLARIS follow up to the highly regarded Altered State LP that was released in 2013. The new album will be the band’s third studio album and first for Kscope and eOne. "Polaris, is a different scenario. The first chance for us as a group to stop and take stock of what we are right now, to explore a TesseracT of melody, dynamics, and singular focus. For the first time, too, we feel free from the bounds of genre specific expectations."

Over the course of the last six years, TesseracT have been at the forefront of the ever-evolving metal scene. Originally formed as a studio project by guitarist Acle Kahney, TesseracT immediately eschewed all well-established notions of what metal should sound like and swiftly became a unique and daring entity. Acle had recruited a line-up worthy of his groundbreaking compositions and the band embarked upon a quest to inject some originality and excitement back into an often myopic and lazy British metal scene. The longstanding line up of drummer Jay Postones, guitarist James Monteith, bassist Amos Williams have recently welcomed back vocalist Dan Tompkins, whose first show back with the band was on the main stage at last year’s UK Sonisphere Festival.

The debut album One received widespread critical acclaim, not least due to the album’s staggering six-part centrepiece Concealing Fate, which brilliantly showcased the band’s pioneering sonic approach and unstoppable arsenal of off-kilter riffs, soaring melodies and disorientating atmospherics. The primarily acoustic Perspective EP emerged in May 2012 to an effusive response from critics and fans alike and shortly after, their status as progressive metal’s most fascinating new creative force was very publicly celebrated when TesseracT picked up the Best New Band trophy at 2012’s inaugural Progressive Music Awards in London. Not wasting any time the band released their second album Altered State in early 2013 again to worldwide media acclaim.

Having found a new creative energy after reuniting Tompkins, the highly anticipated new opus will be an evolution from Altered State. Fans can expect more experimentation with sounds and tones, and deeper exploration into the core attributes that define TesseracT’s trademark sound.

POLARIS TRACKLISTING

1. Dystopia
2. Hexes
3. Survival
4. Tourniquet
5. Utopia
6. Phoenix
7. Messenger
8. Cages
9. Seven Names

POLARIS IS NOW AVAILABLE on CD+DVD / CD / 2LP / Digital

[Cloroqx]

That transition is way better hear than on the album.

[joaoldmedeiros]

having now listened to seven names, who else wished the song had this structure with the intro straight into the chorus? on the stream i was hoping for it to hit me like a truck only to realize it was different xD

[UltimateHobos]

PENETRATE MY EARS ROUGHLY. I HAVE NO TIME FOR FOREPLAY. GIVE ME YOUR ALBUM.

[mallemall]

I can tell this is going to be Tesseracts most immense release yet. So hype.

[ishanmishra]

How can anyone not cry after hearing the chorus.

[OutrunTheSunlight]

I'd recognize those Igor Omodei A/V graphics from a million miles away. Solid work all around.

[TownCryer]

I like the way they mix the snare, its different each time and still amazing.

[qantumsupersymetry]

I'm not sure any other band ever gave me so much emotions... The music and Dan's voice... this is beyond amazing, so melodic I'm shivering

[aarongothmann]

I freaking love Daniel Tompkins. Couldn't be happier about him rejoining the band.

[GhostOfTiffany]

Their music always reminds me of being somewhere in space, it's amazing. Can't wait for listen to the whole album!

[chazzrobbo]

I cant stop watching/listening to this. I WANT IT NOW!

[Myusernameistakenwtf]

oh my GOD Tesseract never fails to amaze me and I am incredibly excited for this... i remember hearing that dan came back and was beyond excited for their next album. its finally almost here!!

[MrsCensured]

I've listened to this like 34920184 times and it's awesome that every single time I hear it, I tremble.

[adamland]

i am all shivers. this is only a part of a song and it just repeats over an over like an echo in my head, all day long, for weeks now. i am not kidding. this is one of the best things i have ever heard. EVER.

[GrierGames]

I don't care if this is such a small part of a new song of theirs...I will listen to this a million more times!

[ChrisB]

It's... so ridiculously powerful. Listened so many times now and still get chills. This is going to be unbelievably good.

[callumWLB]

Holy shit...this band keeps getting more and more phenomenal

[ManguEry]

I'm going to listen the fuck out of this as high as possible when it comes out. So excited!

[Blizzrd]

That melody is one of the best moments of the album.

[dantess]

Great move signing with Kscope, a place where the band can get creative freedom to be genre-less and explore whatever sound they want. Also Dan sounds greats on vox