Hell yeah, you're gonna have a good time. I saw them after Sonder dropped and they were transcendent. One of the tightest, best sounding bands I've ever seen.

Album Rating: 5.0

fuck yea dude. ever since i heard jesse cash sing their praises as the tightest live band hes ever seen ive been curious. so stoked and curious for how these songs will translate too

Album Rating: 5.0

a little over a month away for me......really looking forward to it

Album Rating: 4.5

I saw them last year and it's for sure in my top 3 live experience (and I've been to hundreds gigs).

Everything is perfect, almost studio sounding, but way more powerful and massive.

The tightest live band is still Meshuggah, but they are close.

Album Rating: 5.0

This album really is incredible and still continues to get better and better with every listen. I'm leaning towards 5'ing this even though it slightly dips with Burden. I hope they play this whole thing from start to finish.



It's going to be my album of the year.

Album Rating: 5.0

by the end of the year idk how things are gonna look but its top 5 as of now which i never thought id say about a tesseract album lmao

Album Rating: 4.5

Dude, "Burden" has some of my favorite moments. At this point the only album that I might anticipate topping this is Earthside's.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I guess this is the same situation for me as when Haken dropped Virus. I mean, it's decent. But I clearly don't enjoy it as much as you guys

Album Rating: 5.0

It took me a lot of spins before i really started liking it

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Okay, I'll give this a few more spins

Album Rating: 5.0

I started enjoying The Grey, Tender, and War Of Being first and then it spread like wildfire from there

Album Rating: 4.5

""Burden" has some of my favorite moments."



Yes, the groove at 3:20 is something else.

Album Rating: 4.5

"The Grey" and "Natural Disaster" are, oddly enough, my least favorite tracks on here but man... everything else just hits.

Album Rating: 5.0

I would agree with Natural Disaster but the final 2:30 of that song lifts it right up in my opinion

Album Rating: 4.5

Listening to it on my way to work this morning and I agree. I feel like this album is going to continue to grow on me.

Album Rating: 5.0

Natural Disaster's front half, I swear, was to appease us longtime fans during the covid era lol, but I agree the ending is wear the song really hits. Those two tracks that went on bandcamp propped me up hard and helped hold me over until this dropped. Both were fuckin' magical.



There's just so much going for a fan of the band on this album I can't help but love it front to back. Echoes is trying to usurp Juno for the best Tesse-radio track they have, Legion is instantly Dan's vocal magnum opus (and so much ZETA in it too), Burden is a brilliant Polaris callback, One is literally all over this thing. Beautiful craftmanship. And to think I was worried they took five years because of a walking simulator lol.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Those two tracks that went on bandcamp propped me up hard and helped hold me over until this dropped. Both were fuckin' magical."



If you're talking about "Hollow" I 100% agree. That track is so fucking good.



Has anyone done the simulator? Is it any good? I'm trying to dig into the story more and wondering if it's worth it to explore that more.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Okay, I think my year long frustration with this band had my view in this clouded. But it is their best together with Altered State.

However, while this is Dan's best vocal performance for Tesseract, it's not what makes this worthwhile for me - it's the instrumentation. Dan has to be the most overrated singer in modern prog imo. He does so much and has so much talent and yet I find him rarely engaging

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Tender though. That's a beaut

Album Rating: 5.0

I like his ranges on the title track