TesseracT Plot UK And Ireland Shows For 2024, Announce New Album 'War Of Being' For September
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Andy Ford
TesseracT have announced UK and Ireland shows for early 2024.
The British prog-metal titans will bring their War Of Being Tour to Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin between February 20 and 27. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday (July 14).
In addition to the UK run, the massive global trek includes shows across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, with dates continuing through to 2024. Support on select dates will come from Intervals, Unprocessed, Alluvial and The Callous Daoboys.
The tour shares its name with the Milton Keynes band's new album, due out on September 15 via Kscope. Head below to view the title track's 11-minute accompanying video, directed by Richard Oakes/Dark Fable Media, which serves as an introduction to the project's ambitious concept. Bassist Amos Williams explained:
"'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."
Recorded at Middle Farm Studios in the United Kingdom with Peter Miles co-producing with the band alongside Katherine Marsh of Choir Noir, it marks their first studio full-length since 2018's 'Sonder'.
In 2021, they put out a live record, 'Portals'. The following year, they dropped 'Regrowth' exclusively through Bandcamp, a double a-side single in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee.
NEW // Icons of prog-metal @tesseractband have announced they'll be tearing up the UK on their War Of Being Tour this February!
Tue February 20 2024 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Wed February 21 2024 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute
Thu February 22 2024 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Fri February 23 2024 - LONDON O2 Forum
Sat February 24 2024 - MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
Sun February 25 2024 - GLASGOW SWG3
Tue February 27 2024 - DUBLIN Academy
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