WAR OF BEING

I don't like to do blow-by-blow song-by-song reviews, but rather whole album reviews because they're easier to read (and even easier to write!). Tesseract is a new group with new ideas and a fresh attitude on music. PA classifies them as progressive metal, but to me they are much more progressive than metal. One can't compare them to other groups because of the high level of originality. My first encounter with Tesseract, I rented a car in South Africa coincidentally at the same time I bought their first album, then listened to the same album addictively throughout the vacation while driving around the country. This recent War of Being is a quality collection of songs with echoing guitars, hints of metal (e.g. death vocals), but not metal throughout and not numerous. The tracks are consistent, and consistently good. The production quality is likewise excellent. For those already familiar with Tesseract, a definite return to form!