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British progressive metal music band Tesseract is touring India

The band will perform songs from its new album War of Being during the three-city tour spanning Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai

The Hindu · Apr 12, 2024

6 mind-bending sci-fi novels every prog metal fan should read

As epic new sci-fi show 3 Body Problem hits Netflix, Tesseract bassist/avid sci-fi fan Amos Williams picks the novels that encapsulate the genre at its best

Metal Hammer · Mar 16, 2024

“Tesseract are pushing for broad appeal while maintaining their intelligence – and it’s working!” Tesseract, Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys just played the progressive metal concert of 2024

At a sold-out London extravaganza, prog metal intellectuals Tesseract make a stunning play for the heavy music mainstream, backed by two of their genre’s finest up-and-comers

Metal Hammer · Feb 24, 2024

20 metal bands with no bad albums

From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues

Metal Hammer · Dec 27, 2023

Louder's writers pick their 10 favourite albums of 2023

Our staff and contributors individually pick the 10 albums that have shaped their year

Louder · Dec 17, 2023

“A band can be one thing for so many years then change into something completely different”: Once a bit metal, Leprous now have more in common with Marillion than with ritualistic rebellion against ideology

Yes, they were Ihsan’s backing group… yes, they use to play extreme music and wear corpse paint… but lead singer Einar Solberg explains they’re really a grandiose prog unit.

Louder · Dec 12, 2023

“Fingers or pick? I’ll play bass with a drumstick! Whatever works for the song!“ How Amos Williams found his sound on TesseracT’s War of Being

TesseracT's Amos Williams on why he used parallel distortion and a “Swiss Army knife of overdrive” on the band's new album

Guitar World · Nov 22, 2023

The beginner’s guide to djent in five essential albums

From Meshuggah to Jinjer and Sleep Token, these masterpieces represent progressive metal at its chugging, pummelling best

Metal Hammer · Nov 13, 2023

Tesseract’s cinematic live show just proved that, 12 years since debuting, they’re in the finest form of their lives

At Tampa’s Orpheum, the UK djent pioneers reach a new apex in a flurry of contorting riffs, gorgeous vocals and awe-inspiring lights

Metal Hammer · Nov 12, 2023

“A lot of the things we see within our genre are all setting and no story… we’re more like Star Trek – all story and no real setting. I’ve just outed myself as a proper geek!” TesseracT on pushing technological and musical boundaries

Daniel Tompkins and Amos Williams explain the ambition that drove latest album War Of Being

Louder · Nov 10, 2023