I'm Back & There's NEW TesseracT!? "War Of Being" Reaction

[@DanielTompkins]

Cheers for the react! You're right in that this is a song for the fans, instead of trying to please the masses we decided to stay true to the roots and honour the core following that have stuck by us over the past 15 years or so. All the best - Dan

[@jeefuji]

Bless you, and all the band members. Grooving and feeling on your stuffs since the start, still one of the big waypoints in my musical journey through life. Cheers! (Come in the the south of France again one day, saw all of you in Nîmes years ago, was a banger).

[@METALBIRB]

The song and video just continues to get better with each listen! Thanks for watching man

[@cerberuscrafts5351]

It makes me so happy every time I see Dan interacting with the fans in the comments section. I'll never forget posting a picture I drew on Instagram several years ago that was inspired by "April" and getting a message from them. As a big fan, that was such a cool thing for me in that moment to experience. Thank you, Dan, and thank you TesseracT for staying true. Can't wait to listen to this album a gagillion times!

[@GabePryor]

@@cerberuscrafts5351 didn’t expect to see a comment of your on here lmao

[@bigpleys2688]

Omg bless you, thank you for pulling me into progressive music, you were the first

[@DrewFortune97]

“The words that I whispered when it all begannnnn Did they shine a light on youuuuuuuu?” 💜 Made me cry at 10am this morning whilst driving to get a coffee😂 this song man🥲

[@Calamitous]

I honestly can't get over this song, I wasn't even huge on Tesseract before this, mainly out of ignorance, but this song has just GRIPPED me

[@MisterBolticus]

I love that you've been learning the song man, keep at it we want the cover, in fact, you and Birb should cover it together!

[@MisterBolticus]

@@Calamitous This is one of their best, as a long time fan, it hits

[@Calamitous]

@@MisterBolticus literally just working my way through, if I'm being honest, not everything hits for me, concealing fate is great though and I like a lot of the Ashe stuff, but if the new album is more on par with how this single has been, it'll be a definite contender for AOTY for me

[@MisterBolticus]

@@Calamitous tbh not everything hitting makes total sense, they are one of those bands that sometimes miss but when they hit, they hit hard. AOTY still sits between Sleep Token & Paramore for me but many months remain and Nas & Denzel Curry are dropping tomorrow, we shall see haha

[@KalibroLP]

Gets better every listen

[@CockworkOrange]

Absolutely agree. Song is a banger

[@DrewFortune97]

Welcome back man!🎉 Looking forward to watching this later! Has been on repeat for me, keeps getting better 😮‍💨

[@METALBIRB]

Thank you homie! Hope you enjoyed your vacay too!

[@RthereNEusernames]

Outro is so unbelievably good. I love the evolution of TesseracT so far. This song is an amalgamation of all of their previous albums.

[@darkphoenix2]

Part of what I love about prog stuff is that, even if you're a little lost or overwhelmed on the first listen, as you learn the song on repeat listens, the "story" of it starts to make more sense to you. This one has gotten better with only a few repeats. It's also definitely part of a story, War of Being is supposed to be a concept album. Should be a fun ride.

[@wholewheat1]

I’ve listened this this song probably about 100 times. And I’ve cried every time. The entire last section is THE tesseract formula that made me fall in love with them back when One came out. Best band ever

[@AaronFacciolini]

Dude this song is something else. I don't think in my entire life have a replayed an 11 minute song THIS much. It's so odd how catchy this song is and yet there's no real chorus that repeats, it's like you get hooked on one part then the next, and the next. As a huge tesseract fan this one is skyrocketing to the top of my list, it just gets better every single time I hear it.

[@smhmusics4510]

Perfectly said

[@dek86s]

i feel the same way!! never played a song son many times!!

[@salvatorescarcella7361]

Same here! I just can’t stop

[@bwoods311]

Oh man, I happened to catch one of Dan’s streams when he was writing the vocals for this. I was stoked then, but I’m absolutely blown away at the finished product.

[@darkphoenix2]

It's already been a couple years somehow, but there were a few weeks where I'd wake up for work and Dan was streaming, and I'd pop in and hear him rehearsing bits and pieces of this. I thought they were all different songs and couldn't wait to hear them all 😄

[@RobinLeneutre]

Insane track, I wasn’t sure after the first listening. But it’s being replayed again and again and one of my favorite Tesseract track ever 🔥 Welcome back bro

[@Ryo7_7]

The drummer is so good along with the rest of the band. 🤘🏾

[@divided123]

Yeah Jay really stood out on this song

[@samuelfavata7583]

Their best material since One. I'm so stoked for this album!

[@complexdevice]

That's saying A LOT too. I felt like I was listening to One all over again with this song.

[@darkphoenix2]

But a lot of fans feel like this has elements from all of their albums

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

Tbh i can pin-point almost every allbum here

[@yotus3491]

YESSS!!!!

[@VicTheMetalDrummer]

I felt the same as you when I first heard this song: I had to listen to it again to really appreciate it. I agree with your con that this is a hard song for newer fans to get into (in fact, even I, as a prog fan, felt it was so complex that I couldn't really grasp it fully on first listen, though that was also my drummer side coming out and trying to understand the polyrhythms [which I still can't] and getting incredibly lost). But this was my second time hearing it, and wow, is it so much better on repeat listens. I'm pretty excited for their new album as well now. Also, happy birthday and welcome back!

[@complexdevice]

I've been waiting for this one! I feel like this single was really for the long term fans and i really respect that. Motifs from across their discography everywhere in this song.

[@Ryl0o]

im so beyond hyped for this album, tesseract has been a favorite of mine since 2019, i think this is the year tesseract blows up

[@MisterBolticus]

Producer: How many polyrhythms do you want? Tesseract: Yes

[@ErikGreymane]

This song has grown on me like crazy since I first listened to it. I'm still new to TesseracT, but now I'm craving MORE🔥🔥 Glad to have you back, Birb🤙

[@paravarium]

Echoing everyone else that it just gets better and better.

[@A7XEBN]

For me not being a Tesseract fan I ended up with tears in my eyes. This song and vidio are a work of art. Absolutely I'm going to ad this song to my playlist. Thank you @metalbirb for let discover new metal music, greetings from Chile

[@MJ-vd8bj]

This is the year of prog metal damn. Hopefully Karnivool and The Contortionist are blessing us too

[@speediablo]

I don’t know why so few people are reacting to this song. Tbh, I’ve only gotten into Of Mind - Nocturne, but the first time I heard this song, I knew I had to save it for better headphones. It’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard, and it’s been on repeat every day since its release so far

[@RabbitofCaerbannog13]

May be by myself and call me crazy, but Daniel Tompkins is the best in the scene and can do it all. Although quite a bit of bands now have adopted a similar sound/production for modern metal, TesseracT is still one of the best at this particular sound. Absolutely can't wait for the whole album

[@jamescombridgeart]

I looove the drumming and the intensity of Dan's performance on this song.

[@seanmcgee8981]

10/10. That was my score 10 seconds in, and it stayed there. So good

[@gemanlesmil964]

Regarding ur Con: This was the first prog track for a friend of mine and he loved it so much that he now wants to get into prog more

[@aliyahburnette8018]

Welcome back metalbirb hope you had fun on vacation also good reaction on the song hope your doing well I’ve heard of tessact the name rings a bell they aren’t on my radar but I do respect them they are touring not sure if you got tickets to see them live or not.

[@cyanihilist]

Hope you had a good trip! I have been waiting for you to see this, specificially. If anyone was going to 'get' TesseracT, it's definitely you. This track has so much nuance to it...little pieces of everything from their discography to make up this incredible journey.

[@BMXkidzevan1]

Yessssssss we’ve been waiting for this!!

[@nickwait5260]

Welcome back! Your intros are gaining massive Blues Clues energy and I'm all for it lmao

[@980Logan]

Yooo welcome back Birb! I would HIGHLY recommend the new Aviations song "Pure". Holy hell. Phenomenal emotional song!

[@austinsprinkles6097]

You know birb had a good trip when he comes back sounding like a different person.

[@mathewlambright8698]

Never heard of them, and I love it!

[@SloeElvis]

THERE'S ALSO NEW AVIATIONS!!

[@DrinkChewer]

Something about a certain section of lyrics: ‘To dream of flowing locks, untwisted and stormy Auburn eyes glistening as you weep.’ That’s gotta be a reference to ‘Wolven Storm’ Priscilla’s song from the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which goes: ‘To dream of raven locks entwisted, stormy Of violet eyes, glistening as you weep.’

[@jtron4789]

The screams at the end make me emotional. Goosebumps

[@dek86s]

"uhhh this is cool" "cool change man" always get me!! ;D

[@Charlesdayis]

This song is amazing!! I cant stop listening to it. Doesnt feel like an 11 min song..

[@justinmadison513]

Song of the year. Period.

[@adamkennard8489]

Welcome back!

[@outkastkami6425]

I heard some of their songs and wasnt to crazy about them but this song is sick. I love the music video, the robotic samurai dueling, love the setting reminds me of dune. The sound with the guitar, reminds me of gojira with their usual sound pretty sick 🤘🤘🔥

[@ckokomo808]

You riding the bull 😂 but for real, this album is gonna be killer. Thanks for the video.

[@hugodamasceno5558]

Voldemort is really smashing that drums 😮‍💨

[@thefloop2813]

"If youre a tesseract fan, i think it would probably be hard to not love this song" Oh, dude.... It's like hearing them for the first time again. Actually it's better then that, i don't really have words.

[@liambuchan]

@metalbird what are your thoughts now? ive listened to it like 30 times now, better every time

[@chrizszx]

Bienvenido de nuevo brother

[@daviddidder3781]

Natural Disaster, song 1, is the BEST on this album!!!

[@dek86s]

metalbirb can you do a review of the grey?? their new single

[@vinnietorres1145]

The norm now?! Greenscreens have been a staple of metal forever

[@mpd370]

Can I get a GD… Joey P!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@dunesxS13]

Yoooo!!!!! First

[@B-rad37]

If this album is anywhere near as good as this song, this has AOTY contender all over it. That coming from a huge sleep token fan.

[@justinmadison513]

TesseracT is what Sleep Token thinks they sound like 💀💀💀

[@B-rad37]

@@justinmadison513 I disagree with that. Sleep token knows exactly what they want to do and are doing. As does tesseract.

[@justinmadison513]

@@B-rad37 I'm mostly joking. I am aware that sleep token does go for something quite different than Tesseract. That being said, I think Sleep Token tries to do the "genre-blending" thing and ends up doing it poorly, whereas TesseracT is more successful in trying out new textures in a way more musically mature way than Sleep Token.

[@joshmarion9683]

​@justinmadison513 it's okay man, we can all be wrong every once in a while, no worries 😊

[@absp2006]

I'm hoping to beat Dan to every reaction. HE CANNOT WIN!!

[@ryansadauskis]

I love Dan and TesseracT, but damn the part at 6:52 is cringe af lmao

[@gSWG3R]

Unpopular opinion lmao

[@ryansadauskis]

@@gSWG3R I love the first half of this track, but that scream, and everything after it felt unworthy of the amount of time it consumed.

[@darkphoenix2]

​@@ryansadauskisThat wasn't a scream dude, he was doing some really compressed, gritty vocals and they sound unique and probably fit the story of the song well

[@psychoticbreaks167justletm4]

Dan's always had a theatrical flair. I liked hearing him lean into it more. I wish more vocalists would commit to adding that level of uniqueness to their presentation. Plus, the way he blended the screams in was nuts.

[@ryansadauskis]

@@psychoticbreaks167justletm4 I'm fine with theatric flair in songs, but I didn't feel like it was executed right in this case. Odyssey To The West is an example of really good theatrics with music

[@mrgagarin4384]

Music is gojira vs septic flash