A War Of Attrition With AMOS WILLIAMS & DANIEL TOMPKINS From TESSERACT

Interview by Kris Peters
British progressive metal outfit Tesseract are the consummate
professionals, dedicating equal measures of effort into resources
into all aspects of their music without favouring the other.
It is an attitude and commitment that has seen the band establish
themselves as a pioneering force in world metal over four previous
albums, each of which has set new standards of divinity in terms of
quality and presentation.
But just when you think they couldn't possibly elevate their music
to another realm Tesseract have returned with an outstanding slab
of music titled War Of Being that revolutionises not only all that
has come before them, but possibly much of what is to come.
Bass player Amos Williams and vocalist Daniel Tompkins sat down
with HEAVY to discuss the intricacies of their music and
more.
"It's pretty cool isn't it," Williams smiled when I point out the
album is only hours away from being released unto the world.
"It's been a long time getting to this point as well," Tompkins
added. "The first few singles have gone down really well so we're
quite excited to let people hear the full thing now."
"We've spent a lot of time making a lot of noise, but supposedly in
the wilderness for popular," Williams continued, "so it's really
interesting to all of a sudden have the spotlight put back onto us.
For us - because we haven't taken any time off really, we're still
at full pelt - so it's super cool for everybody to catch us as we
have momentum rather than having to build it up."
"Like Mos said we've been so busy, and then all of a sudden the
albums here..." Tompkins finished.
In the full interview, Amos and Daniel talk more about letting the
music free to the world and feeling a sense of ownership to the
material, the conceptual themes, the creative process and how it
eventuated, releasing the 11 minute title track as a single and the
risks associated, the visually stunning music video and the ideas
in it, which stages of the process are more enjoyable, the AI
generated cover artwork, next years Australian tour and more.