It’s been a hot minute and just like that TesseracT’s new album is over 1 year old! Have you heard it? It’s been a whirlwind since it’s release and we’ve been around the world touring in parts of Europe, Canada, North and South America, Asia and Australia, too.
Well, for those of you that haven’t heard it or haven’t picked up a copy of the album, you can find it here with links to all things War of Being! Did you hear about the upcoming tours btw?
It’s non stop! In January TesseracT are back touring Europe with Novelists and The Omnific then in May we are once again hitting the road with Devin Townsend around North America! However am I going to fit in developing the War of Being game!!
BUT WAIT THERE’S A GAME?!
Yup, pretty crazy but as soon as the album was finished I went straight into developing a VR and Desktop game with a small team. 18 months later we are still designing the full game but the Early Access is available on Steam to check out and our latest video update is available below!
You can pick up a copy of the game via Steam below and if you’d like to stay in touch please check out the DMTesseracT website. Here you can subscribe, check out updates and more info on the dev team plus check out the games merch store, where all sales will go towards the game’s development!
Live show film is available to purchase & download HERE
November 2022 saw, TesseracT vocalist, Daniel Tompkins’ joined by Amos Williams (TesseracT), Mike Malyan (Monuments), Paul Ortiz (Chimpspanner), and Pete Skipper (In Colour) for a lavish live stream event and now the glorious “Ruins: Live Experience”available digitally for the first time.
On the 26th November, I’ll be broadcasting a full album performance of my 2nd solo record Ruins – brought to you by the producers of TesseracT’s PORTALS – and I’d love you to be there with me.
Watch the trailer:
Ruins: Live Experience will be streaming globally on Saturday 26 November at 8pm GMT / 3pm EST / 12pm PDT.
Let me give you some context of how this came together, who is involved with me and what comes next! In January this year I had the pleasure of playing my first ever live shows as a solo artist around the UK, performing Ruins in full alongside my good friends Amos Williams, Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner), Mike Malyan (Monuments) and Pete Skipper (In Colour).
The shows were very well received but as great as it was to be one of the first acts back on the circuit post pandemic, it was short-lived and many people missed the events. There was also a social push to bring the line-up to Europe and the US, which – given circumstances at the time – simply wasn’t possible.
I knew that missing out on the shows would inevitably cause disappointment, and so I decided to mark the occasion by filming a full album performance at Kinetic Group in Corby, UK with help from Richard Oakes (Dark Fable Media) and Tom Campbell (MIRRAD), co-producers of TesseracT’s PORTALS; and so Ruins: Live Experience was born.
I’m so grateful to the guys for helping me bring this event to life on stage and on video, it turned out great and I’m so excited to welcome you to the live stream, where in addition to the performance, we’ll be hosting an after show Q&A with the band.
Paul and I are currently working on the next solo album, which expands even further into the prog metal realm, so this feels like the perfect time to close the chapter on Ruins and to have a wonderful memory to look back on. I really hope you’ll be able to join us all. Until then…
Singer songwriter and TesseracT vocalist Daniel Tompkins, has announced the release of two new solo singles “The Abyss”, which is released today, Thursday 30th June and “Frenzy” on the 7th July to coincide with his collaboration with Alpha Delta Brewery to launch a DIPA – Liquid Hype
“I’ve had these songs in the pipeline for some time after a spell of writing last year. They showcase a different side of me that’s been bubbling away. I really felt like I needed to ramp up the energy and these two tracks definitely get me excited for the new album that I’m working on with Mac Christensen ‘Deeper Kind’ and Paul Ortiz aka ‘Chimpspanner'”
Whilst The Abyss is a upbeat song about rising above uncertainty, Frenzy, which you can hear next week, is a full-frontal assault – it’s like screaming in the mirror at yourself to keep going, Tompkins comments.
He continues “I wrote these songs last year, handled the guitars, all tracked with my OD Guitars ‘Cybele’ and decided to bring in Mac Christensen aka Deeper Kind (White Moth Black Butterfly) as a co-producer, on these two songs – he’s really helped to bring them to life.
The mix and master was handled by Forrester Savell (Producer, Mixer) who I’ve worked with previously on Skyharbor’s ‘Guiding Lights’ and WMBB’s ‘The Cost of Dreaming’ released last year on Kscope. And talking of WMBB, we are currently working on the next album, too.“
Daniel has teamed up with Newcastle’s Alpha Delta brewery to launch his own IPA –
“I’m also very excited to announce that the songs will be accompanied with my very own Double IPA with Alpha Delta Brewery, they are master brewers who really know their craft. The DIPA is aptly called ‘Liquid Hype’ brewed with Strata and Citra hops, it’s an 8.5% hazy with passionfruit notes – perfect for the summer. So yes, I’m bringing the hype!”
Alpha Delta are equally excited about the collaboration
“We met Daniel at The Delta Lounge, after a TesseracT gig, he was taken by our beers and when it was suggested to collaborate on a brew, it seemed like the obvious thing to do…We’re really looking forward to the release of his new music and are chuffed to be working with him…it’s a big, juicy DIPA, the sort of beer that we became famous for and we’re sure it will find some new advocates amongst Daniel’s fans.”
May 2019 saw TesseracT’s lead vocalist and songwriter release his debut solo album Castles, his first foray into a more pop rock electronic sound, which he then followed with Ruins which saw Tompkins rework his debut alongside producer Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner), re-writing the music with more aggression and a truer, darker tone. Ruins also featured guest artists and additional co-creators. Paul Ortiz rewrote the music and co-produced, Plini plays guitar on the opener plus the new version featured a brand new staring Trivium frontman and guitarist, Matt Heafy.
For more information, tracks and videos see https://DanielTompkins.lnk.to/Ruins
Daniel will be touring the UK in January 22 performing four intimate shows in support of his latest album RUINS.
The band line up includes Daniel performing on guitar and vocals, Amos Williams (TesseracT) on bass guitar, Mike Malyan (Monuments) on drums, Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner) on lead guitar and Pete Skipper (In Colour) on guitar. Support acts are yet to be announced.
Daniel had the following to say:
“I’m both nervous and excited about the prospect of touring my solo album for the first time. This will be new territory performing both vocals and guitar live for the first time but sharing the stage with my very good friends Amos, Mike, Paul and Pete will be such a privilege. These shows will be an intimate experience full of high energy and I hope to see and meet you all there!”
