41. TesseracT – "War Of Being"

This is an album that has slowly but surely climbed the list. I was initially disappointed. Tesseract are known for combining vocal passion with clinically precise instrumentation. This album felt different. It felt raw and conflicted and to be honest I was not sure I liked it. 

So, I lived with it and over the proceeding months I started to see its primal beauty. This is a far more reflective and fragile Tesseract. The grandstanding technicality has been sacrificed for something much more visceral and purer. 

It is a given that they are all virtuoso musician who practically invented that type of music. For the first time they not trying hard to show us how good they are. Instead, they have crafted a deeply personal record that feels confessional and cathartic. This is Tesseract finally showing their true selves. It is introspective and emotionally powerful and whilst I still don’t fully get it I am now aware what an immense record it is.