Ah nice! Thanks for checking this out. This track was one of the surprises from the new album session. The whole band created something special. Dan and Kat's writing on this is magical, and matched with Dan's performance they created a career highlight.
One of the best songs Tesseract has ever written, off of the best album they've put out since Altered State, with a career-defining vocal performance as a cherry on top. Masterpiece.
YES!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for this day for years! And this song for your first time hearing them is going to blow you away! This is their first song that they wrote the lyrics and melody before any of the music, so it really highlights Dan's incredible range and ability more than any other song they do. I can't wait to see your reaction!
It's actually quite impressive - enough so that I picked this over any a cappella, clean singing or opera video I have filmed. It just fills me with such joy!
@@TheCharismaticVoicehe streams a lot ! He was just doing a livestream practising his vocals! Will you consider having him on your chanel? He is a vocal coach as well!
TesseracT is such a treat. I dont say this often about vocalists, but Daniel Tompkins is a whole other level of vocal mastery. The whole band is just incredible musicians and song writers.
I think you'd really enjoy their song Hexes. There's a great video of them performing it in the studio, with the guest vocalist and everything. Also a wonderfully haunting & beautiful song.
Agreed. 'War of Being' is an album's journey all by itself, and a pinnacle of sorts imo, but they've a wealth of gloriousness already in their catalogue, which shouldn't be slept on.
I still tear up every time I listen to it, there's nothing like this anywhere. The raw emotion, the build-up, the release, the lyrics, the story behind the video. I've never seen a band try something so profound and tell it in the best way imaginable. Music can be cinema, as it turns out.
This shows why Elizabeth is the best! She helps you appreciate your favourites on a whole new level as well as learning about new artists. More learning leads to more innovation.
@@laurieemme1534 that feeling of discovering a new band for the first time is so fucking good! I hope you continue enjoying your journey through TesseracT's discography and whatever the name of that feeling continues to linger on!
I am so pleased you checked out "Legion" by TesseracT with the AMAZING Dan Tompkins! He is a top-tier vocalist - one of my absolute favs! I've watched this man practice vocals for many hours and I am always in awe of him. I was in tears when TesseracT premiered this track. I love how he expanded upon his gorgeous vocal range here and blessed our ears with this masterpiece! There is a depth of emotion in his singing as well, it can really move you. Highly recommend giving the whole album, "War of Being," a complete listen because it is an incredible journey worthy of your time.
I've been waiting on this one since the day this song came out. His vocals in this are insane. So much emotion. Easily the best metal vocal performance of the year.
TesseracT is one of the few bands where I always listen to them by the album rather than by the song. Safe to say I was obsessed upon hearing them for the first time in a random recommended playlist.
It is impossible to pick a song to start someone out on, equally impossible to choose an album. There are very few artist you can say that about. Good rule of thumb in my 30yrs of experience is none of them. One note, a single reverb trail, and i know who im listening to immediately. I also don't know of a single band in all of the history of rock and metal that only ever got better with every album. The entirety of modern metal would not be what it currently is without meshuggah, and then tesseract. And just like the metalcore days, we're all gonna come out of these days with only a couple legendary acts in our pockets.
Glad to know I’m not alone. This band turned me into more of a full album person in general. I almost exclusively listen to whole albums now and it’s hard for me to listen to non-concept albums which sucks 😂
Dan (and all of the guys in TesseracT really) are all REALLY nice guys too. Great musicians and great people. Oh, and he pulls this off live.. It's insane!
Back in 2013, i caught them at the Paradise in Boston on the Altered State tour. Needless to say it was transformative. If you know the famous venue, its like 1,000 capacity standing room only. After the show when they were breaking down I was able to walk right up to Amos and Acle and shoot the shit, shake hands, etc. Totally down to earth. Here I am blown away in what I considered interacting with genius, and they were just humbled that I loved the show. Amazing people.
@@NoahWolfe Yeah.. Acle and I have become friends and he's every bit the guy you met after the show. Super relaxed and kinda quiet. Crazy that he writes almost all of the music.
Ah, I'm excited about this one. I LOVE Daniel Tompkins' voice. As I was suggesting since a while. His take on Let The Truth Speak by Earthside is breathtaking. I hope you could react to this one as well. Daniel does incredible transitions from clean to harsh in that track and Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh adds fascinating vocalizations.
Totally agree with Let The Truth Speak from Earthside. Please. You will not regret it Elizabeth and an amazing amount of emotion from Daniel on that one as well. Also, War of Being, the title track from Tesseract's album is just astonishing in the range of emotion and technique and the video is amazing as well.
The first time I heard this song I got chills and was moved to tears. My favorite thing is to watch people listen to this song for the first time. It really is a wild ride. He's a beast and he's amazing!
Yes! More Tesseract reactions! Few bands can create ambience like them. It’s also worth checking out something from their Altered State album where they had Ashe O’hara singing for them, he was also very impressive.
So happy that you react to legion too i've been waiting for a reaction of tesseract (hexes or legion) so bad. And Happy birthday Elizabeth ! And thank you (and will ramos) for your contribution to the medical and metal field (just watched that video with the camera down his throat !)
I’ve been a Tesseract fan since One, but this is the best I’ve ever heard from them. I have a new favourite with every album and their emotional songs like Seven Names, Beneath My Skin/Mirror Image, Legion, get me every time. The “most played” part of this song just makes me so emotional omg Also, seconding the Skyharbor and Earthside reactions!
Soooo excited you listened to Legion first! I’ve heard this song hundreds of times. I got emotional and teary eyed watching you listen to it for the first time. Ugh! So good. 🖤🖤
Happy birthday! I'm so happy you covered this one. For my money, Daniel Tompkins is the best male vocalist in the metal scene currently, and one of the best to ever do it. Obligatory "Hexes" live in the studio recommendation, as well as "A Dream In Static" for more of his sheer brilliance.
Happy birthday!!! So glad you chose this song. Dan's always been an incredible vocalist but has put in so much work since the beginning of Covid, and it seriously shows. I think there are a lot more songs from TesseracT worth checking out, like Tourniquet, War of Being, Juno, and Eden. He appeared on a song from the band Earthside called "A Dream In Static", which has some of my favorite vocals ever. I think you'd thoroughly enjoy it!! He also did vocals on a song on their album that just came out, which is also great. He also worked on a project in 2014 called Skyharbor. He has a vocal singthrough of a song called "Maeva" that's just absolutely incredible. Whether you react to it for a video, or in your own time, I think the Dan Tompkins rabbit hole goes very deep.
Just saw Tesseract in concert in Melbourne, Australia on the weekend and Dan is phenomenal live. I have now seen Tesseract twice and each time they get even more incredible live.
This is one of the best vocal performances I've ever heard and have seen TesseracT perform this live with such emotion and power!! I am now grateful to have an appreciation of what makes this such a great performance. Thanks 🙏
Elizabeth, I am so stoked you finally...FINALLY...FIN-A-LLY...checked out the lads in Tesseract. Dan is my favorite singer/vocalist. Thank you so very much!
I know this comment comes in weeks late. The reason is that after I watched your show, I couldn't get that song out of my head, and it's on my top 10 favorite song list now. Great video production as well! Cheers!
FINALLY!!! Personally I would have chosen War of Being or April as a first-time listen but I'm so glad you got around to them. You HAVE to check out Dan Tompkin's vocals in Skyharbor as well (Illusion: Celestial is my all-time favorite).
I’m glad that she react to this song because it has everything Dan has in his singing arsenal. He was experimenting with his new vocal techniques on this album. It’s incredible.
Oh MANNN this is exciting you are listening to them. There is SO much insanely good music. They have had multiple singers I would definitely check out both of them. You are in for a ride!
I'm excited. The member lineup TesseracT had on the album "Altered State" was what put them on my radar. I'm excited for TCV to hear the different iterations of the band, and how far they have come!
I've heard of TesseracT and I think I've heard a couple of tracks but this one was a new one on me and it's EPIC! Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
My favorite band and vocalist on the planet. So excited that you've been introduced to them! I think you'd love one of their new tracks, War of Being. It's a 10 minute masterpiece and Daniel's full vocal range is fully on display.
Oh boy....time for you to go down a rabbit hole with this one Elizabeth. What a great birthday present as well to treat yourself to my favorite band of all time. Happy Birthday Elizabeth 🙂
Love the way he plays with dissonance in this track, so many harmonies and notes he teases flat for eternity before hitting pitch makes it so unsettling. Makes the harsh ending hit extra hard too.
Do I smell a "Tea Time with Daniel Tompkins" possibly in the works? I sure hope so. I love what I call "Swiss army knife vocalists" and this guy fits that bill perfectly. Do you want to sound like an angel, a demon, a crooner, or a monster? All of the above, please. Those fast back-and-forth shifts from beautiful falsetto to scream gave me mad goosebumps, NGL.
At Last!!! I waiting TesseracT so long on this channel. And here we are! Thank you so much! I hope it's not last thing from Daniel and the band ;) PS: goosebumps - check (despite the fact that I have heard this song thousands of times)
I am so mad at myself…..Don’t even know why I waited a month before checking out your reaction to TesseracT. All I can say is WOW! Already made a Pandora song list with TesseracT, Radiohead, Muse…..Personally I think you hit the nail on the head….these guys are incredible! Cannot tell you how many times I have watched you geeking out to this song. (among other channels reacting to it) Goosebumps every time I listen to it. 💗. PS. The behind the scenes of making this video is awesome too. Shoestring budget, yet they made such a powerful video. Incredible!!
I am so so so glad you have finally opened the book on TesseracT! And what a song to start yourself off with!Dan is an absolute monster of a vocalist he is easily top 5 for me, his dedication to vocals is something else! We need all the TesseracT deep dive analysis! I am loving hearing what you have to say about one of my favourites 😍 got to see them live a few weeks ago for the first time and it was everything I hoped it would be! Song suggestions - Tourniquet Cages Sirens Hexes The Grey Tender Juno Beneath my skin/mirror image
So glad you have finally listened to them. They are one of the best bands of any genre ever. You're just at the tip of the iceberg. They have so much great music. Even the stuff with their other vocalist Ashe is great too. He's also an incredible singer in his own right.
Daniel has another band that is actually a pop band, it's called White Moth Black Butterfly, and its comprised of members from all around the world from Dan's other projects and in my humble opinion, acts as a great starting point. Oh, and he sings along a female singer called Jordan Bethany, who is absolutely fantastic.
I've been listening to insane amounts of music across a wide breadth of genres for a long time now and I have to say this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. It is emotionally gripping, cathartic, and resonates with the very core of my soul. I cannot give this band enough praise. Well done, kudos, and please please please keep the music coming! Also -> Thx charismatic voice for your analysis and helping me find this band ^^
Glad you're finally doing this one. This whole album is an absolute masterclass from Dan, and the rest of the band. Dan also seems like a super nice guy from interviews and streams I've seen, he deserves all the praise he gets.
That high frequence percussion is probably a stack cymbal! They are two (or more) cymbals on top of each other. This type of cymbal arrangement create a bright short sound that fit this genre very well!
i have so much love for this band and i am so grateful i got to see them live for the first time in berlin. best concert experience so far and it doesn't even matter that this was only a crowd of 700 if everyone is celebrating this band together
Nice! Finally TesseracT on the channel! Love it! I think Legion is not even in my top 10 of TesseracT Songs, there are so much more awesome songs you could react to and even get more surprised by the band. Can't wait for the next video. The live session videos from TesseracT are really good.
😍😍 YES! So good to see you analysing Dan Tompkins! My favourite singer, he really stepped up (and out of the box) on their latest album. He sings 80s synthpop too, with his other band Zeta, and more atmospheric music in his project White Moth Black Butterfly. Gorgeous voice. He sings on live stream quite a bit too when not on tour. 🥰
I saw these guys live in 2010 when they opened for Between the Buried & Me and Animals As Leaders. I had no idea who they were at the time, but I've been listening to them ever since. Can't wait to see your reaction.
this song is dan's vocal magnum opus. he literally took all of his experience singing in tesseract and other various side project (i encourage you to explore), and put it all out there in this beast of a song. you should invite him for a cup of tea, he is a really nice guy, and fellow vocals nerd. for continuance of exploring modern metal vocal powerhouses, i recommend periphery - satellites
Not that this song hasn’t made me tear up several times over the past year…but your coverage of this song was 30 plus minutes of tearing up. It was emotional for me to watch your joy in discovering this superb performance!
OMG YES. Daniel Tompkins and Einar Solberg are the best metal singers on earth. I’d love to watch a reaction to Tesseract’s Beneath my Skin/ Mirror Image (:
Wooo lets gooo! Tesseract is great! And I'm still hopeful to see a Periphery video lol. My current obsession is Rivers of Nihil's album Where Owls Know My Name. I think you'd probably appreciate it based on some of the other stuff you've reacted favorably to like Opeth
YES YES YES!! more yes!! i requested also this!! finally!! TesseracT need more recognition!! :D:D i hope later you do TesseracT with Ashe O hara, of matter!! live in studio!!
IMHO Legion is TesseracT's magnum opus, and one of the most thoroughly impressive songs I've ever heard. They have absolutely set a new gold standard for metal and music in general.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to check it out! ❤
You deserve every bit of praise here, man!
Fucking well done, Daniel. Talked with you guys ages ago near Toronto & so happy to hear you all working & working at it. It's all paying off )))
Such a good song Dan! ❤ you are the best! ❤
Love your job!!!!
Thank you for recording this. A masterful album. So, so good.
Invite Dan Tompkins to your channel. He’s one of the best modern metal vocalists out there PS: He's a vocal coach.
Dan did a reaction/commentary video with chris liepe so he would probably be down for it if he has the time.
Dan is such a nice guy! He will definitely do it! ❤
Dan's also a vocal coach in his own right, I believe. I'm pretty sure the two of you would have absolutely riveting conversation!
I was going to say that. I've interviewed him a few times, great interview subject. And he LOVES talking about vocals, singing, technique etc....
Yes! It was awesome. @@klopol_
Ah nice! Thanks for checking this out. This track was one of the surprises from the new album session. The whole band created something special. Dan and Kat's writing on this is magical, and matched with Dan's performance they created a career highlight.
Hey!
Amos - your bass work on this whole album was special. Great work, and thanks for sharing your talents with us!
The whole album is a joy to listen to from every aspect. Bravo to you all.
Doesn't matter how many times I hear it I get goosebumps
Your bass sound is massive on War of Being. I love every second of it. No one have that special groove.
One of the best songs Tesseract has ever written, off of the best album they've put out since Altered State, with a career-defining vocal performance as a cherry on top. Masterpiece.
I am SO HAPPY to see you listening to TesseracT!!! This is the tip of the iceberg of the most wonderful music!
This song is nuts vocally, and he crushes it live.
YES!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for this day for years! And this song for your first time hearing them is going to blow you away! This is their first song that they wrote the lyrics and melody before any of the music, so it really highlights Dan's incredible range and ability more than any other song they do. I can't wait to see your reaction!
It's actually quite impressive - enough so that I picked this over any a cappella, clean singing or opera video I have filmed. It just fills me with such joy!
@@TheCharismaticVoice Thank you so much I've been begging for this since this son released😭😭
@@TheCharismaticVoicehe streams a lot ! He was just doing a livestream practising his vocals! Will you consider having him on your chanel? He is a vocal coach as well!
Jay Postones, 10/10.
100% what a dynamic, unselfish player. Incredible talent
Jay is sick. All about the groove
He and Matt Halpern are the best prog metal drummers
Jay postones probably more like 13/8 tbh…. 😂
@@stuartmiller5724 yeah that does sound about right for him haha
@@HugoStiglitz88 and baard kolstad!
TesseracT is such a treat. I dont say this often about vocalists, but Daniel Tompkins is a whole other level of vocal mastery. The whole band is just incredible musicians and song writers.
They're the luckiest band when it comes to singers because Ash was just as good
Oh my God you're gonna go down a rabbit hole with Dan. He is no joke. Dude is just so damn talented
He's not talented. He's skilled.
@@MrShagificationand talented, it’s hard to right to this type of music.
This is quite simply one of the best bands on the planet right now. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE delve into more.
TesseracT are all masters of their craft and their soundscapes are always so powerful... You could barely go wrong with anything by them.
tbh I would love to see what one of their albums produced by Devin Townsend would sound like for this very reason
I think you'd really enjoy their song Hexes. There's a great video of them performing it in the studio, with the guest vocalist and everything. Also a wonderfully haunting & beautiful song.
Martin Grech, an amazing artist in his own right. Open heart zoo is the most haunting song I've ever listened to.
Agreed. 'War of Being' is an album's journey all by itself, and a pinnacle of sorts imo, but they've a wealth of gloriousness already in their catalogue, which shouldn't be slept on.
YESSS PLEASE HEXES!!
I still tear up every time I listen to it, there's nothing like this anywhere. The raw emotion, the build-up, the release, the lyrics, the story behind the video. I've never seen a band try something so profound and tell it in the best way imaginable. Music can be cinema, as it turns out.
This shows why Elizabeth is the best! She helps you appreciate your favourites on a whole new level as well as learning about new artists. More learning leads to more innovation.
This was a new band to me and the vocalist was SO impressive! I may not have learned about them if not for this channel!
@@laurieemme1534 that feeling of discovering a new band for the first time is so fucking good! I hope you continue enjoying your journey through TesseracT's discography and whatever the name of that feeling continues to linger on!
I am so pleased you checked out "Legion" by TesseracT with the AMAZING Dan Tompkins! He is a top-tier vocalist - one of my absolute favs! I've watched this man practice vocals for many hours and I am always in awe of him. I was in tears when TesseracT premiered this track. I love how he expanded upon his gorgeous vocal range here and blessed our ears with this masterpiece! There is a depth of emotion in his singing as well, it can really move you. Highly recommend giving the whole album, "War of Being," a complete listen because it is an incredible journey worthy of your time.
I've been waiting on this one since the day this song came out. His vocals in this are insane. So much emotion. Easily the best metal vocal performance of the year.
TesseracT is one of the few bands where I always listen to them by the album rather than by the song. Safe to say I was obsessed upon hearing them for the first time in a random recommended playlist.
That is the "correct" way to listen to TesseracT.
It is impossible to pick a song to start someone out on, equally impossible to choose an album. There are very few artist you can say that about. Good rule of thumb in my 30yrs of experience is none of them. One note, a single reverb trail, and i know who im listening to immediately. I also don't know of a single band in all of the history of rock and metal that only ever got better with every album.
The entirety of modern metal would not be what it currently is without meshuggah, and then tesseract. And just like the metalcore days, we're all gonna come out of these days with only a couple legendary acts in our pockets.
There is no other way to do so! Each album is a story in it's entirety
Glad to know I’m not alone. This band turned me into more of a full album person in general. I almost exclusively listen to whole albums now and it’s hard for me to listen to non-concept albums which sucks 😂
Me too! I found them on a random "Progressive Metal" playlist created by Spotify LOL
Dan (and all of the guys in TesseracT really) are all REALLY nice guys too. Great musicians and great people. Oh, and he pulls this off live.. It's insane!
Back in 2013, i caught them at the Paradise in Boston on the Altered State tour. Needless to say it was transformative. If you know the famous venue, its like 1,000 capacity standing room only.
After the show when they were breaking down I was able to walk right up to Amos and Acle and shoot the shit, shake hands, etc. Totally down to earth. Here I am blown away in what I considered interacting with genius, and they were just humbled that I loved the show. Amazing people.
@@NoahWolfe Yeah.. Acle and I have become friends and he's every bit the guy you met after the show. Super relaxed and kinda quiet. Crazy that he writes almost all of the music.
Ah, I'm excited about this one. I LOVE Daniel Tompkins' voice. As I was suggesting since a while. His take on Let The Truth Speak by Earthside is breathtaking. I hope you could react to this one as well. Daniel does incredible transitions from clean to harsh in that track and Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh adds fascinating vocalizations.
Yessssss. His vocal performance is outstanding
Let The Truth Speak is just amaaaaazing!!
@@sarabordieri I 100% agree 😍
Totally agree with Let The Truth Speak from Earthside. Please. You will not regret it Elizabeth and an amazing amount of emotion from Daniel on that one as well. Also, War of Being, the title track from Tesseract's album is just astonishing in the range of emotion and technique and the video is amazing as well.
@@thinkingkind8675 👍👍👍👍❤️🔥
The first time I heard this song I got chills and was moved to tears. My favorite thing is to watch people listen to this song for the first time. It really is a wild ride. He's a beast and he's amazing!
Just, unbelievable. He was fantastic even on the earlier albums, now he's really mastered his craft and brought TesseracT to new heights. Masterful.
I can't not cry when I hear this song and THAT part, they did something incredible here and with this whole album
MORE TESSERACT. MORE DAN.
Yes! More Tesseract reactions! Few bands can create ambience like them. It’s also worth checking out something from their Altered State album where they had Ashe O’hara singing for them, he was also very impressive.
Happy Birthday!!
Thank you!!!
It's your birthday?! Happy birthday! Well wishes for your next trip around the sun ❤️
Happy birthday, Elizabeth 💐 and may you fall more in love with music every day 💓🎶
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OF VAGINAL EXPULSION!!!!@@TheCharismaticVoice
Thank you for the reaction. Dan is an absolute beast of a vocalist and he is very down to earth. Please listen to more Teseract ❤
So happy that you react to legion too i've been waiting for a reaction of tesseract (hexes or legion) so bad.
And Happy birthday Elizabeth ! And thank you (and will ramos) for your contribution to the medical and metal field (just watched that video with the camera down his throat !)
I’ve been a Tesseract fan since One, but this is the best I’ve ever heard from them. I have a new favourite with every album and their emotional songs like Seven Names, Beneath My Skin/Mirror Image, Legion, get me every time. The “most played” part of this song just makes me so emotional omg
Also, seconding the Skyharbor and Earthside reactions!
Never clicked on a video faster, Dan is the GOAT of prog metal vocalists. Hexes live studio version like others have said is absolutely perfect.
Massive Muse/ Matt Bellamy vibes in the vocal style and sound too.
Epic song. ❤
Soooo excited you listened to Legion first! I’ve heard this song hundreds of times. I got emotional and teary eyed watching you listen to it for the first time. Ugh! So good. 🖤🖤
Happy birthday! I'm so happy you covered this one. For my money, Daniel Tompkins is the best male vocalist in the metal scene currently, and one of the best to ever do it.
Obligatory "Hexes" live in the studio recommendation, as well as "A Dream In Static" for more of his sheer brilliance.
EFFING FINALLY!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for you to discover Dan's voice and Tesseract's music) since you started this channel!! 🥳🥳
I'm still waiting for Periphery and Chevelle!!! And Erra!!! When? When?!
Happy birthday!!! So glad you chose this song. Dan's always been an incredible vocalist but has put in so much work since the beginning of Covid, and it seriously shows. I think there are a lot more songs from TesseracT worth checking out, like Tourniquet, War of Being, Juno, and Eden.
He appeared on a song from the band Earthside called "A Dream In Static", which has some of my favorite vocals ever. I think you'd thoroughly enjoy it!! He also did vocals on a song on their album that just came out, which is also great.
He also worked on a project in 2014 called Skyharbor. He has a vocal singthrough of a song called "Maeva" that's just absolutely incredible. Whether you react to it for a video, or in your own time, I think the Dan Tompkins rabbit hole goes very deep.
Maeva is amazing, one of my favourite performances of Daniel!!!
the live rehearsals of Skyharbor's 'Catharsis' and 'Celestial' tracks on Dan's channel are great too
Dont forget his latest AMAZING song with Earthside "Let the truth speak"
Just saw Tesseract in concert in Melbourne, Australia on the weekend and Dan is phenomenal live. I have now seen Tesseract twice and each time they get even more incredible live.
This is one of the best vocal performances I've ever heard and have seen TesseracT perform this live with such emotion and power!!
I am now grateful to have an appreciation of what makes this such a great performance. Thanks 🙏
I first saw Dan perform with Tesseract some 10+ years ago. Listening to his vocal progression into the powerhouse today had been amazing.
Elizabeth, I am so stoked you finally...FINALLY...FIN-A-LLY...checked out the lads in Tesseract. Dan is my favorite singer/vocalist. Thank you so very much!
I've been waiting for this for a long time! So excited! Oh and Happy Birthday to you 🎉
Yes! This was my favorite vocal performance of last year. Dan Tompkins is amazing!
I know this comment comes in weeks late. The reason is that after I watched your show, I couldn't get that song out of my head, and it's on my top 10 favorite song list now. Great video production as well! Cheers!
FINALLY!!! Personally I would have chosen War of Being or April as a first-time listen but I'm so glad you got around to them. You HAVE to check out Dan Tompkin's vocals in Skyharbor as well (Illusion: Celestial is my all-time favorite).
I’m glad that she react to this song because it has everything Dan has in his singing arsenal. He was experimenting with his new vocal techniques on this album. It’s incredible.
Oh MANNN this is exciting you are listening to them. There is SO much insanely good music. They have had multiple singers I would definitely check out both of them. You are in for a ride!
I'm excited. The member lineup TesseracT had on the album "Altered State" was what put them on my radar. I'm excited for TCV to hear the different iterations of the band, and how far they have come!
YES! YOU DID IT!!! OMGGGG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONGGGGG
Wow! That blew my tiny little mind. Fantastic vocal performance and really great music/musicians. They have a new subscriber.
I've heard of TesseracT and I think I've heard a couple of tracks but this one was a new one on me and it's EPIC! Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
The new album is crazy vocally . You should definitely check out it!!
My favorite band and vocalist on the planet. So excited that you've been introduced to them! I think you'd love one of their new tracks, War of Being. It's a 10 minute masterpiece and Daniel's full vocal range is fully on display.
So so happy you did this. I’ve been waiting and hoping Thank you. You’re great !!
Amazing analysis! Also agree with Periphery, and also Esoterica 🤘
A second on Esoterica!
LOVE Esoterica 😍
Happy Birthday Elizabeth 🎉. I won't mention the number 😉.
Hahaha, thank you. ;-)
My favourite of Dan's performances is in his recent collab with Earthside - "Let The Truth Speak"
Oh boy....time for you to go down a rabbit hole with this one Elizabeth. What a great birthday present as well to treat yourself to my favorite band of all time. Happy Birthday Elizabeth 🙂
Love the way he plays with dissonance in this track, so many harmonies and notes he teases flat for eternity before hitting pitch makes it so unsettling. Makes the harsh ending hit extra hard too.
Um I'm a new fan of TesseracT!! Thank you for doing this song on your channel ElizabetH!!
Yes!!!!! So glad you are checking them out. They are amazing live as well. They do not disappoint.
You must check out something from their live show Portals!!
It was recorded in studio while the pandemic was happening, incredible show.
Do I smell a "Tea Time with Daniel Tompkins" possibly in the works? I sure hope so. I love what I call "Swiss army knife vocalists" and this guy fits that bill perfectly. Do you want to sound like an angel, a demon, a crooner, or a monster? All of the above, please. Those fast back-and-forth shifts from beautiful falsetto to scream gave me mad goosebumps, NGL.
TY. This might be the first time I have ever found a gem (that i will chase down the rabbit hole) on your channel. Love it!
At Last!!! I waiting TesseracT so long on this channel. And here we are! Thank you so much! I hope it's not last thing from Daniel and the band ;)
PS: goosebumps - check (despite the fact that I have heard this song thousands of times)
So happy you're listening to TesseracT. Dan is such a beast. And happy birthday!
SO excited to not only see you react to tesseract, but THIS song in particular. Such a moving vocal performance.
I am so mad at myself…..Don’t even know why I waited a month before checking out your reaction to TesseracT. All I can say is WOW! Already made a Pandora song list with TesseracT, Radiohead, Muse…..Personally I think you hit the nail on the head….these guys are incredible! Cannot tell you how many times I have watched you geeking out to this song. (among other channels reacting to it) Goosebumps every time I listen to it. 💗. PS. The behind the scenes of making this video is awesome too. Shoestring budget, yet they made such a powerful video. Incredible!!
I am so so so glad you have finally opened the book on TesseracT! And what a song to start yourself off with!Dan is an absolute monster of a vocalist he is easily top 5 for me, his dedication to vocals is something else! We need all the TesseracT deep dive analysis! I am loving hearing what you have to say about one of my favourites 😍 got to see them live a few weeks ago for the first time and it was everything I hoped it would be!
Song suggestions -
Tourniquet
Cages
Sirens
Hexes
The Grey
Tender
Juno
Beneath my skin/mirror image
So glad you have finally listened to them. They are one of the best bands of any genre ever. You're just at the tip of the iceberg. They have so much great music. Even the stuff with their other vocalist Ashe is great too. He's also an incredible singer in his own right.
Daniel has another band that is actually a pop band, it's called White Moth Black Butterfly, and its comprised of members from all around the world from Dan's other projects and in my humble opinion, acts as a great starting point.
Oh, and he sings along a female singer called Jordan Bethany, who is absolutely fantastic.
I've been listening to insane amounts of music across a wide breadth of genres for a long time now and I have to say this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. It is emotionally gripping, cathartic, and resonates with the very core of my soul. I cannot give this band enough praise. Well done, kudos, and please please please keep the music coming!
Also -> Thx charismatic voice for your analysis and helping me find this band ^^
This is amazing! So glad you discovered Tesseract. Please consider doing their "Live in The Lockdown" performance.
Glad you're finally doing this one. This whole album is an absolute masterclass from Dan, and the rest of the band. Dan also seems like a super nice guy from interviews and streams I've seen, he deserves all the praise he gets.
That high frequence percussion is probably a stack cymbal! They are two (or more) cymbals on top of each other. This type of cymbal arrangement create a bright short sound that fit this genre very well!
Been waiting for this one!
i have so much love for this band and i am so grateful i got to see them live for the first time in berlin. best concert experience so far and it doesn't even matter that this was only a crowd of 700 if everyone is celebrating this band together
Nice! Finally TesseracT on the channel! Love it!
I think Legion is not even in my top 10 of TesseracT Songs, there are so much more awesome songs you could react to and even get more surprised by the band. Can't wait for the next video. The live session videos from TesseracT are really good.
😍😍 YES! So good to see you analysing Dan Tompkins! My favourite singer, he really stepped up (and out of the box) on their latest album. He sings 80s synthpop too, with his other band Zeta, and more atmospheric music in his project White Moth Black Butterfly. Gorgeous voice. He sings on live stream quite a bit too when not on tour. 🥰
FINALLY TESSERACT ON THE CHANNEL!!! 😱 So happy! 🤩 Can't wait for more! 🤩 🥳
Happy birthday!!! And thank you for finally checking out this amazing artist! Hope you have a great day.
I saw these guys live in 2010 when they opened for Between the Buried & Me and Animals As Leaders. I had no idea who they were at the time, but I've been listening to them ever since. Can't wait to see your reaction.
Liz now reacting to prog/djent? pls u are rlly this close to the goldmine that is spencer voice in the band periphery
My husband's in discussions with Spencer on which version of "Wildfire" for me to film. So, it's coming!
@@TheCharismaticVoice let's goooo I'll be seated no matter what thanks for the answer
This just made my week! Also definitely stoked for this Tesseract analysis 🤘 thank you!
I second this! Between his voice and all the complex time signatures I think she'd love Periphery. Periphery took Djent and perfected it
@@Rstlaurentcan't wait for her to react to songs from the jugg albums prolly my fav sound from periphery and in metal ever
Yaaaay, thanks for doing this video Elizabeth!
Happy Birthday Elizabeth! Enjoy your day.
Dan vocals are amazing! He's so good at both melodic and harsh vocals ❤ seeing them live was a great experience
this song is dan's vocal magnum opus. he literally took all of his experience singing in tesseract and other various side project (i encourage you to explore), and put it all out there in this beast of a song. you should invite him for a cup of tea, he is a really nice guy, and fellow vocals nerd.
for continuance of exploring modern metal vocal powerhouses, i recommend periphery - satellites
Been waiting so long for you to react to this! Daniel Tompkins is the GOAT (and so is TesseracT as a whole)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELIZABETH! 🎉
My favourite vocal performance of 2023 and a vocal goal song for me to work on, thank you so much for breaking it down
FINALLY. Tesseract needs SO MUCH attention. Thank you for listening!
“There’s a lot to digest here in the beginning” got me so hype for you to hear when he goes absolutely BALLISTIC.
My absolute favorite song from 2023 - will be tuning in for this one ... :)
Not that this song hasn’t made me tear up several times over the past year…but your coverage of this song was 30 plus minutes of tearing up. It was emotional for me to watch your joy in discovering this superb performance!
OMG YES. Daniel Tompkins and Einar Solberg are the best metal singers on earth. I’d love to watch a reaction to Tesseract’s Beneath my Skin/ Mirror Image (:
Yeah TesseracT! Thank you for this reaction! I think "Legion" is one of their best songs to start with.
Need to get Dan on the show for some tea and a chat!
Wooo lets gooo! Tesseract is great!
And I'm still hopeful to see a Periphery video lol.
My current obsession is Rivers of Nihil's album Where Owls Know My Name. I think you'd probably appreciate it based on some of the other stuff you've reacted favorably to like Opeth
Great band. Dan Tompkins is an excellent vocalist. Side note. A friend of mine was once the vocalist of this band. His name was Ashe O'Hara
Love Dan, but Ashe era TesseracT was also excellent.
@@eocineV2 Love the Altered State album. Nocturne is a fantastic song
YESSSSS!!!!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!! Dan is AMAZING
11:08 it's the china cymbal from the drums hehe
Finally!!! I waited for this for a log time. Thank you!!!
YES YES YES!! more yes!! i requested also this!! finally!! TesseracT need more recognition!! :D:D i hope later you do TesseracT with Ashe O hara, of matter!! live in studio!!
More? Cmon, imo it's 2nd or 3rd most recognisable math/djent band ever after Meshuggah and Periphery maybe ))
CIAOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARISSIMISSIMA ELIZABETH🌹AUGURISSIMI MY SWEER FRIEND 😊🤗💙
IMHO Legion is TesseracT's magnum opus, and one of the most thoroughly impressive songs I've ever heard. They have absolutely set a new gold standard for metal and music in general.