British prog metal band TesseracT‘s new EP “ARC_ONE: Obscura” has just been announced for a March 05th release. Word of this new batch of material comes flanked by the reveal that the group have also signed with Nuclear Blast. Three songs populate this upcoming new effort, with vocalist Dan Tompkins helping guide fans in with the following insight on where he and his bandmates headed this time out:
“We’re trying to approach this a little bit differently, in terms of not just dropping a full album. We’re trying to work with how music is consumed in general, but also trying to deliver what we think our fans really want from us: a captivating story and a good concept.”
He continued:
“‘War Of Being‘ was very much about ego and the masks that we wear. The ending to that album was quite important, because it was about tearing the mask away, which is a key lyric from the album. As I, personally, made more music on the back of ‘War Of Being‘, I started to discover more about myself and my own being. I’ve started to really think about what direction we could take the next batch of music in, and I think, for me, it’s very much about understanding what’s left when you’ve exposed who you really are.”
“Crucible” kicks off the promotional campaign for this next entry in the band’s catalog, with a visualizer for it having just gone up online below. Tompkins elaborated a bit on it, summarizing it as being about, “the pressure that shapes and distorts the individual: the fact that we’re being constantly measured and judged and refined until our real, authentic self is just pushed further and further inside us and buried.”
The group co-produced, mixed and mastered this outing with producer Lewis Johns (Employed To Serve, Rolo Tomassi). Pre-saves are available now via tesseract.bfan.link/arc-one-obscura. As previously reported, TesseracT have a North American headlining tour booked for early 2027 with Entheos and Sunborn scheduled to open:
01/07 New York City, NY – Irving Plaza
01/08 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
01/09 Montreal, QC – Beanfield Theatre
01/10 Toronto, ON – Concert Hall
01/12 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
01/13 Charlotte, NC – The Underground
01/15 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead theatre
01/16 Orlando, FL – Beacham
01/18 Houston, TX – House Of Blues
01/19 Dallas, TX – Echo
01/20 San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre
01/22 Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater
01/23 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
01/24 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
01/26 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
01/27 Seattle, WA – Neptune
01/29 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
01/31 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
TesseracT will also head out on a UK/European run in March:
03/11 Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz
03/13 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
03/15 Koln, GER – Die Kantine
03/16 Frankfurt, GER – Batschkapp
03/18 Hamburg, GER – Markthalle
03/19 Leipzig, GER – Täubchenthal
