Concealing Fate

TesseracT is one of those few bands that managed to achieve their musical fame and popularity long before any official releases. Even with this total drought in releases available, TesseracT's constant touring and the amount of internet hype surrounding them lead to a deal with an impressively large label; Century Media. All these facts made "Concealing Fate" one of the most awaited releases of the year among the fans of both progressive and djent metal.

In the musical aspect TesseracT is similar in many ways to Periphery. That is mostly because of the alternative vocals and abundance of the technical djent riffs due to which these two bands are sometimes ascribed to the representatives of the so called "djent" style, a new take on Meshuggah's polymetric madness. Especially this is perceptible on the instrumental song "Epiphany", which notwithstanding its short length, thanks to the plenty of abrupt and chaotic riffs is one of the most powerful tracks on this EP.

After my first listen to the "Concealing Fate" it appears somehow incomprehensible and not very interesting. However, if you continue to listen to it, with the lapse of time these constant changes of lyrical mood with sharp guitar attacks will begin to stir up an unexplainable attraction. All tracks start to be liked more and more with each listen while you are unable to explain what is so special about them.

I think that one of the keys to success is the superb Dan Tompkins' vocals that excellently combines with the play of djent guitars.
This EP is a monolithic structure that is divided into six parts. This is indicated by the tracks' titles and common musical theme that goes through the all songs making them as one piece.

Summing up I have to say that "Concealing Fate" has met my expectations and showed that these musicians have a very good stock of musical ideas as well as they posses an ability to awake interest of the listeners.

It remains only to wait for their fist full-length album and hope that they still have something to impress the public.