{"id":33755,"date":"2015-09-18T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=33755"},"modified":"2017-06-24T18:44:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T18:44:57","slug":"news-tesseract-release-third-studio-album-polaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-tesseract-release-third-studio-album-polaris\/","title":{"rendered":"TESSERACT Release Third Studio Album \u2018Polaris\u2019 (September 18th, 2015) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

TESSERACT Release Third Studio Album \u2018Polaris\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 18th, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

English progressive metal group TesseracT issued third full-length studio album Polaris<\/em> on September 18th, 2015 in Europe through Kscope. eOne Music scheduled North American release to take place the same day.<\/p>\n

The outing was recorded, mixed and mastered at 4D Sounds in Brighton, England.<\/p>\n

Polaris<\/em> marks the return of vocalist Daniel Tompkins; initially vocalist from 2009 until 2011, Tompkins had stepped behind the microphone for March 2011 debut One<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to UK graphic designer Simon C. Page.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Dystopia\u2019
\n02. \u2018Hexes\u2019
\n03. \u2018Survival\u2019
\n04. \u2018Tourniquet\u2019
\n05. \u2018Utopia\u2019
\n06. \u2018Phoenix\u2019
\n07. \u2018Messenger\u2019
\n08. \u2018Cages\u2019
\n09. \u2018Seven Names\u2019<\/p>\n

TesseracT\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Daniel Tompkins (vocals)
\nAcle Kahney (guitar)
\nJames Monteith (guitar)
\nAmos Williams (bass)
\nJay Postones (drums)<\/p>\n

Music videos were filmed for the tracks \u2018Survival\u2019 and \u2018Hexes\u2019, which can be viewed below. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the songs \u2018Messenger\u2019 and \u2018Phoenix\u2019.<\/p>\n

Second studio record Altered State<\/em> was released in May 2013.<\/p>\n