TesseracT.

#BLC2GMM - ride 7

Genre: Djent
Date & location @ Graspop: Saturday - Metal Dome

Spotify bio reads like this;

On their fifth studio album, War Of Being, TesseracT return with a
career-high release that is their most conceptual, dynamic and
sonically complex to date. The story revolves around an inter-
dimensional journey undertaken by two characters (ex and el), within
The Strangeland, a world made to reflect the socio-economic state Of
our own. Throughout its hour-long run time, the band treat listeners to
sprawling atmospherics, impassioned vocal performances from Daniel
Tompkins and atom bomb level heavy riffs. The band have long been
an innovative entity and with War Of Being prove they have become
masters of a truly unique sound. Recorded at Middle Farm Studios in
the UK, co-produced and engineered by the band and Peter Miles
(Dodie, Sylosis, Architects) along with long-time collaborator
Katherine Marsh of Choir Noir (Bring Me The Horizon, Architects,
Marillion). Assisting with additional programming and production, the
band were joined by Randy Slaugh (Periphery, Architects, Devin
Townsend). With additional engineering by Forrester Savell
(Karnivool). War Of Being is TesseracT's defining moment, one that will
be remembered as the beginning of a new era for this forward-
thinking, dynamic band

Waw - quite a mouthful. This bio should have prepared me for what was about to come. Maybe I should just skip this genre altogether, it's not my cup of T. I can keep dissing on this genre, but that's not going to help anyone. The only reason I stuck with these guys for my 25min bike ride were the icy conditions on the road which kept me in hyperfocus on where I was riding...

Anyway, this is a NOPE for me. 👎DJENT filter in place for the rest of the festival.