As is the case every year we do this, the exact makeup and composition of the fine (and not so fine) people who build our ranks here at Heavy Blog shifts and changes with every passing year. In a way it’s inevitable that over time you might see the general…
November might as well be dubbed “the month that time forgot”. In the States, it at least has Thanksgiving in it, which gives it some kind of unique character. Elsewhere, that’s not even true and in many places, it’s just one more month. It suffers from coming right before December…
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure…
While I was made aware of Ashe O’Hara through his tenure with TesseracT (Altered State is amazing, fight me) I was stoked to discover Voices from the Fuselage through this intersection. In many ways, their brighter and more atmospheric sound utilizes his ethereal timbre better, setting off other and pleasing areas of his range.…
Welcome to Connecting the Dots, the column where we give a brief rundown on a central band along with a host of other projects their members, both past and present, have been involved in. Today we’ll be focusing on djent mainstays TesseracT, whose members have been very active over the…
For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as…
Bear with me, I am an outsider to the world that surrounds TesseracT and Ashe O’Hara. The talented pipesman rejoined Voices From The Fuselage after his well respected stint with the geometrically sound outfit. This “cinematic” progressive rock band have just released their latest album, simply titled Odyssey: The Destroyer Of…
When Ashe O’Hara joined TesseracT, his other project Voices from the Fuselage was put on hold. They did not disband, stating that he was still the vocalist for the band and that they would still make music. Considering that he parted ways with TesseracT, I’m glad that they decided to stay together. I…
Tesseract, one of the leading and defining bands of the djent movement, seem to always be in a position in which they must prove themselves. After moving from bedroom project to making a strong first impression on their debut One, acclaimed frontman Daniel Tompkins left the band. A year later, the polarizing Elliot Coleman parted ways after the band’s acoustic-inspired Perspective EP was released. Now, with the group have wasting no time in picking up Voices from the Fuselage frontman Ashe O’Hara, the band must be feeling some pressure to live up to the standard set by One. In this regard, we’re happy to say that fans can breathe a sigh of relief; Altered State is phenomenal.
Tesseract with new vocalist Ashe O’Hara (ex-Voices from the Fuselage) is already sounding pretty damn great! ‘Nocturne’ debuted last night on The Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter via BBC Radio 1. Naturally, most of us didn’t bother listening to the show because there would just be a YouTube rip…
