UK-based progressive metal pioneers, TesseracT, have been instrumental in paving a new wave of exciting and heavy sounds.
The world is changing. As a species, we've never been more conscious of who we are or where we are going - our minds circling with questions that are no longer exclusive to the more philosophical among us. It's a revelation that inspired much behind TesseracT's latest full-length, Sonder. The UK-based progressive metal pioneers, who were instrumental in paving a new wave of exciting and heavy sounds the world over, purposefully chose a title that had no orthodox meaning whatsoever. When you think about it, this is something that marries perfectly with their non-conformist approach to music...
"I stumbled across the word 'Sonder' a few years ago," reveals singer Dan Tompkins. "I assumed it was an actual word taken from the dictionary. When I was thinking over the concept and titles for the album, I looked the word up in the dictionary but couldn't find it anywhere. Lo and behold it was coined by a wonderful writer that was beautifully putting into words, the thoughts and feelings that nobody had officially considered, it seems."
The writer in question, John Koenig, is someone who has been at the forefront of reimagining how we communicate, much like TesseracT have been doing through sound. Author of The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows, he created his own terms based on research on etymologies and meanings of used prefixes, suffixes and word roots, ultimately filling in the linguistic gaps we never realised were there...
"The word 'Sonder' is a name given to the seemingly ineffable emotions we experience when realising that each of us are simultaneously living vivid and complex lives," continues Dan.
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The world is changing. As a species, we've never been more conscious of who we are or where we are going - our minds circling with questions that are no longer exclusive to the more philosophical among us. It's a revelation that inspired much behind TesseracT's latest full-length, Sonder. The UK-based progressive metal pioneers, who were instrumental in paving a new wave of exciting and heavy sounds the world over, purposefully chose a title that had no orthodox meaning whatsoever. When you think about it, this is something that marries perfectly with their non-conformist approach to music...
"I stumbled across the word 'Sonder' a few years ago," reveals singer Dan Tompkins. "I assumed it was an actual word taken from the dictionary. When I was thinking over the concept and titles for the album, I looked the word up in the dictionary but couldn't find it anywhere. Lo and behold it was coined by a wonderful writer that was beautifully putting into words, the thoughts and feelings that nobody had officially considered, it seems."
The writer in question, John Koenig, is someone who has been at the forefront of reimagining how we communicate, much like TesseracT have been doing through sound. Author of The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows, he created his own terms based on research on etymologies and meanings of used prefixes, suffixes and word roots, ultimately filling in the linguistic gaps we never realised were there...
"The word 'Sonder' is a name given to the seemingly ineffable emotions we experience when realising that each of us are simultaneously living vivid and complex lives," continues Dan.
UK-based progressive metal pioneers, TesseracT, have been instrumental in paving a new wave of exciting and heavy sounds.
The world is changing. As a species, we've never been more conscious of who we are or where we are going - our minds circling with questions that are no longer exclusive to the more philosophical among us. It's a revelation that inspired much behind TesseracT's latest full-length, Sonder. The UK-based progressive metal pioneers, who were instrumental in paving a new wave of exciting and heavy sounds the world over, purposefully chose a title that had no orthodox meaning whatsoever. When you think about it, this is something that marries perfectly with their non-conformist approach to music...
"I stumbled across the word 'Sonder' a few years ago," reveals singer Dan Tompkins. "I assumed it was an actual word taken from the dictionary. When I was thinking over the concept and titles for the album, I looked the word up in the dictionary but couldn't find it anywhere. Lo and behold it was coined by a wonderful writer that was beautifully putting into words, the thoughts and feelings that nobody had officially considered, it seems."
The writer in question, John Koenig, is someone who has been at the forefront of reimagining how we communicate, much like TesseracT have been doing through sound. Author of The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows, he created his own terms based on research on etymologies and meanings of used prefixes, suffixes and word roots, ultimately filling in the linguistic gaps we never realised were there...
"The word 'Sonder' is a name given to the seemingly ineffable emotions we experience when realising that each of us are simultaneously living vivid and complex lives," continues Dan.
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The world is changing. As a species, we've never been more conscious of who we are or where we are going - our minds circling with questions that are no longer exclusive to the more philosophical among us. It's a revelation that inspired much behind TesseracT's latest full-length, Sonder. The UK-based progressive metal pioneers, who were instrumental in paving a new wave of exciting and heavy sounds the world over, purposefully chose a title that had no orthodox meaning whatsoever. When you think about it, this is something that marries perfectly with their non-conformist approach to music...
"I stumbled across the word 'Sonder' a few years ago," reveals singer Dan Tompkins. "I assumed it was an actual word taken from the dictionary. When I was thinking over the concept and titles for the album, I looked the word up in the dictionary but couldn't find it anywhere. Lo and behold it was coined by a wonderful writer that was beautifully putting into words, the thoughts and feelings that nobody had officially considered, it seems."
The writer in question, John Koenig, is someone who has been at the forefront of reimagining how we communicate, much like TesseracT have been doing through sound. Author of The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows, he created his own terms based on research on etymologies and meanings of used prefixes, suffixes and word roots, ultimately filling in the linguistic gaps we never realised were there...
"The word 'Sonder' is a name given to the seemingly ineffable emotions we experience when realising that each of us are simultaneously living vivid and complex lives," continues Dan.
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