# Tesseract's Future and How Metal Is Changing - with Dan Tompkins

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Podcast: [The Metal Roundup](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metal-roundup-6854362)
Published: 2026-02-01T17:46:23+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-metal-roundup/episodes/Tesseracts-Future-and-How-Metal-Is-Changing---with-Dan-Tompkins-e3eg1v3
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## Resource

This week Special Guest Dan Tompkins of Tesseract joins our regular crew of Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup.Listen in as Dan and the boys talk about where we are in Tesseract's release cycle and the War of Being game, his upcoming solo project 'The Prince of Failure', as well as some discussion around the rise of backing tracks and autotune in the live music scene. Keep up with Dan Tompkins and Tesseract via their socials: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DanielTompkins * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzvBMFhS0gqjx1rA0bswiHg * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tesseractband/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/23ytwhG1pzX6DIVWRWvW1r?si=xmze5ATmTjm-IYRrIXWjlQ Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup

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