One (Tesseract album)

One is the debut studio album by British progressive metal band Tesseract. Released on 22 March 2011,^[4] the album features six tracks. The third track, "Concealing Fate", was split into six parts for a total length of twenty seven minutes and forty seconds. This was Tesseract's only full-length release with vocalist Daniel Tompkins until his return in 2014. A bonus track entitled "Hollow" was released digitally to those who pre-ordered One from Century Media.

One
Studio album by Tesseract
Released	22 March 2011
Recorded	Metropolis Studios, UK and 4D Sounds
Genre	Progressive metal djent
Length	54:31
Label	Century Media
Producer	Acle Kahney Amos Williams Francesco Cameli
Tesseract chronology
Concealing Fate (2010) One (2011) Perspective (2012)
Singles from One
"Nascent" Released: 4 February 2011

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Bloody Disgusting	(positive)[2]
PopMatters	[3]

A live studio play through of "Concealing Fate" was also included as a bonus DVD along with the album. In September 2011, an instrumental version was released digitally and in October that year both the album and the instrumental version were released on vinyl as a double LP.^[5] "Nascent" was released as a promotional single in February 2011, and music videos were released for both "Nascent" and "Deception". Acoustic renditions of "Perfection", "April" and "Origin" were featured on the band's second EP Perspective, which released the following year.

In 2024, Loudwire elected it as one of the 11 best progressive metal debut albums.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Acle Kahney and Daniel Tompkins.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lament"	4:53
2.	"Nascent"	4:09
3.	"Concealing Fate "Acceptance" (8:33) "Deception" (5:22) "The Impossible" (4:50) "Perfection" (2:38) "Epiphany" (1:29) "Origin" (4:44) "	27:36
4.	"Sunrise"	3:57
5.	"April"	4:49
6.	"Eden"	9:08
Total length:		54:31

Pre-order bonus track

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Hollow"	4:22
Total length:		58:53

Personnel

Tesseract Daniel Tompkins – lead vocals Acle Kahney – lead guitar, programming, mixing, digital editing, engineering James 'Metal' Monteith – rhythm guitar Amos Williams – bass, growls, backing vocals, artwork design, programming, mixing, digital editing, production Jay Postones – drums, percussion

Additional personnel Francesco Cameli – engineering, mixing, production Rob Mestas – post-production, digital editing Greg Marriott and Ronan Phelan – additional engineering Mo Panella – digital editing Andrew Baldwin – mastering

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Billboard Top Hotseekers[7]	36