THEY’RE A NEW multinational prog-metal project driven by the principles of electronic music, who boast established names within their ranks, but if it wasn’t for Mike Portnoy, they simply wouldn’t exist. While touring with The Shattered Fortress in 2017, keyboardist Diego Tejeida (ex-Haken, Devin Townsend) and Neal Morse Band guitarist Eric Gillette struck up a friendship that would form the nucleus of Temic.
“Eric and I spent those tours geeking out, talking about synthesisers, compressors and DAWs [digital audio workstations],” Tejeida remembers. “We share a similar, nonsensical sense of humour, too. So in 2020, when I knew I was going to part ways with Haken, I spoke to Eric about writing music together. He immediately jumped in. We had a long chat, discussing the musical vision, and agreed that our…
