Album Rating: 3.5
They're way too melodic to be classified under any sort of technical tabel, in the same way that Dream Theater is.
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Album Rating: 4.5
what has melody to do with technicality, though? And besides, I wasn't suggesting a technical label, just that 'progressive metal' would do just fine.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I knew that's what I said too, I was just explaining myself. Plus, I think emphasis on melody usually belies technicality.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I understand that technicality has been widely associated with dissonance lately, because of tech death, but I don't think there's anything that rules out melody from technical efficiency.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I don't mean an emphasis on dissonance as much as rhythm. I find rhythmic metal falls under the banner of "tech" better. And I'm not denying Haken's technical ability by grouping them into the melodic category.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Falling Back To Earth is my favorite Haken track in their discog, represents everything I love about prog.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Falling Back To Earth is fucking insane. my 2nd favorite behind Atlas Stone
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Every once in a while I feel the need to listen to this again so I'll maybe see the masterpiece other people see in this. Didn't happen so far. But I feel like the next try is coming soon.
I know a guy who says Falling Back To Earth was the best Prog Metal song of the last decade. Well, it's not evem the best Haken song of the last decade imo. Quite good though.
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Album Rating: 4.5
but what about Pareidolia?
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
That's a nice Tool songs. Quite good too
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Album Rating: 4.5
It barely sounds like Tool, what are you talking about???
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
I'm kidding for the most part hahaha,
But tbh I always felt the similarities to Tool were quite strong there
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Like, the riff, the drums, the oriental melodies, it got Tool in its genes
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Album Rating: 4.0
Always made me think of Dream Theater's more oriental songs more, Tool is way more hypnotic in a sense. I think Falling Back to Earth is a really good song here too
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
The thing with Haken for me is that they've always been good, but never blew me away like their peers did.
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Album Rating: 4.0
They never really feel original, but I think they are really good at collecting bits and pieces from all over prog metal and creating their own music with it
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Yea, that's always been their strength it seems. They're still good songwriters
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Album Rating: 3.5
This album is moodier than I remember, eh a lot of it kind of comes and goes for me, but Pareidolia and Cockroach are good
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
I never liked Atlas Stone as much as others did. It's a perfect mirror of the album in general though imo. It has great parts and more boring ones
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Album Rating: 4.5
Haken really tried to experiment with their sound on Affinity, and people didn't take it quite well, haha. But I think Henshal's solo album Cocoon is more left-field prog than Haken, if someone desires to take a look.
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