Haken release Taurus

2023-01-18 by Fernando Alves | 10 Comments
Progressive heavy rockers Haken released the third single, 'Taurus', from their seventh studio album Fauna, due out March 3rd via InsideOut Music. The music video, produced by Crystal Spotlight, can be seen below.


Directed by Miles Skarin

Ross Jennings on the song: "The song's lyrics were written roughly at the same time we all started hearing about the devastation and crisis happening in Ukraine. I was already writing the piece based on the annual migration of the wildebeests with strong references to people travelling in herds and strength in numbers. Suddenly I realised I had an anchor for what the song could be about and knowing this gives it all the more emotional weight; We’re all on some sort of journey towards salvation or enlightenment. Sometimes out of choice or not, we need to leave the past behind us and make new beginnings. We only have each other, and belief and hope are our strongest allies.”

Tracklist:
1. Taurus
2. Nightingale
3. The Alphabet Of Me
4. Sempiternal Beings
5. Beneath The White Rainbow
6. Island In The Clouds
7. Lovebite
8. Elephants Never Forget
9. Eyes Of Ebony

Pre-order at: https://haken.lnk.to/FaunaID

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Odal
Emeritus
January 18th 2023
3129 Comments


Song rips. These guys can do no wrong

GhostShelter
January 18th 2023
1540 Comments


Not too into it.

vermillionZ
January 18th 2023
398 Comments


Best new song so far

Shiranui
January 18th 2023
1106 Comments


I'm gonna be brutally honest here: These vocals did add absolutely nothing to the song for me.
They work during the chorus, but Ross is forcing his tone so much in the rest of this song. Feels like LaBrie or even Einar could shine in some of these moments. Idk, vocals make this song feel very unnatural to me, intrumentals are pretty cool.

Djang0
January 18th 2023
1152 Comments


This song won me over by the end, but I have to agree Ross's vocals aren't grabbing me, and it's most noticeable on this single. I think he's become a better/more confident singer, but also more safe - I feel like he had a more expressive approach on past albums (like The Mountain)

The instrumental is of course superb though, and the band still gels together quite nice. I think this will be one of their better albums overall

Flugmorph
January 19th 2023
35409 Comments


god what an amazing track, new album shaping up to be a masterpiece no cap

KrillBoi
January 19th 2023
549 Comments


That tempo change in the breakdown is naaaaaaasty

nightbringer
January 19th 2023
2931 Comments


King of RBY OU.

cloakanddagger
January 19th 2023
864 Comments


Probably my favourite single they've released so far, very reminiscent of Virus/Vector material.

GreyShadow
January 20th 2023
8044 Comments


fuckin love this one

that swing chorus is perfect



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