Old Composer REACTS to HAKEN EARTHRISE | Composer Point of View
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Old Composer REACTION to HAKEN EARTHRISE | Composer Point of View
Of course, in the heat of reacting to the engineering and composition, I have to say; THAT MELODY the singer is singing is so dynamic/powerful from his growl to soaring hook - immense talent!!!
@president elect George Kirby I completely understand what you mean about the lack of emotions, and when he touched on the vocalist in the video, it clarified what always stopped me from truly liking Haken. The vocalist is very tight in his range during the chorus in most of the songs I've heard from them. What I mean is typically, a chorus has a more diverse range that sort of highlights the vocals as the driving force behind that section, but for Haken it seems to be the complete opposite in the sense that the way they choose to highlight the vocals is by holding a very small range of octaves. Nothing's wrong with it and they certainly choose to write it that way, but it just doesn't do it for me.
You absolutely have to listen to the messiah complex suite from their most recent album "virus." It's split into 5 parts but is no more than 12 minutes. All kinds of meter changing and production tricks throughout the song(s)
Please please chek out their guitarrists solo project: ua-cam.com/video/8f5PNjin4DQ/v-deo.html
Oh and your next Haken song should be Lapse....Amazing song and not very long ua-cam.com/video/EdabtT7mUGI/v-deo.html
You should give a listen to the band Rishloo. Absolutely phenomenal talent.
Haken - Falling Back To Earth, one of their very best imo
Yes, this
Yes, such a great song!
I'll +1 on this.
This or we get an extra long episode where he does visions !
absolutely
You definitely should have a listen to Haken - The Architect!
Totally agree. That was what my suggestion was, too! Great choice!
Or this one if you have the time!
Cockroach king! All of them, really
Haken are really versatile, their new stuff is heavy af tho. Next Leprous and The Contortionist
Should throw on TesseracT on that list too.
Has he done Between the Buried and Me, yet?
Fun Fact: I first learned about Alan Watts from a piece of a lecture The Contortionist included in one of their songs.
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Transcript:
In other words, that the so called involuntary circulation of your blood is one continuous process with the stars shining.
If you find out that it’s you who circulates your blood you will at the same moment find out that you are shining the sun.
Because your physical organism is one continuous process with everything else that is going on. Just as the waves are continuous with the ocean. Your body is continuous with the total energy system of the cosmos and its all you.
Only you’re playing the game that you’re only this bit of it.
He'd definitely really like the engineering of The Contortionist.
All good recommendations! Vector by Haken is one of my favorite albums by them. Nil By Mouth is such a fun song to listen to!
"HAY-kin" like Bacon. Also try their song Pareidolia. Epic band!
Should of started with that song
This
Like Taken. Or Taken 2
"tomayto" "tomahto"
Pareidolia is epic and I especially like the live version from their DVD release.
If you're just getting into Haken, Cockroach King is a must, and would make a great reaction video :)
Most overrated Haken song..
Album version!
@@skeletankmcgraw7343 it got me into Haken so I wouldn't say it's overrated really.
But then again, I'm more into post-Affinity Haken.
@@skeletankmcgraw7343 not overrated, but its gripping, so it's a popular launching point in to loving or gating
@@skeletankmcgraw7343 Completely agree. Just because it's their most popular song doesn't mean it's their best. It's just catchy to people that usually aren't in to the genre.
Latest album really shows off their talent and obviously I'd choose 'Visiions' as their magnum opus closely followed by 'Messiah Complex'.
"This kind of music is exactly what I'm all about." Me too, and I was completely ignorant of their existence until about six months ago when a friend sent me a link to their song "Cockroach King"...which you should also react to :)
If he does, album version please!
@@synthtonic4954 It's such a shame the killer music video cuts out the jazzy part for a shorter runtime.
@@Mrdardas99 Yea, im pretty sure that if youre fine with a progmetal muppet show queen video, you will be fine with a little bit of jazz xD
Do you know leprous and caligula's horse?
I still can't get over Haken's vocal. I only listen to their Instrumental versions and I'm mind-blown everytime but as soon as he start singing it ruins everything..
YES MORE HAKEN! For more song recommendations try The Architect, 1985, Carousel, The Endless Knot, The Mountain and Lapse. You literally can't go wrong with any of their music.
Atlas Stone pleeeeeease
I ma sure you will dig the band Leprous.
At the Bottom, From the flame, The Sky is Red, Illuminate, SLave (Live at Rockefeller), ... each of their song is unique and will give you chicken skin ;)
Otherwise a reaction to Dir En Grey - Vinushka would be awesome!
Amazing reaction as usual! Keep the great work!
YES, Leprous.
Leprous seems so similar yet so different to me from Haken. I think he will like Leprous a lot as well!
I really want Leprous but a song from an older album when they played craizier stuff, would love to see Painfull Detour being decomposed
@@bartoszbartosiewicz1123 Painful Detour is awesome as well, one of my favourite track. I mean anything from Leprous on this channel would make me happy :D
I just find that their latest stuff has more personality and make them stand out more as a band, since they don't care about what people would think and don't really comply to any expectation. I also like that they are never satisfied of themselves and try something different.
Definitely need to add Castaway Angles and Alleviate to this list!
There's so many killer bands in this vein...
Caligula's Horse, Leprous, Pineapple Thief, Gazpacho, the list goes on!!
Just revisited an album I dig from last year that I think you, or anyone else who likes prog, would absolutely enjoy...
"Eupnea" by Pure Reason Revolution
Really hoping Caligulas Horse gets their time here. Dream The Dead or Salt would be mindblowing, of course people want Graves, but I'm all about saving the epics for once you're familiar with a group, not an introduction.
So much talent now days. No fucking way to get to it all. Which is a shame but also great problem to have. Have about 523 bands in my music folder and growing. Music is love.
I love these guys! And I think you can handle their "Cockroach King" - it is unlike anything you have ever heard
Unless he's heard the 70's masters Gentle Giant 😉
@@progperljungman8218 Okay, I'll give you that one. Cockroach King and Gentle Giant (especially the "Octopus" album) are unlike anything else out there
That would be awesome! BUT if he does, he should do the album version. Their shorter video version is funny because of the visuals, but its the same thing when people react to Meshuggah's video for Bleed. So much good stuff missing and simply not the full song.
+1 for Cockroach King!
Yes to the album version. The video edit loses a lot of greatness!!!
Haken: "Bound by Gravity" = pure beauty.
Hugely underrated!
Bound by Gravity is one of the most beautiful songs in the entirety of the genre. It's just such a perfect album closer to an epic album.
@@ryer9646 100000% agreed. mate 🙂
Makes me cry almost every time listening to it
Oh boy Haken is great. I suggest you listen to "Aquarium" or "Celestial Elixir" from their album Aquarius !
I really recomend The Arquitect or 1985 from Haken Band. Good Job!
Finally Haken! now we need the epic masterpiece that The Architect is
All of them
DAWG. This is one of my favorite bands of all time. If you want more of that tight, emotional performance, you should check out their recent tracks Carousel or Host. If you want to see more of their goofy side, check out their song Cockroach King. If you want both of these at the same time, you should check out Celestial Elixir. They have some of the best hooks in prog rock / prog metal, and their choruses are absolutely NUTS. Dude thank you so much for doing this, I’m big fan of your channel.
P.S. I actually didn’t know about the bass panning you mentioned, I’m a bass player so I’ll have to keep that in mind! :D
they are playing download this year
Cockroach King, Messiah Complex, Visions, Architect, Falling Back To Earth and 1985 are great songs from these guys.
Gotta listen to their other music before listening to Messiah Complex. The easter eggs are so fucking good in that song.
Haken is a perfect band. They absolutely have my heart forever
I love Haken. I learned about them when my guitar teacher, Conner, became their bass player. 😂 I am also seconding the requests for Cockroach King.
I love Haken. They always give me an early 'It Bites' feeling.
Please do anything by 'Thank You Scientist'. They are all classically trained musicians and composers.
Ah yes, did one already :) ua-cam.com/video/zcWULjj23-s/v-deo.html
That’a from their 80s prog inspired album “Affinity”. Not everything sounds like this, but all of it is good.
Haken is amazing. Saw them live with Devin Townsend and The Contortionist in early 2020, the last concert I got to see before the shutdown! Check out some of The Contortionist too!!!
You have to check out their track "The Architect", its one of the most well written prog songs I've ever heard.
My favorite Haken album!! This one is their tribute to the 80's feel but with modern touches. The most deliciously 80's track on this album is "1985". Also check out their album "Visions" - a prog masterpiece telling about a boy who sees a vision of his future death and spends his life trying to stop it.
"1985" is so goddamn awesome! :D
Happy you liked it so much. Looking forward to lots of great Haken-reactions 😊
Haken is quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I started listening to them back in September with their masterpiece "The Mountain," and man can they write! I'm not sure whether I like The Mountain or Visions the best. My favorite Haken song is easily Visions, followed by Nocturnal Conspiracy and Crystallised; although, The Architect, Cockroach King, In Memoriam, Atlas Stone, Falling Back To Earth, 1985, and The Good Doctor are also worth checking out.
I agree on Visions, my favorite.
If you liked the vocal arrangement at the end check out cockroach king and crystalized. Just wow
Fuck yes!
More Geebz and Haken.
Please do it all.
More Haken please! Falling Back to Earth, Crystallized, Cockroach King, Carousel, or the amazing 80's inspired song 1985!
Haken is one of my favorites. I'll throw my hat in with "Drowning in the Flood" from their earlier album, "Aquarius". It is an overview of the moods they like to capture. It's from a concept album about a mermaid discovered by a fisherman. It's a real standout in their music.
I will second Aquarius. 👍
Or, a new band to try: Arch Echo - "Color Wheel." It's happy jazz-metal fusion! They're all but one Berklee grads, some of the most incredible music ever.
This song is just glorious and life affirming. It makes you happy to be alive!
More Haken Please! 👏🏼 I love your analysis on this and it really opens my eyes and ears to a new experience with this music I've listened to over and over again. Thank you!
Omg , HAKEN, finally !!! Earthrise is good but you should definitely check out songs from other albums too ! Try "The Architect", "C elestial Elixir", "Falling back to earth" for the longer songs, "Puzzle Box", "Invasion", "Portals" for the shorter songs. Love your videos, keep doing it
Yay for Portals! One of their best and rarely mentioned.
I loved that someone is being introduced to Haken by this song, one of my favorites and a really overlooked one.
My first Haken song I've heard was Nil by Mouth and I almost broke my neck headbanging. Love all their instrumental versions but hate the vocalist :/
man I am just waiting for another Haken reaction. This band has such an incredible catalogue.
I'm so glad you reacted to a Haken song. All of their songs are amazing like this. Earthrise is definitely one of my favorites for all the reasons you laid out.
You need to check out some Leprous man super progy stuff
Haken are awesome. I tend to like the older stuff more. Try out Pareidolia, Portals, Someboy, Visions, Christallised ... All absolutely mind blowing and engineering-wise more traditional, very 70s inspired.
Such victorious choruses; a couple of their tracks have brought me to tears, including this one
had the same reaction as yours, Sir! Love Haken muchhhh 🥺
Haken is awesome! The song The Architect from the same album is epic! May I suggest the band Earthside, song Mob Mentality. Also prog metal but with a symphony. The neat thing about the song is that it seems to be composed around the symphonic orchestra and the band is enhancing the song, instead of the other way around which is the usual when there´s a symphony in metal. Thank YOU for the reaction/review/analysis!
Great song choice and breakdown. If you enjoyed the vocal harmony arrangement on this, try "Because It's There" off of their album 'The Mountain'. Beautiful vocal work.
Nice reaction, seems very authentic. Haken is top-class band. Love 'em.
One of my favourite songs by them - catchy, uplifting, epic. I'm sure you'll enjoy their catalogue.
MORE HAKEN!!!! Also, the song The Cocoon from the the guitarist Richard Henshall's solo album is amazing and very unique. Couldn't recommend more highly
Got to see Haken live in Columbus Ohio during the 10 year anniversary tour. The BEST show I’ve seen in such a small venue!
Im happy to learn you are checking out Haken. I’m a Rush fan since 1975. Since the passing of Neil. I was trying to come up with my “new” favorite band, knowing Rush is done with The passing of Neil. Haken is that band now for me, and Visions my favorite album at this point. You should give a listen, not review necessarily, to all their catalog. I love Streams on the Aquarius album. Thanks for you reviews and insights to so many songs and bands I think are awesome. 👍👍
I too was just introduced to this band recently and fell in love immediately. They became my favorite band.
I’d love to see your reactions to more Haken!
YUSSSS TYTY. Haken is SOOOO great. The Architect has gotta be a reaction soon. It's a masterpiece.
The thing I like most about this channel is, you react to bands I already like - Tool, Porcupine Tree, TMV. And you turn me onto bands I've never heard or dug too deep into, like this, Snarky Puppy, and I really dig that. I definitely need to check out more of these guys.
Haken are amazing, please do more. Much love from Argentina :)
Yes! Haken is awesome!
A friend and fellow musician of mine turned me on to them. About half a year later, they came to Norway as a warm up act for mr. Devin Townsend himself!
It was a KILLER night out!
Also, a Norwegian band called LEPROUS went on first. And they are also insanely good. Check them out! They're on youtube, spotify and all that.
I would recommend a track called The Price.
Aloha from Norway!
Whoever suggested Haken - thank you.
I'd love to see a video on The Proverbial Bellow by Between the Buried and Me
ua-cam.com/video/nRTI4cE1LJw/v-deo.html
They love writing concept albums and this song in particular is an adventure
Oh yea! Masterpiece
I discovered them at a concert in Marseille where the "star" of the show was Devin Townsend. Well oh boy now I prefer them to Devin !
Oh you did HAKEN!!!! Maaaaaan can´t wait to see more
I love Haken, they are amazing. Thanks for checking them out.
If you have time for an insane journey their song Crystalized is a masterpiece.
Honestly there is no wonder why your youtube channel is growing so much. thanks for the content. Cheers, aloha
I am also just getting into HAKEN.. dear lord, amazing band!!! Im loving every track from the Affinity, Vector, and Virus albums. So much talent, great listen for anyone who hasn't yet heard them
I just started listening to this band recently after hearing Celestial Elixir.
Glad you finally got around to listening to them! Btw it's Hay-Ken (They used to have a shirt essentially saying "Sounds like Bacon")
I've said it before, I'll say it again!
For their magnum opus, please, check out "Visions" from 'Visions (Reissue 2017)'
Or for something new and very different, yet still very much Haken, check out "Messiah Complex I-V".
By the way, you'll find a lot of 'Yes' like harmonics in the vocals with huge octave range, Yes, Gentle Giant and King Crimson are massive inspirations for these guys.
A lot of people underappreciate them, and they'll often have only heard one or two of their songs, and dismiss as such.
Keep up the good work!
Cockroach King will be a great choice for a second impression from them, a really unique song and band overall!
I just left a comment on your Periphery video whole watching it for you to do Haken then I heard you say you had done it. Jumped here right away!
Thanks for doing this. Haken is very versatile and their catalogue is quite impressive. Their newer stuff are heavier and more complex than this but beautiful to listen to.
I am a HUGE fan of Dream Theater and they're definitely the King 👑. 30+ years, they are still here, making music for the fans even at their age, 55+ to 60s. They've proven themselves already so they no longer need to. So I appreciate them and feel grateful for what they are doing. Now they've passed down the torch and the new torchbearer of the genre is Haken. Musically, they're at the top, but as a band (crew, staff, management, team etc...), I really hope they can reach the heights of DT in terms of success and recognition.
i hope they dont so i can get cheap tickets with low volume crowds and i can stand where i want in a live crowd 🤣
I saw them live supporting Devin Townsend in 2019. They blew us away. So powerful . BTW Diego, the Haken Keyboarder, also played live in Devin's Band. A fantastic musician!
Cockroach King, Visions, and A Cell Divides are really good by them too
Brilliant band. Can't sing their praises any higher 👏
Ese disco es una maravilla, y el anterior también.
This is such a chill song, its fantastic!
'crystallized' is a MUST
Just listen to "The Mountain." The entire record. It is Haken's virtually undisputed opus.
Can't pick between The mountain and Affinity both are incredible. One with 70's vibes the other with 80s vibes.
@@carlmanu The Mountain is head-and-shoulders better than Affinity.
i dont know for some reason i like visions more
@@TheBilaras97 Because _Visions_ is more accessible. _The Mountain_ requires more listening, and more musical experience in general to fully appreciate. But it is their most ambitious, cohesive, consistent, and well-executed effort to date.
@@alondite215 That's your opinion, man. Objectively both have great songs and okay songs. I prefer the story of Affinity and prefer the 80's vibe, so for me, that is easily head and shoulders above Mountain.
You definitely need to do more Haken. They have so many gems, and so much variance between their tracks. This is one of those bands that will be fucking massive when people look back on them in retrospect.
I really appreciate your reaction! Heck! It's a perfect criticism.
More Haken! I love what you describe as that “rainbow” sound. They often have peaks in their songs that have a fullness that I haven’t really heard anywhere else. I’d suggest the songs Veil or The Strain to listen to next.
You have to listen to ALL of there stuff. Such an amazing band. The first album you should listen to is the mountain, an absolute gem (all of their albums are though)
Try Haken - Cockroach King, it's mindblowing!
Almost a year late on this one: I discovered this band because they were touring with Devin Townsend right before COVID lockdowns hit (caught his 2nd to last show before cancelling the tour). Had never heard of them prior to buying tickets for Devin, but gave them a listen on Spotify and thought they were alright. They played this track at that show, and the drummer really sold me on the band as a whole just from being 10 feet away on this song. They are so damn good and fill a niche that I didn't know needed filling with their style. It's a real fusion of 70s-80s prog rock and modern heavy metal, and I doubt many bands out there could really pull this off.1
Haken's "The Endless Knot" really hits that spot for me.
One song i always adored is from their first album Aquarius. The song is Aquarium.
This track has quite a different vibe than basically any other track Haken has done that I've heard. If you wanna continue with them (and I would highly suggest doing so), Falling Back to Earth would be fantastic, link: ua-cam.com/video/52ALziuI-AY/v-deo.html
Haken! Too cool!
So glad you did this song. Crystallized and Falling Back to Earth are other awesome tracks by them.
I LOVE HAKEN SO MUCH! Every album packs something different. Please, please do more Haken reviews.
Yes, do more Haken “Affinity” album please! My favorite of theirs. Just love the sound they have on that album
I´m glad you discovered Haken. I´ve been listening Prog Metal for the last 25 years and right now Haken are my favourite band. They are doing now what Dream Theater didi for Prog Metal 25 years ago.
Awesome music. never heard of them either but adding them to my new listens
Haken was the opening act to Devin Townsend in the last tour, and their keyboardist was also a part of the Devin Townsend band on stage (and mixed the drinks, watch Orders of Magnitude). Massive gig for him... :)
FINALLY, you got to them!
I absolutely love "Bound by gravity" from Affinity album, so beautiful
So excited for you to check out BTBAM for the first time. Them and Haken are my favourite and second favourite bands, they just scratch that itch!
Haken, what!! Immediately clicked on it. A band that shouldn't get overlooked, but they do. Cool fact: Mike Portnoy (dream Theater) wrote a series of songs about the 12 steps of healing, ETOH. Each Dream Theater album had one of these songs on it. After he left DT he went on tour with these songs called Shattered Fortress. The band he hired to play these songs live, with him on drums is, yes you guessed it, Haken. Its an absolute must to react to Haken, THE COCKROACH KING, it will melt you face.
Awesome! I recommended The Contortionist in a Devin Townsend video because they opened for him. Haken was the OTHER band on that bill and they were equally amazing. It was a killer show and I'm blessed to have had it be the last live show I attended before covid-19 kicked all of our asses
Haken has such a rich catalogue. Songs from Virus would be great, their best album since the Mountain.
I'm obsessed and happy to find you uploading so frequently. Really enjoying these videos, and would love to see you give Third Law by Leprous a go :)
Finally Geebz. Haken are Killer. You will not only enjoy Hakens entire catalogue but there puppetry in there music video for Cockroach King I think you will really get a kick out of.
I wasnt ready when i stumbled across this album either lol this is my favorite track of it too 😂😜😎 when he says i touch the void and feel no pain gets me everytime
I love this song, it's so good