r/Haken

The more I listen to this album, the more I honestly feel like it’s perfect. The story, the music, the atmosphere, it’s incredible. For a long time I thought Fauna was Haken at their best (I still think it’s their best if we’re strictly talking ability and performance on their instruments), but I’ve come to really appreciate and fucking LOVE Affinity. The electronic vibe fits it so well. This album is just banger after banger.

My favorite part about this album has to be how diverse the music is. Upbeat and energetic in Initiate, 1985, and Lapse, heavy as balls with such a cool riff in Architect (also a phenomenal feature vocalist by Einar), the “pop-iness” of Earthrise, the spaciness of Red Giant, complex riffs of Endless Knot, and don’t even get me STARTED on how beautiful Bound by Gravity is to close the album. It’s just perfect, I can’t seem to find any flaws with this record.

I don’t even know if I could pick a favorite song. Architect is obviously the crescendo of the album but man every single song carries its weight in the grand scheme of the album.

Idk if this post is really relevant but I had to say it to somebody cuz none of my friends like prog 😭😭

Not sure if this has been asked here before, but Richard Henshall released his solo EP Mu Vol. I in 2024. He announced there would shortly be a Vol II. Two singles were already released for II, but the latest one is two years old already.

Will Vol II ever be released? Or do we count these two songs as a full EP?

I'm gonna go crashout, I bought a signed vinyl, got a AAA stage pass from the crew and a setlist and I forgot it on my fucking roof of the car when I drove off.
Pleasepleaeplease if someone is in the near of the contipark Tiefgarage Kulturbrauerei, can someone look for it? I drove from Hamburg to berlin and im halfway back, I can't turn around now.
I'm beggin you, ive spend so much money on that, I'm crying right now

Was anyone here at this? Is this setlist accurate?

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/haken/2019/the-academy-dublin-ireland-139a5969.html

I only caught the tail end of the last song of this show. Unfortunately I didn't even know who Haken were then, otherwise I would've got off work a little early.

I remembered they played a song with an awesome outro, but I don't remember it being the song here. If anything, I remembered it being more like Ectobius Rex.

Virus wasn't out yet, but it doesn’t mean they didn't play something ahead of the album and maybe people just didn't know the name when the setlist was made.

Not going off a six year old memory either. This is something that has annoyed me for a long time and I never bothered asking.

Been a while since I posted here (missed ya’ll) and covered any of the lads stuff properly but finally got round to learning a couple of tunes from the new EP!

As you all know, the Haken-concert day of the year is my personal yearly highlight! I'm going to the Haken gig in Berlin tomorrow; VIP with my mom - if you see me, come say hi, let's have a chat about loving Haken! ^^