After four previous studio albums, an EP, and a live set, England's Haken display their irrepressible desire to grow musically combined with sophisticated production aesthetics and a wider sonic palette that knows few boundaries.
They established a beachhead with prog fans on 2010's Aquarius and 2011's Visions as they wed Dream Theater-esque riffs to an inventive harmonic prowess that recalled Gentle Giant's.
2013's The Mountain swung toward more accessible -- if no less complex -- arranging and songwriting that combined knotty jazz fusion, operatic vocal dynamics (à la Queen) and passionate metallic and hard rock playing.
2016's Affinity offered a wonderfully perverse take on '80s new wave and fused it to prog metal.
Haken's constant sense of reinvention while also retaining their core sound has won them hundreds of thousands of fans.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ClearHaken | Haken | Play | 01:50 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 2 | The Good DoctorHaken | Haken | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Puzzle BoxHaken | Haken | Play | 07:43 | 17 MB | 54 MB |
| 4 | VeilHaken | Haken | Play | 12:35 | 28 MB | 86 MB |
| 5 | Nil by MouthHaken | Haken | Play | 06:51 | 15 MB | 46 MB |
| 6 | HostHaken | Haken | Play | 06:45 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | A Cell DividesHaken | Haken | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 8 | ClearHaken | Haken | Play | 01:50 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 9 | Nil by MouthHaken | Haken | Play | 06:51 | 15 MB | 46 MB |
| 53 mins | 122 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 357 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam "Nolly" Getgood | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Miguel Gorodi | Flugelhorn, Trumpet |
| 3 | Conner Green | Bass, Group Member |
| 4 | Charlie Griffiths | Group Member, Guitar |
| 5 | Haken | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 6 | Ermin Hamidovic | Mastering |
| 7 | Raymond Heame | Drums, Group Member |
| 8 | Ross Jennings | Group Member, Vocals |
| 9 | Peter Jones | Drum Programming |
| 10 | Anthony Leung | Engineer |
| 11 | Chris McKenzie | Assistant Engineer |
| 12 | Corey Meyers | Logo |
| 13 | Jeroen Moons | Web Design |
| 14 | Richard "Hen" Henshall | Group Member, Guitar |
| 15 | Pete Rinaldi | Guitar |
| 16 | Sebastian Serdon | Mixing Assistant |
| 17 | Diego Tejeida | Engineer, Group Member, Keyboards, Producer, Sound Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |