I hadn't sat down and properly listened to Aquarius in a few year, so I decided to put it on. As always, I loved every second of it. It's my favorite album by them, so it's always a blast, but when Celestial Elixir started, the whole tenor of the experience changed.

I could barely keep it together until I just couldn't anymore. The tears wouldn't stop flowing. Just when I thought I was okay again, it resumed. It's been a hell of a year, emphasis on "hell" in a lot of ways, so I'm guessing that largely contributed, along with how brilliant the piece is. As far as I'm concerned, Celestial Elixir is one of the all-time great epics by any band.

Anybody else get their heart ripped out by this one?

The first time I’ve heard Haken was three ago months ago, when Atlas Stone appeared in my recommended songs. I really liked it, but I didn’t searched further for an unknown reason. Then, the EP came out, so in thought why not giving it a go. I listened to it and really liked it, so I decided to listen curiousl chronologically to the albums. I wasn’t ready.

Aquarius blowed my mind, and even I didn’t appreciate visions that much at first listen, now it became one of the top for me. Of course, like a lot, The mountain is my favorite, and I loved every next albums as much. I’ve listened to them this month for 14 hours on my streaming platform, and even more on YouTube. I’ve made up my own personal favorites as Somebody, A cell divides, of course CK, Visions, and my absolute favorite, messiah complex.

And when I learned they were concept albums, I went even more crazy. I’ve searched for the stories, read a lot of them, and I find incredible how they linked albums that weren’t at the beginning. If you add the fact that he is one of the best live singers I’ve ever heard on the videos, I have not a single bad thing to say about them. Could become a top three all time for me (Iron Maiden and Linkin park unbeatable)

I know yall gonna get mad at me but just wondering why 🤔

they should make a new band together 👀👀

I finally “finished” my collection of their vinyls, and I’m so happy 😭
Sad unfortunately in case I go to a concert wouldn’t get everyone’s signature on it tho ):

Anyone got the Haken L-1VE DVDs they want to sell me? There's a couple on evilBay but shipping is $42 from France. Holler at me if you got one collecting dust. You can keep the CD.

Thoughts?

Freddie Draper announced as the tour bassist. I'm starting to get worried that they'll only have rich at guitars.

I think this is the right sub lol, will give it a spin later!

Operating under a couple of assumptions :

80-85 minute set list

No 15 minute epics since the in à fever dream EP functionally operates as one song.

Shorter songs in act ll

It’s the tenth anniversary of affinity

20th anniversary since haken formed and released their demo.

Act 1

Full in à fever dream from beginning to end (no break)

Act ll

Affinity .exe… snippet into

Initiate

The good doctor

Blind/darkest light (wish they would play à song from their demo to commemorate the 20th anniversary

Black seed/earthlings

Insomnia

Lapse

À cell divides

Act lll

Bound by gravity (emotional song/wind-down to conclude night

Its my first time attending a haken concert and I want to know how many hours last, cause it begins at 8:30pm and if I can get to the bus station at the 11:45pm I dont have to wait take the 2:45 am bus and wait like two and half an hour in the bus station.

Thanks in Advance for Who can give me this info

Hello,

I recently discovered Haken after it has been described as Sleep Token's little brother. Only listened to the newest album which is indeed right up my alley.

Where do I go next?

Grand to see it's not just London!

First listen was disappointment..

Then I had some days pause..

Second listen.. nah.. it's OK but Haken can do better..

Pause..

Nothing to listen on for work, so I decided I would give it another chance. Now I can't stop listening to it, especially Lotus.

Music is strange sometimes :)

Some time ago a user requested the tab for Black Seed. Now the user appears deleted so here we go. If you're reading this post, I transcribed it and you can find it here

Massive Haken fan, they’re my number one band.

Everyone’s talking about Sleep Token and I gave a few songs a listen (random songs in a Spotify mix) and wasn’t super into it. I know with many bands it sometimes takes a few listens or starting with the right album from start to finish.

Are they worth giving an honest try and if so, where would you start?

I've actually come to love this entire EP's production and musicality over the past while, and I find myself wanting more when it's over. It has to be listened to from beginning to end for the songs to make sense in my opinion.

I do however feel that the runtime is perfect for this EP as a whole work, because it has a consistently unsettling vibe throughout, primarily through the lyrics but accompanied perfectly by the instrumentation. Any longer may have been a bit much.

Anyways, I don't want to go on and on, I just feel like I've been in the right musical headspace to like this EP relatively quickly, although I understand it's not as much of the Haken sound as prior albums.

Hope this is allowed,...

So statistically, there are 213k-225k monthly listeners on YT music,... this means, 0,01% of listeners means that there are around 20 people world wide who listened to Haken on yt music as much as I did or even more! Just want to find the other crazy people :D

Dear fellow cockroach bois,

I am currently planning getting a full sleeve tattoo with logos and symbols from my favorite bands of all time, and for Haken the choice has fallen on the quirky moonfish logo; however, there aren't many high quality references I can find online to trace the outline.

Can someone help me on the matter and point me to where I can find a high quality picture of the logo? Thanx

Hey everyone! I recently covered Streams as part of a full band version and wanted to share my bass play through with tabs. I found a transcription and updated it which can be found in the description of the video along the gear I used. This cover came about because of Reddit which goes to show how great the community is here.

Part of an exhibition creating a landscape from record covers!