also check out "Tool - Fear Inoculum". At EXACTLY the half point of the song, they sing "my own Mitosis" and then the second half of the song starts and the structure changes.
This song give me chills every time. It gives off a vibe of "I created something unspeakably horrid, but I love it like my child and won't let it die". Plus, hats off to Ross of course, but just imagine Einar Solberg on vocals here.
So, I think the video has helped me finally understand a bit of the meaning behind this song...and, therefore, the whole album... ...Diego got a sweet new synthesizer!
3:00 is so haunting yet so beautiful. One of the best synths I've ever heard. This whole song is amazing, my only complaint is that I wish it was longer! This album is gonna be incredible
Unfortunately this is the best track on the album for me. It makes me feel excited, like the whole of Affinity did. The others sound too much like Dream Theater and Opeth and there aren't enough keyboards, hooks or wibbly bits. There is also way too much pointless widdling and not enough sonic experimentation for my liking. Affinity was a tough album to beat. I think it had just the right amount of everything. It was absolute genius from start to finish....
Really dig the differences between the first and second chorus. In the first one everything is unified, but not in the second one. Almost like something that is one splitting into separate units, maybe symbolic for something
every album they make is sooo so good, the pop approach on Affinity, the more hardcore and metal-ly approach on Vector, and a more experimental but still sticking with their roots approach on Virus!
Preserved in time The insect comes alive The amber falls away The vector strikes How can such a tiny wound Cause me so much pain? [Chorus:] It's the beauty in the flaw The grace of imperfection Oh, oh Now I'm twisted out of form By unnatural selection Oh, oh A horrifying violation Of a human form A cell divides then multiplies A strange mutation overrides And carbon-copies into four [Chorus] Alien impostor Pretender I'll keep you safe now Close to my heart [x2] [Chorus x2]
My interpretation of Vector is that it’s a story of a man who is infected with an alien parasite, which is slowly killing him. Host is the song about him coming to terms that he’s going to die, and when he dies, it will “stand tall.”
It should be international law that they play this at every show. Its snappy, good and complex, and has a nice smooth chorus with audience interaction... also my favorite off the album aside from Puzzle Box
...best in the last 10 years? Really? Did you ever listen to Leprous (because Haken obviously did)? Fates Warning (have already two albums in this time also)? Anubis? Riverside? Ayreon? IQ? Gojira? Cynthesis? Pendragon? Ooooo man, should I count more? They have something, but definitely far from the best for me - not in top 20 at least...
...yes, if its only your opinion (like what I wrote - "for me"), then I'm absolutely agree! Every one has different tastes. But what I will suggest you - please, go and check those bands, that you did't follow (Cynthesis (The Dying planet - from the Tipton brothers this year), Pendragon(!!!) and IQ, Wolverine also...Cheers!
Clearly, you do not know this band. Most of Haken's influences are from 30 years ago or more, certainly not the bands you mention. Those bands sound like Haken ... well ... maybe not Meshugga.
@@jrlaudio i mean btbam is also a 21 year old band influenced by the same bands. trust they're bouncing ideas back in forth. btbam's bassist is in a band called nova collective featuring the haken guitarist
I'm super glad they're coming back with a proper fictional concept for this album. Nothing paints a picture in my mind better than a solid story, I think that's why I love the first two albums the most. While they said it's up to the listener to decide truly how this concept plays out, you can still get a direction from what we've heard so far. Also, the lyrics put a really haunting image in my head. Perhaps genetic experiments from the doctor?
I just cant get enough of this drums. I regularly come back to listen to this. Because of drums. I am not even a drummer but this is the first track I listen SOLELY for drums.
For the first 2 tracks I disagreed with that claim, but in this one there's a strong Leprous influence indeed. Not in a bad way and certainly not even close to copying them, but it's there.
I don't get this favorite band thing when you have Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Anathema, Opeth etc wtf man? And the Steven Wilson profile pic? Is he in HAKEN? because it's your fav band 😂
Now this is more like it!!!! Wasn't struck with The Good Doctor tbh. Think Puzzle Box will grow but this one.....INSTANT. Oh man! That chorus! Those chord changes. Yes its like Leprous but still sounds Haken. Absolutely fuckin LOVE IT. Reminds me how I felt when I first heard most of Affinity......happy to be alive and for my ears to experience this
Very nice closer to this album. All three songs have shown that this album is certainly going to be a heavier album for Haken, which makes me more excited for it
I need to finally give these guys some proper attention, I liked what I'd heard before and this track is just damn great and really creative. They've been "around my radar" for so long now.
Another perfect mix of thecnic and melody of the better prog band of the moment? I saw them in concert 3 times in Barcelona. We will miss in this tour. Is possible another european leg of the tour later?
I've commented before but this....THIS song just drives me absolutely fucking nuts.......the buildups.....the innovative rhythms and juxtaposition of everything and the beautiful ache of the vocal in the chorus......oh oh oh oh ohhhhh......then that synth build at the end then when the drums come in.....fucking orgasmic.........this song is so much like something from Affinity in the way it elevates.....I dno about anyone else but it makes my eyes roll xxxxxx
J'aime beaucoup la façon dont ils se sont inspirés de leur travail sur Malina pour faire cette chanson. Et la façon dont ils mix ça de manière un peu Djent ça rend vraiment bien !
This is why you can never really have the "best" singer ever or the "best" guitarist ever. There are singers better than Ross, yes, but even if you put an icon like Steve Perry as the singer for Haken... it just wouldn't work. Same with Richard Henshall and the others!! Without them, Haken wouldn't be Haken.
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Definitely the sickest song about mitosis.
also check out "Tool - Fear Inoculum".
At EXACTLY the half point of the song, they sing "my own Mitosis" and then the second half of the song starts and the structure changes.
Mitosis is so prog
@@alon_2303 some might even call it ProgChamp
@Bruce Crauswell why the fuck would you do that? I get that you are a bot, but why would a normal person do that?
@@efunky0051 Its a meme, but an out dated one at that soooo
you pass
That chord change from the F to the E from 4:15 to 4:25 is so immensely satisfying omg
gets my EVERY time
I can't stop listening to Haken, Tesseract and Leprous in the last 2 years... Awesome stuff!
I can’t either!
Ditto
Agreed
Ha, same! Except it's 1 year for me, not 2. Btw i loved the hell out of that masterpiece of an Album from tesseract (war of being)
This song give me chills every time. It gives off a vibe of "I created something unspeakably horrid, but I love it like my child and won't let it die".
Plus, hats off to Ross of course, but just imagine Einar Solberg on vocals here.
In most of Haken's songs, there's always a section in 7/16 that always blows me the f*** away.
Where is the section in this song
Can you timestamp the section? I would like to check if I can count it out
educostanzo 1:17 here, pretty standard quarter, quarter, dotted eight, dotted eight pattern
shit gets real with the 15/8 at 2:08 tho
yeah i mean its pretty simple for an odd time signature, but its simplicity makes it hard-hitting at the same time (and i friggin love it)
So, I think the video has helped me finally understand a bit of the meaning behind this song...and, therefore, the whole album...
...Diego got a sweet new synthesizer!
3:00 is so haunting yet so beautiful. One of the best synths I've ever heard. This whole song is amazing, my only complaint is that I wish it was longer! This album is gonna be incredible
Yeah, like 20 minutes or so. :)
Undoubtedly the most beautiful part of the song!
I call it muffled pads. I always love Diego's sound choices.
Unfortunately this is the best track on the album for me. It makes me feel excited, like the whole of Affinity did. The others sound too much like Dream Theater and Opeth and there aren't enough keyboards, hooks or wibbly bits. There is also way too much pointless widdling and not enough sonic experimentation for my liking. Affinity was a tough album to beat. I think it had just the right amount of everything. It was absolute genius from start to finish....
I'd also wish a sick melo-shred solo after the last chorus before the closing theme. But for that, it would definitely be my new favourite song ever
Really dig the differences between the first and second chorus. In the first one everything is unified, but not in the second one. Almost like something that is one splitting into separate units, maybe symbolic for something
This is a fantastic observation. Thank you!
Given the theme of the song, that observation fits perfectly: when cells divide (i.e. undergo mitosis) they indeed split 'into separate units' :)
This album in its entirety is fucking fantastic on a conceptual level. Best concept album out there to me, without doubt.
This song is phenomenal. Perfect fusion of styles/influence that sounds unique and exhilarating.
I love progressive music so much
Conner always gets the way to introduce a killer bassline everywhere i love it..
every album they make is sooo so good, the pop approach on Affinity, the more hardcore and metal-ly approach on Vector, and a more experimental but still sticking with their roots approach on Virus!
Preserved in time
The insect comes alive
The amber falls away
The vector strikes
How can such a tiny wound
Cause me so much pain?
[Chorus:]
It's the beauty in the flaw
The grace of imperfection
Oh, oh
Now I'm twisted out of form
By unnatural selection
Oh, oh
A horrifying violation
Of a human form
A cell divides then multiplies
A strange mutation overrides
And carbon-copies into four
[Chorus]
Alien impostor
Pretender
I'll keep you safe now
Close to my heart
[x2]
[Chorus x2]
ALL HAIL THE LYRIC KING
This one is about the "Cockroach King", too imo.
*sigh*
My interpretation of Vector is that it’s a story of a man who is infected with an alien parasite, which is slowly killing him. Host is the song about him coming to terms that he’s going to die, and when he dies, it will “stand tall.”
Wow. This whole time I thought the lyric was "The great sovereign perfection"
It should be international law that they play this at every show. Its snappy, good and complex, and has a nice smooth chorus with audience interaction...
also my favorite off the album aside from Puzzle Box
Yeah too bad it is never in the setlist
I love your music.
And I love the electronic parts in your songs.
The best prog band in the last 10 years, imho.
Thank you.
...best in the last 10 years? Really? Did you ever listen to Leprous (because Haken obviously did)? Fates Warning (have already two albums in this time also)? Anubis? Riverside? Ayreon? IQ? Gojira? Cynthesis? Pendragon? Ooooo man, should I count more? They have something, but definitely far from the best for me - not in top 20 at least...
I know and I listened almost all bands you wrote about (except Cynthesis, Pendragon and IQ).
I said that that was only my opinion!
...yes, if its only your opinion (like what I wrote - "for me"), then I'm absolutely agree! Every one has different tastes. But what I will suggest you - please, go and check those bands, that you did't follow (Cynthesis (The Dying planet - from the Tipton brothers this year), Pendragon(!!!) and IQ, Wolverine also...Cheers!
@@ivankolarov9089 I will, I love discovering new things! ;)
Thank you!
Wow a normal conversation with no random insults.Haken is fuc*ing amazing
Man this band never fails to blow me away. This is like probably in my top 3 Haken songs and I only just heard it.
Songs only get better from the first listen, as soon as the vocals kicked in I knew I wouldn't put it down for the next week
The album had influences from BTBAM, Leprous and even Meshuggah. Really amazing album.
I love how Nil by Mouth sounds so much like meshuggah. Phenomenal stuff
Clearly, you do not know this band. Most of Haken's influences are from 30 years ago or more, certainly not the bands you mention. Those bands sound like Haken ... well ... maybe not Meshugga.
@@jrlaudio i mean btbam is also a 21 year old band influenced by the same bands. trust they're bouncing ideas back in forth. btbam's bassist is in a band called nova collective featuring the haken guitarist
26th needs to come sooner. This album is going to be huge :) Already loving everything I've heard.
I'm super glad they're coming back with a proper fictional concept for this album. Nothing paints a picture in my mind better than a solid story, I think that's why I love the first two albums the most. While they said it's up to the listener to decide truly how this concept plays out, you can still get a direction from what we've heard so far.
Also, the lyrics put a really haunting image in my head. Perhaps genetic experiments from the doctor?
I deeply feel all 3 songs so far have a connection to the cockroach king in various ways
I like to see the cockroach king in a literal, quirky way too, but I believe it's just a metaphor for something bad. Greed, etc
Deku Scrub What if this is what led to the creation of the mermaid from 'Aquarius'?
@@Brendan_G That was my thought too!
I get visions of some Silent Hill style hospital, being run by the madman doctor.
Amazing atmosphere. That's when you know the music is good, not by how technical and complicated is, but how much it can touch your heart.
I just cant get enough of this drums. I regularly come back to listen to this. Because of drums. I am not even a drummer but this is the first track I listen SOLELY for drums.
What a freaking masterpiece. This band is beyond great.
best. music band. ever. I hope i will see you in february in France...♫♪♥
I'M IN LOVE!! I absolutely love this band so much!! 🔥🤘❤
I became the Cockroach King after listening to this.
That's exactly how the album ends.
@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMindlmao
@1985ArchitectHakenFan truly the name of all time. Personally, out of the two my favorite is 1985
Still one of the most underrated Bands in modern Prog
Nice! Loving all of this so far.
Does sound very like leprous which is fine with me as they are my two favorite bands! Love to see them pull from each other!
Magnificent! Looking forward to the album's full release!
the beginning is replayed almost as much as the snare buildup that the musicians are practicing to keep on beat with
Album of the year!!!
I've been thinking alot about that intro. For good reason. Its fabulous
The Leprous is strong in this one.
For the first 2 tracks I disagreed with that claim, but in this one there's a strong Leprous influence indeed. Not in a bad way and certainly not even close to copying them, but it's there.
Damn, I love Leprous and Haken too.. So... fuckin epic!!!!
@Vermillion. I totally agree, man. Influence used in a very interesting and, for me, successful way.
With a bit more "aaaaaaaaaaahaaahh" 's and "ooooooohooooh"'s definitely!!
I haven't heard of Leprous, but since they're touring alongside Haken, I'll get to hear them when I go see Haken.
Kick ass atmos rock. Synth and the double bass pedal Kicked Ass...Singer got killer range and pitch. And got that Bram Stokers Drac look going😎
Love it! Fantastic imagery, enchanting rhythms, haunting structure and synth, great stuff guys! Marking the 26th
That is an awesome song! Goosebumps every time!..
Haken I'm so glad I find you, you're great, you're in my ears everyday!!
Got a signed (and cracked) cymbal that they used recording "Affinity" proudly hanging on my wall...
Just discovered this band, this is incredible!
MJ their entire catalogue is one big giant masterpiece. Absolutely zero weaknesses
@@rustyshackelford4503 Yeah after listening to most of their discography I can definitely agree on this :D
Perfect prog metal band doesn't exi....
...BTBAM.......
Buck Futtler both
@@CTeves97 i agree...add karnivool to that list.
well, if it exists it's definitely not Haken... Not after this album
What about Tool? :-)
Absolute fucking GENIUS....especially that CHORUS!!!!
haken my fav.band see you next March in Milan.Italy.😄.yessss.
With Steven Wilson as your profile pic
I see we're on the same side :D
@@alexp.3199 i love sw
I'm about to buy the tickets! Waiting for pay day! XD
Same here, already got the plane ticket too since I'm from south Italy. Can't wait!
I don't get this favorite band thing when you have Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Anathema, Opeth etc wtf man? And the Steven Wilson profile pic? Is he in HAKEN? because it's your fav band 😂
This is so much healing for me. No words would be enough for this song
Such a nice chorus
Now this is more like it!!!! Wasn't struck with The Good Doctor tbh. Think Puzzle Box will grow but this one.....INSTANT. Oh man! That chorus! Those chord changes. Yes its like Leprous but still sounds Haken. Absolutely fuckin LOVE IT. Reminds me how I felt when I first heard most of Affinity......happy to be alive and for my ears to experience this
Thank you, Haken.
Finally somebody made a song to this important and eventually cancerous process
So far, this Haken album sounds pretty fucking awesome. This and the new Vola album have got me excited.
Djenty metal + Depeche Mode. All their stuff is on youtube.
The army of Haken marches from the darkness
I'm blown away by Haken
Very nice closer to this album. All three songs have shown that this album is certainly going to be a heavier album for Haken, which makes me more excited for it
This is the evolution of music actually.
loving the new album!
This is amazing!! So is the full Vector album, you've done a great job with it!! Please come to Argentina some day pls pls pls!!! 😍😍😍
Damm those are some thick drums after 3:30.
Best single so far, best video too
Optimistic for the new album!
3:00
It's the beauty in the flaw
The grace of imperfection
This song makes me Headbangig a lot but at the same time, makes me feel relax!
Ahhh those beautiful goosebumps all over my body, I missed them
Loving everything about their newest songs. Can't wait for the new album
I need to finally give these guys some proper attention, I liked what I'd heard before and this track is just damn great and really creative. They've been "around my radar" for so long now.
Vector est pour moi leur meilleur disque ! Toutes les chansons sont des perles ! 20 / 20 !
The Best Song of 2018! I love you all. Keep going high us.
I'm very excited for this album. Nothing but good stuff so far!
I'm a later comer to HAKEN .. this to me is perfect. After seeing them first time on the Shattered Fortress Tour, they won my respect!
listen listen and listening this Masterpice everyday.🤘🤘🤘🤘
0:32 - Henry VIII when the jousting injury on his leg developed into gout.
thats not how gout works
Hoolyy shiit this is also sooo goood 😭 I can't waaait
Ozdoom ya baba ♥ i like where haken is headed towards. THE TOP of modern prog? ♥
Interesting, reminds me of Leprous indeed in a good way!
Since Affinity they are mixing the sound of Leprous with their own.
haha... indeed. Thought the same exact thing. Can't wait to see them on tour together.
I actually took a singing lesson from the Leprous' singer in their tour bus a few years back :D Excellent session!
I love Vektor especially this song, i hate people that told me to not get it
hear it 4th time now. i just cant let it go. wow
YES! Thank youu
They need to upload it to their channel too
Damn this song is great! Again and again on repeat
hell yeah! best single so far.
THE HYPE
Incredible! Keep doing such an amazing work, i love your music ♡
Another perfect mix of thecnic and melody of the better prog band of the moment? I saw them in concert 3 times in Barcelona. We will miss in this tour. Is possible another european leg of the tour later?
I've commented before but this....THIS song just drives me absolutely fucking nuts.......the buildups.....the innovative rhythms and juxtaposition of everything and the beautiful ache of the vocal in the chorus......oh oh oh oh ohhhhh......then that synth build at the end then when the drums come in.....fucking orgasmic.........this song is so much like something from Affinity in the way it elevates.....I dno about anyone else but it makes my eyes roll xxxxxx
great video, can't wait for the album! :)
Just discovered this band today ... great stuff, sounds like Karnivool ...
❤️❤️❤️❤️ Awesome work guys, it really 🤯🤯🤯
Underrated band
one of the best prog group this days
Outstanding! Can't wait...
1:10, 1:27 WHAT A GOOD RIFF FOR THE SECOND VERSE. WOW
I just love these guys❤
Très Leprous cette ambiance visuelle.
Carrément oui... Même prod.
Ouais sauf que c'est HAKEN 😁
Et on en parle du son :D ? Grosse influence Leprous sur celle-là
Agreed !
J'aime beaucoup la façon dont ils se sont inspirés de leur travail sur Malina pour faire cette chanson. Et la façon dont ils mix ça de manière un peu Djent ça rend vraiment bien !
holy hell haken is amazing
I'm in love with this song. Amazing *^*
HAKEN FOREVER 🤞
Amen forever and ever
This reminds me heaps of Drowning In the Flood... and that's a really fucking good thing!
I wish that it reminds!
This is why you can never really have the "best" singer ever or the "best" guitarist ever. There are singers better than Ross, yes, but even if you put an icon like Steve Perry as the singer for Haken... it just wouldn't work. Same with Richard Henshall and the others!! Without them, Haken wouldn't be Haken.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THESE GUYS IN ST. LOUIS
2:35 is the one of the sickest things I have ever heard. So haunty. So hard hitting.
Mighty mighty HAKEN 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Such a tune.
sounding amazing
All right boys good job
Blotted Science sounds awesome 😎