@@Cuzjudd Good catch. I *immediately* thought of DiCola's Transformers The Movie score when I first heard this. DiCola himself mentioned that he was very influenced by '70s prog-rock like ELP, so everything came full circle here.
You should check out Chimp Spanner and Shattered Skies if you're into that sort of thing, if you haven't checked them out already. Or my band Telescopium (on soundcloud)! ;)
I think we can all agree that this is one of the best songs from the 10s. It's so complicated yet so catchy, so original yet it cites a lot of past music..amazing.
i thought this song was from the band "UK", i was surprised. Electronic drums, 80s sound, big prog influences on it (Rush, UK, Krimson, TOTO in the guitar solo!). HAKEN is now one of my favourite all time bands.
I was born in '85 so I already was drawn to this song. This was a first listen in this song, and I only recently started listening to this band, as a big fan of prog-metal or prog-rock music, I was led to this band trying to find more. I defiantly hear the 80s influence , really cool. And I agree, this defiantly reminds me of playing nes/snes when I was a kid. F-Zero was the first games I thought around 5:45 something.
This is a band I have heard spoken about over and over these past few years. I just never "got around" to checking them out. Been listening to random songs by them throughout the day after watching them jam with Mike Portnoy on the Cruise and, goddamn, they're good.
@@Amber57499 I am one of those. I love the vast majority of the Haken catalog, but I find Cockroach King a little cringe, too. So we exist:) But I am in the clear minority of Haken fans with this opinion.
@@anasabidofficial Thanks, I listened to them and love the recent album. Wish I could find a prog band that went all out on the processed/electronic percussion thing tho. Not prog but you might like Striker - Play To Win or Wolf & Raven - Ace Of Space if you like 80s stuff.
I know it’s not quite what you’re asking, but the definitive prog album with the distinct synth 80s sound, from the actual 80s, is Grace Under Pressure by Rush. They outdid themselves and really adapted and dove into the 80s with that album, to magnificent effect.
@@WowzaGuy I really like the Power Windows album, I'll have to check that one out. thanks! Of course Genesis and YES also had some cool stuff keeping some prog touches.
I don't think it's lame at all I think it's one of their most well written and energetic tracks, and the sounds of the 80s are amazing :P it sounds like a fucking epic video game level theme. That's not lame to me that's the epitome of awesome 🤘
Owner of a lonely heart? Seriously am I the only one who thinks they sound alike? If it wasn't for the fact that Yes released that song in 1983 I'd say there were inspired by them directly when they wrote this.
The entire album this song was from was loosely based on '80s prog, per the band's own words in pre-release interviews. So hearing the Yes influence (they cited Big Generator in particular) is by design.
I see some of the lyrics from "The Endless Knot" are also in here. Or maybe the other way around. Either way, I'm not sick of them one bit! Maybe, repeating their own song and putting it in with other old bands, this is their way of saying that they wish that they were in the 80s as well? Just a thought. EDIT: "The Endless Knot" came after this in the album, so maybe instead, that song reflects back on this one to increase the effect of time repeating itself.
MiniWheatDuo it kind of shows how times change. In this track it says “their designs, shifting frame by frame” but then when time passes and in the present i.e in endless knot the lyrics are “our designs, shifting frame by frame”. In 1985 it’s narrated how the whole cycle can be started again just by blurring the lines whereas in endless knot they’ve been caught up with the world so much that they’ve realised that this cycle has started to fail.
The intro is a mash of haken's own style, dream theater, and ofc the very start was definitely influenced by rush. But ofc, haken do have their own style and make their songs different to typical progressive stuff instead of copying other band's styles. Pure geniuses Haken.
I never listened to "metal" until now. Always disliked it, listened to a lot of Lo-fi and Jazz. When a friend introduced to me I was blown away. As a drummer this drew me in with the insane time signatures, and the mellow parts of this song are awesome.
Check out the album stranger heads prevail by thank you scientist And if you want more bands that fall more under prog metal (TYS isn't metal as much as I think you'd like them from you listening to jazz), I could offer some of those too
6:28 that guitar seriously reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it. Like, Blue Oyster Cult or Rush or something Glenn Tipton would make.
I magically grew a mullet and a neon colored track suit while listening to this song.
I learnt how to hack the mainframe with an Atari 500.
@@swamdono be aware, with great computing power comes great responsibility.
This is my favorite Haken song. Truly a masterpiece
I saw them here in Houston back in Feb, didn't like them at first and by the end of the show they got me. This song is awesome!
Same here! I love this one
Agreed
My favorite Haken song! So many Europe/Toto/80's OSTs/King Crimson/Dream Theater references... i love it!
Didn't get those. Can you list some, maybe?
Dream Theater for the prog metal technicality, King Crimson for vocals/lyric content, '80s bands for synth flourishes?
6:28 is Vince DiCola fool!
I hear early 80's Genesis for the synth intros... Peter Gabriel's "San Jacinto" for the verses...
@@Cuzjudd Good catch. I *immediately* thought of DiCola's Transformers The Movie score when I first heard this. DiCola himself mentioned that he was very influenced by '70s prog-rock like ELP, so everything came full circle here.
That last chorus at 7:27 is to die for.
Zack Morrison it just gets better and better.
Synthwave Progressive Metal? O M G
FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!! :D
ikr
You should check out Chimp Spanner and Shattered Skies if you're into that sort of thing, if you haven't checked them out already. Or my band Telescopium (on soundcloud)! ;)
You just named my favourite genre of all time bro!
Progrock WAS ALWAYS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY SYNTHESIZERS
With so many influences, this sounds like the ultimate tribute song.
This is the best thing I've heard in years...serieously.
Cómo pueden haber 20 weones a los que no les gusta este pedazo de tema!
Espectacular de principio a fin!
Totalmente una obra de arte
Más ridículo que hablar en chileno en yutú
I think we can all agree that this is one of the best songs from the 10s. It's so complicated yet so catchy, so original yet it cites a lot of past music..amazing.
..amazing!
i thought this song was from the band "UK", i was surprised. Electronic drums, 80s sound, big prog influences on it (Rush, UK, Krimson, TOTO in the guitar solo!). HAKEN is now one of my favourite all time bands.
Don't touch U.K. Holdsworth would have never used a Petrucci Preset. This track is Awesome, just don't go there..
Fenomenal track. I do appreicate how nostalgic it sounds.
People always seem to love 5:46 the best, but that bit after the solos at 6:28 is easily my favorite segment
I love that bit from 0:00 to 9:09
Well duh, who wouldn't? :D
This is brillant from start to finish.
You must be a large fan of pagans mind then :P
6:28 remind me of Planet X
Fuck this is unreal. Haken are monstrously good.
I was born in '85 so I already was drawn to this song. This was a first listen in this song, and I only recently started listening to this band, as a big fan of prog-metal or prog-rock music, I was led to this band trying to find more. I defiantly hear the 80s influence , really cool. And I agree, this defiantly reminds me of playing nes/snes when I was a kid. F-Zero was the first games I thought around 5:45 something.
1985 high five! All the reason we need to like this song... as if more were needed
Great 80’s throwback production in the intro and my personal favorite happy guitar solo ever in the break.
This is a band I have heard spoken about over and over these past few years. I just never "got around" to checking them out. Been listening to random songs by them throughout the day after watching them jam with Mike Portnoy on the Cruise and, goddamn, they're good.
finally a bloody intelligent prog rock
Wait until a self-acclaimed genius replies how XXX technical death metal band makes this look Lil Pump level intelligent
You know it's a prog song when people highlight favorite parts of it with timestamps in the comments
specially when the timestamps are pretty varied
People do that in every genre, boy.
It's not exclusive to prog.
@@josie1776boy?
7:26
5:46 sounds just like Setsuo Yamamoto tracks on Mega Man X (Rockman X) games...
So true 0.0 !!
YYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!
SUPER LOL
Yep! Always thought it sounded like a mix of Mega Man and The Final Countdown 😁
From 6:56 it reminds me a lot of Octavarium
Octavarium begins with a solo on a haken fingerboard no less...
lol i used a program to find songs similar to octavarium and this showed up. Lol
I think it sounds like a change of seasons
un capolavoro come questo ora come ora non si trova facilmente...un applauso agli Haken hanno creato un brano straordinario
Finalmente una valida alternativa ai Dream theater
Prog meets Rocky Balboa
Vince DiCola did the Rocky Soundtrack so yes it is :D
When i met Haken members, they said the inspiration to this song was “Hearts on fire” in rocky balboa 😂 awesome
Don't forget post Moving Pictures Rush
That's the eleventh commendment. Power Windows is a great record, as well as Signals and Grace Under Pressure.
Beautiful, perfect - even after almost three years still a lot to discover...
Chris Morris was supposed to come in at 7.26 and say "this is the news!"
this and cockroach king are the best songs to introduce haken for someone, such gorgeous songs
Celestial Elixir?
@@mrdeathamore I think Cockroach King isn't a good introduction, most people I showed it to thought it was cringe :p
@@Amber57499 I am one of those. I love the vast majority of the Haken catalog, but I find Cockroach King a little cringe, too. So we exist:) But I am in the clear minority of Haken fans with this opinion.
Here are all the riffs 2:37 3:53 8:44
thank u bro
1985 puts a big smile on my face.😊
I just love how they incarnated a'la Vince Dicola synth parts:)
is like megaman 1 to X3 made a modern song. Holy crap the 1985 stands for the times i repeat this in a week
any other albums that mix prog like this with 80s aesthetics? whether modern or actually from the 80s.
Yes, Voyager. They're from Australia
@@anasabidofficial Thanks, I listened to them and love the recent album. Wish I could find a prog band that went all out on the processed/electronic percussion thing tho.
Not prog but you might like Striker - Play To Win or Wolf & Raven - Ace Of Space if you like 80s stuff.
I know it’s not quite what you’re asking, but the definitive prog album with the distinct synth 80s sound, from the actual 80s, is Grace Under Pressure by Rush. They outdid themselves and really adapted and dove into the 80s with that album, to magnificent effect.
@@WowzaGuy I really like the Power Windows album, I'll have to check that one out. thanks!
Of course Genesis and YES also had some cool stuff keeping some prog touches.
@@zerospacer Absolutely!!
Awesome song ! Bravo guys ! Two greatest bands ! \m/
YO WHERE THIS FUNK BEEN ALL MY LIFE
Transformers 1986 OST - Vince DiCola - Escape. I don't care that it sounds similar cuz I think it's awesome!
YES
They said that Vince DiCola was one of their inspirations for this song/album, actually. What an excellent soundtrack.
this song just takes me to my favorite era of king crimson soooo good
I love this song :3
Lightyears ahead of its time
I just came here to say I love this song. Heard it for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th time in my life today :)
So refreshing and Nostalgic ...
What a unique song :) these guys are Amazing :) thank you for the upload !!!
Transformers rolling out at marker 5:43 , just awesome!! Vince DiCola would be proud! 😁
Metal you can dance to
Ghost wants to know your location
Ghost isn't metal
A lot of vince dicola influence, love it.
Vince is the GOAT
Yes!! Love it!
Great live song too! They performed it when opening for Symphony X in 2022
0:58 So much inspiration from Power Windows right there. Source? Song title being the year that album came out xD.
Haken thank you guys so much!
This reminds me greatly of Images and Words
A genrebending masterpiece
This is a serious album. Seriously good, yes. Top of my list now.
seriously?
@@allcapsboy9139 Seriously.
Proggy. Worth the satellite radio subscription.
6:00 Journey's influence everywhere. It reminds me Neal Schon 80's mini-solos.
My best new discovery, thank you!
love it so much. Haken and beyond the bridge are my favirites at the moment
Saw them play this live last night, so good !
Sounds like they just watched Transformers the Movie, Attack on Autobot City.
Well they do happen to cite Vince DiCola as an inspiration.
FUCK YES
What? This is all pure Vince my friend
Just saw the Transformers original movie. The riff at 6:30 is nearly identical
Wow these guys are like 80's Karnivool
Holy shit
5:46 always reminds me of Battletoads or some other NES/SNES classic
6:28 Octavariumed out of my God damned mind
4:25 Is that Jacob's Latter by Huey Lewis and the news?
this is fantastic!!
This is ridiculousy lame. I love it. Plus the neon goggles that Ross wears on stage for this song are fabulous.
Absolutely :')
I don't think it's lame at all I think it's one of their most well written and energetic tracks, and the sounds of the 80s are amazing :P it sounds like a fucking epic video game level theme. That's not lame to me that's the epitome of awesome 🤘
But agreed the goggles are quite fab
I caught a pair that he threw out to the crowd in NYC.
Lame?!
This could be a montage song played during the training scene in
Rocky IV
Such a unique/genius/incredible crazy goosebumps proggy stuff
Owner of a lonely heart? Seriously am I the only one who thinks they sound alike? If it wasn't for the fact that Yes released that song in 1983 I'd say there were inspired by them directly when they wrote this.
DandelionVolta i thought it too, but every haken song has a lot of influences from lots of progressive bands
The entire album this song was from was loosely based on '80s prog, per the band's own words in pre-release interviews. So hearing the Yes influence (they cited Big Generator in particular) is by design.
Sounds like images and words a little bit
A LOT , to be honest.
I see some of the lyrics from "The Endless Knot" are also in here. Or maybe the other way around. Either way, I'm not sick of them one bit!
Maybe, repeating their own song and putting it in with other old bands, this is their way of saying that they wish that they were in the 80s as well? Just a thought.
EDIT: "The Endless Knot" came after this in the album, so maybe instead, that song reflects back on this one to increase the effect of time repeating itself.
MiniWheatDuo do you even prog?
MiniWheatDuo it kind of shows how times change. In this track it says “their designs, shifting frame by frame” but then when time passes and in the present i.e in endless knot the lyrics are “our designs, shifting frame by frame”. In 1985 it’s narrated how the whole cycle can be started again just by blurring the lines whereas in endless knot they’ve been caught up with the world so much that they’ve realised that this cycle has started to fail.
This is why I love Spotify recommending me amazing song like this
This song needs a training montage video clip so bad!
I'm impressed. I love you!
Love this band. A very talented bunch.
80´S CLASSIC I REMEMBER THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!
This isn't actually from the eighties. Sounds like it should be though.
amazing scomposed riff and very hard solo
The intro sounds like the Intro from Endelss Dream by YES !
HOW DID I NOT DISCOVER THIS SOONER BRO
Great composition
The intro is a mash of haken's own style, dream theater, and ofc the very start was definitely influenced by rush. But ofc, haken do have their own style and make their songs different to typical progressive stuff instead of copying other band's styles. Pure geniuses Haken.
Beautiful song... Do somebody knows if they maybe come to Argentina? (sorry for my english xD)
Just read they might, but no confirmation.
Si vienen!! Este domingo!!
5:45- Dragon ball is in.
3:55 wow that took a turn
I never listened to "metal" until now. Always disliked it, listened to a lot of Lo-fi and Jazz. When a friend introduced to me I was blown away. As a drummer this drew me in with the insane time signatures, and the mellow parts of this song are awesome.
MF drum beat at around 4:17 is FUCKING AWESOME
Prog metal is where it's fuckin' AT!
Check out the album stranger heads prevail by thank you scientist
And if you want more bands that fall more under prog metal (TYS isn't metal as much as I think you'd like them from you listening to jazz), I could offer some of those too
Where the hell did this come from
1985
5:46 is Vince all the way!!1
Can i have an entire track of 0:34 please?
My brain is telling my I want it to stop, but I am utterly fascinated.
6:28 that guitar seriously reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it. Like, Blue Oyster Cult or Rush or something Glenn Tipton would make.
Joe Satriani.. surfing with the alien. That's where it sounds familiar from.
6:56 Wow that sounds a lot like Octavarium.
it's true!!!
7:20 raaaaaising the knife to a picture of my life (I once knew). DT fans come on lol.
Ok at 5:46....am I the only one thinking of Double Dragon????
Stefan Crow where do they use this track?
Nah..That segment just made us remember Double Dragon
It reminds me of the theme from The A-Team!
More old Sega Genesis games for me.
Lovely RUSHy music 👌👍
FINALLY... some good fucking music
Baaah-weep-Graaanaah-wheep-ni-ni-bong
I understood that reference. VINCE DI COLA EVERYONE!!!!
Nobody calls Soundwave uncrazzomatic!
5:46+ pure Vince diCola
Everyone is busy to analyze the song but no one is giving the lyrics
The vocalist sounds like Trevor Horn here. Great sounds by these guys!
Me: "I reckon I can play this on bass"
Gets to 8:38
Shit.
5:45 The Final Countdown sound :O
5:45 sounds like a mario kart song, i love it
This track is a (1) 9,85/10.
"Look! It's UNICRON!!!"
Didn't realize Haken wrote the Quantum Leap intro, nice.