Haken launch 'Darkest Light' video
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London-based
progressive metallers Haken recently announced the release of the
'Restoration'
EP on October 27, 2014 (US digital release date: November
11), coinciding with their UK & Ireland tour with label mates Leprous
& Maschine. Now the band are pleased to reveal a brand new video for the
track 'Darkest Light' taken from that EP, and you can view that here:
The band had this to say: ''Darkest
Light' was our first chance to work creatively with our new bass player
Conner Green. It was a natural fit right from the start as not only did he
bring with him some insanely cool bass playing, but also a great positive
energy that made the whole Restoration EP incredibly fun to make.'
Ray adds: ''Darkest Light' is based
on 'Blind', one of our favourite tracks from the original 07/08 demo. We've
managed to chop the old song in half, cut away all the excess fat and produce
a 6 minute rowdy riff roller-coaster that will surely find a home in the
heavier side of our live show.'
'Restoration' is comprised of three
reworked and updated songs which originally appeared on their 2007/08
self-produced demo, and the release has been mixed & mastered by Jens
Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. It will be released as a digital
download, and a vinyl LP including CD.
Vocalist Ross Jennings explains: 'Redoing
a few of our favourite tracks from the demo is something we've talked about
doing for ages and the fans have been asking for it constantly. We were also
excited about working creatively with our new bassist Conner Green, so this
seemed like the perfect way to welcome him aboard.'
Guitarist Charlie Griffiths continues:
'merely re-recording the demo songs would have felt musically redundant and
dishonest, since three of us didn't play on the original recordings. The
band's sound has evolved considerably in the last few years so we used the
demo tracks as a starting point and gave ourselves free reign to reimagine
them and make them relevant to who we are today. These are now the definitive
versions and we couldn't be happier with how they turned out'.
The track list and playing times are as
follows:
1. Darkest Light (6:44)
2. Earthlings (7:52)
3. Crystallised (19:23)
The final track is a no holds barred
epic including guest 'cameo' appearances by Pete Rinaldi (Headspace) and Mike
Portnoy (Transatlantic / Flying Colors).
The vinyl with CD is now available to
pre-order from the following places:
The band also recently announced a run
of UK & Irish dates with label-mates Leprous & Maschine for later
this year. This will be the band's biggest run of dates in their own country yet
and they can be found below:
Haken,
Leprous & Maschine:
Presented by Prog Magazine 23rd October, 2014 - London, The Garage 24th October, 2014 - Leamington Spa, Assembly 26th October, 2014 - Bristol, The Fleece 27th October, 2014 - Wolverhampton, Robin 2 29th October, 2014 - Dublin, The Village 30th October, 2014 - Liverpool, O2 Academy 2 31st October, 2014 - Manchester, Club Academy 1st November, 2014 - Edinburgh, The Liquid Room 2nd November, 2014 - York, The Duchess HAKEN online: www.hakenmusic.com www.twitter.com/Haken_Official http://www.facebook.com/HakenOfficial |
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