Haken - Vector
Is there anywhere left to go for Haken, once the most exciting band in the world? They rose fast with their first two albums, peaked with 2013's The Mountain (my no. 1 album of that year) and are now everybody's second favourite prog metal outfit, but there hasn't been all that much musical growth since then. Things move fast in the world of heavier prog, and a young but top-class band like Haken needs to constantly re-affirm their notoiriety. They promised the new album would be "darker". They weren't kidding.
