The HAKEN Survivor 2016 - Affinity: Round 3!

[Elite]

Results from last round:

Initiate 2 (10%)
1985 1 (5%)
Lapse 8 (40%)
The Architect 2 (10%)
Red Giant 5 (25%)
The Endless Knot 2 (10%)

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Affinity Results:

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8. Lapse
9. affinity.exe

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Haken Survivor Main Thread

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Wow! That wasn't really unanimous at all, as 6 out of the remaining 8 tracks received at least one vote.Continuing with round 3, it looks like Red Giant could well be the next song to be voted out, based on the votes in last round.

I think my vote goes to the album's closer, Bound by Gravity. I'll listen to the album again today, just in case.

24 hours.

[Train of Naught]

It's between 1985 and Bound By Gravity for me but I guess 1985 will be a wasted vote. Voted for BBG

[?]

The Architect

[Crow]

It's between 1985 and Bound By Gravity for me but I guess 1985 will be a wasted vote. Voted for BBG

failure

[Elite]

It's between 1985 and Bound By Gravity for me but I guess 1985 will be a wasted vote. Voted for BBG

failure

This is not the Devin Townsend survivor

[BlackInk]

The Endless Knot.

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7. Lapse
8. The Endless Knot
9. affinity.exe

[home]

Earthrise, wow opinion is really divided on this. There are now five votes, all for a different song 

[Mladen]

Bound by Gravity

[Zydar]

Red Giant

[jakepriest]

Wow you guys fail hardcore.

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7. Lapse
8. The Architect
9. affinity.exe

[ToT-147]

Red Giant

Yeap.. Although the end of it is great..

[Evermind]

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7. Lapse
8. Red Giant
9. affinity.exe

[Crow]

bound by gravity is actually the single best song on the album

[Elite]

bound by gravity is actually the single best song on the album

the last minute is without a doubt the worst minute on the entire album though


well, I think Red Giant is top 3 or 4 and that one's getting voted out first 

[jakepriest]

bound by gravity is actually the single best song on the album

very close to it, the best song is going out this round

[Crow]

what is the last minute of bound by gravity I don't remember

[BlackInk]

A grand sounding Initiate rhythm reprise.

Personally I think that section is great and ties the album together very nicely.

[cramx3]

Red Giant

[ToT-147]

what is the last minute of bound by gravity I don't remember

A grand sounding Initiate rhythm reprise.

Personally I think that section is great and ties the album together very nicely.

Agreed.. But the last section is actually the reprise of Affinity.exe.. I think he was referring to that one..

[Elite]

what is the last minute of bound by gravity I don't remember

A grand sounding Initiate rhythm reprise.

Personally I think that section is great and ties the album together very nicely.

Agreed.. But the last section is actually the reprise of Affinity.exe.. I think he was referring to that one..

yes

[BlackInk]

I don't get it. You mean the ambient noise at the very end? Or the 7/8 rhythm in affinity.exe? If the latter, it's the same rhythm in both affinity.exe and pretty much all through Initiate, which is more of a proper song, so I opted to call it an Initiate reprise. But yeah, affinity.exe reprise works too if you'd like.

[jakepriest]

He means the ambient noise with the Morse code.

[Elite]

After the song ends, there's a minute of random computer noises, the same noises you hear at the beginning of affinity.exe. While this noise serves as some kind of build-up in affinity.exe, in Bound by Gravity it really feels forced and a very silly and stupid way to end the album. That's why I called it the worst minute on the record, an opinion I still stand by.

[Crow]

Doesn't really invalidate any of the rest of the song tbh

[jakepriest]

Doesn't really invalidate any of the rest of the song tbh

True that.

[Elite]

I didn't say that it does