I'm fairly certain all song titles are reflected on the cover
Titles not necessarily, but most songs are reflected. Not all though I think, there are a couple that I guess may be on the back cover instead.
I guess Nightingale is on the album then? I kind of just assumed it was a one off single to welcome Peter back in the band and kick off thier re emergence after covid with touring.
I'm probably focusing too much on that track, but I guess I just didn't love it so kind of hoping the album isn't too strong on that style, although I don't think nor want them to shy from it. I just didn't find the song to have the typical earworms Haken often create. I also am, seemingly in the minority, a big fan of their metal style. You mentioned variety and that makes me happy though.
There will be earworms from them, because that's what I felt when I heard the snippet.
Haken are a band where it's easier to recommend an album, rather than a song, to introduce people to how they sound. Some songs do contain elements they are known for, but also, none of these songs really sound the same. The songs differ from album to album, and it's what I like about the band. The more I realized how much the songs differed from album to album, the more I can see the similarities and the "Themes" each album has, which is how each song sounds within the album as well.
This makes Virus/Vector make a ton more sense due to how the concept was told through the music, hence it being heavily leaning to a certain style and tone. Rather than the looser thematic albums of Mountain and Affinity.
I am quite excited to see what the theme for this album will be, and that album cover and name does not help my imagination much...lol. A possible theme could be since humans are in fact Animals, these animal characteristics are a part of being human. Hence the personification of the animals in this Fauna.
Am I the only one who is very fascinated in how the music will represent the themes involved? Because that is why I like this band, and why I like it is not just because they play amazing prog-metal.