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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2205 on: October 08, 2013, 06:48:45 PM »
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2206 on: October 08, 2013, 07:42:04 PM »
i have to admit, I was a little skeptical when I saw the track lengths. Figured the shorter ones would just be bridges in between the longer songs, not really standing well on their own. Glad that I was wrong; In Memoriam and Because It's There in particular are some of my favorite tracks and it's pretty awesome how much they were able to fit into a short song structure.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2207 on: October 08, 2013, 07:55:44 PM »
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2208 on: October 09, 2013, 08:25:09 AM »
Quote from: GasparXR on October 08, 2013, 06:42:09 PM
Quote from: Parama on October 08, 2013, 05:59:30 PM
the shorter songs haven't really yet stuck with me much yet


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I honestly couldn't tell you at all what As Death Embraces sounds like yet though, The Path I remember well enough, In Memoriam it's mostly the intro, Because It's There is easily the most memorable of them all for me at this point.
I am bad at these things. I need lots of listens for whatever reason.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2209 on: October 09, 2013, 08:33:06 PM »
Cockroach King is one helluva fun song.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2210 on: October 12, 2013, 04:02:39 PM »
yeah mmk this is easily aoty for me right now.
Every song now. Just beautiful. Because It's There has really really grown on me to the point where it competes for my favorite in the album now.
Somebody is also the most depressing song this year, and it has SW's Raven to compete with, so that's impressive. I need to go cry now kthx
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2211 on: October 15, 2013, 08:56:20 AM »
Discovered The Mountain a few weeks back. Instantly became my favourite prog release of 2013.

Just starting to go back through their discography. Instantly hooked. Visions is one incredible album - with Nocturnal Conspiracy a particular favourite. I've been missing out.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2212 on: October 15, 2013, 09:07:17 AM »
Right now I'm feeling

The Mountain
Aquarius
Visions

as an album ranking, so. All great albums, though!

Spontaneous Top 10 Song List! No order! How the hell could I order these anyways.
Aquarium
Drowning in the Flood
Celestial Elixir
Deathless
Visions
Cockroach King
Because It's There
Falling Back To Earth
Paredolia
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2213 on: October 15, 2013, 09:16:06 AM »
In chronological order!

Blind
Drowning in the Flood
Celestial Elixir
Nocturnal Conspiracy
Deathless
Visions
In Memoriam
Because It's There
Falling Back to Earth
Pareidolia
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2214 on: October 15, 2013, 09:22:37 AM »
blaaah I was only doing the full albums and it's been too long since i listened to the demo anyways :T
I should probably go back and listen to it some more though, it *is* what made me aware of the band xD
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2215 on: October 15, 2013, 09:23:54 AM »
These Harmonies. The Mountain reminds me of a modern '70s  band. Which is good because this album is top notch, a good mix of The Flower Kings and Dream Theater.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2216 on: October 18, 2013, 03:25:10 PM »
Quote from: Parama on October 15, 2013, 09:07:17 AM
Right now I'm feeling

The Mountain
Aquarius
Visions

Just the opposite for me.  However, I've only listened to The Mountain a couple of times.

Visions
Aquarius
The Mountain
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2217 on: October 18, 2013, 03:48:27 PM »
Quote from: Parama on October 15, 2013, 09:07:17 AM
Right now I'm feeling

The Mountain
Aquarius
Visions

You feel correctly here.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2218 on: October 18, 2013, 04:50:32 PM »
^ Same rankings here.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2219 on: October 18, 2013, 05:10:13 PM »
If anyone wants the Mountain mp3s, they are currently on sale for $5.99 on Amazon which is a great deal
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2220 on: October 18, 2013, 06:27:01 PM »
Quote from: Implode on October 18, 2013, 04:50:32 PM
^ Same rankings here.

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But I consider all three albums very close to each other in quality.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2221 on: October 18, 2013, 07:19:50 PM »
To my mind, Cockroach King is already a modern classic. What's not to like?  :coolio
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2222 on: October 18, 2013, 11:29:34 PM »
well, it ends, which is pretty sucky all things considering.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2223 on: October 19, 2013, 04:40:17 AM »
Pretty good album.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2224 on: October 19, 2013, 08:44:08 AM »
Misheard lyric from Celestial Elixir:

Whispered by a child that once spelunked.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2225 on: October 20, 2013, 05:01:25 PM »
The second half of Falling Back to Earth is absolutely gorgeous, shame the first half isn't as good, though it's still totally awesome. Just a bit less powerful than most of the album, and a bit too wanky.
In Memoriam is definitely the black sheep of the bunch here for me, it feels like it's on the wrong album. It's very much a Visions-esque song. Not bad by any means but not amazing like every other song on here.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2226 on: October 20, 2013, 05:17:54 PM »
Strange, the only black sheep for me is Cockroach King. I like it though.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2227 on: October 20, 2013, 05:44:33 PM »
I agree with "In Memoriam" sounding a lot like a Visions-song. I wouldn't call it a black sheep though, the album doesn't have any IMO.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2228 on: October 23, 2013, 12:02:23 PM »
I love 7:15 - 8:11 of Somebody.  It's very Hans Zimmer (Batman or Inception) inspired.   :hefdaddy
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2229 on: October 23, 2013, 12:18:41 PM »
totally is, best part of the song for me and it's great all the way through. So many chills from that bit though.
so much so that I went and figured out the main chords for the chorus melody xD
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2230 on: October 23, 2013, 02:23:57 PM »
This remains my #1 album for the year.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2231 on: October 23, 2013, 02:55:25 PM »
Quote from: Heretic on October 23, 2013, 02:23:57 PM
This remains my #1 album for the year.
Same here. :tup
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2232 on: October 23, 2013, 06:03:46 PM »
Still same.
Have a fair few albums I'll be picking up near the end of the year that stand a chance of competing for that title though.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2233 on: October 24, 2013, 12:38:43 AM »
Quote from: ariich on October 23, 2013, 02:55:25 PM
Quote from: Heretic on October 23, 2013, 02:23:57 PM
This remains my #1 album for the year.
Same here. :tup

It could very well be my #1 also. The only competitor for it would be DT12.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2234 on: October 24, 2013, 01:00:09 AM »
I'm not much into ranking too specifically, but The Mountain is probably in my top 5 of this year somewhere. :tup It surprised me too, because I wasn't all that big on Haken's previous two albums.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2235 on: October 24, 2013, 07:20:53 AM »
Quote from: Heretic on October 23, 2013, 02:23:57 PM
This remains my #1 album for the year.
It's in my Top 30 but not even close to Top 10.  Still,good album.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2236 on: October 24, 2013, 08:47:12 AM »
Has it been mentioned that the vocal melody at the beginning of Cockroach King sounds just like Chocolate Rain ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA

Anyway, going through my second listen now.  Some really solid stuff here, probably in my top 5 for the year.  The top album of the year is still Alter Bridge's Fortress by a mile though.
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2237 on: October 24, 2013, 08:51:42 AM »
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK... IT DOES SOUND LIKE CHOCOLATE RAIN.  :lol :lol
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2238 on: October 24, 2013, 08:55:13 AM »
Quote from: Lolzeez on October 24, 2013, 08:51:42 AM
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK... IT DOES SOUND LIKE CHOCOLATE RAIN.  :lol :lol

 :lol :lol :lol :lol

I'm happy that I'm not the only one that hears it.  Sorry to ruin anyone else's listening experience...
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Re: The Haken thread v. The Mountain
« Reply #2239 on: October 24, 2013, 09:05:04 AM »
Quote from: Basekick on October 24, 2013, 08:55:13 AM
Quote from: Lolzeez on October 24, 2013, 08:51:42 AM
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK... IT DOES SOUND LIKE CHOCOLATE RAIN.  :lol :lol

 :lol :lol :lol :lol

I'm happy that I'm not the only one that hears it.  Sorry to ruin anyone else's listening experience...
Nah it's okay. I don't care for that song anyways. Skip everytime.
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