Haken v. new single Nightingale (April 26)

[Deadeye21]

I absolutely love Prosthetic. It’s a great tune!

Yup, awesome opener too. I'm not going to say it's "top Haken" or anything, but it's certainly not a song to miss.

Fairly this actually. It’s not in the upper echelons of Haken, less so as an opener, but it’s not a bad song. I love the section that later gets reprised in Messiah Complex, what I call the War of the Worlds section, I love the chorus. It’s just a really strong song for my ear.

[ariich]

As far as Haken goes, I'd consider Prosthetic pretty mid-tier, but I still enjoy it an absolute ton.

Unrelated, but I saw Pete today and got a chance to catch up about the new album among other things. Sounding pretty exciting - for those of us who got a bit of a Mountain vibe from Nightingale, his personal take is that there's a sense of that throughout the album - not the same style, but a similar feel. What that means in practice I don't know yet. Recording is going well, and having done Nightingale Jens Bogren is scheduled in to mix and (I think) master it.

One thing I learned is how vinyl production times are now double what they were pre-pandemic.

[Kram]

I'd be showing up late for any concert that started with Prosthetic.  What a tuneless technical piece of garbage that song is.  I just gave it a fresh listen to see if maybe I missing something,  Nope.  It is terrible.  What a shame that they are now ignoring songs from the first two albums and going down this road of these tuneless super metal tracks. 

I disagree Kev (and I agree with you 95% of the time).  While it's far from one of my favorite Haken tunes, I think it's a pretty good rocker and a great song to open with.

[Implode]

+1 for really enjoying Prosthetic