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Vote for your LEAST favourite

The Point of no Return
3 (23.1%)
Streams
0 (0%)
Aquarium
2 (15.4%)
Eternal Rain
6 (46.2%)
Drowning in the Flood
1 (7.7%)
Sun
0 (0%)
Celestial Elixir
1 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 13

Voting closed: November 05, 2018, 01:38:03 PM

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The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« on: November 04, 2018, 01:38:03 PM »
Let's get started!



We're starting off with Haken's first album. Released in 2010, I'm pretty sure back then the band had no idea that they would be regarded as a major force in the progressive metal scene just 5-6 years later. While Aquarius sounds a lot different from the band's latter output, there's still a lot of stuff to hear here that the band hasn't quite abandoned yet on their newer releases. Although Haken rarely revisits this album in live shows, the L-1VE album released earlier this year, recorded in Amsterdam (I was there!), features 'Aquamedley', which contains parts of every single song on Aquarius in chronological order, except for Sun. If you have never heard Aquarius (please do so), this might be a nice place to start.

I first came upon Aquarius in 2010 as well and pretty much loved it from the start. I can imagine that if you became a fan when Haken released The Mountain, or even Affinity, that Aquarius sounds a little 'dated', and frankly, it does. That doesn't stop it from being my personal favourite Haken album. This being the first thing I discovered from them (and they had nothing else at the time), probably helps. Let's see how these songs fare against the band's newer material?

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How does the voting work?

You vote for your least favourite. The one with the most votes gets eliminated every round. The top 2 advances to the Finals, the song in third place goes to Consolation, while the song in fourth place goes to a special 'Play-Offs'-round. See the Survivor's Main Thread (linked to below) to see how all of this plays out.

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Haken Survivor Main Thread

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My first vote goes to Eternal Rain. Not a bad song by any means, but easily the weakest here, if you ask me.

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2018, 01:51:45 PM »
Kicking it off with what is actually my favorite Haken album.  :metal

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 04:17:22 PM »
Eternal Rain

Drowning in the Flood is a top 3 Aquarius song for me.

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2018, 05:15:28 PM »
No Enter the Fifth Dimension? :(

Eternal Rain. I am amazed that you guys have seen the light and Sun isn't getting the axe in the first round. :D
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2018, 10:54:50 PM »
Aquarium
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2018, 01:11:39 AM »
No Enter the Fifth Dimension? :(

Yes. It will run simultaneously with the Consolation rounds. I did this on purpose, because I think participation in the demo will be much lower. This way we start with an album that’s actually known among fans. See also the Main Thread :)
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2018, 05:48:23 AM »
Aquarium, very equal albu. Eternal Rain is too good to be first, Drowning In The Flood should be in first three down here.

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2018, 07:16:23 AM »
Eternal Rain

Drowning in the Flood is perhaps my third favourite here. The only thing I don't like about it is the keyboard solo in the end.
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2018, 07:50:38 AM »
Eternal Rain
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2018, 08:25:50 AM »
Alright who voted for CE?

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2018, 11:03:11 AM »
The Flood

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2018, 11:34:22 AM »
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2018, 11:48:23 AM »
For the record when I say "The Flood" I do not mean DitF

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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2018, 01:06:40 PM »
Alright who voted for CE?

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All joking aside it would really suck if something like that started happening again.
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Re: The HAKEN Survivor 2018 - Aquarius: Round 1!
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2018, 01:40:58 PM »
Alright who voted for CE?

Scar

All joking aside it would really suck if something like that started happening again.

Unless someone owns up to the vote in the comments, I'm assuming that it's happening again

It's okay for any song to be one's least favorite, but in this case, very bizarre without an explanation.