Storm rock

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I've finally started up Hakenecho, a musical project dedicated to storm rock. No, not stupid "white power" idiotism, but instead actual storms, severe weather, that kind of things. 

Within the past five weeks I've had a sudden surge of inspiration and wrote and recorded this here album: 

http://hakenecho.bandcamp.com/album/hakenecho 

What I'm interested in is feedback from you guys, musicians and listeners alike. After spending some time on this forum I've gotten a better picture of what is considered progressive. Consciously or unconsciously the "progressive" elements slipped into the work, so I'm interested in hearing if what I've ended up with is actually as progressive as I think it is. 

Living is learning. Make my day, folks, or burst my bubble!

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PC-72 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: December 24 2011 Location: Haderslev Status: Offline Points: 68	Topic: Storm rock Posted: May 29 2014 at 08:37
	I've finally started up Hakenecho, a musical project dedicated to storm rock. No, not stupid "white power" idiotism, but instead actual storms, severe weather, that kind of things. Within the past five weeks I've had a sudden surge of inspiration and wrote and recorded this here album: http://hakenecho.bandcamp.com/album/hakenecho What I'm interested in is feedback from you guys, musicians and listeners alike. After spending some time on this forum I've gotten a better picture of what is considered progressive. Consciously or unconsciously the "progressive" elements slipped into the work, so I'm interested in hearing if what I've ended up with is actually as progressive as I think it is. Living is learning. Make my day, folks, or burst my bubble!
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HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133	Posted: May 29 2014 at 09:59
	I can't access Bandcamp right now, but I'm very interested in the idea of "storm rock". I will check it out at the next opportunity.
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PC-72 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: December 24 2011 Location: Haderslev Status: Offline Points: 68	Posted: June 18 2014 at 19:14
	Bump 'cause feedback is highly desired on this one!
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Mind_Drive Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 06 2009 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 389	Posted: June 18 2014 at 20:45
	very nice efford! you can definately hear the weather out of the music but i don´t know if i´d call it storm rock for that reason for me it would fit in the instrumental progressive metal or experimental/post metal genre. after listening to the album (or is it an EP?) in a whole i have to say, that i really like it! the melodies are somehow naive but i like the minimalistic approach very much it is simple yet beautiful - accessible but also complex enough to call it prog without hesitation, with very nice atmospheres and great build ups! like a rough gem, it reminds me a bit of DTs "A Change of Seasons" i suggest to add this dedicated new proghead called Hakenecho to the archives. would you mind to tell us a bit more about this project? thank you for sharing and prog on dude!
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PC-72 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: December 24 2011 Location: Haderslev Status: Offline Points: 68	Posted: June 28 2014 at 10:08
	Thank you! It's indeed an album; I had originally wanted to put it onto a microcassette (after hearing the sound quality on those, though, I bailed) so I had to keep it within certain constraints time-wise. The project is an attempt to evoke or depict storms and violent weather with rock/zeuhl instrumentation with all the constraints and possibilities this presents--and to not use too many notes as turbulence is not about the debris but about the flow. Back in 2008 I had written a tropical cyclone piece called "Uragan" but I felt it never was what I had wanted it to be. "Hakenecho" finally was what "Uragan" should have been, much more fitting for a storm. For the time being it's still a solo project, but I hope it'll grow to a group proper so that the live performances can actually BE the storms they depict. I'm in charge of everything right now but learning to [actually] play the bass so I'm "officially" the bassist.
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