Haken - Aquarius VS Visions
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Topic: Haken - Aquarius VS Visions
Posted By: Gab_N_Rose
Subject: Haken - Aquarius VS Visions
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 11:52
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What's your favorite Haken's album ? ------------- http://eminem-city.xooit.com/image/67/3/6/0/sans-titre-6789-302af25.png.htm" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 20:03
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Hands up if you don't care for either
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 20:09
but visions was the best DT release of 2011
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 20:09
indeed -------------   
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 20:21
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Masterpiece versus Masterpiece first 
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 20:44
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Aquarius is an excellent album, but Visions is a masterpiece. It's much more coherent and unified. ------------- |
Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 21:05
 There are certainly a lot of comparisons to be made between the two bands, but I actually like Haken, probably because their lead singer isn't James LaBrie.------------- 
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: January 24 2012 at 21:11
You have obviously never seen the guys live. Their singer, without the studio magic, actually makes LaBrie sound passable. -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 08:38
I've never seen DT live, but I've seen Haken 3 times so far and Ross Jennings is a good singer, even if I'm not a big fan of that style these days. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 08:48
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Visions I think ------------- Coldness doth get away with the badness. http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 09:16
| I actually think I like Aquarius more... |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 09:19
Wow, really?  All of the band's live video I've seen he's been quite terrible.Still, one thing is to see them through the internet and the other is seeing them actually play in front of you.  -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 12:23
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^Yeah, the first time was actually back in 2008 when they opened for Kings X (with an awsome if short set from To-Mera in between), and they sounded a bit different in those days, and Ross was far more willing to do the death metal growls as well.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 13:31
| Visions for sure. Aquarius is good but a bit overated IMO. |
Posted By: Endomae
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 15:50
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I must admit that, although I like Aquarius, I'm not a huge fan of it. However, Visions is quite high in my imaginary prog-metal list...So Visions it is for me. |
Posted By: Kyo
Date Posted: January 26 2012 at 05:57
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I prefer the songwriting on Visions, more concise without losing any of the excitement of the debut.
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Posted By: Meddle71
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 01:54
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Visions for me, both get regular play time though. There are a few brief sections I don't necessarily care for on Visions, but the title track is absolutely incredible. It leaves me with the feeling that I just witnessed something amazing every time I finish listening to it... I like these guys better than Dream Theater. ------------- And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon |
Posted By: igySK
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 06:18
| imo Visions but both are great albums |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 08:54
| I really enjoy the vocals and instrumental passages much more on Aquarius |