VECTOR

So, it's safe to say that Haken has gathered a very decent fan base through the years. The band itself has gone through a few fases, in fact. Vector is the second Djent-progressive metal album by Haken, the first one being Affinity, released a couple years ago.

It concentrates much more on the technical side rather than the melodic one, and this is something that many people have criticized: Haken was known for packing wonderful melodies all along their records, it was pretty much their trademark, and it was very present in their first three albums. However with Affinity, technicality took the throne and the band focused more on this aspect rather than melody making.

That's not to say that Affinity has no good melodies, just fewer. This is what happens with Vector (and Virus, since they're both technically one album split in two). While there's songs like Puzzle Box or Veil that combine instrumentals and great melodies in a very respectable way, there's other like The Good Doctor or Nil By Mouth That simply fail in the process, the latter being one of the most uninteresting tracks the band has made.

With that said, it's still a great progressive metal album, and worth checking out. Although it might be worth saying that this album doesn't sound too unique, many progressive metal bands sound like this already. Three Stars.

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