{"id":11241,"date":"2023-01-18T14:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progradar.org\/?p=11241"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:03:21","slug":"haken-release-video-for-taurus-3rd-single-from-forthcoming-studio-album-fauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/18\/haken-release-video-for-taurus-3rd-single-from-forthcoming-studio-album-fauna\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>HAKEN release video for  Taurus, 3<sup class=\"\">rd<\/sup> single from forthcoming studio album  Fauna <\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Album-Cover.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Album-Cover.jpg?resize=762%2C762&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11239\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressive rockers&nbsp;<strong>HAKEN<\/strong>&nbsp;recently announced their seventh studio album  Fauna, the group\u2019s most genre-busting and conceptually fascinating album to date, will be released on the 3<sup class=\"\">rd<\/sup>&nbsp;March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the band are pleased to release  Taurus the 3<sup class=\"\">rd<\/sup>&nbsp;single from the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch the video, produced by Crystal Spotlight, here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4FQBK4CFWbI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-order the album or stream the track here:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/haken.lnk.to\/Fauna\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/haken.lnk.to\/Fauna<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ross Jennings says this about the track:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em> With such a diverse and eclectic array of material on  Fauna, it was important for us to include a piece of music that represented the metallic edge of our sound which was exploited predominantly on  Vector? &amp;  Virus, with our focus being on hard hitting riffs in odd time signatures. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em> The song\u2019s lyrics were written roughly at the same time we all started hearing about the devastation and crisis happening in Ukraine. I was already writing the piece based on the annual migration of the wildebeests with strong references to people travelling in herds and strength in numbers. Suddenly I realised I had an anchor for what the song could be about and knowing this gives it all the more emotional weight; We\u2019re all on some sort of journey towards salvation or enlightenment. Sometimes out of choice or not, we need to leave the past behind us and make new beginnings. We only have each other, and belief and hope are our strongest allies. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the video for the previously single  The Alphabet of Me here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LQJ-e75ZSj8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch  Nightingale here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IeENKWcitCw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tracklisting is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Taurus 04:49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nightingale 07:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Alphabet of Me 05:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sempiternal Beings 08:23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beneath The White Rainbow 06:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Island In The Clouds 05:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lovebite 03:49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Elephants Never Forget 11:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eyes Of Ebony 08:32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Fauna will be available on several formats, including Ltd 2CD (incl. instrumentals), Standard CD, Gatefold 2LP &amp; as Digital Album. The albums stunningly detailed artwork was created by Dan Goldsworthy (Charlie Griffiths, Sylosis)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-order now here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/haken.lnk.to\/Fauna\" class=\"\">https:\/\/haken.lnk.to\/Fauna<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Fauna sees the band exploring new ideas conceptually as Ross continues.&nbsp;<em> The premise of the album when we started writing it was that every song would have an animal assigned to it. They all have something related to the animal kingdom that we could write about, but they also connect to the human world. Each track has layers, and some of them are more obvious than others. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em> It reminds me of The Mountain, <\/em>&nbsp;adds guitarist and fellow founder Richard Henshall.&nbsp;<em> There, we had the idea of not really a narrative-based album, but more the concept of climbing a mountain and overcoming the obstacles along the way. Then we took that and thought about how it could relate to our everyday lives. All of Fauna\u2019s animals relate to us, personally. <\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Fauna also marks the return of keyboard player Peter Jones, whose sounds can be heard permeating the entire album.&nbsp;<em> What Pete\u2019s brought sonically to the band has played a massive role in why we do have a lot of new sounds on this record, <\/em>&nbsp;says Ross.&nbsp;<em> It\u2019s always a new dynamic when there\u2019s a change in personnel, and this is a fresh and reviving one. It\u2019s certainly helped proximity-wise, with Pete being in the country: Pete and Ray [Hearne, Haken\u2019s drummer] would be at Rich\u2019s place and they\u2019d just start jamming. That\u2019s really key to how the songs start. <\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band have announced tour dates for North America and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find the full list of tour dates here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hakenmusic.com\/tour\/\" class=\"\">https:\/\/hakenmusic.com\/tour\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HAKEN are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ross Jennings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Henshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charlie Griffiths<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pete Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conner Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray Hearne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive rockers&nbsp;HAKEN&nbsp;recently announced their seventh studio album Fauna, the group\u2019s most genre-busting and conceptually fascinating album to date, will be released on the 3rd&nbsp;March 2023. Today, the band are pleased to release Taurus the 3rd&nbsp;single from the album. You can watch the video, produced by Crystal Spotlight, here: Pre-order the album or stream the track [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,7,4028],"tags":[731,3142,4986,726,4875,15,4007,3143,728,4987],"class_list":["post-11241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-album-releases","category-news","category-track-video-release","tag-charlie-griffiths","tag-conner-green","tag-fauna","tag-haken","tag-pete-jones","tag-progradar","tag-ray-hearne","tag-richard-henshall","tag-ross-jennings","tag-taurus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phnn7q-2Vj","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Haken-promo-1.jpg?fit=1347%2C898&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17835,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11241\/revisions\/17835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}