2011 Awards

Awards - The Progressive Rock Hall of Fame

2011 Best New Progressive Rock Artist
Haken

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Top Prog Rock Music Albums - Prog Archives

Top 2 of 2011 Prog Rock Albums on the 28th of January 2012
"Aquarius" with 4.314/5 (282 ratings) - 50% 5 stars (masterpiece of progressive rock music), 29% 4 stars (excellent addition to any prog rock music collection) and 12% 3 stars (Good, but non-essential)

"The band's unique and modern blend of progressive rock and metal is still fully in-tact, andVisions effectively delivers over seventy minutes of top-notch progressive metal wizardry. Make no mistake -Visions is anything but a sophomore slump, and I'd even venture to say that this is a notch above their masterful debut album. This is a well-composed, focused, and mature masterpiece of modern progressive metal. Absolutely essential."...
"The execution and production of the album are superb. The logical links between the themes are completed in exceptional manner. Some of the ideas are very dark and heavy, but others - agant-garde and boundless. The structure of Visions is precise, catchy and full of surprises and great moments. As a conclusion: masterpiece, highly recommended for all prog fans, that will stands the test of time!"...

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Best Of - Humeurs Progressives

The reviewer's Top of 2011 :

Top 2 of 2011 Album of the Year (Visions)
"Même si l’effet de surprise n’est plus aussi présent que pour leur premier album, Haken avec “Visions” vient encore de produire une nouvelle perle progressive le propulsant au devant de la scène mondiale à côté des ténors du genre. Sans doute plus sombre, moins coloré et expérimental que “Aquarius”, ce second chef d’œuvre représente tout autant le parfait équilibre entre sens de la mélodie et technique, maîtrise instrumentale et vocale, bain d’ambiances et émotions diverses"...

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Top 5 - Music Waves

Top 3 of The Staff's Top 5 Albums of 2011 :

Visions ranking :
Top 1 - by Abbadon "Que les amateurs de progressif ne se bloquent pas sur l’adjectif "métal" accolé au style du groupe : "Visions", c’est avant tout de la très bonne musique, inventive et enthousiasmante, servie par des musiciens irréprochables. "...
Top 1 - by Hyperunknown "La suite des géniales performances du groupe anglais. Aucune véritable surprise mais un vrai bonheur que de retrouver la magie d’Haken"...
Top 1 - by Struck
Top 2 - by Nuno777 "le disque de métal progressif qui réunit tous les ingrédients des grands disques originaux et racés. La progression de ce groupe est telle que le 3ème album devrait faire l’unanimité."...

Album of the week on November 2011

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Awards - Metal Storm

Top 4 of The Best Progressive Metal Album
Visions with 114 votes

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Best CD - Sea Of Tranquility

Top 5 of Best 2011 CD on the 28th of January 2012
Visions with 4.30% of the votes (21 ratings)

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The Staff's Top Picks of 2011 :

Visions ranking :
Top 3 - by Murat Batmaz
Top 5 - by Peter Pardo "Remarkable stuff from a band that gives the progressive and the metal"...
Top 5 - by Tom De Val "Not as strong or quirky as their debut 'Aquarius' but still an excellent second full-length from this rising UK prog band"...
Top 6 - by Jeff Ballew
Top 8 - by Duncan Glenday
Top 15 - by Brandon Strader

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The Best Of - When Prog & Power Unite

Top 5 of 2011 Album of the Year Poll
Visions with 8% of the votes

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Readers’ Poll - Classic Rock Presents Prog

Top 10 of 2011 Album of the Year
Visions

Poll - Dutch Progressive Rock Page

Top 10 of 2011 Best Albums
Visions with 15.66% of the votes (91 ratings)

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Metal Album of the Year - Metal Music Archives

The collaborators Top of 2011 :

Top 6 (Equal) of 2010 Metal Album of the Year (Visions)
"Haken have forged a name for themselves inside the progressive metal community since their debut release, and through their latest effort – Visions, there appears to be no signs that they are slowing down. Taking numerous stylistic clues and musical influences, there is little doubt as to their musical ability and integrity. Indeed, if the polished nature of their first two releases is a benchmark, then any further expansions shall be nothing less than glorious.
On Visions, we hear a theatrical spectacle of progressive metal that goes from bombastic technical metal to inspiring passages of heartfelt prog rock. A new emphasis in Haken's sound are recurring motifs, or ideas throughout the album; dramatic themes to get the feelings in the story across."...

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Background Magazine TOP 10

The TOP 10's of 2011 of our BM team members :

Visions ranking :
Top 1 - by Pedro Bekkers

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