Haken announce new album ‘Vector’

HAKEN have announced a new album!

The upcoming record, titled Vector, is the fifth effort from the London-based progressive metallers and is scheduled to be released in October this year.

The upcoming album was produced by the band themselves, and recorded & mixed by Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood (PERIPHERY, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT), with the artwork once again being handled by Blacklake and speaking about the record, the band says, “on the back of celebrating the 10 year anniversary of our conception, all of us here in the HAKEN camp are extremely excited to begin this new chapter of our career and share Vector with the world.”

Talking in further detail, vocalist Ross Jennings says, “we don’t like to make simple music, we always aim to defy expectations, and I believe we’ve surpassed what we aimed to achieve with our new album. We produced the album ourselves, as we always do, but we’re fans of what Adam has done with PERIPHERY, SIKTH and Devin Townsend. He has a great reputation for the heavier end of our genre.” 

Guitarist Charlie Griffiths adds, “we’ve always had a heavy influence but it was obvious from the riffs that were naturally coming out of us early in the writing process that this would be a more metal album. These are some of the most riff driven songs we’ve ever written.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming record. Both of which are available to view below:

Track List: 

1. Clear
2. The Good Doctor
3. Puzzle Box
4. Veil
5. Nil By Mouth
6. Host
7. A Cell Divides

To celebrate the announcement of the new album, HAKEN are opening up a unique opportunity for one fan’s artwork to be used as the etching on the fourth side of the vinyl LP version of the record. HAKEN are inviting fans to submit their own version of the Rorschach test ink-blot image which graces the album’s cover, and one winner’s art will be picked by the band to be etched into every vinyl copy of Vector. Submissions are open now, closing on the 10th August and can be sent to drrex@hakenmusic.com

Vector is set for release on October 26th via InsideOut Music.

For more information on HAKEN like their official page on Facebook.