Hook (tape)

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Hooks live in 2017. Left to right: Charlie Griffiths, Diego Tejeida, Ross Jennings, Raymond Hearne, Conner Green and Richard Henshall
Hooks live in 2017. Left to right: Charlie Griffiths, Diego Tejeida, Ross Jennings, Raymond Hearne, Conner Green and Richard Henshall
General information
origin London , England
Genre (s) Progressive metal
founding 2007
Website https://www.hakenmusic.com/
Current occupation
Ray Hearne
Charles Griffiths
Electric guitar, keyboard
Richard Hen Henshall
Keyboard
 Diego Tejeida
Ross Jennings
Conner Green
former members
Electric guitar
 Matthew Marshall
Keyboard
 Peter Jones
Electric bass
 Tom MacLean
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Mountain
  DE 60 13.09.2013 (1 week)
  CH 93 09/15/2013 (1 week)
Affinity
  DE 24 05/06/2016 (1 week)
  AT 69 05/13/2016 (1 week)
  CH 36 05/08/2016 (1 week)
  UK 96 05/12/2016 (1 week)
L-1VE
  DE 40 06/29/2018 (1 week)
  CH 72 07/01/2018 (1 week)
Vector
  DE 22nd 11/02/2018 (1 week)
  AT 37 11/09/2018 (1 week)
  CH 24 04/11/2018 (1 week)
virus
  DE 12 07/31/2020 (1 week)
  AT 25th 08/07/2020 (1 week)
  CH 7th 08/02/2020 (1 week)
  UK 91 08/06/2020 (1 week)

Hook [heɪken] is a British progressive metal - band from London , which was founded in the year of 2007.

history

The band was formed in 2007. The first concert followed in July of the same year, when she performed with the Polish prog band Riverside . This was followed by further appearances in London, with the band appearing as the opening act for King's X in Wolverhampton and Camden in January 2009. In October the band played with Bigelf on their tour of Great Britain .

The band reached a contract with Sensory Records and released the debut album Aquarius . The album was recorded in Germany in the Spacelab Studios by Christian "Moschus" Moos (Spacelab Studios) and also mastered in Germany in Eroc ’s Mastering Ranch. In May 2010 the band opened a concert for the Diablo Swing Orchestra . In the same year the band also performed at ProgPower Europe and then played a concert with Shadow Gallery in Maasbree on October 2nd . A gig with Karmakanic and Agents of Mercy followed on October 9th . On November 12th they performed together with Freak Kitchen . In April 2011 this was followed by an appearance together with Threshold and Vanden Plas as well as an appearance at ProgPower USA in September.

In 2011, the second album called Visions followed via Sensory Records . For the third album, which was released in 2013, the band signed a recording deal with InsideOut Music . On September 25, 2013, Haken announced the departure of bassist Tom MacLean from the band.

The 8-minute piece Cockroach King from her third album The Mountain , reminiscent of Queen , became her long-running hit, the whole album her international breakthrough.

In August 2019, the Deutschlandfunk series “Rock et cetera” broadcast a one-hour music journalistic portrait of the band. When asked for the name of the band, the front man found out that at the very beginning it was “Haaken”, sounding like a word from Norse mythology, but was then converted to “Haken” and has since been explained as “German for hook”.

style

The band plays technically demanding Progressive Metal, reminiscent of the works of Dream Theater and Pain of Salvation . Influences of classic 80s pop music as well as dubstep find their use on Affinity . The albums Vector and Virus see themselves as a double album, which is linked to the story of the "Cockroach King" ( The Mountain ) and thus creates a cross-band concept. Hook's music has gotten heavier and heavier since The Mountain was released and also developed in the direction of the Djent.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2010: Aquarius ( Sensory Records )
  • 2011: Visions (Sensory Records)
  • 2013: The Mountain ( InsideOut Music )
  • 2016: Affinity (InsideOut Music)
  • 2018: Vector (InsideOut Music)
  • 2020: Virus (InsideOut Music)

Live album

  • 2018: L-1VE (InsideOut Music)
  • 2018: L + 1VE (LP only; InsideOut Music)

Other publications

  • 2008: Enter the 5th Dimension (demo, self-release)
  • 2014: Restoration (EP, InsideOut Music)

Web links

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Great Britain
  2. ↑ HOOK , accessed on February 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ Hook Visions , accessed February 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ Hook :: announce depature of bass player Tom MacLean , accessed October 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Rhythmically tricky, caught in the niche: Prog Metal-Band Haken , Deutschlandfunk, August 18, 2019, accessed on the same date
  6. ↑ Duffluc: hook Visions , accessed on 10 February 2012 found.
  7. ↑ Rodney Fuchs: HOOK - Unfortunate coincidence. In: FUZE Magazine # 82. FUZE Magazine, July 26, 2020, p. 32 , accessed July 26, 2020 .