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Strandberg* Guitars artists Charlie Griffiths and Richard Henshall put their Boden 8 strings through their paces with “Elephants Never Forget” from Haken‘s 2023 album Fauna. This video is a masterclass in prog metal guitar playing.  Haken are at the top of the prog metal stack these days. This playthrough gives us insight into the technique...

The Haken guitarist discusses his solo album and goes over the finer points of enunciating his solo album title, “Tiktaalika.”

Progressive metal mainstays Symphony X brought Haken and Trope to Park West in Chicago for an evening of progressive metal. Read our live review and look at exclusive photos of all three acts.

We’ve got exclusive pressings of the first two Satyricon LPS, and much more to check out in the shop.

Langdon Hickman dives deep into the progressive metal landscape that Haken developed from and sent shockwaves through, focusing on two of their standout albums which have recently been re-issued (and that we’ve got exclusive, limited edition vinyl variants of in our shop).

Check out who the prog metal band’s guitarist was listening to in 2020, and pick up the new Haken vinyl variants in our store.

We dive into the sixth Haken album “Virus” in all of its progressive, hook-laden, and outlandish glory.

All the new metal releasing between July 19th and July 25th, 2020 — spin (or skip) new music from Defeated Sanity, Empress, Haken, and more.

Two weeks of tunes! All the new metal released between May 24th and May 30th, 2020, plus upcoming tunes this week. Spin (or skip) new music from End, -(16)-, Death Courier, and more.

Members of Between The Buried and Me, Haken, and Trioscapes go deep into the prog zone