VISIONS

Haken second offer named Visions from 2001 is another worthy release by this already well known band. They made lots of ripples around them with their first album and for good reason , with this follow up they pave the way to a bright future. Not many bands in last years manage to attract so many positive reviews in prog circles and to be so known. Visions , to me is on same level with previous one, musicaly speaking. Also they concentrated more on their progressive side here, each passage is where it belongs and te result is damn fine. The musicianship is tight and top notch, very much inspired in instrumental sections by DT, but with their own twists. The guitars and keyboards and overall rhythmic section is killer, specially on instrumental Portal or on titler track, an epic that shows Haken is a name to have on everyone lips when talk about prog metal. So overall enjoyble and solid, 4 stars easy.