Composer Reacts to Haken - Affinity (REACTION & ANALYSIS & ALBUM REVIEW)

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Haken's album "Affinity" VOTE ON UPCOMING THEMES AND SONGS //   / criticalreactions   SPECIAL SELECTION REQUEST // https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/criti... OR // https://ko-fi.com/criticalreactions LINKTREE // https://linktr.ee/criticalreactions Contains links for Special Selection submissions, the CR Patreon, access to the CR Discord Server, the CR Twitter profile, and more. 00:00 Intro 00:39 Reaction: Affinity.exe 02:07 Reaction: Initiate 06:35 Analysis: An Unexpected Sound 08:40 Analysis: Tons of Metric Ideas 14:59 Analysis: Surprised By This Opening 16:07 Analysis: Urgency vs Weightlessnesss 22:51 Analysis: Callbacks / Foreshadowing 25:48 Lyrical Dive: Initiate 33:39 Reaction: 1985 42:51 Analysis: Concept Album? 44:16 Analysis: Wall of Volume 47:23 Analysis: New Timbres 54:29 Analysis: Hidden Synths 58:09 Lyrical Dive: 1985 1:07:50 Reaction: Lapse 1:12:33 Analysis: Clean, Clear Vocals 1:15:54 Analysis: Shifting Gears to Ballad 1:21:11 Analysis: Instrumental Spotlight 1:23:08 Lyrical Dive: Lapse 1:26:49 Reaction: The Architect 1:42:36 Analysis: A Bit Long For Me 1:51:28 Analysis: Similar Vibes 1:52:24 Analysis: The Slow Burn 1:55:17 Analysis: Great Soundtrack Writing 1:57:58 Lyrical Dive: The Architect 2:02:41 Reaction: Earthrise 2:07:32 Reaction: Red Giant 2:13:31 Analysis: Album Flow 2:17:36 Lyrical Dive: Earthrise 2:19:19 Lyrical Dive: Red Giant 2:23:03 Reaction: The Endless Knot 2:29:00 Analysis: Technology: Thematic vs Music 2:36:34 Analysis: Odd Vocal Rhythms 2:41:27 Reaction: Bound By Gravity 2:51:02 Analysis: A Big Ending to the Album 2:56:35 Analysis: Quick Tech Note 2:58:24 Lyrical Dive: The Endless Knot 3:04:27 Lyrical Dive: Bound by Gravity 3:08:38 Outro #reaction #haken #progrock #progmetal