| Hagen - Reviews
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| Lira,
Sweden |
"Detta är det i mitt tycke mest lyckade experimentet att mixa folkton med tyngre genrer sedan Contacts och Kebnekaises dagar."...
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| Scream magazine,
Germany |
..."Einen
hochinteressanten Mix aus Heavy Metal und Folklore ihrer Heimat Schweden
präsentieren HAGEN auf ihrem Debüt Corridors Of Time."... Read more ->
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| Empire magazine,
Germany |
..."Von Prog bis
Prog Metal, von Seventies Hard Rock bis Folk Rock bekommt der Hörer
alles geboten, was anspruchsvolle Rockmusik ausmacht. Neben Mostly Autumn
ist Hagen vielleicht der heißeste Insidertip, den die Proggemeinde
seit Spock's Beard auf Lager hat."... Read more ->
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| Hellion, Germany |
..."Hagen sind sehr eingängig, reißen mit,
da die Dramatik stimmt, versprühen eine starke Lebensfreude und wissen
zu rocken!"... Read more ->
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| Progressive corner,
Switzerland |
..."Die Schweden haben da ein Album produziert, welches über weite Strecken sehr interessanten
Folk- und Progressiven Metal bietet."... Read more ->
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| Progressive newsletter,
Germany |
..."Corridors
of time" ist eine richtig gute, solide Rockscheibe der alten Schule."... Read more ->
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| Upsala nya tidning,
Sweden |
"Att en av
våra främsta fiolspelare, Anders Rosén, överraskande
dyker upp med fuzzförstärkt fiol torde ha att göra med att
hans bror, basisten Hans Rosén, varit med om att initiera projektet"...Read more ->
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| Sweden rock magazine, Sweden |
..."Musiken
kan lättast beskrivas som en blandning av LED ZEPPELIN och de tidigare
plattorna med HEDNINGARNA. Sköna 70-talsinspirerade gitarrer blandade
med tunga överdistade riff och späda folkmusiktoner från
en distad fiol"... Read more ->
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| Lovesearch, Sweden |
..."Folkmusikinspirationen har dessutom en dragning åt det irländska hållet, vilket
skapar en mix av irländskt adrenalin och nordiskt vemod, Garmarna möter Riverdance, ungefär"... Read more ->
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| Aardschok magazine,
The Netherlands |
..."Stevige gitaren die worden gecombineerd met een fluit, rustige momenten die
worden gemengd met snelle passages en een zanger die probeert van alle markten thuis
te zijn; het is een weirde combinatie die enig geduld en inlevingsvermogen van de
luisteraar vergt."... Read more ->
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| Rock hard magazine, Germany |
..."Genrefans können blind zugreifen, und Metaller, die ihren Nackenmuskeln bisweilen auch mal eine Auszeit gönnen, dürfen den von einem wunderschönen Artwork veredelten Rundling ebenfalls antesten. Gut!"... Read more ->
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| Tarkus, Norway |
..."Musikken veksler kjapt mellom det energiske og det vakre, men alltid er det en viss tyngde i kompet.
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| Prog-reviews, Mailing list |
..."This is a really interesting album, and I hope that we will hear more
from the band in the future."...
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| Arlequins, Italy |
..."e se poi siete appassionati di sonorità folk nordico/celtiche questo debutto degli Hagen rappresenterà per voi uno dei top dell'anno!"... Read more ->
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| iOPages, The Netherlands |
..."Voor de fans van harden folkrock die eens wat afwisseling zoeken is Hagen misschen wel interessant." Read more ->
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| Realmusic/Break out,
USA/Germany |
..."One of the most interesting works progressive Rockgestaltens of the last years. I hope, one will soon hear-more(more) from this volume(ruban)." Read more ->
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| Eclipsed, Germany |
..."Flower Kings-Experten wird der Name des Keyboarders Hans Lundin etwas sagen: In den 70er Jahren war er Mitgleid von Kaipa." Read more ->
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| Metal library, Russia |
In Russian. Read more ->
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| Metal review, Russia |
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| MetalKings/MetalKings (.ru),
Russia |
..."My recommendation to everyone will be: take your time and try to find the album, read the lyrics and just listen, this is the material that needs no evaluation, but rather an invitation, an invitation to the strange but beautiful world of Hagen. From my experience I've learned that it's obscure bands that bring the most pleasant surprises, and this one's the surprise of the month."...
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| InRock and Gromko,
Russia |
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| Feuertaufe,
Germany |
"Mit Corridors Of Time öffnet das schwedische Sextett Hagen die Tore zu einer geheimnisvollen Welt, in der sich 70er Hard Rock, Folk und Prog zu einem phantasievollen Klanggebilde vereint haben."...
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| Lunar hypnosis,
USA |
"Hagen is a new band from Sweden playing music in a way I've never really heard before. The band combines classic heavy metal with the sound of Swedish folk music.
Yes I know this sounds like its been done before, but the sound of Hagen is still very unique and different."...
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| The encyclopedia of Swedish hard rock and heavy metal volume II (book), Sweden |
"This is an outstadingly interesting bunch that mixes Swedish folk-music with highly intricate hard rock, prog and AOR, featuring
distorted violin, fat Hammond and heavy guitars. Great vocals and great song-material makes this a shure buy!
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| Koid'9,
France |
"On assiste parfois à des mélanges surprenants comme sur "nobody's listening", mix de Kansas et d'Allan Stivell !, sur "for ulf"
une sorte de Vinnie Moore celtic !!! Excellent;
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| www.heavy-metal.gr,
Greece |
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| www.paranoidmetal.com,
China |
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| www.metal-guide.com,
Greece |
..."The use of hammond, that gives a 70's feeling in some of the songs, mellotron
and electric violin, gives the band a style very close to Mago De Oz, or even Skyclad sometimes, but above all,
a style that can easily be described as their own."...
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| www.amazon.com,
USA |
..."Several songs sound like they could be FM hits on a "classic rock" type station
as they stick in your head with incredible hooks.."...
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| www.metal-invader.com,
Greece |
..."Approach this album leaving any prejudice behind and only
then you will allow Sweden’s HAGEN to take control of your senses.."...
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| Movimenti Prog,
Italy |
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| Manticornio,
Mexico |
Aunque basado en ritmos de metal y de folclor, "Corridors of Time" no es un álbum que se pueda describir desde el primer tema. Es un álbum con una dinámica tal, que cuando uno piensa que por fin le está agarrando forma, inicia un nuevo tema sustentado en una vertiente diferente a la anterior.
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