Enter the 5th Dimension

Enter the 5th Dimension, also originally just titled "HAKEN" or "The Demo", is the first demo album by British progressive metal band Haken. The album was released on 1 January 2008. The album would serve as a baseplate for the band's 2014 EP Restoration.

Basis

Enter the 5th Dimension is a collection of six tracks created over the course of 2007 and 2008.

Production

The demo began circulation in 2007 with just the songs "Souls" and "Snow". The album originally lacked a proper title, being referred to by the band as simply "The Demo." The name "Enter the 5th Dimension" was originally not intended to be the name of the album, but rather a tagline used on the band's MySpace page.

Very little is known about the album's production due to how early in the band's history it falls.

A livestream was held in Spring 2020 titled "Re-enter the 5th Dimension," featuring then ex-member Peter Jones and ex-member Matthew Marshall, discussing the production of the album, but that livestream has since been lost and no backups are available.

Tracklist

Pos.	Song Title	Length
	Total Length:	58:14
1.	"Blind"	11:40
2.	"Black Seed"	5:53
3.	"Manifolds"	7:34
4.	"Sleeping Thoughts Wake"	12:08
5.	"Souls"	7:47
6.	"Snow"	13:12

Personnel

Haken

Ross Jennings - vocals
Richard Henshall - guitars, keyboards
Matthew Marshall - guitars
Peter Jones - keyboards
Thomas MacLean - bass
Raymond Hearne - drums

Trivia

Enter the 5th Dimension is the longest name of any Haken release at 20 characters long.
The typeface used on the album's cover is the same font used in the Quake series of video games.
Enter the 5th Dimension is the only Haken release to feature Matthew Marshall on guitars, and the only album to feature Peter Jones in keyboards until his return to the band in 2022.