"Taurus" is a song by British progressive metal band Haken. It is the opening track on the band's 2023 album Fauna.
It was the third single released for the album, releasing on 18 January 2023.
Basis
According to Ross Jennings, the song is about the migration of a herd of wilderbeasts and the destruction they leave in their path. The song also takes inspiration from the then
unfolding 2022 Invasion of Ukraine, using the wilderbeasts as a metaphor for the flight of refugees seeking safety outside their motherland.
Production
The song began life under the working title of "Go! jira", with the original intention being to emulate the heavy and "dirty" sound of French progressive metal band Gojira.
The song would be modified and re-written a few times, with changes being made to the song even immediately before recording.
Lyrics
| "Taurus" lyrics [Click here] |
We'll be a million faces
A generation lost
A path of self destruction
The Taurus runs amok
Trading greener pastures
For silver-tinted suns
This threat bestowed upon us
Will only strengthen us
Don't look back
A new life's waiting
All not saved will be lost
You'll see a million faces
Fleeing the motherland in droves
Who knows if we will make it?
To that place we'll someday call home
The straw won't break the camel's back
When our backs are up against the wall
Under the cover of your darkness
And so our plight endeavors on
Don't look back
A new life's waiting
All not saved will be lost
If it's a nowhere road
We'll find salvation
Somewhere in Avalon
On the journey with no distance
To a place that we never left
And the suffering is how we overcome
And we question everything we know
In searching for Avalon
Our ambition is how we learn to fail
Don't look back
A new life's waiting (Cleansing the slate or running from your past)
All not saved is lost (All not saved is lost)
Don't slow down on this nowhere road (New life awaits when you reach Avalon)
Where we all belong
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Personnel
Haken
- Ross Jennings - vocals
- Richard Henshall - guitars, keyboards
- Charlie Griffiths - guitars
- Peter Jones - keyboards
- Conner Green - bass
- Raymond Hearne - drums
Production and Design
- Crystal Spotlight - producer (music video)
Quotes from the Band
"With such a diverse and eclectic array of material on 'Fauna', it was important for us to include a piece of music that represented the metallic edge of our sound which was exploited predominantly on 'Vector' and 'Virus', with our focus being on hard hitting riffs in odd time signatures."
-Ross Jennings
Trivia
- According to Richard Henshall and Pete Jones, the beginning section was planned to go on for up to 30 seconds, but was changed as they thought it would "scare the fans away".
- The font used on the single cover is called Copasetic NF.
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| Released |
18 January 2022 |
| Album |
Fauna |
| Genre |
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock |
| Length |
5:33 |
| Live Plays |
0 (#54 [tied]) |
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