| You've found the official website for all things Ayreon!Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica to form what some call a completely new style of music.The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock operas" due to the fact that the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, each represented by a unique vocalist.Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music (guitars, bass guitar, drums, synthesizers, electric organs) mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music (i.Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians.History
The first Ayreon CD, released in 1995, is The Final Experiment, with a mixture of science fiction and medieval.The Final Experiment is often mentioned as one of the first metal operas and a reviver of the rock opera genre.The Final Experiment, and the artist was changed to Ayreon.Actual Fantasy from 1996 is the only Ayreon album without a continuous story.There are only three singers and three instrumentalists on Actual Fantasy.Themes inspired by songs on this album can be found on later Ayreon releases, particularly the two Universal Migrator albums.The album features eight singers, each playing a role of a single character, and eleven instrumentalists.The twin Universal Migrator albums were released in 2000.One of the more notable guests was Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, who made an appearance on Flight of the Migrator.Shortly following Universal Migrator came Ayreonauts Only, an album generally meant to be only for diehard fans of Ayreon.The album itself was the second to not follow a specific storyline; it instead contained alternate versions (With different vocalists or instrumentalists) of existing songs, or the original demos used when recording them.The latest Ayreon release is The Human Equation, released in 2004.As on Into the Electric Castle, there are several singers, each playing their own role.At the end of September 2006, when Arjen's new studio was finished, he began making a new album entitled 01011001, set to be released at the end of January 2008.Concept
Ayreon's concept is a continuous one, with loose connections between each of the albums.The Final Experiment alluded to the events that led to The Universal Migrator albums (during the course of events in the specified album, the man using The Dream Sequencer faces the minstrel Ayreon's return).Also, Arjen's notes at the beginning mention the possibility of the character using the Dream Sequencer being the Futureman.Telepathy experiment, Ayreon's return and Planet Y, it can be said that Forever of the Stars' experiment was due to it receiving Ayreon's message, but not being able to understand which part of the history went wrong.Afterwards, however, the experiment sways and turns into a quest to understand emotions itself.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Ambeon, Bodine, Erik Norlander, Freak Neil Inc.Arjen's side projects include Ambeon, Star One, Strange Hobby and lots of others.Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon, Stream of Passion.Vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar.InfluencesGuitar:Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)Edward van HalenSteve VaiDavid Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Drums:John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)Cozy Powell (Rainbow)
Keyboards:Keith Emerson (ELP)Rick Wakeman (Yes)
Bassguitar:Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)Geddy Lee (Rush)
Vocals:John Lennon (Beatles)Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow)Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Sounds LikeIncludes bandmembers of: Dream Theater, Opeth, Marillion, IQ, Within Temptation, The Gathering, Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Savior Machine, Psychotic Waltz, Dead Soul Tribe, Mostly Autumn, Shadow Gallery, Gorefest, After Forever, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Krezip, Tiamat, Spock's Beard, Helloween.Such as Star One, Ambeon, and the band Stream of Passion."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Progressive Attack Fest, 12 de Enero!Just passing y, to invte you...With suporters like you, at least for saying "hey that bands sounds cool" this can be a little more exciting and prideful for all of us....Have a nice day, and cheers!!Hey my Friend,have a great week.Enjoy it and send me some comment.Cheers from Montreal CanadaMARIANO....Please come and become one of our friends.We are also looking for active voting members please let all your friends know about this site.The official PROGRESSIVE ROCK HALL OF FAME Myspace page.The official PROGRESSIVE ROCK HALL OF FAME Website where we have you listed in our directory with a link to your myspace.It's a pleasure to have you on my side.Your music is fantastic, whoww !!Hi Arjen,I'm glad you enjoyed the review at guitarmessenger.Your music is very special, I encourage you to keep writing what you want and don't be afraid to take on the biggest projects you can imagine.Thank you very much for your music, hope to see Ayreon live one day))Greetings from Ukraine,Alice.Thanks Arjen for adding my page!Ayreon band(as this page is not Blind Guardian itself but dedicated to the love of the band).I'm glad to see Hansi Kursch will be present in the 1001101 album!Thenk you for adding me!Arjen, i wanted to thank you for the years of enjoyment your music has brought me!Wishing you the best in 2008...I'm impatient to hear to your upcoming release !Humanoid (2 NEW SONGS UP!Album, with phantastic elements and I love the same Keys and use the same synths..Hope all is going well!!!Hey Arjen, cheers for joining us!Exhausted' to our myspace page!Hi Arjen,Neal Morse trailer availableOne day before the Spock's Beard shoot in "De Boerderij" Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, we got a message.If we could also record Neal Morse the day after, same place.That ment two days of prog rock at it's best.Well the Neal Morse band gave a most impressive performance.When we loaded the raw footage into our editing station and started editing the picture started to become clear.The performance wasn't just impressive, it was phenomenal!!!To give you a sneak preview of what's to come, check out the preview on this page.Thnx a lot for the add !First: Best wishes for 2008!Ik denk dat ik je de 27th nog wel zie.Van wat ik en tot nu toe van heb gehoord ben ik zeer te spreken.Hoi Arjen,De allerbeste wensen voor 2008 en heel veel succes met je nieuwe album!Thank you to the very talented artist you are to accept us in your Myspace world.You are one of our greater sources of inspiration by the beauty of your musical universe.Into the Electric Castle and The Human Equation entered in the legend.These are CD that I very often listen to...I'm waiting impatiently to discover 01011001..."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon, Stream of Passion.Get the latest Flash player.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Per our Community Guidelines, hate speech is specifically defined in reference to "protected groups."Thank you for sharing your concerns.We can only process copyright complaints submitted by authorized parties in accordance with processes defined in law.There may be significant legal penalties for false notices.Thank you for sharing your concerns.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Thank you for sharing this video!Change this to see only comments above a certain value.It's just a shame that Devin wasn't portrayed visually!Would you like to comment?Get the latest Flash player.This video has been added to your favorites.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the complete instructions.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the form to submit.Thank you for sharing this video!Change this to see only comments above a certain value.This video cannot be steal 'cos it fits to conception and text of plate so i don't get it.Would you like to comment?After making your selection, copy and paste the embed code above.The code changes based on your selection.The Dream Sequencer
My House On Mars
2084
One Small Step
The Shooting Company Of Captain Frans B.Day One: Vigil
Day Two: Isolation
Day Three: Pain
Day Four: Mystery
Day Five: Voices
Day Six: Childhood
Day Seven: Hope
Day Eight: School
Day Nine: Playground
Day Ten: Memories
Day Eleven: Love
Day Twelve: Trauma
Day Thirteen: Sign
Day Fourteen: Pride
Day Fifteen: Betrayal
Day Sixteen: Loser
Day Seventeen: Accident?Loser (Star One Version)
How You Gonna See Me Now?Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player.X, After Forever, Jorn Lande and more.Umm, wait let me think about that one for a second...Damn i wanna get this Album. |
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