Released in 2000 by Transmission also released by Hellion (Brazil) Vocalist Astrid van der Veen Instrumentalists Arjen Lucassen John McManus Pat McManus Stephen van Haestregt Walter Latupeirissa A single for the song Cold Metal was also released around the time of the release of Fate of a Dreamer Cold Metal (single) Released in 2001 Label: […]
Anthony – Pools of sorrow, waves of joy (1994)
Vocalists Arjen Lucassen Debby Schreuder Mirjam van Doorn Instrumentalists Arjen Lucassen Cleem Determeijer Peter Vink Release info Released in 1994 by Ray’s Music B.V. Unfortunately this album went of out print a few years ago. It is now a collector’s item. You may be able to find copies on the internet through the auction sites […]
Arjen Anthony Lucassen – Lost in the New Real
Lost in the New Real (2012) is the second solo album from Arjen Lucassen.
Ayreon – 01011001
With his Ayreon project, legendary multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and vocalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen single-handedly revived the rock opera genre in the 1990s. Since then, Ayreon has achieved worldwide critical acclaim and success with albums charting in various countries. The seventh Ayreon output, 01011001, finds Lucassen both exploring new musical frontiers and revisiting his roots. The […]
Ayreon – Actual Fantasy
Originally released in 1996 on the Transmission label, Actual Fantasy is the second album in Arjen’s Ayreon project. Instead of having a continuous story with a beginning and an end, the the individual songs are based on fantasy and sci-fi movies, or on stories Arjen wrote himself. The first ten thousand copies of Actual Fantasy […]
Ayreon – Ayreonauts Only
Arjen explains: “When I was in Los Angeles Lana Lane was kind enough to sing guide vocals for (amongst other songs) ‘Into the Black Hole’. I sent this version to Bruce Dickinson and he really liked the song and Lana’s vocals. But Bruce was extremely busy recording with Maiden…
Ayreon – Flight of the Migrator
Universal Migrator Part II: Flight of the Migrator is Arjen’s fifth Ayreon release. At the time of the original release of the albums comprising the Universal Migrator (2000), Arjen had enough songs for a double CD. But at the time he was under the impression that his fan base was divided into two different camps […]
Ayreon – Into the Electric Castle
The third Ayreon release is a 100+ minute double CD and like ‘The Final Experiment’ it tells a story. Eight stereotypical characters from different eras in time suddenly find themselves in another dimension as subjects of an experiment conducted by an alien race. The characters on ‘Into the Electric Castle’ (1998) are blown out of […]
Ayreon – The Dream Sequencer
At the time of the original release of the albums comprising the Universal Migrator (2000), Arjen had enough songs for a double CD. But at the time he was under the impression that his fan base was divided into two different camps — prog and metal — and that there was little genre crossover between […]
Ayreon – The Final Experiment
The Story Prologue In the year 2084 scientists have found a way to send messages back into time using time telepathy. With the earth nearly destroyed by many different causes, they have one hope for the experiment: warn the past of the future to avert the fate of earth. Act I The receiver of the […]