Story A man lies comatose in hospital after a terrible car accident. The accident was bizarre: it happened in broad daylight with no other cars in sight. The man’s wife and his best friend are keeping a bedside vigil, trying to understand how the accident happened, and hoping for any sign of recovery. Unable to […]
Ayreon – The Universal Migrator (parts 1 and 2)
The Universal Migrator parts I and II is the 2-CD re-release of what were originally released as two single albums: The Dream Sequencer and Flight of the Migrator. The Dream Sequencer On Universal Migrator part I: The Dream Sequencer Arjen picks up the story of The Final Experiment and the year 2084. Over a hundred […]
Ayreon – Timeline
TIMELINE follows the thirteen-year evolution of the Ayreon sound from the 1995 debut The Final Experiment to the release of 01011001 in 2008. Its 3 CDs contain 32 essential Ayreon tracks plus one brand new song recorded especially for this release — almost 4 hours of music! The DVD features nearly two hours of selected […]
Guilt Machine – On this Perfect Day
Release dates Germany, Austria, Switzerland: 28 August 2009 Europe: 31 August 2009 North America: 29 September 2009 Released by Mascot Records Editions Limited Edition 32-page Digibook (CD + DVD) Special Edition Digipack 24-page booklet (CD + DVD) Regular Edition Jewel case 24-page booklet (CD only) Track List CD – all editions 1. Twisted Coil (11:43) […]
Star One – Live on Earth
Released in 2003 by InsideOut Music. The Limited Edition contains 2 audio CDs plus a DVD with video of the Star One concert filmed on 5 October 2002 at Lucky & Co (Rijssen, NL). The concert is a mixture of songs from the first Star One album, Space Metal and songs from the Ayreon discography. […]
Star One – Space Metal
Space Metal is the debut album from Arjen’s “Star One” project. It was released by Inside Out in 2002. It is available in two editions: a limited edition with with 2 CDs and an elaborate digibook package, and a standard jewel-case edition with just the first CD. All of the songs are based on different […]
Star One – Victims of the Modern Age
The second Star One album “Victims of the Modern Age,” the follow-up to the Star One debut album, “Space Metal” (2002). For “Victims of the Modern Age” he reunited the stellar cast of lead vocalists from the Space Metal: Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold), Floor Jansen (ReVamp, ex-After Forever), and Dan Swanö […]
Strange Hobby – Strange Hobby
What do you mean, ‘Strange Hobby’? Is it strange for a musician to record the music that once influenced his music and that still has a place in his heart? Still, Arjen Lucassen named his side project ‘Strange Hobby’ and to make it even more strange; the booklet didn’t say who was responsible for the disc…
Stream of Passion – Embrace the Storm
Embrace the Storm is the debut album from Arjen’s project “Stream of Passion.” Released in 2005. Tracklist Embrace the Storm (Special Edition) Audio CD 1. Spellbound 2. Passion 3. Deceiver 4. I’ll Keep On Dreaming 5. Haunted 6. Wherever You Are 7. Open Your Eyes 8. Embrace the Storm 9. Breathing Again 10. Out in […]
Stream of Passion – Live in the Real World
Recorded on the band’s first tour in 2006, Live in the Real World features highlights from the band’s debut album Embrace the Storm as well as several favorites from the Ayreon catalog…