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 Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:55 pm
Ayreon is not a band, but a project by a Dutch composer named Anthony Arjen Lucassen. As a project, it is not a static combination of people, but rather, each new album draws a different band together from unrelated singers and musicians, many of them independently famous, such as Blind Guardian's Hansi Kursch, and which might be of more interest to Krad, Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius. If you want to see the whole list, which is quite large, you can click on the wikipedia link below, which appears to be accurate. I guarantee that you know at least one of them, or at least one of the bands that one of them comes from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ayreon_guest_musicians
Ayreon is typically progressive rock, although it combines a diverse array of sounds, ranging from Classical, Jazz, Folk, Metal, etc. All but one album, Actual Fantasy, is designated as a rock-opera, meaning that the others have a story. This is part of the reason for the many vocalists that have been on Ayreon, because each character in each rock operas tends to be sung by different vocalists. The stories of each album seem to be connected, though exactly how is made very cryptic until the most recent album, 01011001. The link below is an interview with Arjen Lucassen concerning Into the Electric Castle. It might not be interesting if you're not a fan yet, but even the first minute will give you a glimpse of Arjen and his funny mannerisms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W_4BWdlzik&feature=related
The Final Experiment (1995) Sample
Actual Fantasy (1996)
Into the Electric Castle (199 cool Sample
Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer (2000)
Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator (2000) Sample
The Human Equation (2004) Sample
01011001 (200 cool Sample
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:23 pm
Oooooh, sounds impressive... I know Blind Guardian too xDDD
I'll check that list, I probably know most of them. =D
Rock/metal Operas are amazing!!! They sound like they'd be kinda... yeah... but they're actually really really good if well done! My favorite was Aina: Days Of Rising Doom, but I'll check this stuff out.
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:25 pm
I like how Aina takes a very poetic form, both in choice of words and structure, and overall feel. Oh good, my main worry about most people liking Ayreon would be that it was too fantasy/fiction oriented and weird- you know, people who would prefer something distinctly modern or more or less real-life, Operation Mindcrime or something, but if you like Aina I doubt you'll have that problem. I think the most out-there album is Into the Electric Castle (as if you couldn't tell from the title), and if that's not too much for you, you could very well become an Ayreonaut.
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:16 pm
Nuh-uh! Power metal and such things like it are all about fantasy and messed up crazy stuff like that! 'tis why I love it so much... plus it's got such magnificent POWER!!!! =D
People that came to this subforum will undoubtedly love it... ^-^
Speaking of which, I look forward to listening to significantly more soon... I get a new computer either this week or next.... and this time I mean it! scream
Last time using this v so say goodbye. xD
Ain't it smexii? heart
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