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Ayreon
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Ayreon is the brainchild of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, a dutch musician who writes and records virtually all of his music himself, employing instruments from various bands and solo artists such as a drummer, several vocalists and sometimes some wind-instrumentalists for his albums. Ayreon releases are almost always rock-operas with a common, science fiction style storyline, although there have been exceptions in the form of Actual Fantasy (not a rock opera) and The Human Equation (not science fiction, but still the same storyline)
Though many believe the name “Ayreon” came from Arjen’s own name, it’s purely coincidental: originally the ministrel from the first album was called Aries, but when it didn’t fit the meters for the songs (Arjen himself mispronounced it A-ri-es (Note: This is how the Dutch do pronounce it)), it was changed into Ayreon to sound both old-fashioned (Ay) and futuristic (Eon).
Though many believe the name “Ayreon” came from Arjen’s own name, it’s purely coincidental: originally the ministrel from the first album was called Aries, but when it didn’t fit the meters for the songs (Arjen himself mispronounced it A-ri-es (Note: This is how the Dutch do pronounce it)), it was changed into Ayreon to sound both old-fashioned (Ay) and futuristic (Eon).
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AlistairSteiner wrote:
Everything Arjen has made has been simply stunning. Listening to Day 14: Pride right now. From the Final Experiment to 01011001, I love them all!
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paranoideo wrote:
@0restes Anneke.
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blade-bunny wrote:
the age of shadows has begun
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Snowman01 wrote:
Seriously, get 01011001 up already >.<
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Harry24 wrote:
cool!
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gunleik wrote:
If you like metal, join the group You can't kill the metal!
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GXion wrote:
AI'll never get tired of The Human Equation... Epic... Simply EPIC
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xainan66 wrote:
Arjen is a genius! I love all their albums, but specially their 2 last. And Comatose... wow
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gunleik wrote:
If you like metal, join the group You can't kill the metal!
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Winand wrote:
Waking Dreams
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kevawesome wrote:
Kind of like "Blind Guardian meets Queen".
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Glaciuz wrote:
Thanks, man =)
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DaMarkiM wrote:
but hmm...that d-minor sounds a bit strange...how about a d-minor with an added h - this sounds a bit "righter", or less strange, at least ^^
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DaMarkiM wrote:
@Glaciuz: yeah, you are right ^^
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Glaciuz wrote:
There is [Em Dm H Em] in the beginning of liquid eternity, am I right ? Sounds magnificent !
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illuminatus21 wrote:
I wonder why 01011001 is still not appearing as an album o_O Can't they decide on how to differenciate the cds?
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RamaIII wrote:
a little too "opera-y" for me. i do however love dearly the truth is here and connect the dots
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DaMarkiM wrote:
01 is simply amazing - i just recently bought it, but heard it a thousand times already ^^ great composer, great singers - great music...really moved me
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Elivener wrote:
great!
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LollyBubbleGum wrote:
And at the seventh day, God created the Dutch.
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