Year : 2017
Style : Progressive Rock / Metal
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 213 mb
Bio:
Ayreon Listeni/ˈɛriən/ is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is mostly heavy metal and progressive rock but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock operas" (or "metal operas") because the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, usually with each one being represented by a unique vocalist.Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music (guitars, bass guitar, drums, analogue synthesizers, electric organs) mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music (e.g. mandolins, violins, violas, celli, flutes, sitars and didgeridoo). Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays most of the instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians. His most regular collaborator is drummer Ed Warby. In addition, flute player Jeroen Goossens has featured on every Ayreon-release since 2004's "The Human Equation".Due to its particular nature, Ayreon never play live; however, several Ayreon songs were included in two live albums by other Lucassen's bands: Live on Earth by Star One and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion.The first Ayreon CD, released in 1995, is The Final Experiment, which has a mixture of science fiction and medieval themes. The album features thirteen singers and seven instrumentalists, most of them Dutch. The Final Experiment is often mentioned as one of the first metal operas and a reviver of the rock opera genre. The album was originally titled Ayreon: The Final Experiment, with the artist listed as Arjen Lucassen, but upon re-release, the title was changed to The Final Experiment, and the artist was changed to Ayreon.Actual Fantasy from 1996 is the only Ayreon album without a continuous story. With its individual fantasy stories, it can still be considered a concept album, though. 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 did not sell as well as its predecessor.On August 23, 2012, Lucassen published on his Youtube channel that he started composing "a new project".He officially revealed it to be an another Ayreon album (due in 2013) on October 9, 2012. Responding to fan comments on his website, Lucassen stated on October 12 that it will probably take a year before the album was completed.[10] He also stated that the album would be the start of a new story apart from the previous Ayreon albums, and confirmed the presence of Ed Warby as usual. On March 2013, Arjen revealed that the title of the upcoming album would be The Theory of Everything.On August 8, 2013, in an announcement on his Facebook channel, Lucassen stated that the new album was "basically ready" and "just in time for a release this year"
Album:
The brand new album THE SOURCE explores the origins of the mythical Ayreon saga, while once again offering a stellar cast of singers and musicians. The singers on 'The Source' are James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Tommy Rogers (Between The Buried And Me), Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K Rue (Pagan s Mind), Tobias Sammet (Avantasia), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Michael Mills (Toehider), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish) and Zaher Zorgati (Myrath). Special guest instrumentalists on 'The Source' are Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, Marcel Coenen and Mark Kelly.THE SOURCE standard, 2CD + DVD edition, contains a booklet with 44 pages 44 pages of art, lyrics and photos, and a DVD with 5.1 audio mixes, videos and a making of.
Line Up:
Singers:
James LaBrie (as The Historian)
Tommy Rogers (as The Chemist)
Simone Simons (as The Counseler)
Michael Mills (as TH-I)
Floor Jansen (as The Biologist)
Hansi Kürsch (as The Astronomer)
Tobias Sammet (as The Captain)
Michael Eriksen (as The Diplomat)
Nils K. Rue (as The Prophet)
Zaher Zorgati (as The Preacher)
Tommy Karevik (as The Opposition Leader)
Russell Allen (as The President)
Musicians:
Paul Gilbert - guitar
Guthrie Govan - guitar
Marcel Coenen - bass
Mark Kelly - keyboards
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. The Day That the World Breaks Down 12:32
02. Sea of Machines 05:08
03. Everybody Dies 04:32
04. Star of Sirrah 07:03
05. All That Was 03:36
06. Run! Apocalypse! Run! 04:52
07. Condemned to Live 06:14
CD2:
01. Aquatic Race 06:46
02. The Dream Dissolves 06:11
03. Deathcry of a Race 04:43
04. Into the Ocean 04:53
05. Bay of Dreams 04:24
06. Planet Y Is Alive! 06:02
07. The Source Will Flow 04:13
08. Journey to Forever 03:19
09. The Human Compulsion 02:15
10. March of the Machines
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