Arjen Lucassen discography | |
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![]() Lucassen doing a sign session in 2006 | |
Studio albums | 26 |
Live albums | 5 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 17 |
Arjen Lucassen is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is most known as the creator of progressive metal/rock opera Ayreon. [1]
Over the years, Lucassen created various bands and musical projects. Overall, he has released twenty studio albums in project or bands in which he was the leader and main creative force: two solo albums, ten for Ayreon, one for Ambeon, three for Star One, one for Stream of Passion, one for Guilt Machine, one for The Gentle Storm, and one for Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution. He was the guitarist in two studio albums by rock band Bodine (as Iron Anthony), and in six studio albums by rock band Vengeance, and also released a cover album without any artist credited. Bodine, Vengeance, and Stream of Passion all released albums without Lucassen.
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1994 | Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy
| Lead vocals, guitars, banjo, mandolin, lute, keyboards, drum programming | Released as Anthony |
2012 | Lost in the New Real
| Lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1996 | Strange Hobby | Lead vocals, guitars, bass | Uncredited, recognized post-release |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2001 | Fate of a Dreamer
| Guitars, keyboards, samplers |
Year | Title | Album |
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1998 | "Cold Metal"
| Fate of a Dreamer |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1995 | The Final Experiment
| Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synthesizer (also drums and timpani on 2005 reissue) | Originally released as Ayreon: The Final Experiment with no artist credited |
1996 | Actual Fantasy
| Guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming | |
1998 | Into the Electric Castle
| Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, minimoog, mellotron | |
2000 | Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
| Vocals, guitars, bass, analog synthesizers, mellotron, Hammond, additional keyboards | Released simultaneously |
Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator
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2004 | The Human Equation
| Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, synthesizers, Hammond | |
2008 | 01011001
| Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, synthesizers, Hammond, Solina | |
2013 | The Theory of Everything
| Guitars, bass, mandolin, analog synthesizers, Hammond, Solina | |
2017 | The Source
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2020 | Transitus
| Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Glockenspiel, Dulcimer, Toy Piano |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2016 | The Theater Equation
| Spoken vocals |
2018 | Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live
| Vocals, guitar |
2020 | Electric Castle Live and Other Tales
| Vocals |
2024 | 01011001 - Live Beneath the Waves
| Vocals |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2008 | Elected
| Guitars, bass, keyboards |
Year | Title | Album |
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1995 | "Sail Away to Avalon"
| The Final Experiment |
1996 | "The Stranger from Within"
| Actual Fantasy |
2000 | "Temple of the Cat"
| Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer |
2001 | "Temple of the Cat" (acoustic version)
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2004 | "Day Eleven: Love"
| The Human Equation |
"Loser"
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2005 | "Come Back to Me"
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Year | Album details |
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2000 | Ayreonauts Only
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2008 | Timeline
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Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2015 | The Diary
| Electric and acoustic guitars, electric and acoustic bass guitars, keyboards, hammered dulcimer |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2015 | The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD
| Vocals, acoustic guitars, acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, hammered dulcimer |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2009 | On This Perfect Day
| Guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals |
Year | Album details |
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2023 | The Long-Lost Songs
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Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2002 | Space Metal
| Guitars, keyboards, Hammond |
2010 | Victims of the Modern Age
| Guitars, Hammond, mellotron, analog synthesizer, solina strings |
2022 | Revel in Time
| Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2002 | Live on Earth
| Guitar |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2005 | Embrace the Storm
| Guitars, keyboards |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2006 | Live in the Real World
| Guitars, vocals |
Year | Title | Album |
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2006 | "Out in the Real World"
| Embrace the Storm |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2023 | Golden Age of Music
| Bass |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1982 | Bold as Brass
| Guitar | Credited as Iron Anthony |
1983 | Three Times Running
| Guitar |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1984 | Vengeance | Guitar | |
1986 | We Have Ways to Make You Rock | ||
1987 | Take It or Leave It | ||
1989 | Arabia | ||
1994 | The Last of the Fallen Heroes | Released after the band split | |
1997 | Back from Flight 19 | Not credited as band member |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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1986 | Only the Wind | Guitar |
1987 | Rock N Roll Shower | |
1989 | If Lovin' You is Wrong |
Year | Title | Album |
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1984 | "Prisoners of the Night" | Vengeace |
1985 | "You Took me by Surprise" | |
1986 | "May Heaven Strike me Down" | We Have Ways to Make You Rock |
"Only the Wind"/"Deathride to Glory" | Only the Wind | |
1987 | "Rock N roll Shower"/"Code of Honour" | Rock N Roll Shower |
"Looks like a Winner" | Take It or Leave It | |
"Ain't Gonna Take You Home" | ||
1989 | "Arabia" | Arabia |
1992 | "As The Last Teardrop Falls" |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1992 | The Last Teardrop '84–'92 | Guitar | |
1998 | Rock'n Roll Shower '84–'98 | Guitar | Released after his departure |
Year | Album | Artist |
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1981 | After the Silence | Pythagoras |
1993 | Symphony of Dreams | Ian Parry |
1994 | Pink Floyd Songbook | Alex Bollard |
1995 | Thru the Looking Glass | Ian Parry |
1996 | Between You and Me | Biscuit |
1997 | Opposites | Veralin |
1998 | A Time and Place for Everything | Helloise |
1999 | Powder to the People | BlockBusters |
Consortium Project | Ian Parry | |
Candy: The Best of Peter Daltrey | Peter Daltrey | |
Oblivion Days | Rocket Scientists | |
2000 | Into the Sunset | Erik Norlander |
Shadowman | Ian Parry | |
Chronometree | Glass Hammer | |
Mother Earth | Within Temptation | |
Secrets of Astrology | Lana Lane | |
2002 | "Emphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever" | After Forever |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman | |
Reflected | Wicked Sensation | |
2003 | Alive Again | Nightingale |
Biogenesis Project | Ars Nova | |
Once and Future King Part I | Gary Hughes | |
2004 | The Darker Side of Art | Space Mirrors |
Amadeus' Spell | ||
2005 | Hour of Joy | Morning |
This Sonic Landscape | Elfonía | |
Characters | Freak Neil Inc. | |
Room V | Shadow Gallery | |
2008 | Cybion | Kalisia |
Galexia [7] | Galexia | |
2013 | The Mystery of Time [8] | Avantasia |
Abstract Disorder [9] | Homo-Demen | |
2014 | The Aspie Project | Computer Mind |
2015 | Death is just a Feeling | Amadeus Awad |
2016 | The Clockwork Fable | Gandalf's Fist [10] |
2017 | Galexia Remastered [11] | Galexia |
Rose of Thorns 2.0 [12] | ||
Of Clans and Clones and Clowns | Soul Enema | |
2018 | The Room [13] | Ostura |
2024 | "A Symphonic Tragedy" | Dianne van Giersbergen |
Star One is a Dutch progressive metal supergroup/side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame.
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electronica, experimental and classical music. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock operas" because the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, usually with each one being represented by a unique vocalist.
Damian Wilson is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Wilson works in the progressive metal genre and was the lead singer of Headspace and Threshold. He sang and toured with bands and projects for Star One, Ayreon, Landmarq, Praying Mantis and with Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Dutch band Bodine as Iron Anthony, before joining Vengeance in 1984. After eight years he left the band, wanting to go into a more progressive direction, and released two years later an unsuccessful solo album entitled Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy under the nickname Anthony.
Marcela Alejandra Bovio García is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN.
Lori Von Linstruth is an American lyricist, music manager and retired guitarist. She currently resides in the Netherlands where she lives with her partner and musical collaborator Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
Johan van Stratum is a Dutch bassist and a member of the progressive metal band VUUR.
Guilt Machine is a musical project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, owner of other musical projects such as Star One, Ayreon and Ambeon. The project's debut release, On This Perfect Day, was released in August 2009.
On This Perfect Day is the debut album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's side project Guilt Machine, released in August 2009. The cover of the album was made by Christophe Dessaigne, an artist discovered by Arjen Lucassen on Flickr.
Victims of the Modern Age is the second studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive metal project/supergroup Star One, released on the recording label Inside Out in the US on 25 October 2010 and in Europe on 1 November 2010. The album continues the style introduced on Star One's previous studio album by mixing progressive metal and space rock.
Lost in the New Real is the second solo studio album by Dutch songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on 23 April 2012. It is Lucassen's first solo album since 1993's Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy, released 18 years earlier under the name Anthony, before he reached fame with his progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen wrote all the songs, sings lead vocals and performs most instruments himself, including all guitars, bass and keyboards.
Irene Jansen is a Dutch singer. She sang on the Ayreon album The Human Equation, portraying the character Passion. She was also the live backing vocalist of Star One during their tour in 2003, and played the character Morgana in two Gary Hughes concept albums. She was the lead singer of a power metal band called Karma. She made her first recordings in more than a decade for the Alarion album Waves of Destruction, released in 2016.
The Theory of Everything is the eighth studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on 28 October 2013.
The Gentle Storm is a Dutch musical project by singer and lyricist Anneke van Giersbergen and composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, founder and leader of other musical projects such as Star One, Ayreon, Guilt Machine and Ambeon. The duo has previously collaborated in Ayreon albums Into the Electric Castle and 01011001. The project's debut album, The Diary, was released on March 23, 2015, in Europe, and the following day in the US.
Ayreonauts Only is the first compilation album by Dutch progressive metal project Ayreon by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released in 2000. Although categorized as a compilation album, it consists only of previously unreleased material, with alternate versions of Ayreon songs with different singers, demos, and of the song "Cold Metal" from Lucassen's then-upcoming project Ambeon.
The Source is the ninth studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on 28 April 2017. It is Lucassen's first album under his new label, Mascot Label Group.
Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live, alternatively known as Ayreon Universe – Best of Ayreon Live or simply Ayreon Universe, is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon, released on 30 March 2018. Unlike Ayreon's first live album The Theater Equation, which was a stage performance of the album The Human Equation, Ayreon Universe was performed as a traditional concert, with two additional songs from Star One, another project by Lucassen. It was recorded during a series of concerts in September 2017, which were the first ever official Ayreon concerts, although The Theater Equation was released as an official Ayreon product.
Electric Castle Live and Other Tales is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon, released on 27 March 2020. It is a live version of the 1998 studio album Into the Electric Castle, performed as an actual rock opera, complete with mise-en-scène; it is a recording of one of four live performances between 13 and 15 September 2019 in Tilburg to celebrate the original album's 20th anniversary in a way similar to The Theater Equation, with songs from other Lucassen projects performed once the songs from the albums were all performed.
Transitus is the tenth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock/metal band Ayreon. It was released on 25 September 2020. The album is accompanied by a 25 page comic book, not included with CD or vinyl, and illustrated by Felix Vega.
Revel in Time is the third studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive metal project/supergroup Star One, released via Inside Out on 18 February 2022.