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.
Anna Maria van Giersbergen,known artistically as Anneke van Giersbergen,is a Dutch singer,songwriter,guitarist and pianist who became known worldwide as the lead singer and songwriter for the Dutch band The Gathering,between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project was originally called Agua de Annique,but now goes by her own name.
The Human Equation is the sixth album from the progressive rock project Ayreon by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen,released on 25 May 2004 via Inside Out Music. As with other Ayreon albums,it features guest appearances from several musicians previously unrelated to the project,including James LaBrie of Dream Theater,Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth,Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine,and Devin Townsend,performing music arranged and written by Lucassen.
Into the Electric Castle –A Space Opera is the third album of the progressive metal project Ayreon by Dutch songwriter,producer,singer,and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Released in 1998,it was the band's first double album.
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.
Stream of Passion was a Dutch progressive metal band with symphonic and gothic influences founded by guitarist and composer Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Mexican singer,violinist,and lyricist Marcela Bovio. They have released four studio albums.
Marcela Alejandra Bovio García is a Mexican singer,violinist,songwriter,and vocal coach,who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN.
Johan van Stratum is a Dutch bassist and songwriter. He is currently a member of the progressive metal band VUUR.
01011001 is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project. "01011001" is the binary representation of the ASCII value of the letter Y.
"Day Eleven:Love" is the fourth single by Ayreon,released on 2004,from their album The Human Equation.
"Loser" is a song by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal opera Ayreon,originally released under the title "Day Sixteen:Loser" as a part of the 2004 album The Human Equation. It is the fifth track of the second disc,and the sixteenth track of the overall album. It was later released as the fifth single by Ayreon under the new title "Loser";this version,very different,features several new musicians.
“Come Back to Me”is the fifth single by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal opera Ayreon,released on 2005 from its sixth album,The Human Equation,in which the song was called “Day Seven:Hope”.
Elected is the first EP by progressive metal project Ayreon,owned by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. It was released on 25 April 2008 in Germany,Austria and Switzerland,and on 28 April in the rest of Europe. It features the guest performance of German singer Tobias Sammet,from Avantasia and Edguy.
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.
The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD is a cover EP and the first release of the Dutch heavy metal/folk band The Gentle Storm. It is entirely acoustic,and features only bandleaders Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Anneke van Giersbergen,and drummer Rob Snijders.
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.
VUUR is a Dutch progressive metal band formed in 2016 by singer and lyricist Anneke van Giersbergen and musicians she has worked with previously in bands like The Gentle Storm or her own solo band.
In This Moment We Are Free –Cities is the debut studio album by progressive metal band VUUR. It was released on 20 October 2017,via Inside Out Music. Apart from the regular edition,the album was released on special editions including a CD digipak and a gatefold 2LP + CD.
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,that was released on March 27,2020. 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 September 13 and 15,2019 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.
