Ayreon
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and recor… Read Full Bio ↴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" (or "metal operas") because the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, usually with each one being represented by a unique vocalist.
Each Ayreon album tells a different story, but all, with the exceptions of Actual Fantasy, The Theory of Everything, and Transitus, take place in the same fictional, science fiction universe; additionally, Lucassen's solo album Lost in the New Real is also set in the Ayreon universe. 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 didgeridoos). 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.
Due to the project's particular nature, Ayreon live performances are rare, and no official Ayreon live show took place until 2017. Several Ayreon songs were first included in two live albums by other Lucassen bands: Live on Earth by Star One (2003) and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion (2006).
Origins: The Final Experiment and Actual Fantasy (1995–1998)
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. 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.
Continuation of the Ayreon storyline (1998–2008)
The double album Into the Electric Castle followed in 1998, continuing the Ayreon storyline from The Final Experiment. The album features eight singers, each playing a role of a single character, and eleven instrumentalists. Arjen has stated that he wanted this particular album to be a more flight-and-fancy-free record, or "pure escapism" than the previous albums' more serious tones, and portrayed his characters in more of a B movie light. The album was a huge success and is widely regarded as one of Ayreon's best albums.
The twin Universal Migrator albums were released in 2000. The first album, The Dream Sequencer consists of soft, atmospheric progressive rock, whereas the second album, Flight of the Migrator, consists of a more heavy-metal theme. Both of the albums feature around ten singers supported by many instrumentalists. One of the more notable guests was Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, who made an appearance on the Flight of the Migrator album.
Shortly following Universal Migrator came Ayreonauts Only, an album generally meant to be only for diehard fans of Ayreon. The album itself was the second to not follow a specific storyline; it instead contained alternate versions (With different vocalists or instrumentalists) of existing songs, or the original demos used when recording them. In addition, it contained a preview of Arjen's then-upcoming project, Ambeon. It is the only Ayreon album not to see re-release on InsideOut.
In 2004 came The Human Equation. As on Into the Electric Castle, there are several singers, each playing their own role. With The Human Equation, Ayreon turned away from the usual science fiction and fantasy themes with a seemingly semi-normal psychological theme.
Starting in 2004, after changing from Transmission Records to InsideOut, Arjen began rereleasing his Ayreon catalog on the new label, with enhancements ranging from basic (The Universal Migrator, issued as a two-disc set instead of two separate albums) to drastic (Actual Fantasy, "Revisited" with completely re-recorded drums, bass, synth and flute). In 2005, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Ayreon, The Final Experiment was reissued with a bonus semi-acoustic disc.
At the end of September 2006, when Arjen's new studio was finished, he began making a new album entitled 01011001, which was released on 23 January 2008. This album was noticeably darker than previous Ayreon releases, Lucassen attributes this to a depression and his divorce in the preceding year.
On 25 April 2008, Arjen released a new Ayreon EP named Elected. The EP features two tracks from 01011001, one from The Human Equation and an Alice Cooper cover (Elected), with vocals by Arjen and Tobias Sammet.
On 16 September 2008, Arjen announced in his official website the release of Timeline, his second compilation album, that will reunite selected songs from all Ayreon albums and an unreleased one in three CDs and a DVD. The album was released on 7 November 2008 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and all of the EU on 17 November 2008. It was released in America on 13 January 2009.
Hiatus (2008–2012)
Arjen took a break from Ayreon and completed a new side project, Guilt Machine, in 2009. He also went on to release a second Star One album in 2010, and then a solo album under his own name in 2012.
The Theory of Everything and The Source (2012–2017)
The Theory of Everything was released on 28 October 2013. In 2015, The Human Equation was performed in its entirety live in an unofficial full-scale theatrical production called The Theater Equation, with Lucassen making an appearance and helping promote the project. It was performed four times, all at the Nieuwe Luxor theater in Rotterdam between 18 and 20 September. Although produced as an unofficial series of performances, it was recorded and released in June of the following year as an official Ayreon release, The Theater Equation, produced and mixed by Lucassen himself.
The Source was released on 28 April 2017, marking a return to science fiction and the Ayreon storyline. It is Lucassen's first album under his new label, Mascot Label Group.
Focus on live performances (2017–2020)
In November 2016, Lucassen announced the first ever official Ayreon concerts for September 2017, entitled Ayreon Universe. The show featured 16 singers and 11 instrumentalists, all of which had previously worked together with Lucassen on his studio albums. Unlike The Theater Equation, it consisted of unrelated songs from Ayreon performed after each other as in a traditional concert, with a few songs from Star One featured as well. One of the performances was released as a live album/DVD on March 30, 2018, titled Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live.
On December 7, 2017, Lucassen stated that a new Ayreon concert would take place on June 22, 2018 at Graspop Metal Meeting, where they would headline the Marquee stage. It featured the same instrumentalists as the Ayreon Universe shows and most of its vocalists, along with Simone Simons and Tom S. Englund, who had never performed live with Ayreon before, and Mark Jansen and Barry Hay, who had never collaborated with Lucassen before; Lucassen himself also performed a few songs.
Between September 13 and 15 of 2019, the album Into the Electric Castle was performed in Tilburg in its entirety similarly to The Theater Equation in 2015, this time as official Ayreon performances. Fish, Anneke van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Edwin Balogh, and George Oosthoek returned from the original cast, alongside Ed Warby and flutist Thijs van Leer, who also performed on the original album. Simone Simons and Mark Jansen of Epica, Praying Mantis singer John Jaycee Cuijpers, Marcela Bovio, Bovio's husband and VUUR bassist Johan van Stratum, and Ex Libris members Dianne van Giersbergen and Bob Wijtsma were also featured, with actor John de Lancie acting as narrator. One of the performances was released as the live album Electric Castle Live and Other Tales on March 27, 2020.
Ayreon was supposed to headline the Night of the Prog Festival in Germany on July 18, 2020 to perform Into the Electric Castle once again, however the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transitus (2020–present)
On May 8, 2020, Lucassen revealed on his YouTube channel that his next album would be an Ayreon album, titled Transitus and to be released the same year; the album will be released alongside a tie-in comic book.
On May 13, 2020, he announced the first member of the cast, actor Tom Baker, providing spoken vocals as the character of "The Storyteller". The rest of the cast was announced during the following week, also including Tommy Karevik of Kamelot and Seventh Wonder as the lead character of Daniel, Cammie Gilbert of Oceans of Slumber as Abby, Michael "Mike" Mills of Toehider as The Statue, Amanda Somerville as Lavinia, Paul Manzi of Arena and The Sweet as Henry, Dianne van Giersbergen of Ex Libris as The Soprano, Threshold drummer Johanne James as Abraham, Simone Simons of Epica as The Angel of Death, and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister as Daniel's Father; Marcela Bovio of MaYaN (and Lucassen's former band Stream of Passion) and Caroline Westendorp of The Charm the Fury portray a duo of characters known as the Furies.
Featured musicians include Joe Satriani and former Megadeth member Marty Friedman on lead guitars and YouTube musician Patty Gurdy on the hurdy-gurdy. Keyboardist Joost van den Broek, violonist Ben Mathot, and flutist Jeroen Goossens, all of whom had been featured on every Ayreon album since 2007's 01011001, are also returning. Juan van Emmerloot acted as drummer, making Transitus Ayreon's second album after 2000's Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer not to have Ed Warby on drums, as Lucassen stated that he did not originally conceive Transitus as an Ayreon album, and felt like it would need a completely different style of drummer. Although they had long lost track of each other, the he and Van Emmerloot had worked together 35 years prior, when Lucassen was part of Vengeance and Van Emmerloot was a session drummer; after becoming curious about what had happened to Van Emmerloot since their last meeting, Lucassen looked his drumming videos on YouTube and realized he would be a perfect fit for Transitus.
Etymology
Lucassen said, "Though I do like the similarity of the sound of my own name Arjen and the project name Ayreon, this is purely coincidental. Yet no one seems to believe that! Originally I called the leading character of the first Ayreon album 'Aries'. But then I had to change it because it had to fit the meter of the song. I wanted the new name to sound old fashioned because of the medieval influences, so I used the old-English sounding 'AY' (Aylesbury, Ayrshire). But I also wanted it to sound modern because of the futuristic parts ("2084") so I used 'ON' (electron, neutron, etc.), hence 'Ayreon'."
Each Ayreon album tells a different story, but all, with the exceptions of Actual Fantasy, The Theory of Everything, and Transitus, take place in the same fictional, science fiction universe; additionally, Lucassen's solo album Lost in the New Real is also set in the Ayreon universe. 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 didgeridoos). 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.
Due to the project's particular nature, Ayreon live performances are rare, and no official Ayreon live show took place until 2017. Several Ayreon songs were first included in two live albums by other Lucassen bands: Live on Earth by Star One (2003) and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion (2006).
Origins: The Final Experiment and Actual Fantasy (1995–1998)
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. 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.
Continuation of the Ayreon storyline (1998–2008)
The double album Into the Electric Castle followed in 1998, continuing the Ayreon storyline from The Final Experiment. The album features eight singers, each playing a role of a single character, and eleven instrumentalists. Arjen has stated that he wanted this particular album to be a more flight-and-fancy-free record, or "pure escapism" than the previous albums' more serious tones, and portrayed his characters in more of a B movie light. The album was a huge success and is widely regarded as one of Ayreon's best albums.
The twin Universal Migrator albums were released in 2000. The first album, The Dream Sequencer consists of soft, atmospheric progressive rock, whereas the second album, Flight of the Migrator, consists of a more heavy-metal theme. Both of the albums feature around ten singers supported by many instrumentalists. One of the more notable guests was Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, who made an appearance on the Flight of the Migrator album.
Shortly following Universal Migrator came Ayreonauts Only, an album generally meant to be only for diehard fans of Ayreon. The album itself was the second to not follow a specific storyline; it instead contained alternate versions (With different vocalists or instrumentalists) of existing songs, or the original demos used when recording them. In addition, it contained a preview of Arjen's then-upcoming project, Ambeon. It is the only Ayreon album not to see re-release on InsideOut.
In 2004 came The Human Equation. As on Into the Electric Castle, there are several singers, each playing their own role. With The Human Equation, Ayreon turned away from the usual science fiction and fantasy themes with a seemingly semi-normal psychological theme.
Starting in 2004, after changing from Transmission Records to InsideOut, Arjen began rereleasing his Ayreon catalog on the new label, with enhancements ranging from basic (The Universal Migrator, issued as a two-disc set instead of two separate albums) to drastic (Actual Fantasy, "Revisited" with completely re-recorded drums, bass, synth and flute). In 2005, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Ayreon, The Final Experiment was reissued with a bonus semi-acoustic disc.
At the end of September 2006, when Arjen's new studio was finished, he began making a new album entitled 01011001, which was released on 23 January 2008. This album was noticeably darker than previous Ayreon releases, Lucassen attributes this to a depression and his divorce in the preceding year.
On 25 April 2008, Arjen released a new Ayreon EP named Elected. The EP features two tracks from 01011001, one from The Human Equation and an Alice Cooper cover (Elected), with vocals by Arjen and Tobias Sammet.
On 16 September 2008, Arjen announced in his official website the release of Timeline, his second compilation album, that will reunite selected songs from all Ayreon albums and an unreleased one in three CDs and a DVD. The album was released on 7 November 2008 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and all of the EU on 17 November 2008. It was released in America on 13 January 2009.
Hiatus (2008–2012)
Arjen took a break from Ayreon and completed a new side project, Guilt Machine, in 2009. He also went on to release a second Star One album in 2010, and then a solo album under his own name in 2012.
The Theory of Everything and The Source (2012–2017)
The Theory of Everything was released on 28 October 2013. In 2015, The Human Equation was performed in its entirety live in an unofficial full-scale theatrical production called The Theater Equation, with Lucassen making an appearance and helping promote the project. It was performed four times, all at the Nieuwe Luxor theater in Rotterdam between 18 and 20 September. Although produced as an unofficial series of performances, it was recorded and released in June of the following year as an official Ayreon release, The Theater Equation, produced and mixed by Lucassen himself.
The Source was released on 28 April 2017, marking a return to science fiction and the Ayreon storyline. It is Lucassen's first album under his new label, Mascot Label Group.
Focus on live performances (2017–2020)
In November 2016, Lucassen announced the first ever official Ayreon concerts for September 2017, entitled Ayreon Universe. The show featured 16 singers and 11 instrumentalists, all of which had previously worked together with Lucassen on his studio albums. Unlike The Theater Equation, it consisted of unrelated songs from Ayreon performed after each other as in a traditional concert, with a few songs from Star One featured as well. One of the performances was released as a live album/DVD on March 30, 2018, titled Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live.
On December 7, 2017, Lucassen stated that a new Ayreon concert would take place on June 22, 2018 at Graspop Metal Meeting, where they would headline the Marquee stage. It featured the same instrumentalists as the Ayreon Universe shows and most of its vocalists, along with Simone Simons and Tom S. Englund, who had never performed live with Ayreon before, and Mark Jansen and Barry Hay, who had never collaborated with Lucassen before; Lucassen himself also performed a few songs.
Between September 13 and 15 of 2019, the album Into the Electric Castle was performed in Tilburg in its entirety similarly to The Theater Equation in 2015, this time as official Ayreon performances. Fish, Anneke van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Edwin Balogh, and George Oosthoek returned from the original cast, alongside Ed Warby and flutist Thijs van Leer, who also performed on the original album. Simone Simons and Mark Jansen of Epica, Praying Mantis singer John Jaycee Cuijpers, Marcela Bovio, Bovio's husband and VUUR bassist Johan van Stratum, and Ex Libris members Dianne van Giersbergen and Bob Wijtsma were also featured, with actor John de Lancie acting as narrator. One of the performances was released as the live album Electric Castle Live and Other Tales on March 27, 2020.
Ayreon was supposed to headline the Night of the Prog Festival in Germany on July 18, 2020 to perform Into the Electric Castle once again, however the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transitus (2020–present)
On May 8, 2020, Lucassen revealed on his YouTube channel that his next album would be an Ayreon album, titled Transitus and to be released the same year; the album will be released alongside a tie-in comic book.
On May 13, 2020, he announced the first member of the cast, actor Tom Baker, providing spoken vocals as the character of "The Storyteller". The rest of the cast was announced during the following week, also including Tommy Karevik of Kamelot and Seventh Wonder as the lead character of Daniel, Cammie Gilbert of Oceans of Slumber as Abby, Michael "Mike" Mills of Toehider as The Statue, Amanda Somerville as Lavinia, Paul Manzi of Arena and The Sweet as Henry, Dianne van Giersbergen of Ex Libris as The Soprano, Threshold drummer Johanne James as Abraham, Simone Simons of Epica as The Angel of Death, and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister as Daniel's Father; Marcela Bovio of MaYaN (and Lucassen's former band Stream of Passion) and Caroline Westendorp of The Charm the Fury portray a duo of characters known as the Furies.
Featured musicians include Joe Satriani and former Megadeth member Marty Friedman on lead guitars and YouTube musician Patty Gurdy on the hurdy-gurdy. Keyboardist Joost van den Broek, violonist Ben Mathot, and flutist Jeroen Goossens, all of whom had been featured on every Ayreon album since 2007's 01011001, are also returning. Juan van Emmerloot acted as drummer, making Transitus Ayreon's second album after 2000's Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer not to have Ed Warby on drums, as Lucassen stated that he did not originally conceive Transitus as an Ayreon album, and felt like it would need a completely different style of drummer. Although they had long lost track of each other, the he and Van Emmerloot had worked together 35 years prior, when Lucassen was part of Vengeance and Van Emmerloot was a session drummer; after becoming curious about what had happened to Van Emmerloot since their last meeting, Lucassen looked his drumming videos on YouTube and realized he would be a perfect fit for Transitus.
Etymology
Lucassen said, "Though I do like the similarity of the sound of my own name Arjen and the project name Ayreon, this is purely coincidental. Yet no one seems to believe that! Originally I called the leading character of the first Ayreon album 'Aries'. But then I had to change it because it had to fit the meter of the song. I wanted the new name to sound old fashioned because of the medieval influences, so I used the old-English sounding 'AY' (Aylesbury, Ayrshire). But I also wanted it to sound modern because of the futuristic parts ("2084") so I used 'ON' (electron, neutron, etc.), hence 'Ayreon'."
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"Forever" of the Stars I am of the stars. I am called "forever". Eternity…
- Eyes Of Time [A. Eyes of time] IT SLOWLY DAWNS ON AYREON THAT THESE…
04.Day Four: Mystery [Best Friend] No, I can't seem to figure out what…
10 [Best Friend] It's been 10 days It shouldn't last this long …
2.08 The Two Gates And so it's come to this. Two Gates - two…
2084 "It is the 21st century. The Final Experiment has failed.…
4. Computer Eyes Lost in a world created by Man I can't recall how…
6. Through The Wormhole "As we continue on our journey, we dive into a…
A 04 Time Beyond Time From the cities underseas. To the skyways in the east. From …
Abbey of Synn Once upon a time as in Ancient history High upon a…
Across the Rainbow Bridge And now this Rainbow Bridge: an iridescent span of tears…
Actual Fantasy Sit back and relax Crawl into the maze Within your mind Leav…
Age of Shadows [Tom Englund] We never saw this coming Pride comes before …
Age Of Shadows / We Are Forever We never saw this coming Pride comes before our fall We neve…
Age of Shadows/We Are Forever We never saw this coming Pride comes before our fall We ne…
Alive! How can we still trust you after all the vows…
All That Was I remember when I first saw your face I remember the…
Amazing Flight Forever of the Stars: There is danger ahead. But do …
And the Druids Turn to Stone "It is 2800 B.C. I quietly witness the astounding secret…
Another Time Another Space Was this a dream I just had? I have my doubts I…
Aquatic Race Get ready for takeoff and forget the 'Frame Get ready to…
August Fire Meet me where the river flows deep and wide Run while…
Ayreon -Day Eight [Fear] It's time to leave your sheltered cage Face you deepe…
Ayreon's Fate Misguided Merlin, You fail to understand, I could never be y…
Ayreons Fate MERLIN, WHO IS UNAFFECTED BY -AND THEREFORE IGNORANT OF- TH…
Ayreon´s Fate [A. Ayreon's fate] Ayreon desperately attempts to convince …
Back 2 Me Let me take you back To the time when we were…
Back on Planet Earth I overheard the elders telling each Other stories about the…
Bay of Dreams We've arrived at our new home We call the Bay…
Beneath the Waves [Part I - Beneath the Waves] [Daniel Gil…
Beneath The Waves: Beneath the Waves Face the Facts But a Memory... World Without Walls Reality The water breaks the golden sun rays Silver dances on the…
Beyond the Last Horizon ROBERT SOETERBOEK: Ready for the enemy Hungry for the batt…
Carried By The Wind "It is the 6th century. This is where it all…
Castle Hall At last! you enter the Electric Castle! Here in this…
Chaos "I am the last human being alive. I am inside…
Cold Metal Lying on my back on a railway Looking at the…
Collision A] Glimmer of Hope Anneke van Giersbergen: Through their ey…
Comatose [Anneke:] No need to feel the pain No need to feel betrayed …
Come Back to Me Let me take you back To the time when we were…
Computer Lost in a world created by Man I can't recall how…
Computer Eyes Lost in a world created by Man I can't recall how…
Computer Reign I see a future cold as ice, Where all the love…
Condemned to Live I can't believe it really happened It's all slowly sinking i…
Connect the Dots I hugged the wife and drove to work today It was…
Cosmic Fusion (A. I Soar On The Breeze) INDIAN: Spirits flying,…
Dawn of a Million Souls "The Big Bang has created one soul, the Universal Migrator.…
Day 03: Pain I am pain I am real. I'm not a dream I'm the…
Day 07: Hope Let me take you back To the time when we were…
Day 19; Disclosure [Best Friend] My good friend, I hope you hear my…
Day Eight [Fear] It's time to leave your sheltered cage Face you deepe…
Day Eighteen Now you know the truth, what will you do? I still…
Day Eighteen: Realization Now you know the truth, what will you do? I still…
Day eleven Love Friday night, I had a few There she was, out of…
Day Fifteen This is what you dreamt about Director of the firm Will it…
Day Five I hear voices, they are talking about you Can you hear…
Day Five: Voices I hear voices, they are talking about you Can you hear…
Day Four [Best Friend] No, I can't seem to figure out what…
Day Fourteen I have always been creative, I don't understand Aspired to …
Day Fourteen: Pride I have always been creative, I don't understand Aspired to b…
Day Nineteen: Disclosure [Best Friend] My good friend, I hope you hear my…
Day One Did he open up his eyes? Did he try to touch…
Day Seven Let me take you back To the time when we were…
Day Seven Hope Let me take you back To the time when we were…
Day Seven: Hope Let me take you back To the time when we were…
Day Seventeen [Reason] You're driving home, It's one PM You cannot functio…
Day Six [Agony] You're alone in your bedroom Hiding from the world,…
Day Six: Childhood [Agony] You're alone in your bedroom Hiding from the world, …
Day Sixteen Look at you, lying there, defenceless and alone See I am…
Day Ten: Memories [Best Friend] It's been 10 days It shouldn't last this long …
Day Thirteen Faith has come to warn That you far to long forsaken…
Day Three I am pain I am real. I'm not a dream I'm the…
Day Twelve Think hard, you are lying here in a hospital bed Disregard…
Day Twenty See his mouth, he tries to speak He cannot move, his…
Day Two Me: I can't move, I can't feel my body I don't…
Day Two: Isolation Me: I can't move, I can't feel my body I don't…
Day: Memories [Best Friend] It's been 10 days It shouldn't last this long …
Deathcry of a Race It's time to awaken, the journey's almost done The quest is…
Diagnosis The Psychiatrist informs the Mother and Father of his fin…
Dragon On The Sea "It is the 16th century. I am Queen Elizabeth sending…
Dreamtime This is the voice of Merlin. listen well, for it…
E=mc 2 It all came to me in the wake of a…
Elected [Arjen Lucassen] I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your…
Everybody Dies This isn't good No this is not good at all Mayday, mayday,…
Evil Devolution The future's doored ingress! What lies beyond? One of you…
Eyes of Time [A. Eyes of time] IT SLOWLY DAWNS ON AYREON THAT THESE…
Farside of the World A black shadow is crawling like a Deadly spider we're…
First Man on Earth "It is 50000 B.C. The world is almost empty; nature…
Forever of the Stars I am of the stars. I am called "forever". Eternity…
Forevermore In a dusty room on a stormy night Away from…
Inertia 5 years ago The Prodigy wants to improve his re…
Into the Black Hole "We have reached our first destination: the black hole in…
Into the Ocean Can you feel the power of this vast, everlasting ocean…
Isis and Osiris (A. Let The Journey Begin) HIGHLANDER: What heat…
Journey on the Waves of Time "I join the Migrator on its long journey through time…
Journey to Forever We're on a journey to forever Dreams eternal, in a wondrous…
Liquid Eternity Once a world, endless and free Horizons unbroken Now a world…
Listen to the Waves AYREON WARNS THE PEOPLE THAT IF MAN DOES NOT MEND…
Loser Look at you, lying there, defenceless and alone See I am…
Magic Ride SOMEHOW AYREON SENSES THAT HIS FATE IS UPON HIM, AND HE…
March of the Machines 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0…
Merlin's Will MERLIN, WHO IS UNAFFECTED BY -AND THEREFORE IGNORANT OF- THE…
Merlins Will MERLIN, WHO IS UNAFFECTED BY -AND THEREFORE IGNORANT OF- TH…
My House on Mars "It is the end of the 21st Century. I have…
Nature's Dance AYREON RETIRES IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS SURROUNDING CAMELOT, …
Newborn Race There must be a way to enrich our lives A way…
Newborn Race: The Incentive The Vision The Procedure Another Life Newborn Race The Conclusion There must be a way to enrich our lives A way…
No Quarter Close the door, put out the light. No, they won't be…
One Small Step "It is the 20th century. I am a little boy…
Out of the White Hole (a) M31 And out of nowhere we materialize From a blaze o…
Phase 1: Singularity Will we ever understand This complex genius This visionary t…
Phase 2: Symmetry "The Mother takes the Prodigy to a Psychiatrist for assessme…
Phase I: Singularity Will we ever understand This complex genius This visionary t…
Phase III: Entanglement "The Teacher has become the Prodigy's closest friend - and…
Planet Y Is Alive! How can we still trust you after all the vows…
Pride I have always been creative, I don't understand Aspired to b…
Prologue The Time Telepathy Experiment MERLIN: This is the v…
Prologue: The Blackboard Will we ever understand This complex genius? This visionary …
Ride the Comet Find your way home, little extremophiles Find your way home,…
River of Time Way too late to prevent their fall Are they ready for…
Run! Apocalypse! Run! Outside this hall, abuse and assault, a cold-blooded war rag…
Sail Away to Avalon TO ENTERTAIN THE COURT, AYREON MAKES UP A SONG ABOUT THE…
Sea of Machines The 'Frame is running all our systems, no way to…
Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq "It is the 17th century. I am a noble ensign-bearer…
Space Oddity Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Ta…
Swan Song MERLIN GRANTS AYREON HIS LAST REQUEST: TO EXPERIENCE ONE LAS…
Temple of the Cat "It is the 8th century. I am a Mayan girl…
The Awareness MERLIN: Let us go back... to... the Dark Ages... Dark…
The Banishment VILLAGERS (ROBERT SOETERBOEK): Mmmm.... Have you seen his …
The Blackboard Will we ever understand? This complex genius This visionary …
The Castle Hall At last! you enter the Electric Castle! Here in this…
The Charm of the Seer AYREON UNDERSTANDS THAT HE WAS NOT INDIVIDUALLY CHOSEN FOR T…
The Dawn of Man OKKIE HUYSDENS: More than a million years ago, It came to ea…
The Day That the World Breaks Down A silence so deafening As the stillness surrounds us A rush …
The Decision Tree Ah, my friends! So light of foot. So swift. You…
The Dream Dissolves I drift above the clouds, upon the veil of a…
The Dream Sequencer "It is the 22nd century. I am the last of…
The Eye of Ra I have finally found the key To chart a course to…
The Fifth Extinction Through their eyes we will see With their hands we will…
The Fifth Extinction: Glimmer of Hope World of Tomorrow Dreams Collision Course From the Ashes A] Glimmer of Hope Anneke van Giersbergen: Through their ey…
The Fifth Extinction: Glimmer of Hope/World of Tomorrow Dreams/Collision Co A] Glimmer of Hope Anneke van Giersbergen: Through their …
The First Man on Earth "It is 50000 B.C. The world is almost empty; nature…
The Garden of Emotions Behold: The Star Towers of The Electric Castle! See how…
The Human Compulsion Do we belong here, do we hide behind our dreams? Can…
The Mirror Maze Forever of the Stars: It is time to reflect upon you…
The New Migrator (a) Metamorphosis "For the first time during my journey, th…
The Note The Prodigy is exhausted by his mental efforts, and -…
The Prediction The Mother rejoices at the Prodigy's remarkable progress,…
The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B Cocq "It is the 17th century. I am a noble ensign-bearer…
The Sixth Extinction It's the calm before the storm It's the quiet before the…
The Sixth Extinction: Echoes on the Wind/Radioactive Grave/2085/To the Plan [1. Echoes on the Wind] It's the calm before the storm I…
The Source Will Flow Let go, the Source will flow Awaken our senses and assume…
The Stranger From Within He's a stranger I don't know Where he's coming from Is…
The Teacher's Discovery I can't believe This can't be true How could you know I've …
The Theory of Everything Part 1 I'm so close to the answer A dazzling symphony of cosmic…
The Theory of Everything Part 2 The Mother and the Father agree to enlist an outside…
The Truth Is in Here Last night I had that dream again My world was black…
The Two Gates And so it's come to this. Two Gates - two…
Though the Wormhole "As we continue on our journey, we dive into a…
Time Beyond Time From the cities underseas. To the skyways in the east. From …
To the Quasar (a)The Taurus Pulsar Within a distant nebula in the Tauru…
To the Solar System (a)Planet of Blue I can feel the sun burning on my…
Tower of Hope From the wind-torn ramparts of the Tower of Hope we…
Tunnel of Light Be joyful, my friends! You will now enter the Tunnel…
Unnatural Selection We have to teach them all that we know Their evolution…
Valley of the Queens My journey's over I'm standing on the edge And close my eyes…
Waking Dreams [Jonas Renkse:] Life, imagination Missing link in the chain …
Waracle AYREON SINGS OF THE USELESSNESS OF THE COUNTLESS WARS TO…
Web of Lies [Simone Simons] Dear PX, I feel you are the one What's your…
Welcome to the New Dimension Welcome! You have entered the cranial vistas of psychogenes…
Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy A new horizon Hear the travelers call Behold there lies a …