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ARJEN LUCASSEN / AYREON / STAR ONE

STAR ONE – Victims Of The Modern Age (2CD Deluxe Edition Re-issue 2022)

As part of the arrangement with his record label composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen is reissuing his STAR ONE project albums, in deluxe 2-CD digipak with a bonus disc including additional material. While best known for his rock opera project Ayreon, the multi-talented Dutchman also regularly embarks on musical side projects which explore different aspects of his musical personality.
With “Victims Of The Modern Age” Lucassen re-launched his musical spacecraft towards the galaxy of bombastic sci-fi rock by revisiting his STAR ONE project. The result is the album “Victims Of The Modern Age”, the follow-up to the Star One debut album, ‘Space Metal (2002)’.
Compared to Space Metal, the overall sound here is heavier, bombastic, more guitar-oriented, and slightly less “spacey”. As usual, we hear a stellar cast of lead vocalists: Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold), Floor Jansen (ReVamp, ex-After Forever), Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Second Sky, ex-Edge Of Sanity), Mike Andersson (Cloudscape), Rodney Blaze, and former Black Sabbath frontman Tony Martin…

AYREON / STAR ONE

STAR ONE – Space Metal (2CD Deluxe Edition Re-issue 2022)

Well-known for his albums by the progressive rock project Ayreon, in 2002 Dutch genius Arjen Lucassen surprised with a new venture: STAR ONE and its debut album ‘Space Metal’. Now we have ‘Space Metal (2CD Deluxe Edition Re-issue 2022)’, some kind of a 20th anniversary reissue including bonus material.
“Space Metal” isn’t a continuous story or a rock opera like the Ayreon albums. Yet it is still very much a concept album and a journey through Arjen’s mind and memory. He takes the listener on a trip where they relive those great science fiction space films that made such an impact on him.
To ensure to keep the involved voices, diverse he used very different sounding singers appearing in the same songs — different singers for different moods. Dan Swano (ex-Edge of Sanity, Nightingale) sings the low parts, Russell Allen (Symphony X and more) sings the powerful rough parts, Damian Wilson (ex-Threshold, Headspace) sings the high clear parts, and to top it off, Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings the really high choruses…

ARNEL PINEDA / AT THE MOVIES / AYREON / BEGGARS and THIEVES / BLACKMORE'S NIGHT / ENUFF Z'NUFF / LEE AARON / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases; Special Edition Xmas 2020

It’s that time of the year, and we are featuring a special editon of our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases; “0dayrox Advanced Releases; Special Edition Xmas 2020“, including all the fresh Xmas 2020 singles released by Melodic Hard Rock bands.
Taken from the upcoming compilation album “Dance Of The Black Tattoo” out January 08th, 2021, MAGNUM has just released a new version of their “On Christmas Day” song, a great tune commemorating the famous “Christmas Truce” of World War 1. This re-recorded version is a superior Magnum song. It’s a different type of Christmas track, yes, but it’s a very Magnum one.
GATHERING OF KINGS just released a limited 7” white vinyl of “December (Christmas)”, a new version, much more melodic and season-sounding of the song which was included on their album Discovery.
Terrific project AT THE MOVIES also released a standalone single for the Holidays; “Last Christmas”, a melodic little ditty with a true X-mas spirit…

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AYREON – Transitus (2020)

From the mastermind of Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen, AYREON is about to release its new album ‘Transitus‘, inspired by supernatural movies such as The Others, The Changeling and Ghost.
As with any Ayreon album, it is an explosive and expansive affair and features an all-star cast including Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Trillium), Simone Simons (Epica), amongst many others, with…

ARJEN LUCASSEN / AYREON / REMASTER

AYREON – Into The Electric Castle [20th Anniversary Edition / 2018 Remix]

20 years ago, renowned Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen with his project AYREON released his universally lauded ‘Into the Electric Castle’ album, and a 20th anniversary edition of the album has just been released on various formats under the title “Into The Electric Castle [20th Anniversary Edition / 2018 Remix]“. Lucassen himself re-mixed the audio to 21st century standards. He made...

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AYREON – Ayreon Universe ; Best Of Ayreon Live (2018)

AYREON Universe ; The Best of Ayreon Live, alternatively known as simply Ayreon Universe, is an upcoming live album and DVD / Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s progressive rock / metal rock opera project Ayreon, to be released on March 30, 2018.Unlike Ayreon’s first live album The Theater Equation, which was a stage performance of the album The Human Equation,...

AYREON – The Source (2017)

ARJEN LUCASSEN / AYREON / STAR ONE

AYREON – The Source (2017)

Commanded by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, “The Source” is the brand new creation of AYREON – to be released next April 28 on various formats – featuring an impressive cast of musicians including James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Simone Simons (Epica), Tobias Sammet (Avantasia), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big) and...

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases April-May 2017 – Vol.1

ADRENALINE RUSH / ANDREAS ALEMAN / AYREON / JD MILLER / LABYRINTH / RHINO BUCKET / SIDEBURN / STEEL PANTHER / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A.. / WARRANT / WOLFPAKK

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases April-May 2017 – Vol.1

Let’s go with new advanced singles from interesting albums to be released in forthcoming months. “Only Broken Heart” is the new single from WARRANT, the first track from the band’s long awaited new studio album ‘Louder Harder Faster’ which will be released on May 12 via Frontiers Music. It sounds fabulous.From the label as well we have a new LABYRINTH...

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases March-April 2017 – Vol.2

ADRENALINE RUSH / ART NATION / AYREON / BACKWOOD SPIRIT / BONFIRE / BROTHER FIRETRIBE / CRAZY LIXX / INGLORIOUS / MIKE and THE MECHANICS / NIGHT RANGER / ONE DESIRE / QUIET RIOT / TREAT / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases March-April 2017 – Vol.2

Here’s more advances from some great baands / albums to be released later this month / April. On Frontiers Music, melodic hard rock greats NIGHT RANGER are ready to release their new album “Don’t Let Up”. We have already featured two tracks, now taste the rocking ‘Comfort Me’.Also on the label, CRAZY LIXX will release a new album in April....

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases Feb-March 2017 – Vol.2

AYREON / COLORSTONE / KXM (George Lynch) / LOUDGUNS / MAT SINNER / MIKE TRAMP / NICKELBACK / NIGHT RANGER / ONE DESIRE / SINNER / THUNDER / UNRULY CHILD / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases Feb-March 2017 – Vol.2

Between February / March there will be really great new releases, here’s a little look at advances to taste ’em all.Frontiers Music has announced a new albums in March melodic hard rock fan favorites NIGHT RANGER. The first single rocks And also with the label there’s the debut of ONE DESIRE, a fan-tas-tic new band from Finland playing classy melodic...

AYREON – The Theater Equation (2016)

ARJEN LUCASSEN / AYREON

AYREON – The Theater Equation (2016)

At the end of past year over the course of four sold-out shows, AYREON’s legendary progressive rock concept album ‘The Human Equation’ was brought to life as a full-blown musical production at the Nieuwe Luxor Theater in Rotterdam. This limited run of performances was witnessed by die-hard fans from across the world, but now Arjen Lucassen’s story can be witnessed...

ARJEN LUCASSEN / AYREON / STAR ONE / THE GENTLE STORM

THE GENTLE STORM – The Diary [Special Edition] (2015)

* The Dutch pair of renowned composer / multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen have worked together several times over the last fifteen years, but now both are fully involved into a fantastic project called THE GENTLE STORM, and “The Diary” is the fruit of their accomplished talents. As you might expect from a Lucassen project, the album...

AYREON / STAR ONE

AYREON – The Theory Of Everything [Limited Edition] (2013)

* Mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen is back with his grandest of all projects; the celebrated AYREON and “The Theory Of Everything”, a new terrific progressive masterpiece.As on all Ayreon albums, this is a conceptual double-CD, but unlike the previous sci-fi storylines it’s set in a more grounded, realistic world, yet fascinating as as usual. First of all, don’t be afraid...