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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…

ARJEN LUCASSEN / STAR ONE

Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s STAR ONE (feat Tony Martin, Joe Lynn Turner, Jeff Scott Soto) – Revel In Time [2-CD Limited Digipak] (2022)

Multi-talented Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) is back with his STAR ONE project and a album titled ”Revel In Time”. The new album comes more than 10 years since the previous release, it will come as Ltd. 2-CD Digipak, art-book, LP, etc.
With STAR ONE Arjen focus on the metal-side of Ayreon. That means you won’t hear the exuberantly liberal use of acoustic instruments that are so often featured on Ayreon albums, like violin, woodwinds, cello, horns, dulcimer, mandolin, etc. – but hard rocking riffs, keyboard runs and terrific vocals.
For this STAR ONE release, Arjen has decided to use a different singer for each song which gives different colors to the music But there’s more; bonus CD 2 features alternate versions of the same songs as CD 1, but again with different vocalists.
Among these there’s the greats Tony Martin, Joe Lynn Turner, Jeff Scott Soto, Floor Jansen (Nightwish, After Forever), Russell Allen, and many more!..

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...

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...

ARJEN LUCASSEN / STAR ONE

STAR ONE – Victims Of The Modern Age (2010)

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has firmly established himself worldwide as driving force in progressive hard rock. 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. As his previous project (Guilt Machine’s ‘On This Perfect Day’ 2009) was a relatively relaxed and...