Hi Jules, I love your reaction, Ayreon is a music project by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the guy with the guitar and bass, he writes his albums mostly as sci-fi novels and then invites different singers to impersonate the characters, like Floor as a biologist or Simone as a counselor. Had the pleasure of being at an Ayreon concert last year, you can imagine what it's like when musicians and singers come on stage from all sides. As an encore this song was performed, Simone was there, Hansi Kürsch, Michael Mills, and many others, Floor's part was taken over by her sister Irene. I would never have believed in my life that I would ever hear this song live, please continue with Ayreon, I guess you will be surprised by many voices. Tip is Ayreon Universe and Electric Castle, no matter which song there are many on YT .
Yes but if you do Into The Electric Castle Live And Other Tales you should do the whole concert song by song in the right order. Then you can witness what a kind of roleplaying is going on!
The singers in order of appearance are: James LaBrie from "Dream Theater" Tommy Karevik from "Kamelot", "Seventh Wonder" Tommy Rogers from "Between the Buried and Me" Simone Simons from the most epic "Epica" Nils K. Rue from "Pagan's Mind" and "Eidolon" Tobias Sammet "Avantasia" Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian" Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from "Toehider" Russell Allen from "Symphony X" Michael Eriksen from "Circus Maximus" and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from "Nightwish"
0:36 "I don't know if it was like a time warp or something". OMG Jules! You couldn't have known beforehand just how fitting this introduction of yours was to this song & also the whole Ayreon Universe itself! Unless.. you really have been engaging in time-telepathy which would already make you a seasoned Ayreonaut. After this magnificent start, you'll be on an amazing flight which you have to see live. So here's my recommendation: go with "Ayreon - Everybody Dies (Ayreon Universe)". You can't go wrong with that one since both musically & vocally it's a real treat. Ty & Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
Aye i suggest Everybody Dies, Valley of the Queens, Age of Shadows, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, The Eye of Ra, This Human Equation (not to be confused with "The Human Equation" also by Ayreon), Daniel's descent to Transitus.
@@themcsyoutubechannel"Everybody dies" has the additional benefit of featuring 8 of the 16 singers of the concert so you already get to see half of them.
You should listen this video and hear that there are some problems as your speakers take control of sound. At point 9.26 is good example. Use headphones and just pause when you need to speak, just don´t speak over the music, it seems make some difficulties. This is treasure to listen!
Hey Jules, if you're intriged whether this could be done live, don't think about it anymore! It can! Some singers are replaced by other likely talented singers (due to availibility and schedule) All singers love to work with Arjen. He's one of the kind. Also, he took young Floor (and shortly after Irene) under his wings and challenged and guided them to improve their technique. Here are some suggestion from Ayreon's "The Universe" live concert: The Valley of the Queen (Floor, Anneke & Marcela) ua-cam.com/video/TbebO5BZi-I/v-deo.html River of Time (Hansi, Marko) ua-cam.com/video/bieFc3WhBKw/v-deo.html Age of the Shadow (Marko, Hansi, Floor) ua-cam.com/video/DGv1RwhpvZY/v-deo.html Everybody Dies (Mike, Tommy, Hansi, Maggy & Floor) ua-cam.com/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/v-deo.html Eye of Ra (everybody) ua-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/v-deo.html
I agree. Ear monitors or proper headphones is the way to go for reacting this kind of music to have good enough quality recording for the speech. You'll miss a lot of low frequency notes if you use laptop speakers or some other tiny speakers, too.
The first time I ever heard the powerful voice of Floor Jansen was from an early Ayreon album - of course from there, I really needed to see what her band, After Forever, was all about and I have been a massive fan ever since - I jumped for joy when I heard she got the call to join Nightwish and finish the tour and was ecstatic when the news came down that she asked to become the permanent vocalist
Love me some Ayreon. Arjen, the guy behind the project, always seems to get amazing rock and metal singers for his music, both unknowns and more well known people. Tommy Karevik, the guy from close to the start that you liked, is the current singer of the band Kamelot. You might want to check him out. He has a nice live version of the song Sacrimony with Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) and Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) where he shows a bit more of his powerful voice.
Ayreon is a rabbit hole well worth diving down. There are so many talented musicians in the metal world and they are a tight, generally supportive group. Thes Ayreon collaberations are all fantastic. I saw a video that you did a while back where you delved into the history of music. I have been thinking on and off since then that you would probably be interested in "Music" the Nightwish song that is Tuomas's interpretation of the early history of music. The official lyric video is lovely to watch.
Treat yourself to more Ayreon, I guarantee you will like all the live performances which are suggested in the other comments. Another banger song and one of my favorites is Into the Black Hole featuring Bruce Dickinson, it’s not a live performance but the video is so awesome and Bruce is singing his heart out on this one! Greetings from the Netherlands.
Big fun Jules. You need to check out "Everybody Dies" from the live Universe show. Some epic singing for sure. You have yet to hear live, the incredible vocal range of Mike Mills. You heard him hear playing the roll of the computer (TH-1). Singing binary. Tommy Karavik is amazing as well. Check out his band "Kamelot".
@@themcsyoutubechannel That would be another déja vu experience, lol. Searched for it (title "Everybody Dies" didn't produce a result and "Ayreon" only this one). Maybe you gave it an entirely different name? Cheers! Oh and if it really is there, I'd like to amend my suggestion with "Age Of Shadows".
Arjen is so talented he's self taught on guitar in fact he played the keys, guitar and bass on this one. Obviously he doesn't on stage he has a band for that but he's know to have guest musicians some as famous as Steve vai or Joe Satriani. On top of all these amazing guest singers he also has backing vocalist as well one of them is Floor Jansen's sister Irene. Please check out live Everybody dies. Another great song. Yes Arjen is a great storyteller and song writter but also thanks to Arjen he has introduced me to many great artists and bands so he promotes them so to speak.
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. 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 mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music. 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. The binary code means "Trust TH-1" The singers in order of appearance are: James LaBrie from "Dream Theater" Tommy Karevik from "Kamelot", "Seventh Wonder" Tommy Rogers from "Between the Buried and Me" Simone Simons from th most epic "Epica" Nils K. Rue from "Pagan's Mind" and "Eidolon" Tobias Sammet from "Edguy" and here mentioned "Avantasia" (Also a massive project by Tobias). Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian" Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from "Toehider" Russell Allen from "Symphony X" Michael Eriksen from "Circus Maximus" and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from "Nightwish". Be prepared, This rabbithole is MASSIVE !!!!! NWSU/FloorFan/Epican/Ayreonaut ✌😎🤘
The a capella dude is Mike Mills who is one of those humble geniuses that does e v e r y t h i n g himself. Writes an absurd amout of incredible music in every genre. If you watch the everybody dies live with ayreon Mike opens the show and he will without a doubt kill younright dead with is intro. Sit in a solid chair. If you want only Mike his prosject is named TOEHIDER.
What's happening to the sound? Seems to be some kind of EQ-warp going on...Ah - it's when you switch your mic on you're getting some phasing effects. You need to pause the video before turning your own mic on.
@@normora5857 look at Her catalouge, This one is obviously made on the fly, perhaps sitting in an Hotel Room, while Touring. Home made Vids got an complete different Setup.
I get what you mean about multitasking, though I'd describe it as multiple input streams being overwhelming (at least for some of us). I haven't shown it to my daughter for this reason. After a while I tuned out the text on first listen, because it was distracting me, but I came back to it on subsequent views (which is not an option as part of a reaction!) and appreciate it now. Arjen is a gent, really nice to his fans as well as a fantastic music maker. _Everybody_ _Dies_ live next maybe?
I love ayreon! I've seen a performance live last year and it was absolutely amazing. What a journey. I've also seen Michael Mills solo live, he is soooo amazing love his voice 😊
I always stick around for the entire length of this song. I don't know all of the Vocalists or Instrumentalists but I do know some of them and their music; I think I know the most about Floor but I also know a little about Simone and Tommy. I can't leave them hanging so I HAVE to listen all the way through. Great song to be stuck in, though. This is such a great project by Arjen! He's really awesome! This was just the first track off of that album and he has put out at least one album since then. The guy is a creative machine and a genius to boot! :)
This is a music wonder. The composer, Arjen Lucassen, is in my humble opinion the best contemporary composer, together with Tuomas from Nightwish. He is a genuine very nice guy. Almost every top singer and artist enjoys working with him. They are honoured when he asks them. The result: all those artists work together in harmony without competing ego's. Now is not that an example for all of us. I saw them live perform in 2023 and was blown away. 60 nationalities in the public. 25 main singers on stage. People fly around the globe just to witness this. And for good reasons. It is like a pelgrimage. Total satisfaction.
Its so funny to me, almost every reaction and theres a tin of them they usually dont know many or any of the singers....EXCEPT they always know the Valkyrie goddess FLOOR JANSEN
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is "The Man" when it comes to rock/metal Opera's. He's an absolute genius! I love his project named "Aryeon". It's absolutely amazing because he is an incredibly multi talented musician/singer/composer/lyricist! Cheers from 🇨🇦.
Please listen to young Floor with her band After forever. The masterpiece: Dreamflight live at Progpower 2007 ua-cam.com/video/73-_F9prx4I/v-deo.htmlsi=TgOrTYT-j_c_LvPz Some facts of the brilliant pianist/keyborder Joost van den Broek. He and Floor met while working for Arjen Lucassen and he became a member of Floors earlier band After Forever and working on her first ReVamp album. He is the producer of Epica and Powerwolf and the Co- producer of Arjens newer stuff.
Mike Mills plays the AI called TH1, The binary code he was singing spelt out "Trust TH1". If you wore headphones it would stop the song bleeding over your mic. Edit, to get a flavour of Ayreon listen and watch "Universe" a kind of best of from Arjens projects. Also "Into the Electric Castle and other tales" a full rock opera with the other tales again from Ayreon and other projects.
Tommy is from KAMELOT. You can start with Lair, Lair. Amazing symphonic metal band from USA. Some say that Tommy is Maria Carey of METAL 😉 Next Ayreon - everybody dies.
Great reaction and hope to watch you react to more Ayreon - but only if you use headphones and pause the video when you want to say something . When you try to talk over the video with your mic it just about blows everyone listening ears off 🤣 - which is a pity because what you're saying is interesting . Perhaps if you listen back to your video you'll understand what I mean 🤷♂
@The MC's Channel: You asked for more projects by Arjen Lucassen, so here is my recommendation: The album Star-One. And the song to hear? "Fate of Man," featuring none other than Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers. However, I highly recommend checking out Brittney singing a karaoke video, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of "Queen of the Reich" by Queensryche. Why? Because it was this video that compelled Arjen Lucassen to call Brittney, to record "Fate of Man." In his words, "I was blown away by Brittney's vocal talent. So I had to get her for Fate of Man."
Well as most others most probably already said: Ayreon is worth looking at through all his works. He always goes for singers he thinks are great and he usually has a good feel for that I believe he was one of the first discovering Floor. The cool thing about this song is you now can follow along and explore all those singers and their own bands. Project wise interesting is Tobias Sammet because he does a similar thing with avantasia. So he also tries to get his faves and writes the music for them. However his concept is totally different. Still also a great project. Also his band he had before Edguy is also worth a listen. You have ssooooooo much ahead of you if you want to go through all this. And it is going to be a blast I promise.
Arjen Anthony Lucasson, creator and producer of this musical epic. He is able to get musicians and singers to give up their time, to come and perform on this. It is not like he is calling on new artists or up and coming . These are known singers and musicians who have their own bands and music to pursue, perform, create.
Another recent track, about a month ago. Arjen Lucassen & Robert Soeterboek’s PLAN 9 “BEFORE THE MORNING COMES”. Well worth the listen ❤️🤘🎸🎻🦘 yes, I was here till the end.
Hey Jules, are you touring? Setup and Sound looks and feel like, so have an good Time on Stage:) Ayreon is an Artist in his own Category, when it comes to put an incredible Ensemble for His Concept Albums of timeless Progmusic, for sure, glad you liked it! Stay Healthy!
Jules, I'm a metalhead, some of my favorite tunes are about 10 minutes long or more. One of them is twice that. One of the most similar projects to Ayreon is Avantasia, by Tobias Sammet, which you heard here as "the Captain", try The Scarecrow live or Reach Out for the Light, also live. Check out Hansi Kürsch and Blind Guardian too. If you liked this, you should like them also. Start with Mirror, Mirror or chance The Bard's Song and Valhalla at Wacken, maybe the best crowd scene ever recorded, but sometimes it gets blocked. Just about every good rection channel has done the Wacken video, btw.
Yes, I think it's because Jules is listening via speakers instead of headphones. While she listens the mic kinda shuts off so no ambient sound is picked up, but as soon as she speaks the mic also picks up the sound coming from the speakers in the room. Solution would be to try headphones. Cheers!
Yes, that was Simone. She is one of Arjen’s go to’s for his music. Simone, Floor, Anneke, and Irene, infamously Floor’s sister! There is a Dutch connection….. all 4 of them and Arjen. And don’t forget Marcela Bovio, who helps Arjen with every pre-recording vocals. If it’s not been suggested, you can see Floor, Anneke and Marcela together in Valley of the Queens. ua-cam.com/video/TbebO5BZi-I/v-deo.htmlsi=3UadQ4E4n3Dffaj8
Michael Mills! Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! EYHO Queen! The binary code lyrics say "Trust TH-1". Also see Ayreon's "Daniel's descent into Transitus" official video - Tommy Karevik and Simone Simmons! To name just two!
This song always makes want to buy a synthesyzer (I'm an organ player) ... but then I think.. "What would I do with it?" About the subtitles: As a portuguese, I don't have this problem. eheh. (We only dub children stuff, we're used to subtitles in movies, shows etc).
Lucassen seems to be one of those people who are impossible to say no to. And he has contact info on everybody who's anybody in the prog metal community.
And what did I think when I first heard....bought it on vinyl from Europe and have since bought a couple more of his projects albums. Have to be in the right place cause it is a lot but it is unique in my experience and love it.
No TH-1 is the robot that helped the Alphans escape he only became evil at the end of the album where he took over Planet Y in the song March Of The Machines. The computer that took over planet Alpha is the Mainframe.
Ayreon's music is such a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down. I'd suggest a couple of tracks to try: 'Into the Black Hole' live from Ayren Universe ( ua-cam.com/video/LIvnxsb83No/v-deo.html ) and 'Intergalactic Space Cusaders, again a live track from Ayreon Universe ( ua-cam.com/video/yO6TisCHGhA/v-deo.html ). Both are outstanding and you're sure to enjoy. If you feel you're ready, then there's always 'Everybody Dies' ( ua-cam.com/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/v-deo.html ) which could blow your socks off! Plan B might be 'Isis and Osiris' ( ua-cam.com/video/Z6YFbgMzkZY/v-deo.html ). Enjoy! P.S. It'd be cool if you could sort out your sound issues; I'd also recommend some headphones to improve your listening experience
Hi Jules, greetings from UK It looked like you recognised Simone from Epica and of course Floor 😉 This might be a great resource for you. If you are asked to react to another singer in this video at least you will have heard their voice before, and who knows, maybe you might like to react to a song by one of the singers in the future? I am sure that someone will leave a comment listing the singers and their bands
This is a true Masterpiece! Excellent cast of singers, and then there's Floor 👸💗. The genius behind all of this is "The Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄👍
if it ain't dutch it ain't much... Welcome in the amazing world of Arjen A. Lucassen Aka Ayreon Universe (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Supersonic Revolution, Plan Nine, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion).... Enjoy this 100+ artist thick rabbit hole….!!!!!
Since Simone Simons was in this video, I'll just sneak in a request for her _tour de force_ song with Epica called "Tides of Time", especially since you're an opera singer and will probably enjoy some of the changes in technique throughout this ballad: ua-cam.com/video/YpgTBSevpT0/v-deo.html The video is the studio recording, but a fan has assembled that together with various live video clips, since no good professionally filmed concert version of this amazing song exists.
I think The Valley of the Queens will be right up your alley. It's really short but so beautiful. It has Floor and Floors role model Anneke, the great instigator of female Dutch metal singers. No metal in this song though ua-cam.com/video/TbebO5BZi-I/v-deo.html
Hello, *Julia* Have you ever thought about reacting to an all female band that dresses up in maid outfits? Well there is this band out of Japan called *BAND-MAID* and I really think you might enjoy their music cause I really do. Do you mind reacting to their song *Blooming (Official Music Video)* and tell me what you think? Well I wish you all the best on your channel and hope to see a *BAND-MAID* reaction in the near future. 😊 _The Carrier Pigeons delivering the message of _*_BAND-MAID_*_ to the World_
Hi Jules, like your reaction though i have a suggestion. When you talk and react at something you hear, the music also echoes through the music feed. Could you listen to the music using some kind of earphones? Orlower the volume of your speakers. I dont know if anybody else have said something about it but yeah, its annoying . But still youve made a fine mix for the music we hear😘
This is a brilliant song, and Ayreon is a brilliant project. Arjen always gets an incredible cast of stellar musicians to work with him. Despite its length, this has probably become Ayreon's best-known song, almost certainly in part due to all the incredible singers on here! If you'd like to check out another song that's a bit of a journey, I'm going to recommend the live version of Edge of the World by all-female Japanese metal band Lovebites. Their songs are all in English (although the singer has a strong accent!), and they are five incredibly talented women who give you something refreshing in the male-dominated metal scene. Check it out! ua-cam.com/video/UZjxMjBop7w/v-deo.html
the best singer of all time in hard rock /heavy metal his Ronnie James DIO (said by many opera singers or coach vocals) with a very rich voice , very colourful , and a big sustain ......try 'stargazer' live 1976 with his group Rainbow ua-cam.com/video/rVXy1OhaERY/v-deo.html
I recommed you to continue with the Into the Electric Castle and Other Tales live show, starting with the first song Isis and Osiris. There are only 8 main characters, and in my opinion some compositions could be compared with an opera song, like when the singers are duetting, and sometimes they sing together, but each one with different lyrics. This one and also the Ayreon Universe live are wonderful shows, with partly different singers. Universe is a kind of best-of-Ayreon, were a few songs from every album were performed wheres the ITEC is one album (and a few extras) performed from start to finish. A lot of people tend to only recommend the songs with Floor, and the rest of Arjen's fantastic work gets overlooked. Don't get me wrong, she is an amazing singer and part of the Ayreon family, but there are so many others involved as well, and they are all doing an excellent job and should be appreciated.
Hi Jules, I love your reaction, Ayreon is a music project by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the guy with the guitar and bass, he writes his albums mostly as sci-fi novels and then invites different singers to impersonate the characters, like Floor as a biologist or Simone as a counselor. Had the pleasure of being at an Ayreon concert last year, you can imagine what it's like when musicians and singers come on stage from all sides. As an encore this song was performed, Simone was there, Hansi Kürsch, Michael Mills, and many others, Floor's part was taken over by her sister Irene. I would never have believed in my life that I would ever hear this song live, please continue with Ayreon, I guess you will be surprised by many voices. Tip is Ayreon Universe and Electric Castle, no matter which song there are many on YT .
Yes but if you do Into The Electric Castle Live And Other Tales you should do the whole concert song by song in the right order. Then you can witness what a kind of roleplaying is going on!
Still can't figure out who that person that looks like a Hippie is. Does anyone recognize him? I like their playing.
@@GridIRONization you mean the guitar and bass player or the guy at the piano ?
The singers in order of appearance are:
James LaBrie from "Dream Theater"
Tommy Karevik from "Kamelot", "Seventh Wonder"
Tommy Rogers from "Between the Buried and Me"
Simone Simons from the most epic "Epica"
Nils K. Rue from "Pagan's Mind" and "Eidolon"
Tobias Sammet "Avantasia"
Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian"
Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from "Toehider"
Russell Allen from "Symphony X"
Michael Eriksen from "Circus Maximus"
and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from "Nightwish"
0:36 "I don't know if it was like a time warp or something". OMG Jules! You couldn't have known beforehand just how fitting this introduction of yours was to this song & also the whole Ayreon Universe itself! Unless.. you really have been engaging in time-telepathy which would already make you a seasoned Ayreonaut.
After this magnificent start, you'll be on an amazing flight which you have to see live. So here's my recommendation: go with "Ayreon - Everybody Dies (Ayreon Universe)". You can't go wrong with that one since both musically & vocally it's a real treat. Ty & Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
lord, please don't make me any more confused than I already was.. LOL - thank you my friend!
Aye i suggest Everybody Dies, Valley of the Queens, Age of Shadows, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, The Eye of Ra, This Human Equation (not to be confused with "The Human Equation" also by Ayreon), Daniel's descent to Transitus.
@@themcsyoutubechannel"Everybody dies" has the additional benefit of featuring 8 of the 16 singers of the concert so you already get to see half of them.
You should listen this video and hear that there are some problems as your speakers take control of sound. At point 9.26 is good example. Use headphones and just pause when you need to speak, just don´t speak over the music, it seems make some difficulties. This is treasure to listen!
Yeah heard it too. Very strange sound if she talks while the music is playing. Some kind of echo.
@@Wollie1979 I cant listen to it, shes had this problem for a long time and been told often enough.
It’s a mic problem - cuts out 40% of soundtrack - overlapping instead of merging during audio - needs proper mix
Hey Jules, if you're intriged whether this could be done live, don't think about it anymore! It can! Some singers are replaced by other likely talented singers (due to availibility and schedule) All singers love to work with Arjen. He's one of the kind. Also, he took young Floor (and shortly after Irene) under his wings and challenged and guided them to improve their technique. Here are some suggestion from Ayreon's "The Universe" live concert:
The Valley of the Queen (Floor, Anneke & Marcela) ua-cam.com/video/TbebO5BZi-I/v-deo.html
River of Time (Hansi, Marko) ua-cam.com/video/bieFc3WhBKw/v-deo.html
Age of the Shadow (Marko, Hansi, Floor) ua-cam.com/video/DGv1RwhpvZY/v-deo.html
Everybody Dies (Mike, Tommy, Hansi, Maggy & Floor) ua-cam.com/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/v-deo.html
Eye of Ra (everybody) ua-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/v-deo.html
If you use headphones you don't get the cases where the sound bleeds from the speakers to the microphone. Otherwise a great reaction.
I agree. Ear monitors or proper headphones is the way to go for reacting this kind of music to have good enough quality recording for the speech.
You'll miss a lot of low frequency notes if you use laptop speakers or some other tiny speakers, too.
The first time I ever heard the powerful voice of Floor Jansen was from an early Ayreon album - of course from there, I really needed to see what her band, After Forever, was all about and I have been a massive fan ever since - I jumped for joy when I heard she got the call to join Nightwish and finish the tour and was ecstatic when the news came down that she asked to become the permanent vocalist
Love me some Ayreon. Arjen, the guy behind the project, always seems to get amazing rock and metal singers for his music, both unknowns and more well known people.
Tommy Karevik, the guy from close to the start that you liked, is the current singer of the band Kamelot. You might want to check him out. He has a nice live version of the song Sacrimony with Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) and Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) where he shows a bit more of his powerful voice.
Love Ayreon, Love Arjen Anthony Lucassen. 😍
Ayreon is a rabbit hole well worth diving down. There are so many talented musicians in the metal world and they are a tight, generally supportive group. Thes Ayreon collaberations are all fantastic. I saw a video that you did a while back where you delved into the history of music. I have been thinking on and off since then that you would probably be interested in "Music" the Nightwish song that is Tuomas's interpretation of the early history of music. The official lyric video is lovely to watch.
You clearly enjoyed the hell out of this. I'm glad you did, it's one of my favorite pieces of music.
Brilliance
Treat yourself to more Ayreon, I guarantee you will like all the live performances which are suggested in the other comments. Another banger song and one of my favorites is Into the Black Hole featuring Bruce Dickinson, it’s not a live performance but the video is so awesome and Bruce is singing his heart out on this one! Greetings from the Netherlands.
Big fun Jules. You need to check out "Everybody Dies" from the live Universe show. Some epic singing for sure. You have yet to hear live, the incredible vocal range of Mike Mills. You heard him hear playing the roll of the computer (TH-1). Singing binary. Tommy Karavik is amazing as well. Check out his band "Kamelot".
And the binary he sung ment, “TRUST TH1”
I already did Everybody dies... its up on the channel
@@themcsyoutubechannel That would be another déja vu experience, lol. Searched for it (title "Everybody Dies" didn't produce a result and "Ayreon" only this one). Maybe you gave it an entirely different name? Cheers! Oh and if it really is there, I'd like to amend my suggestion with "Age Of Shadows".
Arjen is so talented he's self taught on guitar in fact he played the keys, guitar and bass on this one. Obviously he doesn't on stage he has a band for that but he's know to have guest musicians some as famous as Steve vai or Joe Satriani. On top of all these amazing guest singers he also has backing vocalist as well one of them is Floor Jansen's sister Irene. Please check out live Everybody dies. Another great song. Yes Arjen is a great storyteller and song writter but also thanks to Arjen he has introduced me to many great artists and bands so he promotes them so to speak.
Irene was also singing a role on The Human Equation as Passion, she is not just a back up vocalist.
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.
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 mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music. 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.
The binary code means "Trust TH-1"
The singers in order of appearance are:
James LaBrie from "Dream Theater"
Tommy Karevik from "Kamelot", "Seventh Wonder"
Tommy Rogers from "Between the Buried and Me"
Simone Simons from th most epic "Epica"
Nils K. Rue from "Pagan's Mind" and "Eidolon"
Tobias Sammet from "Edguy" and here mentioned "Avantasia" (Also a massive project by Tobias).
Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian"
Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from "Toehider"
Russell Allen from "Symphony X"
Michael Eriksen from "Circus Maximus"
and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from "Nightwish".
Be prepared, This rabbithole is MASSIVE !!!!!
NWSU/FloorFan/Epican/Ayreonaut ✌😎🤘
The a capella dude is Mike Mills who is one of those humble geniuses that does e v e r y t h i n g himself. Writes an absurd amout of incredible music in every genre. If you watch the everybody dies live with ayreon Mike opens the show and he will without a doubt kill younright dead with is intro. Sit in a solid chair. If you want only Mike his prosject is named TOEHIDER.
There are a bunch of live performances from the Ayreon Universe and Electric Castle shows and all of them are fantastic.
What's happening to the sound? Seems to be some kind of EQ-warp going on...Ah - it's when you switch your mic on you're getting some phasing effects. You need to pause the video before turning your own mic on.
indeed, or put some earbuds in. It was a bit annoying.
@@normora5857 look at Her catalouge, This one is obviously made on the fly, perhaps sitting in an Hotel Room, while Touring. Home made Vids got an complete different Setup.
I get what you mean about multitasking, though I'd describe it as multiple input streams being overwhelming (at least for some of us). I haven't shown it to my daughter for this reason. After a while I tuned out the text on first listen, because it was distracting me, but I came back to it on subsequent views (which is not an option as part of a reaction!) and appreciate it now. Arjen is a gent, really nice to his fans as well as a fantastic music maker. _Everybody_ _Dies_ live next maybe?
I love ayreon! I've seen a performance live last year and it was absolutely amazing. What a journey. I've also seen Michael Mills solo live, he is soooo amazing love his voice 😊
Headphones, please. Otherwise awesome.
I always stick around for the entire length of this song. I don't know all of the Vocalists or Instrumentalists but I do know some of them and their music; I think I know the most about Floor but I also know a little about Simone and Tommy. I can't leave them hanging so I HAVE to listen all the way through. Great song to be stuck in, though.
This is such a great project by Arjen! He's really awesome! This was just the first track off of that album and he has put out at least one album since then. The guy is a creative machine and a genius to boot! :)
Listen to the two live concerts after this
Ayreon universe live
The electric castle live and other tales.
You won’t be disappointed at all
This is a music wonder. The composer, Arjen Lucassen, is in my humble opinion the best contemporary composer, together with Tuomas from Nightwish. He is a genuine very nice guy. Almost every top singer and artist enjoys working with him. They are honoured when he asks them. The result: all those artists work together in harmony without competing ego's. Now is not that an example for all of us.
I saw them live perform in 2023 and was blown away. 60 nationalities in the public. 25 main singers on stage. People fly around the globe just to witness this. And for good reasons. It is like a pelgrimage. Total satisfaction.
Great review. I've only relatively recently found Ayreon and aren't they just fantastic? The range and talent of those musicians is just off the chart
Couldn't agree more!
Its so funny to me, almost every reaction and theres a tin of them they usually dont know many or any of the singers....EXCEPT they always know the Valkyrie goddess FLOOR JANSEN
I recommend that you check out The Valley of the Queens next, also an Aryeon song.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is "The Man" when it comes to rock/metal Opera's. He's an absolute genius! I love his project named "Aryeon". It's absolutely amazing because he is an incredibly multi talented musician/singer/composer/lyricist! Cheers from 🇨🇦.
Please listen to young Floor with her band After forever. The masterpiece:
Dreamflight live at Progpower 2007 ua-cam.com/video/73-_F9prx4I/v-deo.htmlsi=TgOrTYT-j_c_LvPz
Some facts of the brilliant pianist/keyborder Joost van den Broek.
He and Floor met while working for Arjen Lucassen and he became a member of Floors earlier band After Forever and working on her first ReVamp album.
He is the producer of Epica and Powerwolf and the Co- producer of Arjens newer stuff.
The Mike Mills part is the most amazing thing I have ever seen a musician do.
Mike Mills plays the AI called TH1, The binary code he was singing spelt out "Trust TH1".
If you wore headphones it would stop the song bleeding over your mic.
Edit, to get a flavour of Ayreon listen and watch "Universe" a kind of best of from Arjens projects. Also "Into the Electric Castle and other tales" a full rock opera with the other tales again from Ayreon and other projects.
Now that your hooked, you'll explore more Ayreon.
Tommy is from KAMELOT. You can start with Lair, Lair. Amazing symphonic metal band from USA. Some say that Tommy is Maria Carey of METAL 😉 Next Ayreon - everybody dies.
The lyrics that Mike Mills sing are binary and translates “trust th1”, can be done on google
Are u familiar with Iron Butterfly? At the end of "Iron butterfly theme" on their 1st album, there is a morse code. It does translate to: love.
Sound 🫣
... indeed
Great reaction and hope to watch you react to more Ayreon - but only if you use headphones and pause the video when you want to say something . When you try to talk over the video with your mic it just about blows everyone listening ears off 🤣 - which is a pity because what you're saying is interesting . Perhaps if you listen back to your video you'll understand what I mean 🤷♂
@The MC's Channel: You asked for more projects by Arjen Lucassen, so here is my recommendation: The album Star-One.
And the song to hear? "Fate of Man," featuring none other than Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers.
However, I highly recommend checking out Brittney singing a karaoke video, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of "Queen of the Reich" by Queensryche. Why? Because it was this video that compelled Arjen Lucassen to call Brittney, to record "Fate of Man." In his words, "I was blown away by Brittney's vocal talent. So I had to get her for Fate of Man."
Please listen to Micheal Mills’ part with some good headphones and enjoy the stereo effects align with the visuals.
Well as most others most probably already said: Ayreon is worth looking at through all his works. He always goes for singers he thinks are great and he usually has a good feel for that I believe he was one of the first discovering Floor. The cool thing about this song is you now can follow along and explore all those singers and their own bands.
Project wise interesting is Tobias Sammet because he does a similar thing with avantasia. So he also tries to get his faves and writes the music for them. However his concept is totally different. Still also a great project. Also his band he had before Edguy is also worth a listen. You have ssooooooo much ahead of you if you want to go through all this. And it is going to be a blast I promise.
Next age of shadows live or Everybody Dies live
Very beautiful
Arjen Anthony Lucasson, creator and producer of this musical epic. He is able to get musicians and singers to give up their time, to come and perform on this. It is not like he is calling on new artists or up and coming . These are known singers and musicians who have their own bands and music to pursue, perform, create.
Fantastic album. 👍🤘
Another recent track, about a month ago. Arjen Lucassen & Robert Soeterboek’s PLAN 9 “BEFORE THE MORNING COMES”. Well worth the listen ❤️🤘🎸🎻🦘 yes, I was here till the end.
Hey Jules, are you touring? Setup and Sound looks and feel like, so have an good Time on Stage:)
Ayreon is an Artist in his own Category, when it comes to put an incredible Ensemble for His Concept Albums of timeless Progmusic, for sure, glad you liked it!
Stay Healthy!
Jules, I'm a metalhead, some of my favorite tunes are about 10 minutes long or more. One of them is twice that.
One of the most similar projects to Ayreon is Avantasia, by Tobias Sammet, which you heard here as "the Captain", try The Scarecrow live or Reach Out for the Light, also live. Check out Hansi Kürsch and Blind Guardian too. If you liked this, you should like them also. Start with Mirror, Mirror or chance The Bard's Song and Valhalla at Wacken, maybe the best crowd scene ever recorded, but sometimes it gets blocked. Just about every good rection channel has done the Wacken video, btw.
HI, Checkout Everybody dies LIVE ! from Ayreon ! By the way you must do something with you're Mic ! Look back you're video ! than you can hear it !
Yes, I think it's because Jules is listening via speakers instead of headphones. While she listens the mic kinda shuts off so no ambient sound is picked up, but as soon as she speaks the mic also picks up the sound coming from the speakers in the room. Solution would be to try headphones. Cheers!
Yes, that was Simone. She is one of Arjen’s go to’s for his music. Simone, Floor, Anneke, and Irene, infamously Floor’s sister! There is a Dutch connection….. all 4 of them and Arjen. And don’t forget Marcela Bovio, who helps Arjen with every pre-recording vocals. If it’s not been suggested, you can see Floor, Anneke and Marcela together in Valley of the Queens. ua-cam.com/video/TbebO5BZi-I/v-deo.htmlsi=3UadQ4E4n3Dffaj8
Michael Mills! Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! EYHO Queen! The binary code lyrics say "Trust TH-1". Also see Ayreon's "Daniel's descent into Transitus" official video - Tommy Karevik and Simone Simmons! To name just two!
This song always makes want to buy a synthesyzer (I'm an organ player) ... but then I think.. "What would I do with it?"
About the subtitles: As a portuguese, I don't have this problem. eheh. (We only dub children stuff, we're used to subtitles in movies, shows etc).
Lucassen seems to be one of those people who are impossible to say no to. And he has contact info on everybody who's anybody in the prog metal community.
So Michael Mills (TH-1) is the computer run amok and the binary spells out "Trust TH1"
And what did I think when I first heard....bought it on vinyl from Europe and have since bought a couple more of his projects albums. Have to be in the right place cause it is a lot but it is unique in my experience and love it.
No TH-1 is the robot that helped the Alphans escape he only became evil at the end of the album where he took over Planet Y in the song March Of The Machines. The computer that took over planet Alpha is the Mainframe.
Ayreon's music is such a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down. I'd suggest a couple of tracks to try: 'Into the Black Hole' live from Ayren Universe ( ua-cam.com/video/LIvnxsb83No/v-deo.html ) and 'Intergalactic Space Cusaders, again a live track from Ayreon Universe ( ua-cam.com/video/yO6TisCHGhA/v-deo.html ). Both are outstanding and you're sure to enjoy. If you feel you're ready, then there's always 'Everybody Dies' ( ua-cam.com/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/v-deo.html ) which could blow your socks off! Plan B might be 'Isis and Osiris' ( ua-cam.com/video/Z6YFbgMzkZY/v-deo.html ). Enjoy!
P.S. It'd be cool if you could sort out your sound issues; I'd also recommend some headphones to improve your listening experience
Hey Jules, " the sixth extinction" was released yesterday. I'd love to watch your reaction!
Hi Jules, greetings from UK
It looked like you recognised Simone from Epica and of course Floor 😉
This might be a great resource for you. If you are asked to react to another singer in this video at least you will have heard their voice before, and who knows, maybe you might like to react to a song by one of the singers in the future?
I am sure that someone will leave a comment listing the singers and their bands
This is a true Masterpiece! Excellent cast of singers, and then there's Floor 👸💗.
The genius behind all of this is "The Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄👍
Not sure if he is the tallest. Some of the guys from Sabaton will for sure give Arjen a run for him money.
@@vogel2280 No no, Hannes is only 190 cm, and he's the tallest of them. It's about my height.
👍👍
If you like Tommy, please explore and share some Kamelot 🥰
you need to listen to Twisted coil live, you have no idea how amazing Arjen lucassen is
if it ain't dutch it ain't much... Welcome in the amazing world of Arjen A. Lucassen Aka Ayreon Universe (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Supersonic Revolution, Plan Nine, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion).... Enjoy this 100+ artist thick rabbit hole….!!!!!
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 well done "It's something different?" AWESOME !!
Thank you! Cheers!
Since Simone Simons was in this video, I'll just sneak in a request for her _tour de force_ song with Epica called "Tides of Time", especially since you're an opera singer and will probably enjoy some of the changes in technique throughout this ballad: ua-cam.com/video/YpgTBSevpT0/v-deo.html
The video is the studio recording, but a fan has assembled that together with various live video clips, since no good professionally filmed concert version of this amazing song exists.
For violin check out Daryl Way / Curved Air. Daryl created the first electric violin.
I think The Valley of the Queens will be right up your alley. It's really short but so beautiful. It has Floor and Floors role model Anneke, the great instigator of female Dutch metal singers. No metal in this song though ua-cam.com/video/TbebO5BZi-I/v-deo.html
🖤🤘🔥
Fun fact ...the binary means TRUST TH1
Hello, *Julia*
Have you ever thought about reacting to an all female band that dresses up in maid outfits? Well there is this band out of Japan called *BAND-MAID* and I really think you might enjoy their music cause I really do. Do you mind reacting to their song *Blooming (Official Music Video)* and tell me what you think? Well I wish you all the best on your channel and hope to see a *BAND-MAID* reaction in the near future. 😊
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Hi Jules, like your reaction though i have a suggestion. When you talk and react at something you hear, the music also echoes through the music feed. Could you listen to the music using some kind of earphones? Orlower the volume of your speakers. I dont know if anybody else have said something about it but yeah, its annoying . But still youve made a fine mix for the music we hear😘
Recomend this band
Therion
Lady, you are beautiful.
You need some headphones, badly.
Great Reaction, but please wear headphones. The Binary Code is Trust TH1, The AI thats helping humans (or is he)
This is a brilliant song, and Ayreon is a brilliant project. Arjen always gets an incredible cast of stellar musicians to work with him. Despite its length, this has probably become Ayreon's best-known song, almost certainly in part due to all the incredible singers on here! If you'd like to check out another song that's a bit of a journey, I'm going to recommend the live version of Edge of the World by all-female Japanese metal band Lovebites. Their songs are all in English (although the singer has a strong accent!), and they are five incredibly talented women who give you something refreshing in the male-dominated metal scene. Check it out! ua-cam.com/video/UZjxMjBop7w/v-deo.html
the best singer of all time in hard rock /heavy metal his Ronnie James DIO (said by many opera singers or coach vocals) with a very rich voice , very colourful , and a big sustain ......try 'stargazer' live 1976 with his group Rainbow ua-cam.com/video/rVXy1OhaERY/v-deo.html
I recommed you to continue with the Into the Electric Castle and Other Tales live show, starting with the first song Isis and Osiris. There are only 8 main characters, and in my opinion some compositions could be compared with an opera song, like when the singers are duetting, and sometimes they sing together, but each one with different lyrics.
This one and also the Ayreon Universe live are wonderful shows, with partly different singers. Universe is a kind of best-of-Ayreon, were a few songs from every album were performed wheres the ITEC is one album (and a few extras) performed from start to finish. A lot of people tend to only recommend the songs with Floor, and the rest of Arjen's fantastic work gets overlooked. Don't get me wrong, she is an amazing singer and part of the Ayreon family, but there are so many others involved as well, and they are all doing an excellent job and should be appreciated.
Ok .. ok. I just HAVE to say it .. damn .. you are such a beautiful young woman.
Love your reactions but the audio is very bad..
It ain't much, if it ain't Dutch 😉🤣🇳🇱🫡🤘👏
I really enjoy your videos, but you really need to do something about your microphone. Every time you speak there is a terrible feedback.