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Thanks for the kind words, I'm honored! Wow... you really did your homework... I'm not worthy :-) Glad you enjoy, keep up the good work!
@@HalfLifeSistah You're very welcome, my pleasure! Looking forward, thanks again :-) Hugs from Holland!
Arjen Anthony Lucassen I really hope you come to Mexico to present Ayreon. There is a huge number of fans who are looking forward to listen to this amazing show. From the deepest part of my heart I hope you take this into consideration I am a big fan of your band. Greetings great man...
Love you Arjen :D This is such an awesome track
@@arjenanthonylucassen7668 you are the man Mr Lucassen! I have you listed in my fav bands of all time with the Beatles and AiC.
Arjen, THANKS for the marvelous world of Ayreon!!!
You present this not as *another* reaction, like most others do, but instead you lay the focus entirely on the song you're reacting at. I can't stress enough how much more visually pleasing it is. Others could take your shining example.
:) Thank you, love ♥
Oh my lawd, i've been waiting for this!!!
Definitely worth the wait!
Awe, I hope you enjoy beautiful! ❣️
Thank you, love! 🤗❣️
I'm surprised you haven't translated this yet...
FINALLY!!!
I was hoping so long to see you react to the worlds most amazing musical project.
Arjen Lucassen is genius in all belongings. I follow him and his projects for more than twenty years now.
The way he chooses the voices for the charcters of his stories is amazing - from the best well known singers to incredible talents...
So I found Floor Jansen in 2000 by hearing her on Ayreons 'The Universal Migrator' - and followed all her steps as singer ever since.
I'm very excited about the new album 'Transitus', which will be released this year - just by the few names of involved guests we know by now.
Thank you so much for this amazing reaction! I still can't believe the talent assembled for this song. James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K Rue (Pagans Mind), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) and my personal favorite, Tommy Karevik (Seventh Wonder and Kamelot)! The others are equally mindblowing! Sistah, I really love how you feel the music. We relate on that level especially! Wolfkain, I really appreciate how you do your research before these reactions, very educational and you've taught me a thing or two lol. You guys are definitely my favorite channel!
Hi, beautiful! ^_^///
This song is beyond amazing, right?!
I love Ayreon. I am still in awe by this gentleman!
Thank you for your love and support! ♥
@@HalfLifeSistah Oh but of course!! :D LOL my tears started flowing with the flute part at the beginning!
Omitting Blind Guardian's Hansi Kürsch (founded in 1984 as Lucifer's Heritage) hurts me a little bit. They have a lot of Tolkien related songs, of which "The Bard's Song (in the Forest)" might be the most known. They are a staple of german metal and basically every german metalhead can sing the Bard's Song and Valhalla from memory ;)
@@caligo7918 I didn't include Hansi since Wolf already knew who he was and what band he came from. I really like his work too. :)
I take it you haven't watched the Ayreon Universe concert, but I love how he deploys Floor as the ultimate special effect at the end of songs. Respect where respect is due. :)
Mike Mills is just great.
Valley of the Queens, with Floor AND Anneke
Love them both so much. And the wonderful Marcela Bovio as well, who just found out she's CANCER FREE!
And Marcela!
Yes - this!! ^^
AND Marcela !
@@Green-Lyon Yes, Marcela is great also & I'm so glad that she's cancer free finally.
Joost was in After Forever with Floor. Ed Warby was in Anneke Van Giersbergen's band VUUR. Tommy Karevik is in Kamelot.
Ayreon have a new album coming out - TRANSITUS. The narrator is former Dr Who star Tom Baker. It also has Simone Simons, I believe.
AND Joe Satriani is doing a solo on the album.
Ed was the drummer of Gorefest, legendary Dutch death metal band.
and Michael Mills and Tommy and several others he is doing teasers at present! It sounds pretty damn good!
Tommy Karevik has a role too, Amanda Somerville will be featured as well.
I was so excited to see Joost I saw AF when I was 18 (I'm 32 now) because my friends band were supporting, which meant I got to go in early help out a bit watch rehearsals etc and I remember Joost as being very sweet and smol and it was just really really nice to see him pop up in this
This is the only reaction channel that always seems to evoke an emotional response for me and I LOVE it. Thanks for doing this.
❤️✊🤘
I think Arjen often gets better performances from the vocalists than they do for their own bands. He knows just how to use each one’s talents.
Also, please check out more Mike Mills/ Toehider! My favorites are How Do Ghosts Work, and This Conversation is Over. Mike is also a multi-instrumentalist and plays all the parts on Toehider albums.
Yes, James Labrie sounds awesome here
Some, maybe.
Never fails , I always leave these reactions having learned something. Great work keep it up . 🤍
Awesome! I love Ayreon. This project its one of the best things that happened to Prog Metal in recent years. You should check The Human Equation, its a masterpiece!
You made me happy :) ... I am ashamed myself, I listen to metal for like 25+ years, I know "all" the best bands our there. Including things like bands basically never reacted by YT people, and I mean amazing bands like (Rebellion, Celesty, Majesty, Rough Silk etc), but I heard for the first time Ayreon (this song) like 5 weeks ago. I absolutely loved it, and I thought "ok, one song is good, I ll check more"... since then I heard first 6 albums he made, watched all 3 live shows ... and I dont listen to anything else now! I fell in love with Arjen's universe!
Songs like Castle Walls, And The Druids Turned To Stone, Day 16 - Looser, The Valley Of The Queens, etc etc etc...
Give yourself a present, watch Electric Castle live, I mean full, you don't need to react, just watch, enjoy.
Arjen deserves it! Can't wait for TRANSITUS
Arjen is an uderrated genius and should be lauded imo as one of today's greatest composers. I can't wait for Transitus~
Holy....I didn't realize there was a new album announcement! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
Love to see Ayreon get some love. I consider "The Human Equation" the second greatest album ever written (next only to "The Old Man and the Spirit")
YES!!
You should react to:
•After Forever (Floor’s first band) - “Dreamflight” Live
•Tarja - “Crimson Deep” live (one of her best vocals, but very underrated song)
•Anneke van Giersbergen - “When I Am Laid in Earth” live (her best live vocals in my opinion)
•Ayreon - “Valley of the Queens” live with Anneke, Floor and Marcela Bovio (another super talented singer, but very underrated)
I like you guys, always informative and curious.
Greetings from the Netherlands
I always love your reactions, I dont know how old this reaction is being from the archive, but I'm so glad you cracked Ayreon, one of my favourites. I'm not sure what you've already checked out but I hope you do more, this is a massive universe that goes to some strange places (Dragon on the Sea, Chaos, Nature's Dance, Voices, Love, Disclosure, Ride the Comet, all different, all absolute slay me any time I hear them.) but it's worth the journey
Not too old, we shot it in January. Much more on the way ✊🤘
@@WolfKain that's fantastic to hear, just joined your patreon to delve into the archive.
If you like Michael Eriksen, the Diplomat, you should REALLY check out his band, Circus Maximus. I highly suggest the songs Alive, Game of Life, Arrival of Love, and Namaste.
Hell yeah! Love Circus Maximus.
And also The Magnificent :)
- James LaBrie (Dream Theater) as The Historian
- Tommy Karevik (Kamelot) as The Opposition
- Tommy Rogers (Between The Buried And Me) as The Chemist
- Simone Simons (Epica) as The Counselor
- Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind) as The Prophet
- Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) as The Captain
- Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) as The Astronomer
- Michael Mills (Toehider) as TH-1
- Russell Allen (Symphony X) as The President
- Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) as The Diplomat
- Floor Jansen (Nightwish) as The Biologist
- Zaher Zorgati (Myrath) as The Preacher
Vocalists in order of appearance
Ayeron, Day Sixteen: Loser (got both a didgeridoo and Devin Townsend on vocals, very reaction worthy, off the album 'The Human Equation'). :)
They can react on tle live version of Loser, isn't? From THE THEATER EQUATION
@@kiwitron True, The TE versions get blocked somehow
That was a great and emotional reaction
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a genius Dutch composer of progressive rock/metal & he has been able to work with the best musicians and vocalists through-out his many projects, of which Ayreon is the biggest and most well known internationally. This particular song is a perfect example of what I said in the 1st sentence.
P.S. Early "In Flames" was a melodeath band, but nowadays their music is more like melodic Groove Metal / Metalcore / Alternative Rock. If one wants to listen to great melodeath, I'd suggest bands like Amon Amarth (Sweden), Insomnium (Finland), Swallow the Sun (Finland) & Aephanemer (France).
wolf i love the how you learn every thing about the artist and the songs....im the biggest nightwish fan but ayreon knows how to make songs
This album is a regular listen to at work. I wasn't going to listen to anything tonight (I'm at work now) but now here comes The Source. Nicely reacted one again, guys.
ayreon is amazing, do more pls, try star of syrrah live, into the black hole or dawn of a million souls (also russen allen has the best friking vocals ever, check out his prog metal band called symphony x)
They already reacted to Symphony X (Inferno)
@@saschakamm9416 But they need to do "The Odyssey". :)
@@Easy_Skanking Oh yeah😉
My favourite song ever
Musicians and singers:
InvitadosEditar
Cantantes
Andi Deris (Helloween)
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex The Gathering, VUUR)
Astrid van der Veen (Ambeon, The Endorphins)
Axel Joseph Langemeijer (ex Bodine)
Barry Hay (Golden Earring)
Bob Catley (Magnum)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
Damian Wilson (ex Rick Wakeman, Threshold (UK), Landmarq)
Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath)
Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation)
Dave Brock (Hawkwind)
Debby Schreuder
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad)
Devon Graves (Dead Soul Tribe)
Dianne van Giersbergen (Ex Libris, ex-Xandria)
Edward Reekers (ex Kayak)
Edwin Balogh (ex Omega)
Eric Clayton (Saviour Machine)
Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire)
Fish (Fish, ex Marillion)
Floor Jansen (Nightwish, Ex After Forever)
Gary Hughes (Ten)
George Oosthoek (Orphanage)
Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian)
Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn)
Ian Parry (Elegy)
Irene Jansen
Jacqueline Govaert (Krezip)
James LaBrie (Dream Theater)
Jan-Chris de Koeijer (ex Gorefest)
Jay van Feggelen (ex Bodine)
Janne "JB" Christoffersson (Grand Magus)
Johan Edlund (Tiamat, Lucyfire)
John Cuijpers (Praying Mantis)
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia, Bloodbath, ex October Tide)
Jorn Lande
Lana Lane
Lenny Wolf (Kingdom Come)
Leon Goewie (Vengeance)
Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories)
Lucie Hillen
Magali Luyten (Beautiful Sin, Over Us Eden, Virus IV)
Magnus Ekwall (The Quill)
Marcela Bovio (ex Hydra, Elfonía, Stream of Passion)
Marco Hietala (Nightwish)
Mark McCrite (Rocket Scientists)
Michael Mills (Toehider)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath)
Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery)
Mirjam van Doorn
Mouse (Tuesday Child)
Neal Morse (ex Spock's Beard)
Okkie Huysdens
Peter Daltrey (ex Kaleidoscope)
Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear)
Robert Soeterboek (Wicked Sensation)
Robert Westerholt (Within Temptation)
Russell Allen (Symphony X)
Ruud Houweling (Cloudmachine)
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
Simone Simons (Epica)
Steve Lee (Gotthard)
Tobías Sammet (Avantasia Edguy)
Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius)
Tom Englund (Evergrey)
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot)
Zaher Zorgati (Myrath)
Guitarristas
Ferry Duijsens (VUUR)
Lori Linstruth ((ex-Stream of Passion))
Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery)
Guthrie Govan (ex Asia)
Jan Somers (Vengeance)
Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged)
Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Oscar Holleman (ex Vengeance)
Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X)
Peer Verschuren (ex Vengeance)
Rheno Xeros (ex Bodine)
Ruud Houweling (Cloudmachine)
Fernando Lazo (Saurus)
Bajistas
Armand van der Hoff (ex Bodine)
Jan Bijlsma (ex Vengeance)
Johan van Stratum (ex-Stream of Passion, VUUR)
Jolanda Verduijn
Peter Vink (ex Finch)
Rheno Xeros (ex Bodine)
Walter Latupeirissa (Snowy White)
Flautistas
Barry Hay (Golden Earring)
Ewa Albering (ex Quidam)
Jeroen Goossens
John McManus (Celtus)
Thijs van Leer (Focus)
Didgeridoo
Jeroen Goossens
Teclado / Clave / Piano / Sintetizadores / Órgano Hammond
Cleem Determeijer (ex Finch)
Clive Nolan (Arena)
Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater)
Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery)
Jens Johansson (Stratovarius)
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
Joost van den Broek (After Forever)
Keiko Kumagai (Ars Nova)
Keith Emerson (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
Martin Orford (IQ, Jadis)
Oliver Wakeman (Yes)
René Merkelbach
Rick Wakeman (Yes)
Robby Valentine (Valentine)
Roland Bakker (ex Vengeance (Hol))
Ton Scherpenzeel (Kayak)
Sitar
Jack Pisters
Violoncello
Dewi Kerstens
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky)
Marieke van der Heyden
Taco Kooistra
Batería
Ed Warby (VUUR, ex Gorefest)
Ernst van Ee (Trenody)
Gerard Haitsma (ex Bodine)
John Snels (ex Vengeance)
Matt Oligschlager (ex Vengeance)
Rob Snijders (ex Celestial Season)
Stephen van Haestregt (ex Within Temptation)
Alexander Manyakin (ex Aria)
Violín
Ben Mathot (Dis)
Ernö Olah (Metropole Orchestra)
Pat McManus (Celtus)
Robert Baba
Speaking of "the country guy" / president - you should listen to another song from his band, "SYMPHONY X - THE ODYSSEY" :)
I like that you don't hide emotions. Absolutely beautiful
I'm a huge Ayreon fan and I love this song. That said, watching this with you two was like hearing the song for the first time with new eyes. Thank you.
If you like the heavier side of Arjen, check out Star One. Similar concept but the two albums are focused on famouse scifi movies/books and are a bit more "metal". My favourite Star one song is "The eye of Ra", based on Stargate. Especially the live version has an AMAZING ending.
I could watch you guys react to Ayreon all the time!! Please, MORE AYREON!!!
Last year there was another live concert because of the 25 year anniversary of the album Into the electric castle.
Simone Simons and Mark Janssen from Epica, Fish and many other musicians participated in this epic live concert. You’ll find a lot of songs on UA-cam. See channel of Arjen Anthony Lucassen and other channels.
I love Ayreon. They are my third best band after Oink Floyd and Nightwish.
There’s a new album coming out called Transitus. Joe Satriani is on it.
Hands down the best reaction I've seen to this song, and I've watched SO many! ...I want this awesome song to blow people away when I watch reactions, the way it did when I heard it, watching your faces throughout the music I knew you loved it..finally this masterpiece has the amazing review it deserves..the only thing that could possibly have improved this song would be if it featured my favourite Ayreon regular, Damian Wilson, but you can't have everything!! Great reaction, thanks guys
Ah, yes, Hansi and Tobias (with their bands Blind Guardian and Avantasia) are the german metal communities pride and joy on the international metal stage. Or, two of the greatest ones.
Also, this song and its lyrics have quite a different meaning when you know the other albums. It's the prequel to the 'Forever' which is the prequel to the very first album and the whole ayreon story in our world. You know exactly, how this whole journey will end, what will become of the human protagonists and TH-1, the only 'machine' that they kept.
Haaa, I'm gonna go and listen to all the albums again.
had the right metal sound of the old and the newwwwwww just perfect to me
Next: Everybody Dies (live)
Arjen is a musical genius! And I can vouch that he does respond to emails. I sent him my thoughts on his "Human Equation" album after hearing it and was surprised when I got a personal response from him. Such a cool guy. I can't wait for the new Ayreon album due out this year.
I've been listening to Ayreon since 2008 when I listened to it on mp3 (sorry Arjen, and someday I'll buy all your albums), and I'm pleasantly pleased to see how year after year such an artist and composition is appreciated.
Toehider is awesome!!!! You must check them out. BTW. Ed Warby was the drummer of Gorefest. A killer death metal band from Holland.
Talking about how the Ayreon Universe evolved through the albums and the years, the sequence is the following one:
1) in 1995 Arjen created the first Ayreon album "The Final Experiment", talking about the story of a blind ministrel of the 6th century britain, named Ayreon, who receives from the future visions of humanity decline and tries to sing about these visions to save the world from its own downfall. The prologue of this album is that in the year 2084 a.d. (chosen by adding 100 years to 1984 referring to George Orwell's most famous novel) mankind has virtually destroyed itself, it's survival depends on the final experiment.
2) Ayreon's second album "Actual Fantasy" (1996) is the only Ayreon album not being a concept album, but it is a group of song each of them narrating story related to science-fiction themes or fantasy themes
3) in 1998, "Into the Electric Castle" talked about eight different characters each of them taken by a different historical age of the earth, that are brought to another dimension and are given a quest by a mysterious alien presence, to go through this unknown land to find the electric castle and try to survive it to go back home. It is the first album to talk about the alien race named "forever", but this seems to be a completely different story from the first two albums
4) in 2000 "Universal Migrator" an album split in two different parts, each of the released as a unique album [pt1: the Dream Sequencer] and [pt2: flight of the migrator]. This is the first album to make clear that all the stories told by "The Final Experiment" and "Into the Electric Castle" are connected to create a bigger picture, a real "Ayreon Universe"
5) in 2004 "The Human Equation", that seems to be disconnected by the "Ayreon Universe" big picture, until the last 30 seconds of the last song, in which it is revealed that the story developed all through the album is a program run by the Forever race to try to solve "The Human Equation" in order to save us and them from the final catastrophe.
6) in 2008 there are two events:
--> a) the album 01011001 (binary code for the letter "Y") is declared by Arjen to be the final chapter of the "Forever race saga" and reveals that the Forever alien race is the human race ancestor arrived from another planet after a global catastrophe and they are guiding our evolution from the dawn of human race until now to make us save them from their destiny
--> b) the best of "Timeline" contains a poster describing how all the album related to the "Forever Saga" are connected and their own part in the "Ayreon Universe big picture", and contains also a new song "Epilogue: The Memory Remains" that is the final epilogue of the "Forever Saga"
7) in 2013 the album "The Theory of Everything" is the first Ayreon concept album completely disconnected by the "Forever Saga" telling about the research of a father and his son of the theory of everything
8) in 2017 with the album "The Source" Arjen returns to his beloved "Forever race" characters, telling us the prequel of the Forever Saga, explaining us where they lived, what was the extinguishing event they have to face, what caused that event, and how the Forever race faced it.
9) in 2020 a new Ayreon album will be released with the title "Transitus" and it will be a complete different story, that will be set on earth in the 19th century, and it will be his second concept album separated by the forever saga.
Arjen also released a lot of other music throughout the years, with many side-projects as "Ambeon", "Star One", "Guilt Machine", "Stream of Passion" , "The Gentle Storm" and his own solo albums. When he creates new music, he creates music, words, story and everything else and when he feels the real mood of what he's creating, he decides if the following creation will be an Ayreon album, another of his own existing side-projects, or a complete new side-project.
I hope to have helped you going through the complex and wonderful world of Arjen Anthony Lucassen's music :)
Outstanding synopsis, man!!! Well done!!!
arjen anthony lucassen plays also in the dutch bands vengeance and bodine
This is amazing. Only yesterday I saw your video on Deep Purple, the first of your videos Ive ever seen. I recommended Ayreon and band todsay here I find you've already beaten me to it. The odds are astronomical.
I love that the introduction has age of shadows playing another awesome song
Quite a ride on this one. I love Ayreon. This guy is so creative and fun.
Small correction. The human Equation IS part of the Ayreon universe. It is a simulation ran by the advanced race that cannot feel emotions (thus the last phrase of the album itself "Emotions.... I remember") in a quest to understand those emotions (Others say it may be linked to the dream sequencer though, as a sort of flashback).
I noticed the flute melody while you were talking was from "Valley of the Queens", another of his songs.
I love it how you totally sumberge yourselves in the music! Your commentary, while still "high" on music, is always delightful to watch!
Sploosh! Ayreon on sistah's channel 💜😆 we're blessed! The human equation is by far my favorite album
Well, you said he doesn't have a band, but the drummer has been a constant throughout almost all arjen's project, and he's awesome :)
Ed Warby...irreplaceable
Seriously you both make the best reactions, from the production to the emotion, these have everything. Would love more Ayreon reactions from you guys especially the live songs.
I adore this song and now, this reaction , thanks guys!
This video is one of the gems of the internet
wait wait wait...someone reacting to AYREON??? Instant subscribe!
I worship at the altar of Arjen Lucassen!!!!! I have many autographed pictures and albums from the Maestro!! Brilliant. Genius. Amazing!!
As always a fantastic reaction,thx.
Not my first, but my most favourite Ayreon Album was "The Theory of Everything".
Among the usual horde of guest muscians (he had Keith Emerson contributing a synth solo!) there was Troy Donockley and Marco Hietala. I thought "how long before he gets the rest of Nightwish?"
Well, at least he has had all the Nightwish vocalists :D
Ayreon is one of my favourite music entities! Your pronunciation of the name Arjen was spot on.
Good job finding that rare instrumental version of Valley of the Queens! I don't think I've even heard it before.
There is a new album in the making, and you can follow the announcements of all the guest singers and instrumentalists in a Guess-The-Guest competition on the Ayreon Facebook page.
Blind Guardian is another of my all-time favourite bands. I fell in love with Hansi's voice from albums such as Imaginations from the Other Side, Nightfall in Middle-Earth, and Tales from the Twilight World. I agree about the similarities to Claus Meine's (Scorpions) vocal delivery.
YESSSS!!!! I am a huge fan of all things Arjen! That dear old metal hippy has produced some fantastic music. There's a new studio album coming later this year. Going to be Narrated by the legendary "Doctor Who" actor Tom Baker. I can't wait.
Need to say it's the first time I have ever heard of Ayreon and a few of the vocalists on the song, but it was really a good one. Will check some more of his work, probably's gonna suit my tastes.
As for the Delain reaction, I really hope it's Sing to Me or Your Body is a Battleground.
i love ayreon, his most easy-listening album is 'the final experiment' about a mediaeval minstral; floor appears on his album universal migrator part1 in the song 'my house on mars'.
there is a beautifull life version of 'valley of the queens' with floor
You definitely must check out Mike Mill's Toehider! Hugs from Italy!
Love this song so much, watching Sistah react to this was amazing, she really let it take her emotionally. Ayreon are just amazing
Great reactions. You give us a lot to think about. Please continue. Genius idea to display the Big Brother lyrics by only ‘1’ and ‘0’.
BTW you fit perfectly well into the wallpaper by this album. LOL
I have been watching a lot of your reaction and just wanted to say how much I appreciate the love you guys have for music, having a lot of respect for what has been created. Thanks guys, keep it up!
I LOVE your reactions. Two bands really hit me hard Nightwish and Ayreon. A 20 year plus fan of both. Ayreon is just too hard to explain! ha! Every release is a huge concept. Some concepts span multiple release, like this one. They are always star studded releases. I have to be honest, I can't remember if I found Floor Jansen through After Forever or Ayreon first. Oh, and that "Country Rock" guy is the singer for Symphony X! Night quite country! LOL He also sings for Trans Siberean Orchestra, Adrenaline Mob, Allen-Lande, Allen-Olzon (as in Annette former NW singer) and other Ayreon projects like Star One. Superstar singer. However, this song alone is loaded with supoer star singers. Enjoy your journey into Ayreon. It's vast!
I was there at Ayreon Universe and saw this masterpiece live. I could strongly recommend "Valley of the queens" from the live show. Sista will cry definitely! ;)
Also Comatose, Day 16: Betrayal , Druids turn to stone (live) and so much from his last live-show "Into the electric castle" is absolutely mesmerizing.
I strongly recommend to watch the docus and specials about Arjen - he's the most humble and skilled musician I now!
I was there also, but this song was not played at all...
Glad you liked the video; it's often the down to earth way of thinking by the Dutch anything is possible nothing is a must ! so keep cool and enjoy. greetings from the netherlands.
You should react from the video Arjen from his last Ayreon live. The song is called "Twisted coil - LIVE" and it will blow you away (Damian Wilson is singing). **It is a MUST!**
Ya'll have to check out the Ayreon songs with Devin Townsend and Bruce Dickinson. Killer stuff. "The Human Equation" contains some of the heavier stuff and Devin's songs.
Arjen was originally meant to do a whole album with Bruce Dickinson. It floundered due to conflicting reasons from both parties.
Great reaction. A few thoughts: Frist off, great research. Arjen has some "side-projects" really worth checking out: Star One (There I discovered Floor some 15 years ago when she was singing backing vocals with her sister), Stream of Passion (with the most underrated Marcela Bovio. They continued as a proper band without Arjen and did some geeat albums), The Gentle Storm (with Anneke van Giersbergen), Amberon, The Guilt Machine.... So A LOT to dig in. Arjen has a great sense of how to place singers to his characters and melodies. Plus he can laugh about himself and doesn't take himself too seriously. The Ayreon Universe show is a real treasure chest.
AYREON Is TOP LEVEL MUSIC AND DREAM TEAM MUSICIANS AND SINGERS!!
WELCOME TO AYREON UNIVERSE!!
Good video but guys... "country guy"? The President is played by Mister Russel Allen, he's insane!
Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Avantasia, Trans Siberian Orchestra,... The guys is one of the best rock/metal singers out there. Truly legendary!
Love love LOVE this reaction! You not only did your homework but you also paid attention during the video and broke it down so well! Keep these prog reviews coming! Would love to see you do the full Source album or even the new Ayreon album Transitus when it comes out in September!
Her reaction is pure gold! And his face is awesome! Love it!
ANOTHER FUN FACT: Ayreon needs its own animated series. just listen to the stuff and let your imagination go.
Thanks for being a Blind Guardian (Hansi Kuersch) fan, Wolfkain! BG are always underrepresented in reactions.
He's also worked with Bruce Dickinson!
Arjen reminds me bit of my cousin we lost few years ago. he also was multi-instrumentalist and liked to be with himself, but still connected, i am tearing up so now i am just going to listen.
Love this so much!!! Also, there's a gift in your PO Box!!!
:-O Hi, Rebecca! ^_^/// Reallyyyyy?!! :-D ♥
@@HalfLifeSistah really really! I made something for you, Wolfkain and your daughter!
@@rebecca1294 you didn't know it, but just in time for my birthday next week😁. I need to go check the box now, thank you 🤗
@@WolfKain You're welcome! And happy early birthday!!
I also just dicovered Ayreon... such a great project :)
loved seeing Hansi ;p awesome reaction guys
I didn't see it in the comments, but the Human Equation is still part of the Ayreon universe. I don't want to spoil anything, but the final part of the final song clues you in to what it really is if you've listened to the other albums.
Such a wonderfull reaction and Wolfkain I have to praise you for your tremendous research.
FYI the 01s are binary code for ASCII computer characters and they spell 'trust TH1', which is the name of AI computer in the story. 😀
Quite a journey, this song is. I wanna forward this to Haley Alexis (here on YT): an american girl, who spent some years in Germany.
Actually, Arjen has a new album on start: "Transitus". From what I've heard so far, it's gonna be epic. Again.
Have to edit this for a sidenote: Michael Mills singing the part of the machine. (And Arjen stating, that Michael created this section of the song all by himself: (maybe it was in the lyrics, haha!) the final word in this is: "ONE"
Now, I'm a technical nerd. In the the digital world, "zero" = 5 Volts. "one" = ground.
"ground voltage" equals "no energy"
Just my idea, about why this last spoken word: "One" might have a meaning.
I follow you quite a time I have not reacted yet, but as a Dutch man ! Trust me Arjen did react to you To be honest! I like the comments of Wolfkain He does the research and has a lot of knowlegde i think Greetings from a old Dutch man
Actually, The Human Equation is part of the Ayreon Universe, but it's a bit complicated to explain haha
Jepp. It really pays to listen to the very end of that album. Probably still my favourite Ayreon, out of a selection of true greatness!
i like that investigation before hearing the song, ayreon is one of my favorite agrupation of musicians ever. keep hearing them u wont be disappointed.
I love you guys so much ❤️ please react to Ayreon - The Eye Of Ra (Ayreon Universe), the "We Are The World" for metal fans
If you like divine guitar, good lyrics and music that will bring you into an unforgettable journey, i suggest (Dogs from Animals by Pink Floyd). The album is based on (Animal Farm. A Fairy Story) from George Orwell, publish in 1945. The album's lyrics describe various classes in society as different kinds of animals: the predatory dogs ( heartless businessmen), the despotic ruthless pigs (politicians), and the "mindless and unquestioning herd" of sheep (ordinary people).
Epic. Truly special. Both your presentation and the musical ride... no better word for it. Thinking of becoming a Patreon supporter myself. Who else if not you.....
That is so sweet 😊♥️
Fun thing with The Human Equation: while it's a self-contained story, it is actually part of the broader Ayreon universe as it takes place as a simulation within the Dream Sequencer (a core concept in the Universal Migrator albums, which are the end of the overall storyline of the Ayreon universe)
WELCOME to the INCREDIBLE world of Ayreon, you two!!!!
The Ayreon Universe IS something to behold, that's for sure!!!!
Check out "Into The Electric Castle"...especially the newest live version...with John DeLancie (Q from ST:TNG)...you guys will LOVE it!!!!
Thanx for another GREAT reaction!!!!
I saw Floor and Arjen on a talk show many years ago, right after they first met. They immediately hit it off and were discussing a collaboration project they were working on. Sorry but I can't remember the name of the song or songs. Someone with the NW Army may recall.
Wasn't that, like 15 years ago? 20 years?
The guy at 13.32 into the video is from the same place as me. He is the vocalist of Pagans Mind :)
Hello from Greece!!Love you guys!!!
Greetings! ^_^/// We love you, too! ♥
If you like Mike Mills you should do a Toehider song as his music is almost the definition of underrated. All the songs have great messages but in a very tongue in cheek delivery. Humorous metal!
Definitely do more Ayreon
loved it
You are awesome couple!!!
I fisrt meet you on the Shoemaker reaction,wich you nained it!!!
You sould definitely listen to "The Dream Dissolves" and 'Deathcry of a race"
(from Ayreon ofcourse) even if you dont make a reaction of them!!!
Keep up rocking!!
Welcome in the Ayreon Universe .... Arjen Rules!!! if it ain't dutch it ain't much LOL