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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Arjen Anthony Lucassen: The Theory of EverythingPosted: August 07 2022 at 23:45 |
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That sounds fair. You may have missed what I wrote about The Gentle Storm back on Page 5..... "Arjen Anthony Lucassen & Anneke van Giersbergen get together in this unique one-off album project, which consists of two completely different versions of the same eleven songs on the album. Disc One features the gentler, folkier side of The Gentle Storm and Disc Two features the stormier Progressive and Symphonic Metal versions of the same songs. Hence the title: The Gentle Storm. "
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Posted: August 07 2022 at 21:33 |
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You got a bit ahead of me here so I will just jump to the last album on the list. For the most part I enjoyed this collection of songs but I definitely preferred "The Gentle" selections to "The Storm" selections. One things for certain, you surely get your moneys worth with the amount of music here, so much so that it can get a bit wearing listening to the whole thing in one go and I found the vocals got a bit piercing after a while, but I still think this is worth a solid 3.5 ranking.
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I should have been a pair of ragged claws
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Posted: August 06 2022 at 11:54 |
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just kidding |
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Posted: August 06 2022 at 07:24 |
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^ That's okay.
 Two videos from the stormier side of The Gentle Storm..... From the Heart of Amsterdam.... To the Shores of India.... Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 06 2022 at 07:26 |
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Oops.. I apologise for not reading your list properly..  I saw SoP headline the Dames Of Darkness Festival in 2014, during their double headline European tour with Xandria, then when they decided to split up, they did a Farewell tour with a set of over 2 hours at the Robin. They were excellent live. As I said, I also saw Anneke do the Gentle Storm thing and afterwards with her other band, Vuur... she's an excellent front-woman..
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 06 2022 at 06:32 |
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I Love The Gentle Storm too and their 2015 album is the last album on my list at the top of Page 1. Having featured all of Arjen Anthony Lucassen's related albums (apart from those earlier albums that Cristi mentioned) it's finally time for me to put this thread to bed with a nice warm blanket and a wonderous bedtime story.  |
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Have you covered The Gentle Storm album, The Diary, he did with Anneke? It was a fave of Sue's back in the day and I took her to see her perform the album in support of Delain, back in 2015... it wasn't a bad album at all...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: August 06 2022 at 05:15 |
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If you want to feature those earlier bands here then be my guest, but my primary focus was the Ayreon era (1994-2020), so you could say this thread's title should be The Theory of (Almost) Everything.
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Than maybe I need to Transitus back in time to the 80's aboard the Universal Migrator.
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All you've missed are the two heavy metal bands Arjen played in the 80s.
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I'm passionate about S.o.P. too and it's a nice album to finish on.  All of the albums together in one place, in some semblance of chronological order.  1995: Ayreon - The Final Experiment - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lxhFKL_PLyTB_i7Cv2hK8qhIp8UBo6JC0 1996: Ayreon - Actual Fantasy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kuZo0rkJOWSkm1nycw8m--Ny-6TBtvIE0 1998: Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJN9lXkdyI331mwBfyksfLEdHoUekiH_Y 2000: Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVOsr4GKrzU 2000: Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Navigator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWTIYnQcuY 2000: Ayreon - Ayreonauts Only - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF196C3634C5F864D 2004: Ayreon - The Human Equation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMpiq68-g_4wYFjlhzTHZ8E5WrH_5hMYA 2008: Ayreon - 01011001 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDp_PtuyOwCYS8mEf7sImnsoSiALQB9R9 2008: Ayreon - Timeline - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDp_PtuyOwCaaIqx6bSc6J8nJdNIGUTL6 2013: Ayreon - The Theory of Everything - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDp_PtuyOwCYgVxUVdExKacfWVz14pEs7 2016: Ayreon - The Theatre Equation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRPhKLgNffpwY267Kw2NOx5pBMVV7L6iJ 2017: Ayreon - The Source - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k25tw7snlnbdnODw_E00PSEjzap9aJjWw 2018: Ayreon - Ayreon's Universe: Best of Ayreon Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJGn3wi7b7b606GfoKAdOgm6rtX9OliRc 2020: Ayreon - Transitus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nH9h7WoPpVlqXcvYRvJB_p9CyuysIaSqw 1994: Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3A7MsAKmnfIgAWZzQwqyiaxpvjH1Gif0 1996: Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Strange Hobby - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB87CB1D16F331CFF 2012: Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost in the New Real - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mHPJknQMxGE9JfUuZ519pzA2DmDQ_VdJQ 2001: Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUpIVP6xDDHK2fPAkVsMb7-CgO3RTPX9i 2002: Star One - Space Metal - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZ0_xdoEGlBYIT0gLBGQ-34qQqTNKUzyE 2003: Star One - Live On Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJ536zV5hsfESGFVxpswuat2beXSb1HTo 2010: Star One - Victims of the Modern Age - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpf8Oz4oRysLsns0CififhblhJb4OPPgg 2022: Star One - Revel in Time - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mIwSdZMzm5Tew7mwqgGWbV_v0sNS7C4PM 2005: Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKj9pcQq1zUwdl9U-2p84vlYhw-IzSYfs 2009: Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mpgmV7Z8oI-p7PvKy1_J_EWqRSEWKak4A 2015: The Gentle Storm - The Diary - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ltsoFOe1P4Sp39f9kVQxvOzaiwsa7a9oI |
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I saw SoP live twice Paul; they were a great band on stage.
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I began this tribute to Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Ayreon with The Final Experiment album, and now, having realised an Actual Fantasy exactly four months and 26 albums later, it's time for the final album.... 2005: Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKj9pcQq1zUwdl9U-2p84vlYhw-IzSYfsGet ready to Embrace the Storm of Progressive Metal coming your way because this is the debut album by Stream of Passion and their only album to feature Arjen Anthony Lucassen. I hope you like it, Wherever You Are in the world.  Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 06 2022 at 03:06 |
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^ That quotation of mine has an extra-long <<s--p--a--n>>
 The final album - by Stream of Passion - is coming up here tomorrow.
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I do like this but I wanted it to be better…. |
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2009: Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mpgmV7Z8oI-p7PvKy1_J_EWqRSEWKak4A Guilt Machine:- More Heavy Metal mayhem from Arjen Anthony Lucassen in this one-album side-project, recorded in-between recording sessions for albums by Ayreon & Star One. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 05 2022 at 10:29 |
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2015: The Gentle Storm - The Diary - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ltsoFOe1P4Sp39f9kVQxvOzaiwsa7a9oI
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2001: Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUpIVP6xDDHK2fPAkVsMb7-CgO3RTPX9i Ambeon: an impressive one-off album project from Arjen Anthony Lucassen in which the songs of Ayreon are given a dramatic re-working, just like the song below, which sounds like something Tangerine Dream might have recorded back in their heyday. |
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Well, at least I've heard of Antimatter now, thanks to you.
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