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    Posted: October 20 2005 at 15:42

I was wondering about the band Ayreon after looking at one of their CD's the other day, are they any good and what in what style do they play?

Whats the best album to get
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Arejn creates bombastic progressive rock operas with lots of guest vocalists & musicians!!! Its awesome!!! Why don't You buy Into The Electric Castle or The Human Equation.. those albums are fantastic!
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They play a breed a epic / opera-like  Progressive metal.  Great band, a good album by them is " The Human Equation."

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Thanks for the advice, if they are anything like Vanden Plas, Dream Theater or Symphony X then they must be good.
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Sure You will like em!!! If Your into prog metal try "Flight of The Migrator" (starring guy's like Bruce Dickinson or Russel Allen form SymphX!), or The awesome Human Equation (has an awesome cast of  vocals like James Labire, Mikeal Akerfeldt, Devon Graves or Mike Baker - the best album by Arjen!)
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I will definately be putting these albums on my CD wish list, I want to get some Vanden Plas stuff and also some ARK albums
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Hasn't Arjen got a new one out, but under another name?  Busy chap!
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Me thinks You mean Stream of Passion there, Chappy. Its a normal band this time... With Marcela Bovio singing!!!
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THE HUMAN EQUATION IS AN AWESOME MASTERPIECE ... THE CONCEPT AND MUSIC ARE EXCELLENT

BUY THIS ALBUM PLEASE


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I recommend "Into the Electric Castle". Being a fan of progressive metal, this album still admittedly took me some time to get into. It's now one of my most cherished albums.
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Originally posted by QUATERMASS QUATERMASS wrote:

Thanks for the advice, if they are anything like Vanden Plas, Dream Theater or Symphony X then they must be good.
I don't think they're much like those.
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Ayreon are quite unique ... the best way to get to know them (other than buying ITEC or THE) are the numerous samples that are available on their website.
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You cannot go wrong with Ayreon, unless you do not care for the PROG-Metal edge to most of the recordings. 

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They're OK - not great, but OK. Sort of rock opera-cum-neo-prog-cum-
hard rock - if that description appeals, you will like them.
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Originally posted by Politician Politician wrote:

They're OK - not great, but OK. Sort of rock opera-cum-neo-prog-cum-
hard rock - if that description appeals, you will like them.

There's no Neo-Prog ... maybe sound-wise, but songwriting-wise Ayreon is much closer to 70s prog than 80s Neo-Prog, plus the added Metal influences.
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Politician Politician wrote:

They're OK - not great, but OK. Sort of rock opera-cum-neo-prog-cum-
hard rock - if that description appeals, you will like them.

There's no Neo-Prog ... maybe sound-wise, but songwriting-wise Ayreon is much closer to 70s prog than 80s Neo-Prog, plus the added Metal influences.

I find them a bit spacey too. Like a Prog Metal Hawkwind!
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^ Snow Dog: There are some metal bands and albums that I would place in a "Space Metal" category: Ayreon - The Universal Migrator, Stare One - Space Metal, The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet?, Isis - All, ... and many others!

 
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2005 at 07:07
Isis spacey? I always thought of them as post rock gone heavy myself.
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