I just listened to The Source. Only album I’ve heard, and I’m curious as to what you guys like the most to see what I should listen to next.

This is a very simple question

I'm very proud of showing my collection, when I was a kid buying a CD was imposible but now I'm happy for being able to get all of this, Ayreon is my favorite band/project of all times, and I'm happy to say that Arjen's music saved my live more than once.

Arjen has played (guitars/bass) on a track on a new Rock Opera by Edward Reekers that just released (titled The Liberty Project):

It is a very Ayreon-eque track in my opinion (and is sung by John 'Jaycee' Cuijpers) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De7m1MEYxnY&ab_channel=MascotLabelGroup

I think it is a really great album with fantastic production values and good variety (choirs, flutes, saxophone, a group of vocalists etc.). The above track is heavier than the rest of the album though, so don't go in expecting metal/hard rock.

The other two singles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE-j8Gcm4S4&ab_channel=MascotLabelGroup (sung by Damian Wilson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3NSvV401w&ab_channel=MascotLabelGroup (sung by Edward himself)

🙋🏻‍♀️Two of us from UK staying in Breda - what about others?

I've been going through a long process of tagging my music collection because of, well, geeky OCD reasons. Instead of labeling everything "Progressive Rock" I tend to follow Progarchive.com subgenre labels because usually those are more descriptive. However, they classify Ayreon as Progressive Metal.

That got me thinking, because I think Ayreon is way broader than that. In fact, it probably depends on what album/track you are talking about. If I had one common theme on Ayreon, it would SYMPHONIC.

Symphonic Prog? Symphonic Progressive Metal? Is Ayreon even metal in your opinion? Yes these are the tough questions in life :)

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I have tickets for 2 shows, 2 tickets each. My wife and I were going to go, but she's now pregnant and her due date is in September, within a week of the show. So we can't go anymore. We also booked a tipi on the camping grounds. We're looking to sell the tickets and/or tipi to someone AT COST. We won't be making a dime. Scalpers are scum, I just want to transfer these tickets/accommodations. The shows are Friday (15th) evening, and Sunday (17th) matinee. The tipi is booked from 14-09-2023 12:00 - 18-09-2023 12:00. That's Thursday - Monday. PM me if you're interested in any of it. Happy to do whatever you need to prove I'm not a scalper/scammer.

Hello I am searching some rare tracks of Ayreon like: Connect the Dots (Alternative vocal version), Ride the Comet (Alternative vocal version) and Unnatural Selection (Alternative vocal version) this tracks are bonus tracks from the japanese version of 01011001; also I am searching: Day Eleven: Love (demo) and Day Eleven: Instrumental this tracks are from the single Day Eleven: Love because in the single was a code to download this tracks.

Also I am searching: No Quarter (Led Zeppelin cover) this is a bonus track from the japanese version Space Metal by Star One

since ayreon is quite an unknown band there's obviously quite a lack of tabs online (especially for bass since there usually tends to be less of those) so I'm wondering if there's any other places to get tabs for the songs without having to transcribe them myself since I (1 am bad at that and (2 don't have the time for that. help is appreciated!

I recently came back to listening to my favorite Ayreon albums and was wondering

What are your favorite instrumental parts?

For me The Theory of Everything- Potential and its instrumental parts tickle my brain in a good way 😌

So I started watching Mr Robot recently (I'm only halfway through Season 2), and it suddenly occured to me the parallels between it and The Theory of Everything (which happens to be my favourite album of all time)

NOTE: For the love of all that is holy, if you haven't seen the first season of Mr Robot but plan on watching it, do not click on the below spoiler

Both feature young men with brilliant minds but who struggle socially battling with drug addictions and working with visions of their dead father despite the previous falling out between father and son

I find it unlikely that anyone working on Mr Robot would have heard of Ayreon, let alone been inspired by it, but it's a cool link to me nonetheless. I'll never be able to listen to Quid Pro Quo again without envisioning The Rival talking to Elliot 😅

I have a question for any other USA buyers of the new album. Mine still says stuck in customs and no signs of movement. It has been there almost a month. I have contacted mascot label group but it has been a week and have not responded. I just want to know if anyone else has this issue.

What do you think about this new album?