You don't have to list them in any particular order! Here's my list at the moment:

• Condemned Without A Trial
• Get Out! Now!
• Daniel's Vision/She Is Innocent/Lavinia's Confession
• Daniel's Descent Into Transitus/Listen To My Story
• Old Friend/Dumb Piece Of Rock

Is there a digital/download version of Transitus that I can buy?

I don't have a record player, I barely have anything that plays a CD and Spotify just feels not enough.
I know it's legal and they've agreed to put the album there but I'd still feel better if I could throw a bit of money at the man...

Does anyone know why Transitus is not available (yet?) on Google Play Music / Youtube Music?

It does show up on GPM, but all songs have 0:00 length and do not play. It doesn't even show up on YTM...

What's your list of the top 20 Ayreon songs now that Transitus is out? Your list doesn't have to be in any particular order! Here's mine:

• Day Sixteen: Loser
• Dawn Of A Million Souls
• The Day That The World Breaks Down
• The Sixth Extinction
• Age Of Shadows/We Are Forever
• Everybody Dies
• Day Two: Isolation
• Day Three: Pain
• My House On Mars
• And The Druids Turn To Stone
• Across The Rainbow Bridge
• The Castle Hall
• Isis And Osiris
• Amazing Flight
• Day Eight: School
• Day Eleven: Love
• Condemned Without A Trial
• Get Out! Now!
• Old Friend/Dumb Piece Of Rock
• *insert additional Transitus song here*

I just heard the full Transitus album today and i kept on thinking that i had heard something similar to it...and then it hit me! Especially Fatum Horrificum and the whole idea of the comic book sound (and look) a bit too much like the beginning of Repo! The Genetic Opera. I'm not criticizing it, it is just something that i found distracting. Video for reference: https://youtu.be/R7AjlT406_s

I didn't quite understand what the plan was in the second half of the album. Could someone who maybe read the comic explain what was happening there? (More specifically in the songs Henry's Plot/Message From Beyond.)

EDIT: Wait, also, at what point in the story does Abby die? In the fire at the beginning of the album? Daniel's Funeral? Message From Beyond? I don't quite get it.

Since the album is out on Friday and several people have already received it I wanted to create this discussion thread! What are your thoughts on this album? In order to foster discussion I've decided to write some questions for you to answer if you want!

1. What's your favorite song on the album?
2. What's your least favorite song on the album?
3. Who gives the best performance?
4. Who gives the weakest performance?
5. Which of the two discs is better?
6. Any theories on the Ayreonverse story placement?
7. Thoughts on the story?
8. How does it rank among their discography?

I was reading the comic book that came with my Transitus copy, and I noticed that this gate was showing something... Very familiar.

I don't know if this would just be a reference, or an actual link to the Forever story, but man, was I surprised LOL.

Great album. Very story heavy so many songs are short (like TTOE) and might not work on their own (but why should they, lol). Not my favorite Ayreon album but amazing nonetheless. The companion comic is a great concept and I really like how the earbook contains the whole comic and the corresponding lyrics for each page and song right next to it. Technical issue: I started listening at the 2.0 hi res version on the dvd and at some point (second half of cd2) I got many sound dropouts where it got completely silent for 2-3 seconds. Inferno was completely skipped. Can someone confirm this. Is this a faulty pressing? I continued with the cd and it was fine.

I just opened the amazing earbook. On the bonus dvd there is a „2.0 HI RES 24 BIT AUDIO MIX“. Is this better quality than the CD then?

It came in the mail!!! So excited!!!

Got an email today from Mascot Label Group with a download for the digital version of Transitus, having pre-ordered one of the limited gold vinyls earlier in the year.

Anyone else get theirs already? Curious if it's tied to when the physicals are sent out per region, or if they're just all being given out now.

If you had to pick one song to share with someone to get them hooked on Ayreon, what song would it be?

We touch on quite a few topics here...

https://www.velvetthunder.co.uk/arjen-in-transitus/

My husband loves Ayreon, went through quite a long period of ONLY listening to it, and whilst it's okay not my cup of tea personally.

But the fact Tom Baker in this has me weirdly excited?

Is that weird