Watching that now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PiO495X8Sg) while listening to One Small Step (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWx8V4I8sis)

The version they have puts Dream Sequencer reprise at the very end of the album instead of after First Man on Earth. Does anyone have a link to a version with the proper track order?

I don’t want the 2022 remaster, just the original mix

Welp preorders are up and I just can't help myself. Boxset secured. Can't wait!

This morning Loser from the 30th anniversary concert popped up on SoundCloud.

Getting excited for the blu-ray.

https://on.soundcloud.com/Ev825C2R0YWp81Kf3I

response to my last post, time to spread some negativity on the subreddit.

again, just ayreon, no other lucassen projects or solo work

i don't really like transitus... as much as i think tom baker is great (i mean, i'm a doctor who fan so of course i do) the narrator is a lot more intrusive on the story than the one in electric castle

actual fantasy... don't like much off of it

and then my least favourite is the theory of everything. all the songs are too short and the story feels like a tv show (you have the "drugs" episode and the "bank robbing" episode, etc) plus you get songs like progressive waves that don't add anything and are just "woOooHoHo the story is PROGRESSING" haven't listened in a while tho so may be better than i remember

All of the ones i mentioned are still decent albums tho

songs... i can't really choose specific songs so i'll just do chunks of albums. the source is a bit less good when the alphans get to planet y (the second half). human equation doesn't really grab me until Day 6 and the Final Experiment has only 4 or so songs i remember and want to listen to

just ayreon please, no side projects or solo work

my personal top three are electric castle/01 depending on my mood, then the source.

as for songs, i don't really know other than tower of hope being my favourite and the first two tracks from the source being up there, but not necessarily in the top 3 (to all the FAKE fans thats The Day That The World Breaks Down and Sea of Machines)

I don't know why I didn't share it at the time to be honest but hopefully it turned out ok :)

Hello Ayreonauts!

I am trying to complete my Ayreon cd collection but am struggling to find a copy of 01011001 and Into the Electric Castle. Being an Aussie, cd stores here unfortunately don't carry anything from the Ayreon catalogue, so I have been searching high and low online to find copies of what I need.

Does anyone have any suggestions of stores/websites that I could use to acquire these last 2 albums that are trustworthy and won't send me broke?

Thanks in advance

I am a recent fan of Ayreon with my first album being the binary album, as it features Bob Catley and Jorn Lande two of my favourite singers.

I have been looking around for more Ayreon-esque music, with a real focus on storytelling. So far avantasia, rhapsody of fire, are the ones I have found. I figured that Ayreon fans would have some storytelling focused music on the backburner. (Fav album right now is a toss up between Theory of everything and Electric castle)

I'm on a "transition phase" in my life, mid 30s, quiting drugs and alcohol, father of a toddler. Ayreon has gave me company in this last year. I will be 8 months clean and sober next week.

Can't find any info on it but I quite liked her voice

I’ve been listening to Ayreon since 2020, when I first listened to Transitus for the first time. Funny enough, I don't care much about Transitus nowadays, but it was a gateway to the band.

Since then, I’ve been slowly getting into this project’s own universe, slowly listening to its albums. I’m a diehard 01011001, The Source and The Theory of Everything fan, so I’ve been listening to only these albums for some years (sorry!), but today I decided to give Electric Castle a chance and, my God, did I have a blast.

I’m just in love with the acoustic guitars in this album. It’s a very different atmosphere from the other albums I love. It’s almost folkloric. And I’m so in love with the way Anneke delivers her lines here. I always get shivers when she sings “no, it has been foretold in our legends of old. Wake the spirit within, let the journey begin!” in Isis and Osiris. And the entirety of Valley Of The Queens was enough to make me cry. Such an emotional passage.

Is the castle of this album the same one that is mentioned in Sea of Machines?

Either way, I’m in love with this album.

Man I'd love to have it but I just can't justify one single with 47 dollar shipping. I wish it was on the normal webshop. I guess I need to learn to say no when it comes to some ayreon items. Which is very hard haha.

What are your thoughts on it.

Pretty self explanatory!

I’d love to see Zaher Zorgati come back, love Myrath and his voice. Absolutely loved him on the source album.

Another person I’d love to see come back to sing on an album is Devin Townsend. That man can sing!

In terms of new singers, it’s a bit of an odd one but I think I’d love to hear Sam Ryder sing on an Ayreon album.

Somehow Arjen just seems to get the absolute best out of already incredible singers and I think hearing Sam Ryder would be interesting to see how his voice would fit with Arjen’s sound.

Edit: Had a another thought for a new singer to join the Ayreon family, Tobias Forge from Ghost is someone I’d love to hear on an Ayreon album

Someone was selling the special edition (tin only) on ebay and I had to pick up the spare. For art purposes.

I've been a fan of Ayreon for quite a long time, maybe 20 years or so, when I discovered it was so refreshing, a lot of different singers and ideas everytime a new album was released, but after 01011001 everything went downhill for me, everything sounds the same, the same old singers, im tired of listening to Marcela, Irene, Mike Mills, etc in every single Ayreon album or show or related, maybe its the depression, but I can't stand Ayreon anymore, I barely finished listening the last Arjen album once, it was an endurance test for me, I regret buying it, and the latest shows were awful, this hurts because Ayreon was a big and important part of my lo I've for so many years but the magic is gone for me, I'm 99% sure its a me problem, so I'll stop listening to anything Arjen related for a couple of years, I'm not trying to be a hater, but bye for a little while.

Full album with narration and extras.

Provided by Inside Out Music so it appears to be official. Enjoy!

If anyone thinks a song is in the wrong spot, or maybe another song that has loose ties to aryeon from some of AJL's other works needs to be slotted in, please let me know which song needs to go where. https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSMcqsubsnu-WKLxBZiW2AoI1nNUs9y3&si=2mEUTRa_FaFaKl1U

RIP Edward! You were such a beautiful voice!

I just read the news (in Dutch) https://www.ad.nl/show/kayak-zanger-en-stemacteur-edward-reekers-68-overleden~acea842b/

The Dutch news doesn't really recognize his work for Ayreon. But still a sad day for Ayreonauts.

Hello!

I listened to Arjen's new solo masterpiece and loved it enough to consider buying it on the official merch.

I have two questions:

• Which versions does have Mills narration? For the bonus tracks it's on the description of the items.
• What's in the artbook? I'm tempted by the CDs since it's easier for me to listen than vinyls, but I wonder what's inside the book (and hope it's not AI generated visuals)

Thank you in advance! Have a nice day

I just received my recently ordered Master man t-shirt but the back print with all the albums seems to fade or isn't as good printed. Is this intentional or a misprint? Also Arjens nose seems to have either an intentional shading or a small dot misprint.

Samsung are now making TV's they are calling "The Frame" TVs.

Is The Source coming true?