Ayreon

Ayreon, the long-running progressive rock outfit from the Netherlands led by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, recently dropped their live album “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time”. Below you'll find another live video from the…

Ayreon, the long-running progressive rock outfit from the Netherlands led by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, have released the live album “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time”. To mark the arrival of the new live document, the…

Ayreon, the long-running progressive rock outfit from the Netherlands led by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, are about to release the live album “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time”. The recording that will grace the new live…

Ayreon, the long-running progressive rock outfit from the Netherlands led by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, are about to drop a live album, "30th Anniversary - An Amazing Flight Through Time". The recording that will grace the new live album…

Edward Reekers, former vocalist of the cult Dutch progressive rock band Kayak and a musician who lent his vocals to the progressive rock project Ayreon for many years, has died at the age of 68. In August this year, Reekers revealed he was…

Label: Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label GroupRelease date: 9/25/2020Production: Arjen Anthony LucassenAlbum length: 80:51 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 7.0/10 "Transitus" is the title of the latest prog metal/prog rock…

After more than two decades, the most revered album in the story of Lucassen's ever-ambitious Ayreon project has finally got a live version, and it's remarkably faithful to the studio original. That's news that's bound to delight most fans…

»The Source« is a textbook Ayreon rock opera, built on the tried-and-tested 'space' recipe and handled by Arjen and his star-studded guests. Longtime fans will love it, even though it offers nothing particularly fresh compared to what…

»The Theater Equation« is aimed first and foremost at longtime fans, while the more authentic »The Human Equation« experience, especially for those just discovering Ayreon's best work, is still best served by the original studio album,…

»Into The Electric Castle« was the landmark work of the one and only Arjen Anthony Lucassen, setting brand-new standards for the modern rock/metal opera and helping revive interest in a concept-album genre that had all but been buried.

"Into The Electric Castle" was the defining work of the one and only Arjen Anthony Lucassen, setting brand-new standards for the modern rock/metal opera and helping revive interest in a concept-album genre that was all but buried.

»The Theory of Everything« may well be the most mature achievement in Ayreon's discography so far. This isn't an album that every listener (and that includes the longtime faithful) can crack after just a couple of spins.

Ayreon is the brainchild of Dutch "wunderkind" Arjen Anthony Lucassen, who, for me personally at least, is a kind of modern-day Mozart. For a good decade now Arjen has been delighting us with great releases, each one an upgrade on the last