I wanted the new name to sound old fashioned because of the medieval influences, so I used the old-English sounding 'AY' (Aylesbury, Ayrshire). As with every Ayreon album, it is a concept album with each character being portrayed by one singer.
It is Lucassen's first album under his new label, Mascot Label Group. Originally I called the leading character of the first Ayreon album 'Aries'. Yet no one seems to believe that! But I also wanted it to sound modern because of the futuristic parts ("2084") so I used 'ON' (electron, neutron, etc. ), hence 'Ayreon'. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock operas" (or "metal operas") because the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, usually with each one being represented by a unique vocalist.
Each Ayreon album tells a different story, but all, with the exceptions of Due to the project's particular nature, Ayreon live performances are rare, and no official Ayreon live show took place until 2017. Several Ayreon songs were first included in two Starting in 2004, after changing from Transmission Records to InsideOut, Arjen began rereleasing his Ayreon catalog on the new label, with enhancements ranging from basic (The Universal Migrator, issued as a two-disc set instead of two separate albums) to drastic (Actual Fantasy, "Revisited" with completely re-recorded drums, bass, synth and flute). Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electronica, experimental and classical music. Since 1995 Arjen Lucassen’s Ayreon went on to release nine studio albums, with the most recent being brand new 2017’s effort The Source. A musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer In 2005, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Ayreon, At the end of September 2006, when Arjen's new studio was finished, he began making a new album entitled On 25 April 2008, Arjen released a new Ayreon EP named On 16 September 2008, Arjen announced in his official website the release of Arjen took a break from Ayreon and completed a new side project, In November 2016, Lucassen announced the first ever official Ayreon concerts for September 2017, entitled On December 7, 2017, Lucassen stated that a new Ayreon concert would take place on June 22, 2018 at Ayreon was supposed to headline the Night of the Prog Festival in Germany on July 18, 2020 to perform On May 8, 2020, Lucassen revealed on his YouTube channel that his next album would be an Ayreon album, titled On May 13, 2020, he announced the first member of the cast, actor Lucassen said, "Though I do like the similarity of the sound of my own name Arjen and the project name Ayreon, this is purely coincidental. Ayreon /ˈɛriən/ is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
Unlike the previous album The Theory of Everything, it marks a return to science fiction and the Ayreon storyline; it acts, in particular, as a prequel to 01011001, makin Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electronica, experimental and classical music. "Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the main creative force behind Ayreon You create Ayreon, a band formed by the one and only Arjen Anthony Lucassen. The Source is the ninth studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017.
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