AYREON
''THE FINAL EXPERIMENT (SPECIAL EDITION), DISC ONE''
1995
2011
108:48
DISC ONE
1. Prologue/3:16
2. The Awareness/6:36
3. Eyes Of Time/5:05
4. The Banishment/11:08
5. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy/2:45
6. Sail Away To Avalon/4:02
7. Nature's Dance/2:27
8. Computer-Reign (Game Over)/3:24
9. Waracle/6:44
10. Listen To The Waves/4:58
11. Magic Ride/3:35
12. Merlin'SsWill/3:20
13. The Charm Of The Seer/4:11
14. Swan Song/2:44
15. Ayreon's Fate/6:55
DISC TWO
1. Dreamtime (Semi-Acoustic)/4:19
2. Eyes Of Time (Semi-Acoustic)/3:25
3. The Accusation (Semi-Acoustic)/3:49
4. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy (Semi-Acoustic)/2:50
5. Sail Away To Avalon (Semi-Acoustic)/3:26
6. Nature's Dance (Semi-Acoustic)/2:03
7. Waracle (Semi-Acoustic)/5:16
8. Merlin's Will (Semi-Acoustic)/3:29
9. The Charm Of The Seer (Semi-Acoustic)/9:01
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
The progressive metal outfit Ayreon is essentially just Dutch multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Arjen Anthony Lucassen (formerly of the more mainstream metal band Vengeance), plus a revolving-door cast of collaborators and guest musicians that changes from project to project. Ayreon albums are usually large-scale concept epics and sometimes rock operas, in the latter case featuring a different vocalist for each character. Lucassen formed Ayreon in 1994 and released its first album, The Final Experiment, the following year. The more ethereal Actual Fantasy followed in 1996, and from there Ayreon only got more elaborate. 1998's Into the Electric Castle was a campy, sci-fi concept work spanning two discs and featuring guests like ex-Marillion singer Fish and the Gathering's Anneke van Giersbergen. Next up was Universal Migrator, another double-disc set whose volumes were issued separately under the subtitles Part I: The Dream Sequencer and Part II: Flight of the Migrator. These featured even more guest appearances, most notably Tiamat's Johan Edlund and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, plus current and former members of Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Helloween, Stratovarius, and Symphony X; musicians included Rocket Scientist's Erik Norlander and ex-Gorefest drummer Ed Warby.
''THE FINAL EXPERIMENT (SPECIAL EDITION), DISC ONE''
1995
2011
108:48
DISC ONE
1. Prologue/3:16
2. The Awareness/6:36
3. Eyes Of Time/5:05
4. The Banishment/11:08
5. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy/2:45
6. Sail Away To Avalon/4:02
7. Nature's Dance/2:27
8. Computer-Reign (Game Over)/3:24
9. Waracle/6:44
10. Listen To The Waves/4:58
11. Magic Ride/3:35
12. Merlin'SsWill/3:20
13. The Charm Of The Seer/4:11
14. Swan Song/2:44
15. Ayreon's Fate/6:55
DISC TWO
1. Dreamtime (Semi-Acoustic)/4:19
2. Eyes Of Time (Semi-Acoustic)/3:25
3. The Accusation (Semi-Acoustic)/3:49
4. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy (Semi-Acoustic)/2:50
5. Sail Away To Avalon (Semi-Acoustic)/3:26
6. Nature's Dance (Semi-Acoustic)/2:03
7. Waracle (Semi-Acoustic)/5:16
8. Merlin's Will (Semi-Acoustic)/3:29
9. The Charm Of The Seer (Semi-Acoustic)/9:01
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
The progressive metal outfit Ayreon is essentially just Dutch multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Arjen Anthony Lucassen (formerly of the more mainstream metal band Vengeance), plus a revolving-door cast of collaborators and guest musicians that changes from project to project. Ayreon albums are usually large-scale concept epics and sometimes rock operas, in the latter case featuring a different vocalist for each character. Lucassen formed Ayreon in 1994 and released its first album, The Final Experiment, the following year. The more ethereal Actual Fantasy followed in 1996, and from there Ayreon only got more elaborate. 1998's Into the Electric Castle was a campy, sci-fi concept work spanning two discs and featuring guests like ex-Marillion singer Fish and the Gathering's Anneke van Giersbergen. Next up was Universal Migrator, another double-disc set whose volumes were issued separately under the subtitles Part I: The Dream Sequencer and Part II: Flight of the Migrator. These featured even more guest appearances, most notably Tiamat's Johan Edlund and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, plus current and former members of Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Helloween, Stratovarius, and Symphony X; musicians included Rocket Scientist's Erik Norlander and ex-Gorefest drummer Ed Warby.
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