Ayreon is not a band, it's the project of the Dutch musical mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen. All his music has a space/sci-fi touch. And Floor sings since many years in his projects, on records as well as on stage. Ad he is able to contract world class metal singers for this projects ad they all love to take part. Check out an operatic Floor in Age of Shadows (Marco also takes part in that one), or a softer tone in Valley of the Queens. You will love I'm sure. BTW, really like your tour around (for you) new music. And someone she don't make more awesome? I can only think of one person, and IMHO they are equal, Freddie Mercury. There's a fan made video of their voices together > th-cam.com/video/pN3TVKjX_Mc/w-d-xo.html
If you like sci-fi then you will love “The day that the world breaks down”. Here’s the link: th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html But my favourites from this concert are “The theory of everything” and “And the druids turned to stone”. As a Floor fan you will probably like “Valley of the queens”.
Ayreon is one of the multiple projects of Arjen Lucassen . All the singers are invited by him , in his projects he had a lot of the best amazing singers we have today, only in this one we have : Michael Mills ( Toehider) , Tommy Karevik ( kamelot ) , Hansi Kursh( blind guardian) , Maggie Luyten ( ex- nightmare) ,Floor Jansen ( Nightwish), and in the chorus: Marcela Bovio (mayan) lissette van der berg and Irene Jansen ( Floor's sister) enjoy the ride. 🤘🤘.
Everything that Arjen Lucassen does has a sci-fi theme and all of it is amazing. Both Floor and her sister Irene are prominently featured in many of his albums. Next check out The Day That The World Breaks Down, you won't be disappointed.
Everything Arjen touches becomes golden! He's brilliant beyond words. Wait til you watch "The Day The World Breaks Down!" Everything Ayreon does is essentially a story, all the different albums fit together into a timeline. Arjen gathers the cream of the cream to perform, and each singer is a character in the story. Every major metal band is represented at some point. You could easily spend the next couple years covering their material, but damn if it isn't worth every second! Your reaction to Floor was excellent! Arjen basically discovered her and she's been singing with him since she was sixteen ... and her sister Irene is one of the three harmony singers.
Just so you know, Ayreon is an even bigger rabbit hole than Nightwish, and it never ends.. Arjen realy knows how to pick great people to work with, before you know it you'll be checking out the individual singer's bands :) And of course since Floor has been involved too, you'll be happy to see her now and then too :P
LOL as one of many that requested this you cracked me up your face when Floor rolled out . Ayreon is not a band . Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Arjen noticed Floor early in her career and has remained close with Floor ever since. ALSO the tall backup singer of the 3 is Irene Jansen Floor's younger sister. two more from them "The Day the World Breaksdown" , "Valley of the Queens"
The guy with the headgear and insanely high voice is Australian musical genius Mike Mills. If you want to see him create one of the most mind-blowing pieces of music of all time then check out Ayreon's 'The Day That The World Breaks Down' video.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's music is very science fiction oriented. Much of it is kind of prog metal opera or Broadway plays. Each vocalist plays a role in the story. Yes, Floor sings on many Ayreon songs and also makes guest appearances on many of the live shows. Floor's sister Irene is the backup singer on the left. Now check out "Star of Sirrah" from this same show. See link. th-cam.com/video/3dEHQNAZsIo/w-d-xo.html - Ayreon - Star of Sirrah live
Haha , one of the three female backup singers is Irene , Floors sister . Another great song featuring Floor is In Orbit by the band Evergrey , do that one after The Day That The World Breaks Down please 🤘🏼💥🤘🏼
The Ayreon Universe live concerts are magic. He creates his albums and invites many singers to perform in them, sometimes they come to his studio, sometimes they send him a recording of their part. Arjen Antony Lucassen (the man behind Ayreon) puts them together with his music, to create stunning music art. Live concerts are rare because the singers are from all over the world and have their own bands. Most on top level in their genre.
Technically, the most singers they had in a song is 11. :) And I guess it will be your next reaction, "The Day That The World Breaks Down" So glad you discovered Ayreon. You're in for a treat.
So Ayreon is not really band, but more of a musical project…one of many by Dutch composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Arjen Lucassen. All Ayreon albums are concept albums that tell a story, and he recruits top-notch vocalists from all over the world to portray the various characters in the story. Floor and her sister Irene (the chorus singer on the left) are frequent participants. I would highly recommend you watch The Day That the World Breaks Down, in which Arjen himself narrates via subtitles, giving info on the different vocalists and musicians. You’ll love it.
If you like that "Queen moment" with Michael Mills, try "The Day the world breaks down". It is a great introduction and entry point to the world of Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Start One, The Gentle Storm, etc. etc.), and Mike Mills does an unbelievable Queen like Harmony thing in that. From there on you can further explore this rabbithole (and it is deep, wide and very well furnished one!) By the way it is not a band, it is more a project (or series of projects...), and yes, Floor has been cooperating with Arjen Lucassen since the beginnen of her singing carreer! Other great (recent) songs by Arjen Lucassen: - This human equation (by Ayreon, with Simone Simons) - Fate of Man (by Star One with Britney Slayes and Michael Romeno) - Lost Children Of the Universe (by Star One,with a 3 minute solo by Steve Vai) - Prescient (by Star One with Michael Mills) But there is Lot and lots more...
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. 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. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock 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 Actual Fantasy, The Theory of Everything, and Transitus, take place in the same fictional, science fiction universe; additionally, Lucassen's solo album Lost in the New Real is also set in the Ayreon universe. Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music. Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays most of the instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians. In this : This song is from Ayreon ninth studio album "The Source", prequel to album "01011001" . This DVD is awesome , absolute fire performance by everyone 🤘🔥🤘. And to see Floor with her younger sister Irene ( one of the backup singers , close to the drums ) on the same stage , is absolutely magical 🥰. Instrumentalists • Ed Warby - drums (Star One) • Johan van Stratum (VUUR, ex-Stream of Passion) - bass • Marcel Coenen (Lemur Voice, Sun Caged) - lead guitar • Ferry Duijsens - guitar • Sir - Joost van den Broek (Star One, ex-After Forever) - keyboards Vocalists • Mike Mills (Toehider) • Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) • Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder • Maggy Luyten (ex -Nightmare) • Floor Jansen (Star one, Nightwish, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp) Backup Vocalists • Irene Jansen (Star One) • Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories) • Marcela Bovio (Star One, MaYaN, ex-Stream of Passion, ex-Elfonía) NWSU/Ayreonaut ✌😁🤘
Absolutely hysterical when Floor came out. I knew it was coming but your face was a picture when she appeared. I just about passed myself laughing. Nice reaction.
Wel, I've got news for you: Ayreon is EPIC in itself! Just imagine: this is a project by a prog rock/prog metal legend, and basically THE ONLY SOLID MEMBER: Arjen Anthony Lucassen! Whatever name in metal/rock/prog you can think of: he has already worked with THE BEST OF THE BEST! Check out any song from the Ayreon Universe concert. My friend, I can tell you: you will be going deep down a long and winding rabbit hole, and not even the Mad Hatter will be able to pull you out...
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is Dutch, and the guy making these projects, making most of the music, and inviting singers and musicians in to these projects, i think with Floor he already discovered her when she was 19 yrs old or so, she have been vocal on many songs, also Simone Simmons from Epica have been used a lot by Arjen.. Arjen got Ayreon, but also star one, as (band name) recently he released a album for Star one, which i dont get why people dont listen to, rarely reacted to, and on spotify no song even got 1 mill listens, from this new album i dont get it.. ithis album got a great masterpiece called lost Children of the universe, as well as some great shorter songs like Fate of man and Precient.. Arjen made a LOT of great albums, and songs, the one he might be most known for is from the album the source called The day that the world breaks down, thats what is usaly reacted to with Arjen, and thats a masterpice to, with 11 main singers, including Floor and Simone.. Arjen is just a master, like Tuomas from Nightwish is.. this is a BIG rabbit hole to dive into..
With Ayreon you have discovered a sci fi audiobook series like none other. Welcome to the deeeeep end. Enjoy the ride, it will take you to strange and dangerous places, but Arjen is an excellent tour guide. (Also, if you want to get into the story, listening to full albums in track order is the way to go)
Composer: Arjen Lucassen - Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Singers in order of appearance: Mike Mills - Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and main songwriter for Toehider. Hansi Kürsch - Lead singer of Blind Guardian. Tommy Karevik - Lead singer of Kamelot. Maggy Luyten - One of Belgium's leading female rock singers. Floor Jansen - Lead singer of After Forever, ReVamp & now Nightwish. Backup singers: Irene Jansen - Younger sister of Floor, usually sings backup vocals for Ayreon shows. Lisette Van den Berg - Dutch vocalist mostly known for her work with Scarlet Stories. Marcella Bovio - Mexican singer, violinist, songwriter, and vocal teacher, who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN. Next I would suggest reacting to the performances at Ayreon Universe concert, especially the following Intergalactic Space Crusaders, River of Time, Merlin's Will, Valley of the Queens, Ride the Comet, Star of Sirrah, And the Druids Turn to Stone, Age of Shadows & The Eye of Ra.
The whole Ayreon project is a sort of who-is-who of the current symphonic prog/metal world. So, as follow-up, why not listen to "the day the world breaks down", "Valley of the Queen's" and "Eye of Ra".
I am gonna make this rabbit hole even deeper. AYREON is just 1 of Arjen Anthony Lucassen`s projects. Another is Star One. The album from Star One, Revel In Time, came out last februari, featuring stars like Brittney Slayes and Steve Vai. Each song has a different singer, and each song is based on a movie about time travel or time controle. Enjoy !!
There are 10 Ayreon studio albums to enjoy so far (and about just as many side projects). All sci-fi, many featuring Floor (she has been working with Ayreon for decades), many of them double albums. Most of them conceptual to boot. With many other well known singers on earlier albums - Bruce Dickinson can be mentioned as one of oh so many.
You’re about to fall into a big rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out again. Have a look at the two epic live concerts: Ayreon Universe live Electric castle live and other tales. The first singer plays the android TH1. Ayreon isn’t a band but one of several projects by Arjen Lucassen. See Wikipedia 11 singers in the song The day that the world brakes down. See official video. Floor sings in many projects and albums by Arjen Lucassen. Floor’s sister Irene is in the background choir. The keyboard player, Joost van den Broek, played together with Floor in After Forever.
This was great. Lovely to watch you discover an incredible dimension of music. helmet guy Mike Mills of Toehider and Floor Jansen are the cherries on top of a cake of infinite layers. Please share more reactions to this stuff.
Arjen has been working with over 100 of the top singers and musicians in the world - like Floor since year 2000 (and her sister Irene a few years later). But all the great ones are there - and just to tease you - Steve Vai is also in the Arjen Universe.... By the way - the guy on the piano is Floor's old friend and bandmember of After Forever and ReVamp.. helping her with some of her cover and solo projects..
We got you! 🤣🤣 I did a suggestion when you did the last Nightwish reaction video. Here is the link again for "Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down". : th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html You will LOVE it for sure! Greetings from the Netherlands, Martin
Ayreon/Star One = Outer Space Opera. You'll love it. Did you recognize Floor's little sister Irene? (who's actually 0.5cm taller). And that 8:48 moment was priceless, since you just got blown away by a stellar Shallow, haha! Know that Floor has been Arjen's trump card on many occasions. They go way, way back.. Cheers from Amsterdam!
Looking for something different and looking for something that is "spacy", then I hope you can find the time to react to this TOP LINEUP OF MANY MUSICAL INTRUMENTS/SINGERS: The Source is the 9th studio album from *AYREON* , a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen (Ahr-Yun) Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017. *_”The Day That The World Breaks Down”_* is a song that features all 11 (quite well known) main guest singers (you’ll be surprised) and is taken from that album. Arjen himself is telling (in subtitles) who the singers are and which instruments are used and by which standards. Btw. This creative original clip is 13 min. long and I think you won’t regret it !! Official (Arjen’s) clip: th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
Well if your in to sci-fi welcome to Ayreon as it conains every piece of science fiction . Floor Jansen and her sister have been part of Ayreon for over 20 years. Btw here sister irene is standing on the left of the background singers. Not spoiling suprises but the live concert that cames after this one well it will have a big suprise for you.
I was there and the highest note was a B5. PS the background singers are recognized front women too and the on the left is Irene Jansen sister of Floor. You are lacking some 3 decades behind.
Who better to end a wild song than the Valkyrie Goddess? Now you should check out Ayreon - Merlin's Will (Universe) th-cam.com/video/Uh7wFKcpFO4/w-d-xo.html
Your reaction when you realized it was Floor! LOL! Arjen Lucassen is a genius and it seems a great guy, too. There's an interesting interview with Elisabeth of The Charismatic Voice channel.
Ayreon is a project by the brilliant dutch guy arjen anthony lucassen( the tall hippie extremely nice guy) i came to ayreon because i think floor jansen( also dutch) is the best female singer in the world.....floor already sings/collabarote with arjen for over 20 years .. Same as her bff simone simons ( also dutch and singer of epica)....as already mentioned the day the world breaks down is also very cool,valley of the queens( floor anneke and marcela) the eye of rah( finale of tilburg concert with all performers) and merlins will( floor!)....aeron has alot of cool songs
Actually, Ayreon is not a band, it’s a musical proyect with 8 studio albums. Each album has its own concept but every album is connected into a musical/lyrical “ayreon universe”. Also, there are a lot of guest musicians and singers in each album. Fun fact: Sharon den Adel from Within Temptation sang in the first album “Into the electric castle”, you should listen the studio version songs “Cosmic Fusion” or “Isis and Ossiris”, sharon is a one of the guest singers in those songs. There are a live versions of these songs but Simone (from epica) is the singer that replace the studio singing sections of Sharon. You surely like both versions
You need to watch The Day that the world breaks down. It's awesome. The whole album follows a long running sci-fi story. It's the creation of Arjen Luccasen who does these amazing collaborations of musicians, and 11 singers, from bands from all over the world. The fellow that blasted you us an amazing Australulian singer. He plays the computer that is taking over on the album, hence the outfit lol. By the way Floor has Bern on tobs of hid albums, collaborating with him since she was 18. :)
Arjen Luckassen the grunder of Ayreon have known Floor since she was 16,and if you take an closer look the lady in the quier she near the drummer,shes Floor sister Irene they have worked with Arjen for many years..But you have to react to Ayreon the eye of ra or walley of the queens
Hey, you should definitely check out Ayreon The Electric Castle and Other Tales album live shows, featuring John de Lance the actor who played Q from Star Trek the next generation series as a live narrator on stage, awesome thanks requesting 😎
Haha so funny. Ok a little bit unfair 😊. As an European Metal fan we know Ayreon or Arjen Lucassen as a genius composer doing Prog Metal Musicals and a lot of fantastic projects working together with the best of the genre. No surprise at all. 😂 His newest project is Star One. Check out "Lost Children of the Universe". th-cam.com/video/6ADV7NYDfQs/w-d-xo.html Another "killer". And yes Floor is also part of this project (but not part of this song). As a SiFi fan a MUST!!!!
Hey, another awesome singer for you to check out is Jarkko Ahola a Dutch singer, try his John Lennon cover official music video Imagine, and his Queen cover song Who wants to live forever live show, awesome thanks requesting 😎
Floor appears, Chris disappears, me ... i had to lol if you decide to listen to the "Valley of the Queens", please don´t run away ... stay in front of that camera because we like to see emotions
Same here. I just came home from work, it's 5:30 am over here and I had to laugh so hard 😂. You will get lots of recommendations for Ayreon now. Mine is simply do the Ayreon Universe concert start to finish, it's fantastic and every song is a gem in its own right. And of course The Day that the World breaks down.
Buckle up because we are going on a trip into the world of Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion) aka Ayreon Universe. Enjoy the music!!
take ben griffens advice. the back up singer closest to the drummer is irene jansen, floor's sister.. every other singer on stage including the back up singers have their own band. the drummer is ed warby, one of the best as are the other musicians. you will hear her and floor sing together in another song. the only reason irene doesn't lead a band is because i guess she doesn't want to. she helps floor translate songs into english. if you want to be totally blown away by a short song watch "valley of the queens.' if you want to be blown away by 20 singers watch the eye of ra.
Why you are so suprised with Floor? She was singing for Arjen since she was... 17? And her sister is there too. In "Eye of Ra" from same gig you would see whole lineup. It is much much more than you think.
Hey man, I saw your announcement that you move to twitch because your video's get blocked on YT. If that is with the video's that you made for Ayreon songs: if you simply contact Arjen Lucassen, he will immediately have them unblocked!
Ayreon is not a band, it's the project of the Dutch musical mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
All his music has a space/sci-fi touch.
And Floor sings since many years in his projects, on records as well as on stage.
Ad he is able to contract world class metal singers for this projects ad they all love to take part.
Check out an operatic Floor in Age of Shadows (Marco also takes part in that one), or a softer tone in Valley of the Queens. You will love I'm sure.
BTW, really like your tour around (for you) new music.
And someone she don't make more awesome? I can only think of one person, and IMHO they are equal, Freddie Mercury.
There's a fan made video of their voices together > th-cam.com/video/pN3TVKjX_Mc/w-d-xo.html
The moment when you realize that Floor Jansen popped out on stage, hilarious, awesome 😎
If you like sci-fi then you will love “The day that the world breaks down”. Here’s the link: th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
But my favourites from this concert are “The theory of everything” and “And the druids turned to stone”. As a Floor fan you will probably like “Valley of the queens”.
YES YES YES! This one is one of the most epic ones.
Did we not tell you the rabbithole was DEEEEEEEP?
Welcome to your new world!
Ayreon is one of the multiple projects of Arjen Lucassen . All the singers are invited by him , in his projects he had a lot of the best amazing singers we have today, only in this one we have : Michael Mills ( Toehider) , Tommy Karevik ( kamelot ) , Hansi Kursh( blind guardian) , Maggie Luyten ( ex- nightmare) ,Floor Jansen ( Nightwish), and in the chorus: Marcela Bovio (mayan) lissette van der berg and Irene Jansen ( Floor's sister) enjoy the ride.
🤘🤘.
Everything that Arjen Lucassen does has a sci-fi theme and all of it is amazing. Both Floor and her sister Irene are prominently featured in many of his albums. Next check out The Day That The World Breaks Down, you won't be disappointed.
Everything Arjen touches becomes golden! He's brilliant beyond words. Wait til you watch "The Day The World Breaks Down!" Everything Ayreon does is essentially a story, all the different albums fit together into a timeline. Arjen gathers the cream of the cream to perform, and each singer is a character in the story. Every major metal band is represented at some point. You could easily spend the next couple years covering their material, but damn if it isn't worth every second! Your reaction to Floor was excellent! Arjen basically discovered her and she's been singing with him since she was sixteen ... and her sister Irene is one of the three harmony singers.
the blond backround singer is Floor sister Irene 👍
The Choir Girls are : (right to left)
Marcela Bovio
Lissette Van Der Berg
Irene Jansen (YES, SHE IS!!!)
Just so you know, Ayreon is an even bigger rabbit hole than Nightwish, and it never ends.. Arjen realy knows how to pick great people to work with, before you know it you'll be checking out the individual singer's bands :) And of course since Floor has been involved too, you'll be happy to see her now and then too :P
LOL as one of many that requested this you cracked me up your face when Floor rolled out . Ayreon is not a band . Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Arjen noticed Floor early in her career and has remained close with Floor ever since. ALSO the tall backup singer of the 3 is Irene Jansen Floor's younger sister. two more from them "The Day the World Breaksdown" , "Valley of the Queens"
I absolutely was not expecting that at all!
To understand his helmet, and in rder get blown away another time, watch Ayreons video "The day that the world breaks down" with 11 singers!
The guy with the headgear and insanely high voice is Australian musical genius Mike Mills.
If you want to see him create one of the most mind-blowing pieces of music of all time then check out Ayreon's 'The Day That The World Breaks Down' video.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's music is very science fiction oriented. Much of it is kind of prog metal opera or Broadway plays. Each vocalist plays a role in the story. Yes, Floor sings on many Ayreon songs and also makes guest appearances on many of the live shows. Floor's sister Irene is the backup singer on the left. Now check out "Star of Sirrah" from this same show. See link.
th-cam.com/video/3dEHQNAZsIo/w-d-xo.html - Ayreon - Star of Sirrah live
Haha , one of the three female backup singers is Irene , Floors sister . Another great song featuring Floor is In Orbit by the band Evergrey , do that one after The Day That The World Breaks Down please 🤘🏼💥🤘🏼
The Ayreon Universe live concerts are magic.
He creates his albums and invites many singers to perform in them, sometimes they come to his studio, sometimes they send him a recording of their part.
Arjen Antony Lucassen (the man behind Ayreon) puts them together with his music, to create stunning music art.
Live concerts are rare because the singers are from all over the world and have their own bands. Most on top level in their genre.
Technically, the most singers they had in a song is 11. :) And I guess it will be your next reaction, "The Day That The World Breaks Down"
So glad you discovered Ayreon. You're in for a treat.
So Ayreon is not really band, but more of a musical project…one of many by Dutch composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Arjen Lucassen. All Ayreon albums are concept albums that tell a story, and he recruits top-notch vocalists from all over the world to portray the various characters in the story. Floor and her sister Irene (the chorus singer on the left) are frequent participants. I would highly recommend you watch The Day That the World Breaks Down, in which Arjen himself narrates via subtitles, giving info on the different vocalists and musicians. You’ll love it.
If you like that "Queen moment" with Michael Mills, try "The Day the world breaks down". It is a great introduction and entry point to the world of Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Start One, The Gentle Storm, etc. etc.), and Mike Mills does an unbelievable Queen like Harmony thing in that. From there on you can further explore this rabbithole (and it is deep, wide and very well furnished one!) By the way it is not a band, it is more a project (or series of projects...), and yes, Floor has been cooperating with Arjen Lucassen since the beginnen of her singing carreer!
Other great (recent) songs by Arjen Lucassen:
- This human equation (by Ayreon, with Simone Simons)
- Fate of Man (by Star One with Britney Slayes and Michael Romeno)
- Lost Children Of the Universe (by Star One,with a 3 minute solo by Steve Vai)
- Prescient (by Star One with Michael Mills)
But there is Lot and lots more...
I love you man, i seriusly am waiting everyday in the hope you do a Floor Nightwish reaction, you are absolutly great
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. 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. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock 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 Actual Fantasy, The Theory of Everything, and Transitus, take place in the same fictional, science fiction universe; additionally, Lucassen's solo album Lost in the New Real is also set in the Ayreon universe. Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music. Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays most of the instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians.
In this :
This song is from Ayreon ninth studio album "The Source", prequel to album "01011001" .
This DVD is awesome , absolute fire performance by everyone 🤘🔥🤘. And to see Floor with her younger sister Irene ( one of the backup singers , close to the drums ) on the same stage , is absolutely magical 🥰.
Instrumentalists
• Ed Warby - drums (Star One)
• Johan van Stratum (VUUR, ex-Stream of Passion) - bass
• Marcel Coenen (Lemur Voice, Sun Caged) - lead guitar
• Ferry Duijsens - guitar
• Sir - Joost van den Broek (Star One, ex-After Forever) - keyboards
Vocalists
• Mike Mills (Toehider)
• Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian)
• Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder
• Maggy Luyten (ex -Nightmare)
• Floor Jansen (Star one, Nightwish, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp)
Backup Vocalists
• Irene Jansen (Star One)
• Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories)
• Marcela Bovio (Star One, MaYaN, ex-Stream of Passion, ex-Elfonía)
NWSU/Ayreonaut ✌😁🤘
Absolutely hysterical when Floor came out. I knew it was coming but your face was a picture when she appeared. I just about passed myself laughing. Nice reaction.
Another sneak peak at Floor singing an Ayreon special little number - Valley of the Queens - simply beautiful
Wel, I've got news for you: Ayreon is EPIC in itself! Just imagine: this is a project by a prog rock/prog metal legend, and basically THE ONLY SOLID MEMBER: Arjen Anthony Lucassen! Whatever name in metal/rock/prog you can think of: he has already worked with THE BEST OF THE BEST!
Check out any song from the Ayreon Universe concert. My friend, I can tell you: you will be going deep down a long and winding rabbit hole, and not even the Mad Hatter will be able to pull you out...
Arjen works with the best and his music is awesome. Arjen has worked and mentored Floor since she was 19.
Thank you wery many!! This is like "evolving combo"! There are songs with Marko & Floor, Marko, Floor and her Sister etc..
Micheal Mills is a vocal god as far as male vocalist goes, and at the end there is the the female vocal goddess.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is Dutch, and the guy making these projects, making most of the music, and inviting singers and musicians in to these projects, i think with Floor he already discovered her when she was 19 yrs old or so, she have been vocal on many songs, also Simone Simmons from Epica have been used a lot by Arjen..
Arjen got Ayreon, but also star one, as (band name) recently he released a album for Star one, which i dont get why people dont listen to, rarely reacted to, and on spotify no song even got 1 mill listens, from this new album i dont get it.. ithis album got a great masterpiece called lost Children of the universe, as well as some great shorter songs like Fate of man and Precient..
Arjen made a LOT of great albums, and songs, the one he might be most known for is from the album the source called The day that the world breaks down, thats what is usaly reacted to with Arjen, and thats a masterpice to, with 11 main singers, including Floor and Simone..
Arjen is just a master, like Tuomas from Nightwish is.. this is a BIG rabbit hole to dive into..
With Ayreon you have discovered a sci fi audiobook series like none other. Welcome to the deeeeep end. Enjoy the ride, it will take you to strange and dangerous places, but Arjen is an excellent tour guide. (Also, if you want to get into the story, listening to full albums in track order is the way to go)
Composer:
Arjen Lucassen - Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon.
Singers in order of appearance:
Mike Mills - Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and main songwriter for Toehider.
Hansi Kürsch - Lead singer of Blind Guardian.
Tommy Karevik - Lead singer of Kamelot.
Maggy Luyten - One of Belgium's leading female rock singers.
Floor Jansen - Lead singer of After Forever, ReVamp & now Nightwish.
Backup singers:
Irene Jansen - Younger sister of Floor, usually sings backup vocals for Ayreon shows.
Lisette Van den Berg - Dutch vocalist mostly known for her work with Scarlet Stories.
Marcella Bovio - Mexican singer, violinist, songwriter, and vocal teacher, who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN.
Next I would suggest reacting to the performances at Ayreon Universe concert, especially the following Intergalactic Space Crusaders, River of Time, Merlin's Will, Valley of the Queens, Ride the Comet, Star of Sirrah, And the Druids Turn to Stone, Age of Shadows & The Eye of Ra.
The whole Ayreon project is a sort of who-is-who of the current symphonic prog/metal world. So, as follow-up, why not listen to "the day the world breaks down", "Valley of the Queen's" and "Eye of Ra".
I am gonna make this rabbit hole even deeper. AYREON is just 1 of Arjen Anthony Lucassen`s projects. Another is Star One. The album from Star One, Revel In Time, came out last februari, featuring stars like Brittney Slayes and Steve Vai. Each song has a different singer, and each song is based on a movie about time travel or time controle. Enjoy !!
ooops an other huge rabbit hole :) Every project of Arjen is awesome ... Ayrton, Star One, Gently Storm etc etc
There are 10 Ayreon studio albums to enjoy so far (and about just as many side projects). All sci-fi, many featuring Floor (she has been working with Ayreon for decades), many of them double albums. Most of them conceptual to boot. With many other well known singers on earlier albums - Bruce Dickinson can be mentioned as one of oh so many.
You’re about to fall into a big rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out again.
Have a look at the two epic live concerts:
Ayreon Universe live
Electric castle live and other tales.
The first singer plays the android TH1.
Ayreon isn’t a band but one of several projects by Arjen Lucassen.
See Wikipedia
11 singers in the song The day that the world brakes down. See official video.
Floor sings in many projects and albums by Arjen Lucassen.
Floor’s sister Irene is in the background choir.
The keyboard player, Joost van den Broek, played together with Floor in After Forever.
Please check also Age of Shadows and River of Time and Merlins Will all live
If you want to see ALL the singers that was involved in this show you should react to "The eye of Ra" the last song of the show.
This was great. Lovely to watch you discover an incredible dimension of music. helmet guy Mike Mills of Toehider and Floor Jansen are the cherries on top of a cake of infinite layers. Please share more reactions to this stuff.
Haha, that was fun :) Also, the keyboardist here (Joost van den Broek) also did Floor's cover of Alone
Arjen has been working with over 100 of the top singers and musicians in the world - like Floor since year 2000 (and her sister Irene a few years later). But all the great ones are there - and just to tease you - Steve Vai is also in the Arjen Universe....
By the way - the guy on the piano is Floor's old friend and bandmember of After Forever and ReVamp.. helping her with some of her cover and solo projects..
The day that the world breaks down... Intergalactic space crusaders! Oh and the most epic get up and leave the room since Mr. Rock and Roll :D
Your reaction to Floor Jensen apparition was epic 😂
Overhere in the Netherlands they dared her to sing the telephone book and guess what she did !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We got you! 🤣🤣 I did a suggestion when you did the last Nightwish reaction video. Here is the link again for "Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down". : th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
You will LOVE it for sure! Greetings from the Netherlands, Martin
Marko is also featured on an Ayreon song “Age of shadows” if you’re interested 😁
Ayreon/Star One = Outer Space Opera. You'll love it. Did you recognize Floor's little sister Irene? (who's actually 0.5cm taller). And that 8:48 moment was priceless, since you just got blown away by a stellar Shallow, haha! Know that Floor has been Arjen's trump card on many occasions. They go way, way back.. Cheers from Amsterdam!
Looking for something different and looking for something that is "spacy", then I hope you can find the time to react to this TOP LINEUP OF MANY MUSICAL INTRUMENTS/SINGERS: The Source is the 9th studio album from *AYREON* , a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen (Ahr-Yun) Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017. *_”The Day That The World Breaks Down”_* is a song that features all 11 (quite well known) main guest singers (you’ll be surprised) and is taken from that album. Arjen himself is telling (in subtitles) who the singers are and which instruments are used and by which standards.
Btw. This creative original clip is 13 min. long and I think you won’t regret it !!
Official (Arjen’s) clip: th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
Dude, she can make everything sound better. As a dare, Floor sang part of a phonebook 1-2 days ago. The clip is on YT, just search for it.
The Dutch composer Arjen Lucassen “discovered” Floor and not only here she is the icing on the cake!🎉
Ya icing made of gold and everything good
The tallest backup singer is Floor’s sister Irene Jansen, awesome 😎
Well if your in to sci-fi welcome to Ayreon as it conains every piece of science fiction . Floor Jansen and her sister have been part of Ayreon for over 20 years. Btw here sister irene is standing on the left of the background singers. Not spoiling suprises but the live concert that cames after this one well it will have a big suprise for you.
There are actually 16 different lead vocalist, taken from the cream of the crop bands from around the world
I was there and the highest note was a B5. PS the background singers are recognized front women too and the on the left is Irene Jansen sister of Floor. You are lacking some 3 decades behind.
I VERY much enjoyed your reaction!
Who better to end a wild song than the Valkyrie Goddess? Now you should check out Ayreon - Merlin's Will (Universe) th-cam.com/video/Uh7wFKcpFO4/w-d-xo.html
Your reaction when you realized it was Floor! LOL! Arjen Lucassen is a genius and it seems a great guy, too. There's an interesting interview with Elisabeth of The Charismatic Voice channel.
You will love this travel. -The day that the world breaks down- should be next :]
Ayreon is a project by the brilliant dutch guy arjen anthony lucassen( the tall hippie extremely nice guy) i came to ayreon because i think floor jansen( also dutch) is the best female singer in the world.....floor already sings/collabarote with arjen for over 20 years .. Same as her bff simone simons ( also dutch and singer of epica)....as already mentioned the day the world breaks down is also very cool,valley of the queens( floor anneke and marcela) the eye of rah( finale of tilburg concert with all performers) and merlins will( floor!)....aeron has alot of cool songs
Actually, Ayreon is not a band, it’s a musical proyect with 8 studio albums. Each album has its own concept but every album is connected into a musical/lyrical “ayreon universe”. Also, there are a lot of guest musicians and singers in each album.
Fun fact: Sharon den Adel from Within Temptation sang in the first album “Into the electric castle”, you should listen the studio version songs “Cosmic Fusion” or “Isis and Ossiris”, sharon is a one of the guest singers in those songs. There are a live versions of these songs but Simone (from epica) is the singer that replace the studio singing sections of Sharon.
You surely like both versions
You need to watch The Day that the world breaks down. It's awesome. The whole album follows a long running sci-fi story.
It's the creation of Arjen Luccasen who does these amazing collaborations of musicians, and 11 singers, from bands from all over the world.
The fellow that blasted you us an amazing Australulian singer.
He plays the computer that is taking over on the album, hence the outfit lol. By the way Floor has Bern on tobs of hid albums, collaborating with him since she was 18. :)
You really have no idea what you have just walked into have you? I cannot wait for you to watch, listen and learn!
Arjen Lucassen strikes again. Greetings from The Netherlands.
He he! Welcome to Ayreon....
Ayreon- Age of shadows Live. Strongly recommend.
the big singer at the back is floor's sister and they work with him from 2000
Arjen Luckassen the grunder of Ayreon have known Floor since she was 16,and if you take an closer look the lady in the quier she near the drummer,shes Floor sister Irene they have worked with Arjen for many years..But you have to react to Ayreon the eye of ra or walley of the queens
Hey, you should definitely check out Floor Jansen Fire 🔥 live on HLF8 radio show Dutch, released yesterday, thanks requesting 😎
Great reaction buddy, did you know the third female, the tall one, backup singer is Floor's sister Irean.
Hey, you should definitely check out Ayreon The Electric Castle and Other Tales album live shows, featuring John de Lance the actor who played Q from Star Trek the next generation series as a live narrator on stage, awesome thanks requesting 😎
Haha so funny. Ok a little bit unfair 😊. As an European Metal fan we know Ayreon or Arjen Lucassen as a genius composer doing Prog Metal Musicals and a lot of fantastic projects working together with the best of the genre. No surprise at all. 😂 His newest project is Star One. Check out "Lost Children of the Universe". th-cam.com/video/6ADV7NYDfQs/w-d-xo.html Another "killer". And yes Floor is also part of this project (but not part of this song).
As a SiFi fan a MUST!!!!
Oh, hey, you found Ayreon. Nice.
Hey, another awesome singer for you to check out is Jarkko Ahola a Dutch singer, try his John Lennon cover official music video Imagine, and his Queen cover song Who wants to live forever live show, awesome thanks requesting 😎
Floor appears, Chris disappears, me ... i had to lol
if you decide to listen to the "Valley of the Queens", please don´t run away ... stay in front of that camera because we like to see emotions
Same here. I just came home from work, it's 5:30 am over here and I had to laugh so hard 😂. You will get lots of recommendations for Ayreon now. Mine is simply do the Ayreon Universe concert start to finish, it's fantastic and every song is a gem in its own right. And of course The Day that the World breaks down.
You would love Arjen Anthony Lucassen.s Star One every song is related to a syfy movie or tv show.
Buckle up because we are going on a trip into the world of Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion) aka Ayreon Universe. Enjoy the music!!
take ben griffens advice. the back up singer closest to the drummer is irene jansen, floor's sister.. every other singer on stage including the back up singers have their own band. the drummer is ed warby, one of the best as are the other musicians. you will hear her and floor sing together in another song. the only reason irene doesn't lead a band is because i guess she doesn't want to. she helps floor translate songs into english. if you want to be totally blown away by a short song watch "valley of the queens.' if you want to be blown away by 20 singers watch the eye of ra.
I do have to say, I think someone completely set you up on this one haha.
Why you are so suprised with Floor? She was singing for Arjen since she was... 17? And her sister is there too. In "Eye of Ra" from same gig you would see whole lineup. It is much much more than you think.
Epica floor cant make beter but they also work together. Check out epica with floor doing sancta terra
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Hey man, I saw your announcement that you move to twitch because your video's get blocked on YT. If that is with the video's that you made for Ayreon songs: if you simply contact Arjen Lucassen, he will immediately have them unblocked!
Floor sucks at French rap.