James Labrie - Lead singer for Dream Theater. Tommy Karevik - Lead singer of Kamelot and Seventh Wonder. Tommy Rodgers - Lead singer of Between the Buried and Me. Simone Simons - Lead singer of Epica. Nils K. Rue - Lead singer of Pagan's Mind and also worked with Eidolon. Tobias Sammet - Lead singer of Edguy & Avantasia. Hansi Kürsch - Lead singer of Blind Guardian and Demons & Wizards. Mike Mills - Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and main songwriter for Toehider. Russell Allen - Lead singer of Symphony X and Allen/Lande. Michael Eriksen - Lead singer of Circus Maximus. Floor Jansen - Lead singer of After Forever, ReVamp & now Nightwish.
This is absolute Roaylties of singing and instrumental. Too bad so few actually knows their names but just the names of the bands. But in this world of: metal, prog, classic, blues or whatever you want to call it there is one thing that is for certain: If Arjen calls, they will come!! Great one as usual Saeed. Love your journey through this music. And I am so looking forward to the great finale (in my opinion) And that is: The greatest show on earth, live at Tampere (always a struggle between Tampere and Wembley versions of this masterpiece) with Nightwish But Tampere throws a bigger punch:) All the best from Sweden
Happy you found them, the whole ‘Universe’ concert is epic and worth reacting to❣️ Start with ‘Everybody dies’ 😁 Arjen Lucassen writes prog rock musical theatre and then invites artists he admires from around the world to join him. These are mostly front women and men who have their own band.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is indeed Dutch and he has a huge list of people he has worked with on his albums. Joost is his friend and right hand man who helps him out a lot. Especially when organizing the live concerts which are generally only performed in Tilburg. The 'LUL' thing is a running gag and just some friendly banter. You missed out on an opportunity to see Ayreon live last September 2023. 15,000 People from over 60 countries came to watch the shows over three days (four if you count the dress rehearsals). They are generally only held over one weekend only every so many years. There's been 3 editions sofar.
They sometimes perform live in Tilburg not so far from you living in belgium !!! ( go down the rabbit hole) you won't regret it. greetings from the Netherlands 👍👍
Arjen is just fantastic!!! There are two great composers at this moment. Tuomas from Nightwish and Arjen Anthony Lucassen from Ayreon. He writes music for over 30 years. Fantastic music that is. But has no band. He invites top musicians from the Netherlands and then asks worldwide the top singers to join in his projects. And they are honoured to be asked and happily participate. And when they do perform live, a miracle occurs. Up to 25 top international singers together having a blast with a top band in an amazing show that radiates passion and absurd musicianship. It is mindblowing to witness. In the audience last year over 60 nationalities worldwide travelled to the Netherlands to witness this. The concerts are sold out in five minutes. A good example of this concert is from the "live beneath the waves" concert 01011001 from 2023 . A track called "the sixth extinction" take the official video by Arjen, not the bootleg. Contrary to the title it will make you very Happy. These science fiction stories from Arjen, converted into epic music, are one of kind and in my humble opinion quality wise comparable to Nightwish. At the very musical top. Just as the Rabbit Hole of Nightwish is not to be missed, so is the Rabbit Hole of Arjen Lucassen. They transfer this world into a happy place. A high without drugs but on the basis of extremely good music. Amen.
Not only Dutch musicians but also many foreign ones such as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Michael Romeo, Jordan Rudess, etc. For the live shows he only asks Dutch people, which makes rehearsing a bit easier (and cheaper).
Oh...you really should watch "Everbody dies" from the same album. It's live and soooo awesome. You get to see lots of these singers live and a lot more Michael Mills
Oh boy.. weet waar ge aan begint jongeman! Ayreon isn't just another rabbit hole full of tales & adventure no, it's an entire Universe replete with stellar live performances and exquisite storytelling. Ppl will ask you to do "Everybody Dies" next from the legendary Ayreon Universe Live 2017 concert in Tilburg, and I'm no different 😁 Cheers & groetjes from Amsterdam! 🤘
Great to see you check off another important box in your reaction journey, Saeed! This is a very iconic video, that every reactor who does this type of music needs to get to eventually. And I always look forward to the Floor surprise at the end!
This is a true Masterpiece. Excellent casting of singers, and then there's my eternal queen, Floor! 💗👸 I've smoked and drank over 40 year now, just to get Russell Allen's ultramasculine raspy voice - and failed miserably And the genius behind all this is, "The Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄👍
Hahaha…., could it be a myth that you should smoke and drink whisky to get a raspy voice? I mean, I wanted to sound like Tom Waits, but I would have been more than happy to sing with just a little bit of rasp every now and then. I smoked cigarettes for a large part of my life and the only alcoholic beverage I actually enjoyed to drink was whisky (without the ‘e’, because I prefer those typical Scottish Islay single malt whisky flavors) and even though I didn’t drink much I did my best to ruin my voice. Never happened. I only lost control over my vocal cords. 😅 And only recently I found out that singing with distortion is actually ‘just’ a technique that you can learn WITHOUT ruining your ability to sing. A bit too late. I’m 56 years of age. The only advice I’ve ever gotten came from the drummer from my first serious band. I told him I couldn’t sing. And then he told me to just sing as loud as I could. And I took his advice seriously, because he was 5 years older than I was, so he should know. 😂 It all seems so logical when you get older. If you really want to learn how to sing properly, find yourself a good vocal coach. 🥴
@@pekkakarppinen1608 : I think Floor was in her mother’s womb when I started to sing, so you’re lucky with Floor. I can’t think of a better vocal coach than her. ❤️ 😃👍
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne & Arjen(Ayreon) Country= reporting in: I understand you like "storytelling", Ayreon's Prog/Metal Opera " The Theater Equation" is a must for you to listen to ... Like your reactions ... Shine on my friend ... 🤘✌
if it ain't dutch it ain't much... Welcome in the amazing world of Arjen A. Lucassen Aka Ayreon Universe (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Supersonic Revolution, Plan Nine, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion).... Enjoy this 100+ artist thick rabbit hole….!!!!! #themeaningoflifeistogivelifemeaning 🤘 de lul komt uit de tv serie Jiskefet !!
Arjen has been working with over 120 of the top musicians and singers from all over the world during the years - he found Floor and started working with her back in 2000, and her sister Irene a few years later. You will enjoy this Sci-fi Universe !
Yes Saeed. This is a Dutch project with musicians from all over Europe and America. How ironic. The humans are trying to escape to another planet in this Sci-fi story. The binary code means "Trust TH-1", the computer played by Mike Mills. Now you need to experience some Ayreon live. Kind of like a prog metal Broadway play or musical. Love this great band. Arjen Anthony Lucassen in a Dutch genius.
Welcome to Ayreon! I thought I would share some songs from related bands and from Ayreon itself, as info on the name it is the name of the projects first protagonist featured on The Final Experiment which follows Ayreon a blind minstrel from 6th century England. As far as I am aware the character was named first and the project was supposed to release without a name, it became Ayreon later because the album was released as Ayreon: The Final Experiment. So by now you have gotten a few requests but I want to request And The Druids Turned To Stone from Ayreon Universe to introduce you to my favourite vocalist that has worked with Arjen. I saw you were amazed by Mike Mills so be sure to check out How Much For That Dragon's Tooth by Toehider to see Mike play all of the instruments and for a live performance check out Whatever Makes You Feel Superior. And then I have arrived at Hansi Kürsch whose band I have been obsessed with for 2 months, he is the vocalist of power metal band Blind Guardian. Start with Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill) from the Imaginations From The Looking Glass concert, it is from their best album Nightfall In Middle Earth which is about the Silmarillion and is the first album where Hansi didn't record the bass tracks for. He used to be the bassist as well but dropped it because the songs became more complicated and he wanted to focus on his singing instead.
Arjen Lucassen is een super talent en heeft veel met Floor en Simone (Epica) samen gewerkt. Everybody dies, live is ook gewedig (zelfde album) Ja, de muzikanten (behalve drummer Ed Warby) zijn Hollanders. Nederlanders leveren super goede muzikanten en zangeressen ( Floor, Simone, Anne van the Gathering, Sharon van Within Temptation, Marcella van Stream of Passion) Simone en Floor zijn super goede vrienden. Een paar leden van Epica (Nederlandse band) hebben nog met Floor in After Forever gespeeld en ze staan regelmatig samen op het podium. Ze hebben samen de klassieke zangopleiding gevolgd. Heeft Belgie veel goede muzikanten, als muzikant zelf ben ik echt heel erg geinteresseerd,
Paar kleine puntjes: Ed is geboren in Rotterdam en alleen Epica oprichter Mark Jansen speelde met Floor in After Forever. De zangopleidingen van Floor & Simone lopen sterk uiteen. Groetjes!
Edward R. Warby, (Rotterdam, 7 maart 1968) is een Nederlands muzikant, voornamelijk bekend om zijn werk als drummer van Gorefest, Ayreon en Hail of Bullets. Daarnaast is hij gitarist, bassist en zanger voor onder meer Demiurg en The 11th Hour. Alleen Arjen en Ed zijn Hollanders , de rest zijn Nederlanders 😉
Bedankt om dit te delen! Nederland heeft veel toptalenten. België heeft er ook wel, misschien niet allemaal bekend op wereldniveau. Een aantal die wel gekend zijn, zijn bijvoorbeeld Gotye, Jaques Brel, Stromaë, Lara Fabian, Lost Frequencies (DJ), Toots Thielemans.
@@SaeedReacts. Over Belgische muzikanten gesproken: Isaac Delahaye speelt lead guitaar in de (verder Nederlandse) band Epica. ;) Nog zo'n 'rabbithole' waarin je voor meer dan 20 jaar aan muziek te ontdekken hebt.
The Binary translates to: Trust TH-1. Arjen has made many play like stories many interconnect with each other. Transitus is an album with both music videos for the story or a comic book version of the story both can be reacted with on You tube. Also there live performances are amazing as well like Every body dies.
@@matje6978 That i'm not sure about but Bruce performed the Audio version of Into the Black Hole for Ajen's Ayreon project but because Arjen was so excited he let the cat out of the bag early on social media without first consulting Bruce's managers so there was a we bit of a fallout sadly no live version of Bruce singing that song.
Thank god, FINALLY someone who notices that Ayreon is actually a derivative of Arjen's first name! By the way: Michael Mills (the one who sings binary) has his own project called Toehider, which is actually anglified for 'toehoorder', which his daughter came up with. And Arjen was supposed to start this project (maybe under a different name) many albums ago with none less than BRUCE DICKINSON! But after Arjen leaked some bits and pieces of the project, Bruce's management pulled the plug, taking Bruce out of the project and leaving Arjen alone with all this awesome material. That's how the Ayreon project was born.
@@alexdoorn234 I told it as I've heard it. And this is what I've been told. Mike himself says in a video that his daughter came up with that name, so who are we to question that statement? And ehm..... Star One was born in 2002, while Ayreon first came up in 1993, so how can Star One be earlier than Ayreon? Time machine? You've got it all wrong yourself, dude!
@@peterkeijsers489 The project with Bruce Dickinson that was cancelled later turned out to be Star One, Ayreon was always meant to be a solo project. I did not know Mike himself said that, that's my fault. But I do know that the cancelled project with Bruce turned out to be Star One not Ayreon as you claimed. I never claimed Star One came earlier than Ayreon that is something you misinterpeted from my comment.
Regarding your thoughts "What would you say to the people you love if it was the last day?" --> Lord of the Lost from Hamburg with their song "One last song". Lord of the Lost are a German „genre fluid“ band. Dark rock meets goth meets glam metal meets synths including a perfect mixture of clean and harsh vocals down to growls. They are a rabbit hole to discover with a huge range within their music including three songs with classic instrumentation (The Song), synth driven songs or pure metal heaviness. Their singer Chris Harms changes between beautiful clear, dark singing and grunts&growls. They have supported Iron Maiden as“Special Guest“ twice across Europe in 2022 and 2023!
His voice reminds me of Dan Vasc. I read the dark stuff, crime thrillers. I think it has to do with the fact that I was a police woman for nearly 20years. I wish your books were available in English. Greetings from South Africa
I read many genres. A lot of fantasy and scifi, and also thrillers. I hope to translate them one day. I have started, but also needs a lot of editing afterwards. Greetings from Belgium.
I don't expect to make it till the day that the world breaks down. I want The Greatest Show on Earth played on my funeral. And Dust in the Wind. On the day that the world breaks down, I would hold my children untill the end, that's a no brainer 😢 I already love them like there's no tomorrow. About books: is The Passage by Justin Cronin among all of those novels you've read? Or anything by Orson Scott Card? Anything you recommend?
Definitely be with my family till the end. Have not read those. Will add them to my TBR. I read a lot of fantasy. Mark Lawrence is one of my favorite authors. Robin Hobb, Peter F Hamilton (scifi), Steven Erikson (Malazan).
You’re about to fall into a deep rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out of it again. Have a look at the epic two live concerts: Ayreon universe live The electric castle live and other tales Giant star series by James Patrick Hogan. Really great SF novels. Veel leesplezier.
@@SaeedReacts. If u happened to like Michael Erickson he is the lead singer of circus Maximus. Check out their album isolate. Nils rue is also a fave of mine his band is pagans mind try the album heavenly ecstasy. The guitar player from pagans mind did a collab with floor called northward btw
jeez, learn to rewind when you pause. Right now it's just pr0of you don't give a ... fudge about the music. Just in for the clicks. Not a great service to the real fans .,..
Hi, from the UK. On a side note, check out David Weber Honor Harrington series for hard military scifi or Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga also military Scifi, or John Ringo, The Looking Glass War series, Legacy of the Aldenata series, Prince Roger series and Troy Rising series all hard military scifi.
James Labrie - Lead singer for Dream Theater.
Tommy Karevik - Lead singer of Kamelot and Seventh Wonder.
Tommy Rodgers - Lead singer of Between the Buried and Me.
Simone Simons - Lead singer of Epica.
Nils K. Rue - Lead singer of Pagan's Mind and also worked with Eidolon.
Tobias Sammet - Lead singer of Edguy & Avantasia.
Hansi Kürsch - Lead singer of Blind Guardian and Demons & Wizards.
Mike Mills - Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and main songwriter for Toehider.
Russell Allen - Lead singer of Symphony X and Allen/Lande.
Michael Eriksen - Lead singer of Circus Maximus.
Floor Jansen - Lead singer of After Forever, ReVamp & now Nightwish.
Thank you for sharing this.
This is absolute Roaylties of singing and instrumental. Too bad so few actually knows their names but just the names of the bands. But in this world of: metal, prog, classic, blues or whatever you want to call it there is one thing that is for certain: If Arjen calls, they will come!! Great one as usual Saeed. Love your journey through this music. And I am so looking forward to the great finale (in my opinion) And that is: The greatest show on earth, live at Tampere (always a struggle between Tampere and Wembley versions of this masterpiece) with Nightwish But Tampere throws a bigger punch:) All the best from Sweden
Let's just be honest: Mike Mills is lead-everything for Toehider.
@@M0rket Except the artwork that is Salty's role in the band :)
@@alexdoorn234 oh, indeed! I almost forgot.
Happy you found them, the whole ‘Universe’ concert is epic and worth reacting to❣️
Start with ‘Everybody dies’ 😁
Arjen Lucassen writes prog rock musical theatre and then invites artists he admires from around the world to join him.
These are mostly front women and men who have their own band.
Thanks for the recommendation! Will check that one out.
Arjen just released the live version of this btw. And it's glorious.
Will have a look!
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is indeed Dutch and he has a huge list of people he has worked with on his albums. Joost is his friend and right hand man who helps him out a lot. Especially when organizing the live concerts which are generally only performed in Tilburg. The 'LUL' thing is a running gag and just some friendly banter. You missed out on an opportunity to see Ayreon live last September 2023. 15,000 People from over 60 countries came to watch the shows over three days (four if you count the dress rehearsals). They are generally only held over one weekend only every so many years. There's been 3 editions sofar.
Thank you for sharing this! Loved the inside joke!
They sometimes perform live in Tilburg not so far from you living in belgium !!! ( go down the rabbit hole) you won't regret it. greetings from the Netherlands 👍👍
Ive been to Tilburg once. Love to take trips to The Netherlands. Will explore more. Groetjes uit België.
@@SaeedReacts. hopefully you'll hit Tilburg in the right time of year next time 😊. Maggy Luyten has been part of the cast in 2019 and 2023, btw.
They played at graspop couple years ago
Arjen is just fantastic!!! There are two great composers at this moment. Tuomas from Nightwish and Arjen Anthony Lucassen from Ayreon.
He writes music for over 30 years. Fantastic music that is. But has no band. He invites top musicians from the Netherlands and then asks worldwide the top singers to join in his projects. And they are honoured to be asked and happily participate. And when they do perform live, a miracle occurs. Up to 25 top international singers together having a blast with a top band in an amazing show that radiates passion and absurd musicianship. It is mindblowing to witness. In the audience last year over 60 nationalities worldwide travelled to the Netherlands to witness this. The concerts are sold out in five minutes. A good example of this concert is from the "live beneath the waves" concert 01011001 from 2023 . A track called "the sixth extinction" take the official video by Arjen, not the bootleg. Contrary to the title it will make you very Happy. These science fiction stories from Arjen, converted into epic music, are one of kind and in my humble opinion quality wise comparable to Nightwish. At the very musical top. Just as the Rabbit Hole of Nightwish is not to be missed, so is the Rabbit Hole of Arjen Lucassen. They transfer this world into a happy place. A high without drugs but on the basis of extremely good music. Amen.
Not only Dutch musicians but also many foreign ones such as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Michael Romeo, Jordan Rudess, etc.
For the live shows he only asks Dutch people, which makes rehearsing a bit easier (and cheaper).
@@mandje2002 Thanks, you're absolutely right
Thanks for sharing this info. Really appreciate it!
@@mandje2002 Only Dutch people?? Have you seen the artists in 2023 Tilburg shows??
@@erwinamesz7642 Yes but all the musicians are Dutch !!!
I'm not talking about the singers!!! LEZEN!!
Oh...you really should watch "Everbody dies" from the same album. It's live and soooo awesome. You get to see lots of these singers live and a lot more Michael Mills
That one is on my list! Hope to get to it eventually.
Welcome to Ayreon. Many fun songs like Everybody Dies but also serious songs like Twisted Coil.
Will explore more!
Oh boy.. weet waar ge aan begint jongeman! Ayreon isn't just another rabbit hole full of tales & adventure no, it's an entire Universe replete with stellar live performances and exquisite storytelling. Ppl will ask you to do "Everybody Dies" next from the legendary Ayreon Universe Live 2017 concert in Tilburg, and I'm no different 😁 Cheers & groetjes from Amsterdam! 🤘
Oh wat heb ik gedaan 😅. This was epic!
Great to see you check off another important box in your reaction journey, Saeed! This is a very iconic video, that every reactor who does this type of music needs to get to eventually. And I always look forward to the Floor surprise at the end!
This was epic! And what a surprise ! Did not see that one coming 😅😃
This is a great project to dive in to ! Mastermind of this is Arjen Lucasson ... Greetings from Sweden
This was epic storytelling. Greetings from Belgium.
There is a lot of great live shows to discover @@SaeedReacts.
This is a true Masterpiece. Excellent casting of singers, and then there's my eternal queen, Floor! 💗👸
I've smoked and drank over 40 year now, just to get Russell Allen's ultramasculine raspy voice - and failed miserably
And the genius behind all this is, "The Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄👍
This was epic!
Hahaha…., could it be a myth that you should smoke and drink whisky to get a raspy voice?
I mean, I wanted to sound like Tom Waits, but I would have been more than happy to sing with just a little bit of rasp every now and then. I smoked cigarettes for a large part of my life and the only alcoholic beverage I actually enjoyed to drink was whisky (without the ‘e’, because I prefer those typical Scottish Islay single malt whisky flavors) and even though I didn’t drink much I did my best to ruin my voice. Never happened. I only lost control over my vocal cords. 😅
And only recently I found out that singing with distortion is actually ‘just’ a technique that you can learn WITHOUT ruining your ability to sing. A bit too late. I’m 56 years of age.
The only advice I’ve ever gotten came from the drummer from my first serious band. I told him I couldn’t sing. And then he told me to just sing as loud as I could. And I took his advice seriously, because he was 5 years older than I was, so he should know. 😂
It all seems so logical when you get older. If you really want to learn how to sing properly, find yourself a good vocal coach. 🥴
@@mariodriessen9740 Haha, actually l have the best: Floor Jansen. ⛄👍
@@pekkakarppinen1608 : I think Floor was in her mother’s womb when I started to sing, so you’re lucky with Floor. I can’t think of a better vocal coach than her. ❤️ 😃👍
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne & Arjen(Ayreon) Country= reporting in: I understand you like "storytelling", Ayreon's Prog/Metal Opera " The Theater Equation" is a must for you to listen to ... Like your reactions ... Shine on my friend ... 🤘✌
Thank you for the recommendation! Groetjes uit België.
if it ain't dutch it ain't much... Welcome in the amazing world of Arjen A. Lucassen Aka Ayreon Universe (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Supersonic Revolution, Plan Nine, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion).... Enjoy this 100+ artist thick rabbit hole….!!!!!
#themeaningoflifeistogivelifemeaning 🤘
de lul komt uit de tv serie Jiskefet !!
Wow! That is a giant rabbit hole!
Arjen has been working with over 120 of the top musicians and singers from all over the world during the years - he found Floor and started working with her back in 2000, and her sister Irene a few years later.
You will enjoy this Sci-fi Universe !
Wow, that is amazing. What a collab!
🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done and it is a great piece of music that Arjen has created!
Epic! Thanks for watching.
You now have to check out the live performances. It was just dropped 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yes Saeed. This is a Dutch project with musicians from all over Europe and America. How ironic. The humans are trying to escape to another planet in this Sci-fi story. The binary code means "Trust TH-1", the computer played by Mike Mills. Now you need to experience some Ayreon live. Kind of like a prog metal Broadway play or musical.
Love this great band. Arjen Anthony Lucassen in a Dutch genius.
Thanks for sharing! Epic song!
Welcome to Ayreon! I thought I would share some songs from related bands and from Ayreon itself, as info on the name it is the name of the projects first protagonist featured on The Final Experiment which follows Ayreon a blind minstrel from 6th century England. As far as I am aware the character was named first and the project was supposed to release without a name, it became Ayreon later because the album was released as Ayreon: The Final Experiment. So by now you have gotten a few requests but I want to request And The Druids Turned To Stone from Ayreon Universe to introduce you to my favourite vocalist that has worked with Arjen. I saw you were amazed by Mike Mills so be sure to check out How Much For That Dragon's Tooth by Toehider to see Mike play all of the instruments and for a live performance check out Whatever Makes You Feel Superior. And then I have arrived at Hansi Kürsch whose band I have been obsessed with for 2 months, he is the vocalist of power metal band Blind Guardian. Start with Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill) from the Imaginations From The Looking Glass concert, it is from their best album Nightfall In Middle Earth which is about the Silmarillion and is the first album where Hansi didn't record the bass tracks for. He used to be the bassist as well but dropped it because the songs became more complicated and he wanted to focus on his singing instead.
Thanks for sharing. Many interesting titles.
Arjen Lucassen is een super talent en heeft veel met Floor en Simone (Epica) samen gewerkt. Everybody dies, live is ook gewedig (zelfde album)
Ja, de muzikanten (behalve drummer Ed Warby) zijn Hollanders.
Nederlanders leveren super goede muzikanten en zangeressen ( Floor, Simone, Anne van the Gathering, Sharon van Within Temptation, Marcella van Stream of Passion)
Simone en Floor zijn super goede vrienden. Een paar leden van Epica (Nederlandse band) hebben nog met Floor in After Forever gespeeld en ze staan regelmatig samen op het podium. Ze hebben samen de klassieke zangopleiding gevolgd.
Heeft Belgie veel goede muzikanten, als muzikant zelf ben ik echt heel erg geinteresseerd,
Paar kleine puntjes: Ed is geboren in Rotterdam en alleen Epica oprichter Mark Jansen speelde met Floor in After Forever. De zangopleidingen van Floor & Simone lopen sterk uiteen. Groetjes!
Edward R. Warby, (Rotterdam, 7 maart 1968) is een Nederlands muzikant, voornamelijk bekend om zijn werk als drummer van Gorefest, Ayreon en Hail of Bullets. Daarnaast is hij gitarist, bassist en zanger voor onder meer Demiurg en The 11th Hour.
Alleen Arjen en Ed zijn Hollanders , de rest zijn Nederlanders 😉
Bedankt om dit te delen! Nederland heeft veel toptalenten. België heeft er ook wel, misschien niet allemaal bekend op wereldniveau. Een aantal die wel gekend zijn, zijn bijvoorbeeld Gotye, Jaques Brel, Stromaë, Lara Fabian, Lost Frequencies (DJ), Toots Thielemans.
@@SaeedReacts. Over Belgische muzikanten gesproken: Isaac Delahaye speelt lead guitaar in de (verder Nederlandse) band Epica. ;) Nog zo'n 'rabbithole' waarin je voor meer dan 20 jaar aan muziek te ontdekken hebt.
@@erwinmulder1338 doe meer 30 jaar 😉
The Mike Mills part is the most amazing thing I have ever seen a musician do.
The Binary translates to: Trust TH-1. Arjen has made many play like stories many interconnect with each other. Transitus is an album with both music videos for the story or a comic book version of the story both can be reacted with on You tube. Also there live performances are amazing as well like Every body dies.
Sounds amazing, I will look for it. So Bruce Dickinson is not that original with his Mandrake Project then?
@@matje6978 That i'm not sure about but Bruce performed the Audio version of Into the Black Hole for Ajen's Ayreon project but because Arjen was so excited he let the cat out of the bag early on social media without first consulting Bruce's managers so there was a we bit of a fallout sadly no live version of Bruce singing that song.
@@jasonmarshall7572 thank you for this piece of information!
@@matje6978 Just for you bro th-cam.com/video/V-Rdj6Me2dE/w-d-xo.html
There's now a live version of this song too.
'LUL!' is a long-standing in-joke between Arjen and Joost.
Fans get it.
Well i suggested it and i knew you where going to like it 👌
Thanks for the suggestion. This was epic!
Thank god, FINALLY someone who notices that Ayreon is actually a derivative of Arjen's first name! By the way: Michael Mills (the one who sings binary) has his own project called Toehider, which is actually anglified for 'toehoorder', which his daughter came up with.
And Arjen was supposed to start this project (maybe under a different name) many albums ago with none less than BRUCE DICKINSON! But after Arjen leaked some bits and pieces of the project, Bruce's management pulled the plug, taking Bruce out of the project and leaving Arjen alone with all this awesome material. That's how the Ayreon project was born.
Thank you sharing this! Definitely interested in exploring more. This was epic
No that is how Star One was born wrong info and Toehider came from a creature Mike made up.
@@alexdoorn234 I told it as I've heard it. And this is what I've been told. Mike himself says in a video that his daughter came up with that name, so who are we to question that statement?
And ehm..... Star One was born in 2002, while Ayreon first came up in 1993, so how can Star One be earlier than Ayreon? Time machine? You've got it all wrong yourself, dude!
@@peterkeijsers489 The project with Bruce Dickinson that was cancelled later turned out to be Star One, Ayreon was always meant to be a solo project. I did not know Mike himself said that, that's my fault. But I do know that the cancelled project with Bruce turned out to be Star One not Ayreon as you claimed. I never claimed Star One came earlier than Ayreon that is something you misinterpeted from my comment.
Regarding your thoughts "What would you say to the people you love if it was the last day?"
--> Lord of the Lost from Hamburg with their song "One last song".
Lord of the Lost are a German „genre fluid“ band.
Dark rock meets goth meets glam metal meets synths including a perfect mixture of clean and harsh vocals down to growls.
They are a rabbit hole to discover with a huge range within their music including three songs with classic instrumentation (The Song), synth driven songs or pure metal heaviness.
Their singer Chris Harms changes between beautiful clear, dark singing and grunts&growls.
They have supported Iron Maiden as“Special Guest“ twice across Europe in 2022 and 2023!
Thanks! Will check it out.
First reactor ever to notice the word "lul"! Of course you have an unfair advantage in knowing Dutch :-). Liked and subscribed!
I think I've only seen one other reactor get that, but yeah, it's pretty rare.
Haha, i was surprised to see that word. An inside joke that i got for once 😅😄
Arjen just released the live version of this from the last Tilburg Concert back in Sept. feel free to watch!
Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down (01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves) th-cam.com/video/Ei4QjMN1y5g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_Xdnc7_vMKiCjsWf
Perfect sneak preview for bands like Epica, Blind Guardian, Avantasia etc. All storytellers 😂
So much to discover 😃
I always thoug lul is laughing uot loud.
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Wow nice reaction !!😊
Thanks so much!
My last day I would eat some Snitzels , drink some beer... and some expresso and listen to 80's music and metal.. Maybe smoke some ;)
Sounds like a great day!
His voice reminds me of Dan Vasc. I read the dark stuff, crime thrillers. I think it has to do with the fact that I was a police woman for nearly 20years. I wish your books were available in English. Greetings from South Africa
I read many genres. A lot of fantasy and scifi, and also thrillers. I hope to translate them one day. I have started, but also needs a lot of editing afterwards. Greetings from Belgium.
Next to react: Ayreon - The Valley of The Queens
you need to do the reaction to the live version!
This one is on my list, but havent gotten to it yet. Schedule has been a bit hectic.
Fyi....the binary means TRUST TH1
Thanks for letting me know!
I don't expect to make it till the day that the world breaks down. I want The Greatest Show on Earth played on my funeral. And Dust in the Wind.
On the day that the world breaks down, I would hold my children untill the end, that's a no brainer 😢 I already love them like there's no tomorrow.
About books: is The Passage by Justin Cronin among all of those novels you've read? Or anything by Orson Scott Card? Anything you recommend?
Definitely be with my family till the end. Have not read those. Will add them to my TBR. I read a lot of fantasy. Mark Lawrence is one of my favorite authors. Robin Hobb, Peter F Hamilton (scifi), Steven Erikson (Malazan).
You’re about to fall into a deep rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out of it again.
Have a look at the epic two live concerts:
Ayreon universe live
The electric castle live and other tales
Giant star series by James Patrick Hogan. Really great SF novels. Veel leesplezier.
This was epic. Will explore more.
@@SaeedReacts. i just edited the first reaction.
well that got a bit deep at 7:33!!
Im preparing for the day the world breaks down 😅. Thanks for watching!
Did you know any of these singers besides floor my dude?
No, i did not.
@@SaeedReacts. If u happened to like Michael Erickson he is the lead singer of circus Maximus. Check out their album isolate. Nils rue is also a fave of mine his band is pagans mind try the album heavenly ecstasy. The guitar player from pagans mind did a collab with floor called northward btw
Is it really that fictional?😉
Definitely rings true 😅
jeez, learn to rewind when you pause. Right now it's just pr0of you don't give a ... fudge about the music. Just in for the clicks. Not a great service to the real fans .,..
I usually rewind, but sometimes i forget. It happens.
Good.I'll keep watching you then;-)
Hi, from the UK. On a side note, check out David Weber Honor Harrington series for hard military scifi or Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga also military Scifi, or John Ringo, The Looking Glass War series, Legacy of the Aldenata series, Prince Roger series and Troy Rising series all hard military scifi.
Thanks for these! Havent read these yet.