The singers in order of appearance are: James LaBrie from "Dream Theater" Tommy Karevik from "Kamelot", "Seventh Wonder" Tommy Rogers from "Between the Buried and Me" Simone Simons from the most epic "Epica" Nils K. Rue from "Pagan's Mind" and "Eidolon" Tobias Sammet "Avantasia" Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian" Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from "Toehider" Russell Allen from "Symphony X" Michael Eriksen from "Circus Maximus" and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from "Nightwish"
I was honored to be able to see & hear Russel Allen live on stage this past December as part of Trans Siberian Orchestra - listening to him was chilling to say the least!
Great reaction! Ayreon is one of many projects by Dutch songwriter Arjen Lucassen. Ayreon albums are progressive rock operas with a storyline and roles played by singers. Most of the albums all follow the same sci fi storyline that is about how humans came to be on Earth. This album is a prequel to earlier albums and tells the story of our human ancestors on another planet in the Andromeda galaxy, why they had to leave Alpha, and how they became The Forever. Michael Mills character is TH-1, a robot who remains friendly to the humans. The binary code he sings means Trust TH-1. You should recognize Simone from your Epica reactions as well as Floor. Arjen "discovered" Floor when she was around 19 and she has been a part of many of his projects (Ayreon and Star One) ever since. Floor's sister Irene, a great singer in her own right, also has been a part of alot of Arjen's music and you can hear them sing together on Into the Black Hole, live from 2003, th-cam.com/video/oriR8CpI-Io/w-d-xo.html, or the Eye of Ra from the Ayreon Universe Live show.
Arjen is massively respected in the European music community and being asked to sing or play on one of his projects is a huge honor. This make Ayreon songs a gateway to tons of other great bands that we Americans have never heard of. Robert already gave you a list of the singers and their bands. I highly recommend you checkout Kamelot with the current singer Tommy Karevik or their previous singer Roy Khan. My current favorite is under Grey Skies with Charlotte Wessels (ex Dealin lead singer), th-cam.com/video/e4b1SkQfgUA/w-d-xo.html. Tommy has an amazing voice. Floor did some guest vocals on Tobias's latest Avantasia album. Misplaced Among the Angels is my favorite. th-cam.com/video/RRG0DO1YFic/w-d-xo.html. Russel Allen in addition to his work with Symphony X has done a collaboration with Annette Olzon, Floor's predecessor in Nightwish, that is quite beautiful. All Alone is a great track. th-cam.com/video/0_z0rCIvZjU/w-d-xo.html. I think this song really fits Annette's voice better then her singing older Nightwish songs (Always liked the ones Tuomas wrote for her voice).
This is a true Masterpiece! Excellent casting of wonderfull singers. And then there's a Floor 💗👸👍. And the genius behind all this is the "Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄❄👍
@Charly Van Buuren why should I answer your demand ? their my 8, not your 8. go make up your own 8, and I don't care who's on top. There is a minority of people who prefer like the Opera tonality in their music and that must be you but it certainly is not the majority, or me.
@Charly Van Buuren you need to get out more and listen to new bands. Also if I include Rock females from all times, move down to about number 20, or lower.
You did Valley of the Queens from the Ayreon Universe live show, the ballad with Floor ,Anneke van Giersbergen, and Marcela Bovio Arjen Lucassen's prog rock/metal opera project. Yes, Arjen is the 'tall hippie dude'. Mostly a studio project, where he writes the songs, and invited guest singers and musicians. The guy on grand piano is Sir Joost van den Broek(ex-After Forever). A musician and producer, he works with Arjen a lot, and does a lot of work for the live shows. This is the first song on the album The Source. A concept record, and chronologically the first in a story arc that spans several albums. Mike Mills character is a machine, the binary he sings translates to 'Trust Th-1', TH for his band Toehider. The 11 main singers: James LaBrie (Dream Theater) as The Historian Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Opposition Leader. Pronounced (CAR- eh -veek) Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) as The Chemist Simone Simons (Epica) as The Counselor Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind) as The Prophet Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) as The Captain Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) as The Astronomer Mike Mills (Toehider) as TH-1 Russell Allen (Symphony X) as The President Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) as The Diplomat Floor Jansen (Nightwish, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp) as The Biologist 'Everybody Dies' is also on this album, the live version at that Ayreon Universe show is great.
The show is Ayreon Universe live, so it’s easy to find together with the song titles. Valley of the Queens is beautiful, but I’m such a prog fan I like the others more.
You finally discovered the greatest* professional musician on this planet. * quite literally: Floor only comes up to his shoulders, and you know how tall she is…
Thank you Debbie for taking my suggestion. I knew you would love it. Yes, the main guy putting it all together is the guy playing guitar named Arjen Anthony Lukassen. Arjen is a composer in the same level as Tuomas Holopainen. And he too is a amazing musician. Loved your reaction.
The guy on the guitar, bass and keys is the MAIN guy Arjen Anthony Lucassen, hey is a dutch composer and play his intruments very very well awesome down to earth guy with lots of talent and all the ones and zeros is the binary code that translate to TH1 that's the main computer that breaks the world down
Yeaaaaahhhhh you watched it!!! Thank you!! I knew that you would love it. If you like more of it, there is: “everybody dies” live. Arjan rarely performs live due to stagefright, only ones every five years but when he does…. Just watch it. Michael Mills is a hero who has a range of four octaves, he reminds me of Freddy Mercury. This september it will be the next show since 2017. Oh and don’t forget Ogene with “clown” and “sing”. You will love them also (is an other genre than this, beautiful harmonisch). Bye bye!
Deb, you did Valley of the Queens of Ayreon. Arjen Lucassen created Ayreon not as a band, but more as a project and invites all those great musicians to join him. And they willingly do, as you have seen in this vid. Floor has been working for some 20 years (I guess) with Arjen now. Marko of Nightwish also participated in the past in Ayreon.
You have a lot of exploration and Discovery ahead of you for symphonic metal and power metal such as Within Temptation, from 1997 through current, with the same female singer who is my favorite female singer in pop symphonic Rock... she will be turning 49 in July. And then there is DELAIN, who just reformed with a fantastic new singer who quickly turned into my number to favorite singer. The founder of d'Alene is there keyboardist who is the brother of a founder of Within Temptation... and was also WT original keyboardist. And then for power-metal you already found unleash the archers but then there's an Italian group called Frozen Crown, with a powerful young female lead guitarist and female lead singer... you can't help but fall in love with them and feel like family. Their new album is released tomorrow and is on its way to my house as well And then there are many more...
So many rabbit holes to go down! Any person appearing on an Ayreon project is going to be an amazing artist and it will be worthwhile to follow up on them. I can't wait to go along with you on this long-ass bastard of a journey.
Hello Debbie, NW Army Italian Division here as usual 🙂I am so glad you discovered Ayreon Project and Arjen Lucassen! Arjen is a wonderful crazy tall Dutch musical genius, I love him and his music very much. He always uses both studio and live works (next live show in Tillburg - The Nedelands - next September) incredible musicians and singers and the live concerts are wonderful (unfortunately very few live shows due to the presence of musicians from from different groups). In this video you were able to appreciate (in order of appearance) James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me), Simone Simons (Epica) long time Floor's friend (the duets Simone/ Floor are amazing, the most famous duet you can find on TH-cam is the song "Sancta Terra" live from Epica's Retrospect Tour), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind, Eidolon, X-World/5), Tobias Sammet (Avantasia), Michael Mills ( Toehider), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Russell Allen (Sinphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) and last but not least Floor. You have to search You Tube for Ayreon's live performances and you will ride another roller coaster. Hugs.
Many friends of Floor in this cast! As already mentioned by others: Russell Allen (Dream theater) and Nils K. Rue from Pagan’s Mind. Floor met their guitar player Jörn Viggo Lofstad and they had a click (already back in the Revamp days). They agreed to work together on a new album, but due to busy careers it took some time before it happened in 2018: the Northward album was created. Many beautiful songs, but the most viewed one: While Love Died ( how Floor can a song title get)❤
I've been loving the way you have been throwing yourself into a variety of artists and styles! I have not been making suggestions at least partly because I was pretty confident you would find most of my suggestions on your own. I was right! At this point I will offer a couple of less well known suggestions: First, "Wolf Totem" by the Hu,. These guys are from Mongolia, play traditional Mongolian instruments and employ traditional Mongolian throat singing. For metal songs. Second, "Kai Tangata" by super talented NZ lads Alien Weaponry. They sing this song in Maori. Third, another look into how interconnected the Euro metal scene is. "Rebirth from Despair" from MaYan. Founded as a side project of Mark Jansen (who was a part of Floor's first band After Forever and then a founding member of Epica) this song has many recognizable faces and voices.. Keep an ear out for Marcela Bovio!
NWA California checking in, I learned about so many new artists thru this Track!! i immediately went and got the CDs and Video of Universe !! Great to see you love it as much as i :)
Given how much you liked Russell Allen's voice, you should do a reaction to Sweet Curse, which is a duet that Floor did with him while she was with Revamp: Only available as a studio track with him performing.
Tommy Karevik is from Kamelot. Simone Simons of Epica was also featured in Kamelot’s song called The Haunting(somewhere in time) with their former singer Roy Khan. Great song to check out.
The binary code says : Trust TH 1 Also have you noticed each singer has its own instrumental part and instruments? if you listen to the complete album it also interconects . mixing the styles of the other singers and their music in to a song . its one huge concept album . its a story and every one loves to be part of it.
You are such a gift for the reactor scene - you are so open and positive to all the suggestions we throw at you. And this one was a hit! Arjen has been working with over 120 of the top of the top of musicians and singers from all over the world. Floor since 2000 and her sister Irene a few years later. Many of the artists here are - and have been working together, in bands or guested each other. Russell Allen and Floor goes way back, and Russell were a kind of mentor to Floor in her younger days - those two have made some phenomenal duets like Phantom of the Opera - and one of Floor's best songs (in my opinion) - Sweet Curse A song she has done with ReVamp, Henk Port, Simone Simons and Russell Allen. Here is the link to the Russell Allen version th-cam.com/video/fdSs9sj1-f4/w-d-xo.html The guy on the Grand piano are Jost Van den Broek - from both After Forever and ReVamp together with Floor - and on some of her cover version. Many of these European artists are close friends, helping each others, instead of being competitors, and this creates so many fantastic collaborations - and such great music like this introduction song to the Album The Source. Arjen is very active on social media, often replies on reaction!!) - and this song is an ongoing story of which he gets ideas and inspiration from dialogs with his fans!! Arjen is such a great composer and a cool guy - and very honored by all the artists. Michael Mills from Toehider, plays the robot Th-1 (Toehider one) - and the binary code says 'trust Th-1 one' Great reaction from you 👍 🤘 🤘
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is the official complete name of the multi-talented multi-instumentalist Dutch behind the 'project' called Ayreon. That basically sounds as his first name. There are more famous people in the Netherlands with that name. Hmm.. one as far as I know, but he doesn't come close when the amount of love for him is concerned. I'm not proud of windmills and tulips and smoking weed in a coffee shop, but I am of Arjen Anthony Lucassen! Know most of the time the things I already know you show, my Queen, the things that you show, but I love watching you react to them. The expressions and the gentle sweetness of your voice.
Here is a list of the composer and singers in order of appearance: Arjen Lucassen - Composer - Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. 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. Instrumentalists Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - grand piano and electric piano Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello Ed Warby - drums Ben Mathot - violin Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) - flute, wind instruments Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, all other instruments (composer) 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 & Everybody Dies.
Two of my most favorite singers are in this album, Russell Allen and Floor Jansen! You should check out their duets, Sweet Curse by ReVamp live, and Phantom Of the Opera live. Two legendary singers! 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
🤘yeah, i am happy that you like it. There are many good singer/bands out there (and yes, there are many out of the US). Nice do more from Ayreon (Mr. Lucassen had much more, and there are live-ones on TH-cam)
Now you need to watch Aryeon's Everybody Dies video. It is live and Floor has a much larger part. Also, Floor's sister, Irene, is one of the backup singers. In Everybody Dies she is the singer on the left - closest to the drummer.
Tobias sammet and Floor Jansen did this song called Misplaced Among the Angels i know you'd love that one too. Also Everybody dies from Ayreon live on stage also a great song Thank you.
To answer your question about the binary 100010's it translates to Trust TH-1 which is the name of the cyborge Michael mills plays as and he is a multi talented Australian instrumentalist his band Toehider. The hippy guy playing guitar, bass guitar and Hammond keyboard is Arjen the creator of all this. Thank you.
Hello, here is some additional information about the singers. I hope it helps. Have a great weekend!! :D Ayreon - The Day that the World Breaks Down | MASTERCLASS Performance All 11 Singers in Ayreon performed in this 13 minute song. James Labrie - The Historian (from the band Dream Theater) Tommy Karevik - Opposition Leader Tommy Rogers - The Chemist Simone Simons - The Counselor Nils K. Rue - The Prophet Tobias Sammet - The Captain Michael Mills - As TH-1 (from the band Toehider) Hansi Kursch - The Astronomer Russell Allen - The President (from the band Symphony X) Michael Eriksen - The Diplomat Floor Jansen - The Biologist (from the band Nightwish)
The 01010101 is binary language. Michael's character is an android. Translated it means TRUST TH1, TH1 being his character (in the story they escape the planet and they have to trust the android (afdter machines destroyed the planet) as they will be in cryogenic sleep during the voyage to Earth).
We've already provided you with the singers somewhere in the comments, but .... don't forget ..... THE INSTRUMENTALISTS: Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - grand piano and electric piano, Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello, Ed Warby - (Gorefest) drums, Ben Mathot - violin, Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) - flute and wind instruments, Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, all other instruments
OOOO, Ayreon! Good call. This is a great introduction to a ton of most excellent singers and musicians. Watch this about 6 more times. We'll wait. I'm just going to slip over to your community tab and recommend a ton of Kamelot (Tommy Karevik) and Avantasia (Tobias Sammet) songs. I hope you have the most excellent day!
First...I Love this Tall handsome Space Hippie dude (Arjen). His music truly opened my ears to a whole new music to enjoy !!!! 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. His most regular collaborator is drummer Ed Warby. The binary code (01011001) means "Trust TH-1" The singers in order of appearance are: James LaBrie from Dream Theater Tommy Karevik from Kamelot, Seventh Wonder Tommy Rogers from Between the Buried and Me Simone Simons from th most epic Epica Nils K. Rue from Pagan's Mind and Eidolon Tobias Sammet from Edguy and here mentioned Avantasia Hansi Kürsch the „Bard from Walhalla“ from Blind Guardian Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from Toehider Russell Allen from Symphony X Michael Eriksen from Circus Maximus and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from Nightwish NWSU/Ayreonaut/Epican/FloorFan ✌😎🤘
Hi Debbie, I knew that you'd love this, so many connections! Your face when the singer with the biceps started :) Tommy Karevik (who was touring with Nightwish and helped them out in a tricky spot, along with Alyssa White-Gluz and Elize Ryd) Then the next one, and the next, a smile for Simone, Michael Mills singing the binary numbers! Arjen is the guitarist (sometimes twice on the screen), "The tall hippie dude", he is tall, a picture with Floor makes her look normal size. Pianist, Sir Joost van den Broek (Another band member with Floor, and producer for some of her recent songs). The piece de resistance: Floooor!
Hey Debbie, loved that you loved it. Do you wanna see more? Look this up just for your own time, no need to air it. It's very interesting and it will help you to get to know Arjen a whole lot better, as the geeky, nerdy, humble, down to earth, genius and the tall hippy dude that he really is. Here they come, watch them please: "at home with arjen lucassen from ayreon", "the source dvd extras 1" and "the source dvd extras 2" . A lot of behind the scenes of the making of 'The day the world...", interviews with the singers and Arjen who talks about the album, the singers, the music and the coop with the singers. Love you, my love. 🤘😊🤘
Arjen is an amazing storyteller. Only the top musicians and vocalists will do. For more from Ayreon- Intergalactic Space Crusaders Everybody Dies The Eye of Ra Those should be a good start along with what everyone else has suggested. Strap in, it's quite a ride like with Nightwish.
Russell Allen is not only Symphony X. He also made an album together with Annette Olzon (Ex-Nightwish). This project is called Allen/Olzon, a Single would bei All Alone... The interesting facto is that he sang in his Studio in the USA and Annette recorded her vocals home in Sweden. With technology of today everything is possible - they never met in person, just connected via telecommunication.
Hi there Debbie, great reaction again For my personal preferences this is the only song I might listen to by Ayreon but I do appreciate Arjens outstanding compositions Greetings from Sweden
Arjen is the tall skinny guy playing Guitar, Bass, Organ & Synth. The ones and zeros are binary for trust TH1, the robot he plays in the story. Tommy is the lead singer for Kamelot since 2012 (although Roy Kahn is awesome as well) & Seventh Wonder. However if you don't have to go that far to hear more of him he is Highly featured in Transitus, Ayreons last album as well as the Ayreon Universe live show. Here is one "Magnetism" with him, Marko & Anneke. th-cam.com/video/4V3lGTA8Mpo/w-d-xo.html Symphony X is a metal band from New Jersey they are great live but unfortunately do not have very many high quality videos. Try "Sea of Lies" from Bloodstock 2016 it is tolerable th-cam.com/video/xhdHYTvG3pI/w-d-xo.html
Yep, LAB! So this is absolutely another worthy rabbit hole. The usual gateways are Everybody Dies and Valley of the Queens, but ANYTHING from Ayreon Universe is fantastic, and there's So Much More... Enjoy, cheers! rl 🤘👹🤘
I'm glad you took a look at this song. It's always the fastest 13 minutes of my life. My wife and I sat here and sung along with every word, so you could say we've heard it a time or two. I've been lucky to see four of these singers live. I've seen Tommy Karevik and James LaBrie twice each, Tommy Rogers once (Beneath the Buried and Me is _great_ live), and Russell Allen more times than I know. The thing with Russell is that I've never seen him with Symphony X; I've seen him with the fantastic Trans-Siberian Orchestra every time. He also released a couple of duet albums with Anette Olzen, the second singer of Nightwish. The channel The Charismatic Voice has an interview with Russell and Anette that is about two hours long, but it's a great interview as most of the ones done on that channel are.
If you want to see more of his Work, "everybody dies" is a good start. I'ts one of the rare and impressive live performances (Ayreon Universe). "The eye of Ra" is also a great song. There are two live performances. The full song from the "Star One" Tour and a shortened Version, but featuring more singers in the last part from "Ayreon Universe". You can see Floor singing together with her Sister Irene here. Another song that i love is "Cosmic Fusion" from "Electric Castle and other tales". It's a bit different, but definately worth watching.
73 years old hippie from The Netherlands (Floor & Arjan/AYREON country) reporting in: You listened to "The Valley of the Queens" I think. Next one should be "Everybody Dies" (1st track from this album) Welcome to the word of AYREON. Like I said earlier to you, once your in there's no way back ...!!! Enjoy ... 🤘👍
Great reaction ! I think it's getting to spreadsheet time for your reactions ( or at least a notebook 😂) because you HAVE reacted to Ayreon before - although it can be difficult as the " cast " keeps changing - as does the musical style . If you look back on the comments for " Valley of the Queens " there's some other great Ayreon tracks ( with links I think ) - enjoy
Arjen has/had a couple of other projects as well. He has Star One (Floor is listed as an actual member of that band), Arjen Anthony Lucasson (obviously his "solo" project) and Guilt Machine listed as "active". The Gentle Storm (with Anneke Van Giersbergen on vocals), Computer Mind (with Marcela Bovio on vocals) and Stream Of Passion (also with Marcela Bovio on vocals) are inactive (correction...Stream ofPassion is active, but Arjen isn't in the band) but were fairly recent. Ambeon, Vengeancen and Bodine are old bands/projects of his. Ambeon featured a female vocalist (Astrid Van Der Veen) who was 15 at the time of recording their one and only album. He's been a busy guy! Cheers!
Symphony X are an excellent American progressive metal band and Russell Allen is, as you can hear, one of the best rock and metal singers around. Every singer on this track (and on all his projects) is top-notch, as are all the musicians.
The 0101 lyrics are computer language, or binary code, code used in digital computers, based on a binary number system in which there are only two possible states, off and on, usually symbolized by 0 and 1. In this song it translates to "Trust TH-1" who is the computer system that has taken over the planet in the song. 😀 Now you have to watch the live video for the Areyon song Everybody Dies, and for some beautiful female singing, Valley of the Queens.
Awesome that you loved this! Russell Allen has now done 2 studio albums with Anette Olzen. I think Worlds Apart and Army of Dreamers but I may have title tracks mixed up. Floor has sung a couple of duets with Tobias Sammet's project Avantasia. I liked the first, Misplaced Among the Angels a little better but they're both really good songs. I hope the live of The Electric castle will let you react to it, cause Arjen apparently went through a lot to get over stage issues. Now he's an absolute character. Looks like so much fun to hang with. :)
Yay! One of my favourite bands! I'm so glad that you got around to doing this song. It's such a cool video too, the way that Arjen gives us a "play by play" about the artists performing and also what his thoughts were while making this song. He's such a ham sometimes too...a great sense of humour. I encourage you to listen to more Ayreon...both studio and live. When I posted this as a suggestion I tried to keep the last singer a secret but too many other folks who also suggested this song kinda gave her away. Oh well, c'est la vie. Cheers!
You have now seen Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. Check out Blind Guardian - The bard's song & Valhalla live Wacken 2016, maybe the best crowd performance ever.
The second way you pronounced it. Air-e-on. This is called progressive rock/metal. Tommy Karevik is the lead singer for a band from Florida called "Kamelot". The guy with the head spinning around is Mike Mills from Australia. he is playing the role of the computer. It is binary code for Trust TH-1. The creator is the guy playing Guitar, bass, and the Hammond keyboard. This song is just one piece of a long concept sci-fi story.
You need to do the duet between Tobias Sammet and Floor: look for TOBIAS SAMMET'S AVANTASIA - Misplaced Among The Angels (feat. Floor Jansen) (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) 🤘🤘🖤🖤
i really enjoyed this reaction, thank you Debbie and there is still much more to discover, i think at the end of this year you will be totally converted to heavy rock/metal, and that is a good thing ! ;)
Lovely reaction as always 👍. You should definitely do 'Everybody Dies' next where they perform live on stage YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT! Sorry for shouting 😆 but it would be a crime if you missed it! That's all I'm saying - apart from Tommy Karevik of Kamelot - I suggest you might want to try them out as they are Symphonic Metal too basically - I recommend 'Sacrimony' either live or the official video and maybe 'Liar Liar' official video! Take good care of yourself.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a genius, DD !! Floor is 1.83m, (6ft) tall.Arjen is 6ft 7" !!! The Dutch are recognized as the tallest population on earth.😊😊
I recommended "Blind Guardian" with "The Bard'sSong & Valhalla" (Live from Wacken 2016) under your reaction to "Unleash the Archers". Now you got a first glimpse on their singer Hansi Kürsch.
Hey, the whole ‘Universe’ live concert is epic and worth checking out. 🙋🏼♀️ All the zero’s and one’s are called binary language, the way a computer ‘speaks’. In this case all the zero’s and one’s say: trust TH1 which is the computer, played by Michael Mills.
The one-zero lyrics are binary. Michael Mills is singing the part of an android called TH-1 so him singing binary makes sense. From what I know the lyrics actually translate as “Trust TH1”.
Just one more detail ... The name of the character is TH1 (from ToeHider 1 - Toehider is the name of his band) ... Thus, TRUST TH1 could be "TRUST ToeHider1"
*Nerd mode on* The zeros and ones are binary numbers. When converted to ASCII code, they form the text "Trust TH-1". I think TH-1 is the name of the evil computer in the Ayreon story. *Nerd mode off*
Aireon You’re about to fall into a big rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out of it again. Have a look at the epic live concerts: Ayreon Universe live The electric castle live and other tales. Ayreon is one of several project by musical genius Arjen Lucassen. Star One is another project by him (Floor Jansen’s sister Irene is one of the many singers). The binary code, sang by Mike Mills from the band Toehider, translates into Trust TH1. TH1 is an android in the stories of the albums and TH1 stands for ToeHider1.
The binary code (0 -1) is the number system used for the representation of texts, or computer instruction processors. It's Skynet language hahahahahaha
The singers in order of appearance are:
James LaBrie from "Dream Theater"
Tommy Karevik from "Kamelot", "Seventh Wonder"
Tommy Rogers from "Between the Buried and Me"
Simone Simons from the most epic "Epica"
Nils K. Rue from "Pagan's Mind" and "Eidolon"
Tobias Sammet "Avantasia"
Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian"
Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from "Toehider"
Russell Allen from "Symphony X"
Michael Eriksen from "Circus Maximus"
and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from "Nightwish"
Thank you! I tell you, when Floor sings...*sigh*
They all were great, though.
I was honored to be able to see & hear Russel Allen live on stage this past December as part of Trans Siberian Orchestra - listening to him was chilling to say the least!
One small addition, Tobias Sammet is (also) from Edguy, Avantasia is technically his side project much like Ayreon.
Great reaction! Ayreon is one of many projects by Dutch songwriter Arjen Lucassen. Ayreon albums are progressive rock operas with a storyline and roles played by singers. Most of the albums all follow the same sci fi storyline that is about how humans came to be on Earth. This album is a prequel to earlier albums and tells the story of our human ancestors on another planet in the Andromeda galaxy, why they had to leave Alpha, and how they became The Forever.
Michael Mills character is TH-1, a robot who remains friendly to the humans. The binary code he sings means Trust TH-1. You should recognize Simone from your Epica reactions as well as Floor. Arjen "discovered" Floor when she was around 19 and she has been a part of many of his projects (Ayreon and Star One) ever since. Floor's sister Irene, a great singer in her own right, also has been a part of alot of Arjen's music and you can hear them sing together on Into the Black Hole, live from 2003, th-cam.com/video/oriR8CpI-Io/w-d-xo.html, or the Eye of Ra from the Ayreon Universe Live show.
Arjen is massively respected in the European music community and being asked to sing or play on one of his projects is a huge honor. This make Ayreon songs a gateway to tons of other great bands that we Americans have never heard of. Robert already gave you a list of the singers and their bands. I highly recommend you checkout Kamelot with the current singer Tommy Karevik or their previous singer Roy Khan. My current favorite is under Grey Skies with Charlotte Wessels (ex Dealin lead singer), th-cam.com/video/e4b1SkQfgUA/w-d-xo.html. Tommy has an amazing voice. Floor did some guest vocals on Tobias's latest Avantasia album. Misplaced Among the Angels is my favorite. th-cam.com/video/RRG0DO1YFic/w-d-xo.html. Russel Allen in addition to his work with Symphony X has done a collaboration with Annette Olzon, Floor's predecessor in Nightwish, that is quite beautiful. All Alone is a great track. th-cam.com/video/0_z0rCIvZjU/w-d-xo.html. I think this song really fits Annette's voice better then her singing older Nightwish songs (Always liked the ones Tuomas wrote for her voice).
This is a true Masterpiece! Excellent casting of wonderfull singers. And then there's a Floor 💗👸👍. And the genius behind all this is the "Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄❄👍
4Loor is not even in my top 9 female rock singers
@@rickrack4812 Name the other eight, please...
@Charly Van Buuren why should I answer your demand ? their my 8, not your 8. go make up your own 8, and I don't care who's on top.
There is a minority of people who prefer like the Opera tonality in their music and that must be you but it certainly is not the majority, or me.
@@rickrack4812 Ah, i see you are not able to. That's fine...
@Charly Van Buuren you need to get out more and listen to new bands. Also if I include Rock females from all times, move down to about number 20, or lower.
You did Valley of the Queens from the Ayreon Universe live show, the ballad with Floor ,Anneke van Giersbergen, and Marcela Bovio
Arjen Lucassen's prog rock/metal opera project. Yes, Arjen is the 'tall hippie dude'. Mostly a studio project, where he writes the songs, and invited guest singers and musicians. The guy on grand piano is Sir Joost van den Broek(ex-After Forever). A musician and producer, he works with Arjen a lot, and does a lot of work for the live shows.
This is the first song on the album The Source. A concept record, and chronologically the first in a story arc that spans several albums.
Mike Mills character is a machine, the binary he sings translates to 'Trust Th-1', TH for his band Toehider.
The 11 main singers:
James LaBrie (Dream Theater) as The Historian
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Opposition Leader. Pronounced (CAR- eh -veek)
Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) as The Chemist
Simone Simons (Epica) as The Counselor
Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind) as The Prophet
Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) as The Captain
Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) as The Astronomer
Mike Mills (Toehider) as TH-1
Russell Allen (Symphony X) as The President
Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) as The Diplomat
Floor Jansen (Nightwish, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp) as The Biologist
'Everybody Dies' is also on this album, the live version at that Ayreon Universe show is great.
Glad you liked this one. A few others would be "Star of Sirrah", "Everybody Dies" and "Age of Shadows".
I concur! Those are great songs. Don’t miss out on those!
@@vmaxbabe Given the channel name, how can you forget Valley of the Queens?
The show is Ayreon Universe live, so it’s easy to find together with the song titles. Valley of the Queens is beautiful, but I’m such a prog fan I like the others more.
Yes You have reacted to Valley of the queens, that is also a Ayreon project! 🤘
You finally discovered the greatest* professional musician on this planet.
* quite literally: Floor only comes up to his shoulders, and you know how tall she is…
Tommy K. is a fantastic singer and is currently the main singer with Kamelot, who is releasing their new album next week and I already pre-ordered it
Air E On is the pronunciation, and Arjen Lucassen, the man at the beginning on guitars and synth is the one who produced it, among others
Thank you Debbie for taking my suggestion. I knew you would love it. Yes, the main guy putting it all together is the guy playing guitar named Arjen Anthony Lukassen. Arjen is a composer in the same level as Tuomas Holopainen. And he too is a amazing musician. Loved your reaction.
The guy on the guitar, bass and keys is the MAIN guy Arjen Anthony Lucassen, hey is a dutch composer and play his intruments very very well awesome down to earth guy with lots of talent and all the ones and zeros is the binary code that translate to TH1 that's the main computer that breaks the world down
a great song from a great guy . 11 singers "" !! Wonderful . Greetings from nwse Sweden
Yeaaaaahhhhh you watched it!!! Thank you!! I knew that you would love it. If you like more of it, there is: “everybody dies” live.
Arjan rarely performs live due to stagefright, only ones every five years but when he does…. Just watch it. Michael Mills is a hero who has a range of four octaves, he reminds me of Freddy Mercury. This september it will be the next show since 2017.
Oh and don’t forget Ogene with “clown” and “sing”. You will love them also (is an other genre than this, beautiful harmonisch).
Bye bye!
Deb, you did Valley of the Queens of Ayreon. Arjen Lucassen created Ayreon not as a band, but more as a project and invites all those great musicians to join him. And they willingly do, as you have seen in this vid. Floor has been working for some 20 years (I guess) with Arjen now. Marko of Nightwish also participated in the past in Ayreon.
You have a lot of exploration and Discovery ahead of you for symphonic metal and power metal such as Within Temptation, from 1997 through current, with the same female singer who is my favorite female singer in pop symphonic Rock... she will be turning 49 in July.
And then there is DELAIN, who just reformed with a fantastic new singer who quickly turned into my number to favorite singer. The founder of d'Alene is there keyboardist who is the brother of a founder of Within Temptation... and was also WT original keyboardist. And then for power-metal you already found unleash the archers but then there's an Italian group called Frozen Crown, with a powerful young female lead guitarist and female lead singer... you can't help but fall in love with them and feel like family. Their new album is released tomorrow and is on its way to my house as well
And then there are many more...
Welcome to the Ayreon rabbit hole. You will NOT be disappointed!
So many rabbit holes to go down! Any person appearing on an Ayreon project is going to be an amazing artist and it will be worthwhile to follow up on them. I can't wait to go along with you on this long-ass bastard of a journey.
Hello Debbie, NW Army Italian Division here as usual 🙂I am so glad you discovered Ayreon Project and Arjen Lucassen! Arjen is a wonderful crazy tall Dutch musical genius, I love him and his music very much. He always uses both studio and live works (next live show in Tillburg - The Nedelands - next September) incredible musicians and singers and the live concerts are wonderful (unfortunately very few live shows due to the presence of musicians from from different groups). In this video you were able to appreciate (in order of appearance) James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me), Simone Simons (Epica) long time Floor's friend (the duets Simone/ Floor are amazing, the most famous duet you can find on TH-cam is the song "Sancta Terra" live from Epica's Retrospect Tour), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind, Eidolon, X-World/5), Tobias Sammet (Avantasia), Michael Mills ( Toehider), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Russell Allen (Sinphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) and last but not least Floor. You have to search You Tube for Ayreon's live performances and you will ride another roller coaster. Hugs.
Also please react to ayreon everybody dies live which features Floor Jansen at the end
Many friends of Floor in this cast! As already mentioned by others: Russell Allen (Dream theater) and Nils K. Rue from Pagan’s Mind. Floor met their guitar player Jörn Viggo Lofstad and they had a click (already back in the Revamp days). They agreed to work together on a new album, but due to busy careers it took some time before it happened in 2018: the Northward album was created. Many beautiful songs, but the most viewed one: While Love Died ( how Floor can a song title get)❤
I've been loving the way you have been throwing yourself into a variety of artists and styles! I have not been making suggestions at least partly because I was pretty confident you would find most of my suggestions on your own. I was right! At this point I will offer a couple of less well known suggestions: First, "Wolf Totem" by the Hu,. These guys are from Mongolia, play traditional Mongolian instruments and employ traditional Mongolian throat singing. For metal songs. Second, "Kai Tangata" by super talented NZ lads Alien Weaponry. They sing this song in Maori. Third, another look into how interconnected the Euro metal scene is. "Rebirth from Despair" from MaYan. Founded as a side project of Mark Jansen (who was a part of Floor's first band After Forever and then a founding member of Epica) this song has many recognizable faces and voices.. Keep an ear out for Marcela Bovio!
I second The Hu. They're _great_ and I hope they come around here again.
NWA California checking in, I learned about so many new artists thru this Track!! i immediately went and got the CDs and Video of Universe !! Great to see you love it as much as i :)
Given how much you liked Russell Allen's voice, you should do a reaction to Sweet Curse, which is a duet that Floor did with him while she was with Revamp: Only available as a studio track with him performing.
I had the same thought when she said she likes Russel's voice. There is a live version of Sweet Curse to be found on TH-cam.
Or just listen to the music from his band Symphony X ..one of the best but unfortunately not verry well known metalband
That was exactly what I wanted to add😮the most beautiful clean voice there is (male ofcourse, as female: FLOOR!!!)
Tommy Karevik is from Kamelot. Simone Simons of Epica was also featured in Kamelot’s song called The Haunting(somewhere in time) with their former singer Roy Khan. Great song to check out.
Arjen are extremely talented and a down to earth guy. He often comes in to some of this reactions and comments 😊
The binary code says : Trust TH 1
Also have you noticed each singer has its own instrumental part and instruments? if you listen to the complete album it also interconects . mixing the styles of the other singers and their music in to a song . its one huge concept album . its a story and every one loves to be part of it.
You are such a gift for the reactor scene - you are so open and positive to all the suggestions we throw at you. And this one was a hit!
Arjen has been working with over 120 of the top of the top of musicians and singers from all over the world. Floor since 2000 and her sister Irene a few years later. Many of the artists here are - and have been working together, in bands or guested each other. Russell Allen and Floor goes way back, and Russell were a kind of mentor to Floor in her younger days - those two have made some phenomenal duets like Phantom of the Opera - and one of Floor's best songs (in my opinion) - Sweet Curse
A song she has done with ReVamp, Henk Port, Simone Simons and Russell Allen.
Here is the link to the Russell Allen version
th-cam.com/video/fdSs9sj1-f4/w-d-xo.html
The guy on the Grand piano are Jost Van den Broek - from both After Forever and ReVamp together with Floor - and on some of her cover version. Many of these European artists are close friends, helping each others, instead of being competitors, and this creates so many fantastic collaborations - and such great music like this introduction song to the Album The Source. Arjen is very active on social media, often replies on reaction!!) - and this song is an ongoing story of which he gets ideas and inspiration from dialogs with his fans!! Arjen is such a great composer and a cool guy - and very honored by all the artists.
Michael Mills from Toehider, plays the robot Th-1 (Toehider one) - and the binary code says 'trust Th-1 one'
Great reaction from you 👍 🤘 🤘
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is the official complete name of the multi-talented multi-instumentalist Dutch behind the 'project' called Ayreon. That basically sounds as his first name.
There are more famous people in the Netherlands with that name. Hmm.. one as far as I know, but he doesn't come close when the amount of love for him is concerned.
I'm not proud of windmills and tulips and smoking weed in a coffee shop, but I am of Arjen Anthony Lucassen!
Know most of the time the things I already know you show, my Queen, the things that you show, but I love watching you react to them. The expressions and the gentle sweetness of your voice.
Here is a list of the composer and singers in order of appearance:
Arjen Lucassen - Composer - Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon.
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.
Instrumentalists
Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - grand piano and electric piano
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello
Ed Warby - drums
Ben Mathot - violin
Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) - flute, wind instruments
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, all other instruments (composer)
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 & Everybody Dies.
will add these to the list
Two of my most favorite singers are in this album, Russell Allen and Floor Jansen! You should check out their duets, Sweet Curse by ReVamp live, and Phantom Of the Opera live. Two legendary singers! 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
🤘yeah, i am happy that you like it. There are many good singer/bands out there (and yes, there are many out of the US).
Nice do more from Ayreon (Mr. Lucassen had much more, and there are live-ones on TH-cam)
Now you need to watch Aryeon's Everybody Dies video. It is live and Floor has a much larger part. Also, Floor's sister, Irene, is one of the backup singers. In Everybody Dies she is the singer on the left - closest to the drummer.
Klasse das es dir gefällt Mädchen🤗
Und direkt eine Empfehlung- into the Electric Castle. Viel Spaß
Huge amount of talent in every Ayreon project. Cheers!
Tobias sammet and Floor Jansen did this song called Misplaced Among the Angels i know you'd love that one too. Also Everybody dies from Ayreon live on stage also a great song Thank you.
To answer your question about the binary 100010's it translates to Trust TH-1 which is the name of the cyborge Michael mills plays as and he is a multi talented Australian instrumentalist his band Toehider. The hippy guy playing guitar, bass guitar and Hammond keyboard is Arjen the creator of all this. Thank you.
Russel Allen has a song with florence its called Sweet Curse - Revamp
The 0`s and 1`s is the binarycode or ''Computerlanguage''
Hello, here is some additional information about the singers. I hope it helps. Have a great weekend!! :D Ayreon - The Day that the World Breaks Down | MASTERCLASS Performance
All 11 Singers in Ayreon performed in this 13 minute song.
James Labrie - The Historian (from the band Dream Theater)
Tommy Karevik - Opposition Leader
Tommy Rogers - The Chemist
Simone Simons - The Counselor
Nils K. Rue - The Prophet
Tobias Sammet - The Captain
Michael Mills - As TH-1 (from the band Toehider)
Hansi Kursch - The Astronomer
Russell Allen - The President (from the band Symphony X)
Michael Eriksen - The Diplomat
Floor Jansen - The Biologist (from the band Nightwish)
The 01010101 is binary language. Michael's character is an android. Translated it means TRUST TH1, TH1 being his character (in the story they escape the planet and they have to trust the android (afdter machines destroyed the planet) as they will be in cryogenic sleep during the voyage to Earth).
🇬🇧 Norfolk .you are going to love this young lady 😊
Rabbit hole 🕳️ lives are a must 😊
this is an awesome album, turnthe lights off put your ears on, and close your eyes, its a very cool journey / story. Thanks for sharing
I concur. This is the single greatest Sci Fi audiobook series out there. It'll keep you dreaming for YEARS and still notice something new
We've already provided you with the singers somewhere in the comments, but .... don't forget ..... THE INSTRUMENTALISTS: Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - grand piano and electric piano, Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello, Ed Warby - (Gorefest) drums, Ben Mathot - violin, Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) - flute and wind instruments, Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, all other instruments
OOOO, Ayreon! Good call. This is a great introduction to a ton of most excellent singers and musicians. Watch this about 6 more times. We'll wait. I'm just going to slip over to your community tab and recommend a ton of Kamelot (Tommy Karevik) and Avantasia (Tobias Sammet) songs. I hope you have the most excellent day!
First...I Love this Tall handsome Space Hippie dude (Arjen). His music truly opened my ears to a whole new music to enjoy !!!!
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. His most regular collaborator is drummer Ed Warby.
The binary code (01011001) means "Trust TH-1"
The singers in order of appearance are:
James LaBrie from Dream Theater
Tommy Karevik from Kamelot, Seventh Wonder
Tommy Rogers from Between the Buried and Me
Simone Simons from th most epic Epica
Nils K. Rue from Pagan's Mind and Eidolon
Tobias Sammet from Edguy and here mentioned Avantasia
Hansi Kürsch the „Bard from Walhalla“ from Blind Guardian
Mike Mills playing a computer and singing binary from Toehider
Russell Allen from Symphony X
Michael Eriksen from Circus Maximus
and last but not least the incredible Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen from Nightwish
NWSU/Ayreonaut/Epican/FloorFan ✌😎🤘
Hi Debbie,
I knew that you'd love this, so many connections!
Your face when the singer with the biceps started :) Tommy Karevik
(who was touring with Nightwish and helped them out in a tricky spot, along with Alyssa White-Gluz and Elize Ryd)
Then the next one, and the next, a smile for Simone,
Michael Mills singing the binary numbers!
Arjen is the guitarist (sometimes twice on the screen), "The tall hippie dude", he is tall,
a picture with Floor makes her look normal size.
Pianist, Sir Joost van den Broek (Another band member with Floor, and producer for some of her recent songs).
The piece de resistance: Floooor!
Hey Debbie, loved that you loved it. Do you wanna see more? Look this up just for your own time, no need to air it. It's very interesting and it will help you to get to know Arjen a whole lot better, as the geeky, nerdy, humble, down to earth, genius and the tall hippy dude that he really is.
Here they come, watch them please: "at home with arjen lucassen from ayreon", "the source dvd extras 1" and "the source dvd extras 2" . A lot of behind the scenes of the making of 'The day the world...", interviews with the singers and Arjen who talks about the album, the singers, the music and the coop with the singers.
Love you, my love. 🤘😊🤘
Ayreon everybody dies live...Floors on that one too sis. great reaction to a great prog song. Love ya!
Arjen is an amazing storyteller. Only the top musicians and vocalists will do.
For more from Ayreon- Intergalactic Space Crusaders
Everybody Dies
The Eye of Ra
Those should be a good start along with what everyone else has suggested. Strap in, it's quite a ride like with Nightwish.
Russell Allen is not only Symphony X. He also made an album together with Annette Olzon (Ex-Nightwish). This project is called Allen/Olzon, a Single would bei All Alone... The interesting facto is that he sang in his Studio in the USA and Annette recorded her vocals home in Sweden. With technology of today everything is possible - they never met in person, just connected via telecommunication.
Hi there Debbie, great reaction again
For my personal preferences this is the only song I might listen to by Ayreon but I do appreciate Arjens outstanding compositions
Greetings from Sweden
Nightwish army u.k checking in for a reaction to this gem
E-ry-on is ok. 😁
Loving your music journey. Stay healthy and true..
Arjen is the tall skinny guy playing Guitar, Bass, Organ & Synth. The ones and zeros are binary for trust TH1, the robot he plays in the story. Tommy is the lead singer for Kamelot since 2012 (although Roy Kahn is awesome as well) & Seventh Wonder. However if you don't have to go that far to hear more of him he is Highly featured in Transitus, Ayreons last album as well as the Ayreon Universe live show. Here is one "Magnetism" with him, Marko & Anneke. th-cam.com/video/4V3lGTA8Mpo/w-d-xo.html Symphony X is a metal band from New Jersey they are great live but unfortunately do not have very many high quality videos. Try "Sea of Lies" from Bloodstock 2016 it is tolerable th-cam.com/video/xhdHYTvG3pI/w-d-xo.html
Yep, LAB!
So this is absolutely another worthy rabbit hole. The usual gateways are Everybody Dies and Valley of the Queens, but ANYTHING from Ayreon Universe is fantastic, and there's So Much More...
Enjoy, cheers!
rl
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"Ayreon" is how many English speakers pronounce the name of the songwriter "Arjen" (Lucassen).
The 1s and 0s are Binary, and they spell out, "Trust TH1"
Hiya.
Debbie: "Hello, long-ass bastard."
Daughter: "Mommy, have you been listening to music again?"
Stay safe. All the best to you.
😂 😂 😂 ❤️
I'm glad you took a look at this song. It's always the fastest 13 minutes of my life. My wife and I sat here and sung along with every word, so you could say we've heard it a time or two. I've been lucky to see four of these singers live. I've seen Tommy Karevik and James LaBrie twice each, Tommy Rogers once (Beneath the Buried and Me is _great_ live), and Russell Allen more times than I know. The thing with Russell is that I've never seen him with Symphony X; I've seen him with the fantastic Trans-Siberian Orchestra every time. He also released a couple of duet albums with Anette Olzen, the second singer of Nightwish. The channel The Charismatic Voice has an interview with Russell and Anette that is about two hours long, but it's a great interview as most of the ones done on that channel are.
If you want to see more of his Work, "everybody dies" is a good start. I'ts one of the rare and impressive live performances (Ayreon Universe).
"The eye of Ra" is also a great song. There are two live performances. The full song from the "Star One" Tour and a shortened Version, but featuring more singers in the last part from "Ayreon Universe". You can see Floor singing together with her Sister Irene here.
Another song that i love is "Cosmic Fusion" from "Electric Castle and other tales". It's a bit different, but definately worth watching.
Tommy is the lead singer of Kamelot...another amazing band of the genre.
Fan fact.. Oliver, the keybordist is Simone Simmons' husband. 🖤🤘🏻
73 years old hippie from The Netherlands (Floor & Arjan/AYREON country) reporting in: You listened to "The Valley of the Queens" I think. Next one should be "Everybody Dies" (1st track from this album) Welcome to the word of AYREON. Like I said earlier to you, once your in there's no way back ...!!! Enjoy ... 🤘👍
Such an awesome song 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Great reaction ! I think it's getting to spreadsheet time for your reactions ( or at least a notebook 😂) because you HAVE reacted to Ayreon before - although it can be difficult as the " cast " keeps changing - as does the musical style . If you look back on the comments for " Valley of the Queens " there's some other great Ayreon tracks ( with links I think ) - enjoy
Nope, the guy playing the guitars and synths is the guy who brought all this to us to enjoy.
Arjen has/had a couple of other projects as well. He has Star One (Floor is listed as an actual member of that band), Arjen Anthony Lucasson (obviously his "solo" project) and Guilt Machine listed as "active". The Gentle Storm (with Anneke Van Giersbergen on vocals), Computer Mind (with Marcela Bovio on vocals) and Stream Of Passion (also with Marcela Bovio on vocals) are inactive (correction...Stream ofPassion is active, but Arjen isn't in the band) but were fairly recent. Ambeon, Vengeancen and Bodine are old bands/projects of his. Ambeon featured a female vocalist (Astrid Van Der Veen) who was 15 at the time of recording their one and only album. He's been a busy guy! Cheers!
Hi Debbie, this album is amazing, both Simone and Floor feature a lot on this album,
and yes that was Simone from EPICA
Symphony X are an excellent American progressive metal band and Russell Allen is, as you can hear, one of the best rock and metal singers around. Every singer on this track (and on all his projects) is top-notch, as are all the musicians.
Welcome to the AYREON EXPERENCE!!!
The 0101 lyrics are computer language, or binary code, code used in digital computers, based on a binary number system in which there are only two possible states, off and on, usually symbolized by 0 and 1.
In this song it translates to "Trust TH-1" who is the computer system that has taken over the planet in the song. 😀
Now you have to watch the live video for the Areyon song Everybody Dies, and for some beautiful female singing, Valley of the Queens.
I concur!
Awesome that you loved this! Russell Allen has now done 2 studio albums with Anette Olzen. I think Worlds Apart and Army of Dreamers but I may have title tracks mixed up. Floor has sung a couple of duets with Tobias Sammet's project Avantasia. I liked the first, Misplaced Among the Angels a little better but they're both really good songs. I hope the live of The Electric castle will let you react to it, cause Arjen apparently went through a lot to get over stage issues. Now he's an absolute character. Looks like so much fun to hang with. :)
Yay! One of my favourite bands! I'm so glad that you got around to doing this song. It's such a cool video too, the way that Arjen gives us a "play by play" about the artists performing and also what his thoughts were while making this song. He's such a ham sometimes too...a great sense of humour. I encourage you to listen to more Ayreon...both studio and live. When I posted this as a suggestion I tried to keep the last singer a secret but too many other folks who also suggested this song kinda gave her away. Oh well, c'est la vie. Cheers!
You have now seen Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. Check out Blind Guardian - The bard's song & Valhalla live Wacken 2016, maybe the best crowd performance ever.
Next Ayreon live Everybody Dies and then Age of Shadows
Definitely check out more Ayreon live shows, try The Electric Castle and Other Tales live shows, awesome thanks request 😀
The second way you pronounced it. Air-e-on. This is called progressive rock/metal. Tommy Karevik is the lead singer for a band from Florida called "Kamelot". The guy with the head spinning around is Mike Mills from Australia. he is playing the role of the computer. It is binary code for Trust TH-1.
The creator is the guy playing Guitar, bass, and the Hammond keyboard. This song is just one piece of a long concept sci-fi story.
The guy on the guitar is the one who put all this together!! the 01110001101 is a computer language.
You need to do the duet between Tobias Sammet and Floor: look for TOBIAS SAMMET'S AVANTASIA - Misplaced Among The Angels (feat. Floor Jansen) (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) 🤘🤘🖤🖤
Ayreon's Theory of Everything features both Marko Hietala and Troy Donockley from Nightwish, and Marko and Floor feature in Age of Shadows.
i really enjoyed this reaction, thank you Debbie
and there is still much more to discover, i think at the end of this year you will be totally converted to heavy rock/metal, and that is a good thing ! ;)
Lovely reaction as always 👍. You should definitely do 'Everybody Dies' next where they perform live on stage YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT! Sorry for shouting 😆 but it would be a crime if you missed it! That's all I'm saying - apart from Tommy Karevik of Kamelot - I suggest you might want to try them out as they are Symphonic Metal too basically - I recommend 'Sacrimony' either live or the official video and maybe 'Liar Liar' official video! Take good care of yourself.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a genius, DD !!
Floor is 1.83m, (6ft) tall.Arjen is 6ft 7" !!! The Dutch are recognized as the tallest population on earth.😊😊
I recommended "Blind Guardian" with "The Bard'sSong & Valhalla" (Live from Wacken 2016) under your reaction to "Unleash the Archers". Now you got a first glimpse on their singer Hansi Kürsch.
I also recommend Avantasia, they're amazing as well!
The hole is deep on this one. If you have time there are many branches to discover. Your reactions rule.
Russel allen is a monster on vocals, check out Symphony x - The sacrifice if you want to hear more ;)
Yes . Thats Arjen
Just wait til you hear Avantasia, another supergroup.
Hey, the whole ‘Universe’ live concert is epic and worth checking out. 🙋🏼♀️
All the zero’s and one’s are called binary language, the way a computer ‘speaks’.
In this case all the zero’s and one’s say: trust TH1 which is the computer, played by Michael Mills.
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 Hey Debby you found in the Netherlands and their music very much Talent there eh
Arjen (Ayeron) is the guy begind this he his playing guitar,bass and hammond, and keyboards!
The one-zero lyrics are binary. Michael Mills is singing the part of an android called TH-1 so him singing binary makes sense. From what I know the lyrics actually translate as “Trust TH1”.
Yep, it's extended ASCII
Just one more detail ... The name of the character is TH1 (from ToeHider 1 - Toehider is the name of his band) ... Thus, TRUST TH1 could be "TRUST ToeHider1"
*Nerd mode on*
The zeros and ones are binary numbers. When converted to ASCII code, they form the text "Trust TH-1".
I think TH-1 is the name of the evil computer in the Ayreon story.
*Nerd mode off*
My favorite singer from this amalgamation of singers/songwriters/band members is Hansi.
Not sure why?!?!? Lol
Hi from the UK check out
Avantasia misplaced among the angels feat floor jansen
And Ayreon is fantastic live and is another very deep rabbit 🐇 🐰 ❤
Hi, if you watch closely you can say that Tommy Karevik sings with his hands in this video...
Floor 🥹 every single time!! Her part was way too short...lol
Arjen Antony Lucassen Did this song And many other projects , As Star One for example
you heard "Valley of The Queens" which is by Ayreon.
Aireon
You’re about to fall into a big rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out of it again.
Have a look at the epic live concerts:
Ayreon Universe live
The electric castle live and other tales.
Ayreon is one of several project by musical genius Arjen Lucassen. Star One is another project by him (Floor Jansen’s sister Irene is one of the many singers).
The binary code, sang by Mike Mills from the band Toehider, translates into Trust TH1. TH1 is an android in the stories of the albums and TH1 stands for ToeHider1.
The binary code (0 -1) is the number system used for the representation of texts, or computer instruction processors. It's Skynet language hahahahahaha