My parents raised me on Ayreon, and I think it had shaped me. I can tell you my favorite song from every album, my fav line from every song. This is incredible music
@@Rlyeh_The_Dead the truth is in here "they speak to me in dreams, they can see all I can see, they have always been my guide; (hush now please, have another pill) I know the truth is out there-if you want to see"
PUBLIC AANOUNCEMENT: I was trying to decipher all those one's and zero's to see the message behind them: Turns out that there are binary translators out there. Here is how it works: turns out that any combination of 8 one's and zero's can be turned into a letter of the alphabet. Here is the translation to the song: Zero (one) one (zero) one (zero) zero (zero) = H zero (one) one (zero) zero (one) zero (one) = E zero (one) one (zero) one (one) zero (zero) = L zero (one) one (one) zero (zero) zero (zero) = P HEEEELP IT SAYS HEEELP D:
5:56 the part that begins here is the most beautiful thing I've ever known, not just in music, but forever. And I've done acid and many different psychedelics, I've cried to beauty, but this part is too beautiful for tears. It freezes my soul, quite literally. All thoughts ceases to exist. That's how beautiful this passage is.
This is the first song I heard from Arjen. It was on an online rock radio station. I remember just being blown away by the vocalists but also it was 'my kind of music'. Music with a story, music with complexity and emotion and a sense of theatre. 15 years later, I'd say that Ayreon is now possibly my biggest influence in my own music production.
I like to call this kind of music 'active' because you have to actively listen actively pay attention to what is being said. Unlike many sad toad music these days, this music has real meaning.
@@Pink_Panzer Well said. It's multi-dimensional. I work in schools and I am often depressed by the musical taste of students but this kind of music is a bit like spicy food or beer, they are unattractive to the palate of young people but then strangely become delicious as you age. Also i think young people are so drawn in by visuals in modern music. Arjen's music conjures visions in the mind and doesn't need video to sell it to me. As most modern music is tailored for consumption by young people, I guess we have to suffer the shallow and instantly forgettable pap that they produce these days. It's easy to become disenchanted by the fact that amazing music like this is not in the mainstream but it is there waiting for those who seek it out like you and me. I just feel bad for the artists who will never have the rewards for their work like their infinitely less talented mainstream counterparts who are rolling in cash.
Jorn is the biggest ass kicker in the entire universe no doubt. Others are amazing ofc but when it comes to kicking asses I know no soul that to surpress Jorn
Haunting! Every time I hear this song I can feel what it might be like to be trapped like that. Unable to even truly feel just how horrified you are, knowing only that you have lost your ability to feel alive - stuck in an endless undying depression. Except you can't even feel sad anymore.
DIABLOVT12 isn't it awesome how Arjen links The Source to this album?!?! The part in Sea of machines where the melody of Human compulsion is already woven into the background and then the transition to March of the machines.... Scary and awesome...
@@jazzysugar3777 And thanks to that - I really anticipate the follow-up to The Theory of Everything.. if Arjen makes a teaser with the final "go from zero to infinity... help me!" to unveil the next Ayreon album.
I just remembered this song for the first time in maybe a decade and its just such a memorable piece of music I think its truly an underrated masterpiece of our modern time
Gotta say this just appeared on my spotify and I was stupified. Even as a metalhead I usually feel like metal isn't really giving me anything anymore, but this, man, this was astounding. Refreshed my faith. Also some of those choirs are giving me Hansi Kurch vibes, and that's just awesome. What's also awesome is how those dreams in the end sound so much like Lande's 2-year-edit: lol, yeah no shit
same here man. old metalhead but been listening to metal for so long that everything tasted the same already... until Ayreon. Best band in the world (should say music project)
I have all albums that Arjen made but still I come listening here and reading the comments - it's kind of going to a show and meeting likeminded ppl... ;)
Thank you for making official upload in better quality!! I was crushed when the fan-version of album upload disappeared and Spotify kept mixing it with other songs... I used to play Comatose several times a day...
I got a little nostalgic coming back to listen to this today. 12 years ago I came across this song while looking for music to listen to studying in a computer lab. I remember having to pause everything I was doing when the part around 4:10 started because I was like "Wait, What is this amazing song I'm listening to??". I had to pause again to make sure I got it right that they were singing in binary around 7:30 hahaha I dove deep into Ayreon's discography afterwards and its been my favorite band/musical project since. This is still one of my absolute favorite songs of yours Arjen and IMO one of the most iconic from Ayreon. Thank you for all of the great music you have provided over the years!
I will always smile when Jørn comes in, because hearing it the first Time was such a pleasant surprise, and even better is if you look at the lyrics sheet it just says “Jørn adlibs”
Sam Rey It's a maritime distress signal (calling for help) using morse code ...---... which means "sos", this one is used because it's easier to remember and recognized.
lol easiest album to find 2017, i was literally searching for hours. typed in indi and epic rock / tecno nothing came up, finally i remembered the binary worth it though.
This would have been the title track for Terminator. So raw, so industrial, heavy machines, stomping feet, LOVE IT!!!! And Anneke is the best, my crush for ever!
Gosh, the beginning is so... metalic, machine, so creepy, it reminded me (in a great way) of The Matrix. I don't think a song has ever scared me, but this one did xD
Hmmm... I don't know if they are like, the same, but you could try some Kamelot albums, like Poetry for the Poisoned and Ghost Opera, there's a similar ominous aura... and Perhaps Starset, though they are more "rocky".
Riuka the Bat Shin Megami Tensei IV's soundtrack has a lot of metallic sounding tracks. Try listening to the main theme of the game and see what you think.
Interesting suggestion. I like games, and anime; and I like prog - including prog metal - too, so I am very surprised to hear that something of the nature of a Japanese-made game/anime might have an analogue to something like this. I am going to check out the OST now. Thanks for the suggestion, and for being so bold as to mention something of such a different genre - paying no mind to any preconceptions of what such an origin for sound may typically sound like. :) Cheers.
Portuguese lyrics ;-) Era de Sombras [Bilhões de anos atrás, em uma galáxia distante, fica o planeta Y, habitado por uma raça aquática conhecida como Eternos. Através do avanço tecnológico, os Eternos quase alcançaram a imortalidade; no entanto, eles se tornaram totalmente dependentes de máquinas e se desviaram da essência de seu ser, perdendo até mesmo sua capacidade de experimentar emoções.] [Tom Englund:] Nós nunca vimos isto chegar Orgulho vem antes da queda Nunca demos atenção aos avisos Que sempre esteve enterrado em nós (Refrão) [Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou [Daniel Gindelow:]Máquinas gigantes mancham o Sol [Steve Lee:]Mentes congeladas se tornando entorpecidas [Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou [Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou [Daniel Gindelow:]Eu não aceito no quê nos tornamos [Steve Lee:]Nós ficamos a perder muito mais do que ganhamos [Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou [Tom Englund:] Nossa insaciável sede por conhecimento Nossa urgência de mudar e crescer Nossa necessidade de expandir a nação Nos fez ascender das profundezas (Refrão) [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais agressão [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais iniciativa [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais supressão [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais emoções [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais recessão [Floor Jansen:]Sem todos os sentimentos que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais possessões [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais suspeitas [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais obsessões [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais sensações [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais depressões [Floor Jansen:] Sem todas as paixões que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos [Jonas Renkse:] Tempo (tempo, tempo) mas uma maneira de se passar (uma passagem, uma passagem) O início do fim (do final) Do final que nunca houve (houve, houve) Tempo (tempo, tempo) mas uma curva no espaço (curva no espaço, curva no) Nós somos eternos (nós somos eternos, nós somos eternos) Eternos prisioneiros do tempo (do tempo, do tempo) Nós somos eternos (nós somos eternos) pegos em nossa fria inércia Desejando, almejando, esperando, por ninguém [Anekke van Giersberg:] Eternos nós somos, eternamente aprendemos Eternamente viveremos uma mentira, eternamente passando perto e Eternamente iremos fugir (eternamente iremos fugir), eternos seremos Eternos como um sonho, eternos como um grito e Eternamente nós tentaremos, eternamente morreremos A mágica do amor desgastou A alegria de viver não é suficiente Desejando, almejando, esperando, por ninguém Nunca o bastante Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero) Zero (um) um (zero) zero (um) zero (um) Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero) Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero) Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero) Zero (um) um (zero) zero (um) zero (um) Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero) Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero) off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off) on (on) on (on) off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off) off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on) off (on) on (on) off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on) off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off) não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim) não (sim) sim (não) sim (sim) sim (sim) não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim) não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim) não (sim) sim (não) sim (sim) sim (sim) não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim) Desejando, almejando, esperando, por ninguém ... Eternamente nós tentamos, eternamente nós morremos, eternamente Eternamente nós tentamos, eternamente nós morremos, eternamente Eternamente nós tentamos, eternamente nós morremos, eternamente [Jonas Renkse:]Desejando, esperando (de esperança), esperando(de esperar), por ninguém ... [Jorn Lande - ad libs no último toque de Age of Shadows:] [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais agressão [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais iniciativa [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais supressão [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais emoções [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais recessão [Floor Jansen:]Sem todos os sentimentos que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais possessões [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais suspeitas [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais obsessões [Floor Jansen:] Sem mais sensações [Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais depressões [Floor Jansen:] Sem todas as paixões que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos [Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou [Daniel Gindelow:]Máquinas gigantes mancham o Sol [Steve Lee:]Mentes congeladas se tornando entorpecidas [Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou [Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou [Daniel Gindelow:]Eu não aceito no quê nos tornamos [Steve Lee:]Nós ficamos a perder muito mais do que ganhamos [Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou [Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou [Daniel Gindelow:]Máquinas gigantes mancham o Sol [Steve Lee:]Mentes congeladas se tornando entorpecidas [Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou [Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou [Daniel Gindelow:]Eu não aceito no quê nos tornamos [Steve Lee:]Nós ficamos a perder muito mais do que ganhamos [Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou [Tom Englund:] Nunca demos atenção aos avisos Que sempre esteve profundo em todos nós
Lyrics in italiano: Non ce ne siamo mai accori l'orgoglio prima di tutto non abbiamo mai dato ascolta ai segni nascosti nel profondo di tutti noi L'era delle ombre è cominciata Macchine giganti hanno oscurato il sole menti congelate diventano insensibili L'era delle ombre è cominciata L'era delle ombre è cominciata Non accetterò ciò che siamo diventati perderemo più di quanto abbiamo guadagnato L'era delle ombre è cominciata La nostra insaziabile sete di conoscenza il nostro bisogno di cambiare e crescere Il nostro bisogno di espandere la nazione ci ha sollevati dalle profondità Mai più aggressioni Mai più iniziative Mai più soppressioni Mai più emozioni Mai più operazioni Mai più emozioni che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo Mai più possesso Mai più sospetto Mai più ossessione Mai più sensazioni Mai più depressione Mai più passioni che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo Tempo (tempo, tempo) una passaggio (un passaggio, un passaggio) L'inizio della fine (della fine) Una fine che non è mai stata (stata, stata, stata) Tempo (tempo, tempo) una curva nello spazio (curva nello spazio, curva) Siamo per sempre (siamo per sempre, siamo per sempre) eterni prigionieri del tempo (del tempo, del tempo) Siamo per sempre (siamo per sempre) bloccati dalla nostra fredda inerzia Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno Per sempre desideriamo, per sempre impariamo Per sempre viviamo una menzogna, per sempre continuiamo a dormire Per sempre fuggiamo (per sempre in fuga), per sempre saremo, Forever è un sogno, Forever è un grido Per sempre proveremo, per sempre moriremo. L'incantesimo di vita si è consumato Il gusto della vita non è abbastanza Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno Mai abbastanza Zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (zero) zero (zero) zero (uno) uno (zero) zero (uno) zero (uno) zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (uno) zero (zero) zero (uno) uno (uno) zero (zero) zero (zero) Zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (zero) zero (zero) zero (uno) uno (zero) zero (uno) zero (uno) zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (uno) zero (zero) zero (uno) uno (uno) zero (zero) zero (zero) off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off) on (on) on (on) off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off) off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on) off (on) on (on) off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on) off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off) no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah) no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah) no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah) no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah) Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno Per sempre proviamo, per sempre muoriamo, per sempre per sempre Per sempre proviamo, per sempre muoriamo, per sempre per sempre Per sempre proviamo, per sempre muoriamo, per sempre per sempre Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno Mai più aggressioni (Mai più iniziative) Mai più soppressioni (Mai più emozioni) Mai più operazioni (Mai più emozioni che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo) Mai più possesso (Mai più sospetto) Mai più ossessione (Mai più sensazioni) Mai più depressione (Mai più passioni che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo) L'era delle ombre è cominciata (Macchine giganti hanno oscurato il sole) terre congelate diventano conosciute (L'era delle ombre è cominciata) L'era delle ombre è cominciata (Non accetterò ciò che siamo diventati) perderemo più di quanto abbiamo guadagnato (L'era delle ombre è cominciata) L'era delle ombre è cominciata (Macchine giganti hanno oscurato il sole) terre congelate diventano conosciute (L'era delle ombre è cominciata) L'era delle ombre è cominciata (Non accetterò ciò che siamo diventati) perderemo più di quanto abbiamo guadagnato (L'era delle ombre è cominciata) Non abbiamo mai dato ascolta all'avvertimento nascosto nel profondo di tutti noi
La tua presenza in tutto il canale mi rende fiero di essere italiano e mi fa sentire meno solo. Ma un dubbio mi tormenta... The Human Equation program running... Dream sequencer system on-line!
So... We have the source album, Where seemingly everyone saw the machine uprising coming....... We have the prophet that knew it was coming.... We have the prophet speak of seeing a sea of machines... And then you all have the great idea to go to an ocean planet taking a robot with them....... At some point, you really need to question how much they never saw this coming.
krisdaschwab912 Yep, can't deny that. But I think that the origin of the actual songwriter matters more than the origin of the singers. Also in prog I wouldn't put much weight on the origin of an artist. It's not like for example in black metal where you can find a distinct musical distinction between Norwegian black metal and the new wave American black metal style.
@@krisdaschwab912 Actually, it's only 4 of the vocalists (out of the 15+ on this album) and, as far as I remember, only 1 swedish guy among the musicians (out of 10, including Arjen himself). That equals 5 scandinavians out of 25+ performers on this album. That's not half, not even a quarter.
My parents raised me on Ayreon, and I think it had shaped me. I can tell you my favorite song from every album, my fav line from every song. This is incredible music
Good folks you have.
youre lucky; my parents hate music like this; always tell me to turn it off and that they hate it.
Your parents are cool af
what is your favorite song on this album? And favorite line? I'll give mine. Unnatural Selection "We gave them dreams; and what did they dream?"
@@Rlyeh_The_Dead the truth is in here "they speak to me in dreams, they can see all I can see, they have always been my guide; (hush now please, have another pill) I know the truth is out there-if you want to see"
PUBLIC AANOUNCEMENT:
I was trying to decipher all those one's and zero's to see the message behind them: Turns out that there are binary translators out there. Here is how it works: turns out that any combination of 8 one's and zero's can be turned into a letter of the alphabet. Here is the translation to the song:
Zero (one) one (zero) one (zero) zero (zero) = H
zero (one) one (zero) zero (one) zero (one) = E
zero (one) one (zero) one (one) zero (zero) = L
zero (one) one (one) zero (zero) zero (zero) = P
HEEEELP IT SAYS HEEELP D:
I just realized how incredible it is that ASCII predates humanity
Please God, Allah or the Queen of Heaven👑. Help us. Please Help us. We are lost
Peace and Love to you all ♥️
This song is what made me love Ayreon.
First Ayreon song I ever heard, having bought 01011001 blind! One of the best blind buys of my life! Instant scramble for the other albums :)
same here
My daughter...she loves this song. Insists on playing it "DADDY! Play Age of Shadooows!"
@@GenMVeers damn how the hell did you luck out on that?!
@@SuperGoonch Your daughter ROCKS!
Annekke's voice will never not put chills down my spine. So breathtaking!
5:56 the part that begins here is the most beautiful thing I've ever known, not just in music, but forever. And I've done acid and many different psychedelics, I've cried to beauty, but this part is too beautiful for tears. It freezes my soul, quite literally. All thoughts ceases to exist. That's how beautiful this passage is.
This is the first song I heard from Arjen. It was on an online rock radio station. I remember just being blown away by the vocalists but also it was 'my kind of music'. Music with a story, music with complexity and emotion and a sense of theatre. 15 years later, I'd say that Ayreon is now possibly my biggest influence in my own music production.
I like to call this kind of music 'active' because you have to actively listen actively pay attention to what is being said. Unlike many sad toad music these days, this music has real meaning.
@@Pink_Panzer Well said. It's multi-dimensional. I work in schools and I am often depressed by the musical taste of students but this kind of music is a bit like spicy food or beer, they are unattractive to the palate of young people but then strangely become delicious as you age. Also i think young people are so drawn in by visuals in modern music. Arjen's music conjures visions in the mind and doesn't need video to sell it to me. As most modern music is tailored for consumption by young people, I guess we have to suffer the shallow and instantly forgettable pap that they produce these days. It's easy to become disenchanted by the fact that amazing music like this is not in the mainstream but it is there waiting for those who seek it out like you and me. I just feel bad for the artists who will never have the rewards for their work like their infinitely less talented mainstream counterparts who are rolling in cash.
2024, and still gives me chills
I always was a fan of this album, but to hear it right after The Source is what I call a real "Journey to Forever" history.
Thiago Dantas yesssss absolutely
Just got into Ayreon after hearing about them for years and that's how I'm listening!
I love how Jorn enters the song kicking everybodys asses. Steve Lee and Daniel are extraordinary as well!
Jorn is the biggest ass kicker in the entire universe no doubt. Others are amazing ofc but when it comes to kicking asses I know no soul that to surpress Jorn
Oh, hello. Just popping in to say still the greatest!
Hansis's voice... is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been litening to this album non-stop since the day it came out. Yes, it's THAT good.
The Age of Shadows will begin.
I will grow, know my name.
I am hope, I am the Frame.
I advance, up from the deep.
A new chance, the march of the machines.
7:31 is so sublime it could make me cry
Haunting! Every time I hear this song I can feel what it might be like to be trapped like that. Unable to even truly feel just how horrified you are, knowing only that you have lost your ability to feel alive - stuck in an endless undying depression. Except you can't even feel sad anymore.
me emocioné hasta las lágrimas... Gracias, gracias, gracias...!!!
March of the machines.
I am hope, I am the frame!
Now Arjen is scaring me with his albums great!
DIABLOVT12 isn't it awesome how Arjen links The Source to this album?!?! The part in Sea of machines where the melody of Human compulsion is already woven into the background and then the transition to March of the machines.... Scary and awesome...
@@jazzysugar3777 And thanks to that - I really anticipate the follow-up to The Theory of Everything.. if Arjen makes a teaser with the final "go from zero to infinity... help me!" to unveil the next Ayreon album.
I just remembered this song for the first time in maybe a decade and its just such a memorable piece of music
I think its truly an underrated masterpiece of our modern time
I shoveled snow to this awesome song! 👏🏻 👍🏻 💚
and me lol
lol
Love this song; this is the one that got me hooked.
Gotta say this just appeared on my spotify and I was stupified. Even as a metalhead I usually feel like metal isn't really giving me anything anymore, but this, man, this was astounding. Refreshed my faith.
Also some of those choirs are giving me Hansi Kurch vibes, and that's just awesome. What's also awesome is how those dreams in the end sound so much like Lande's
2-year-edit: lol, yeah no shit
the go watch the live performance with Hansi himself :)
Hansi does sing for Arjen's project. :D This stuff is epic.
same here man. old metalhead but been listening to metal for so long that everything tasted the same already... until Ayreon. Best band in the world (should say music project)
I remember where I was, what I was doing, and who I was with when I first heard this song in so much detail... Seven years later.
I have all albums that Arjen made but still I come listening here and reading the comments - it's kind of going to a show and meeting likeminded ppl... ;)
Esta debió ser la primer canción que escuche de Ayreon. Fantástica.
This intro riff is a pachydermic punch in the face. Never gets old.
This album is a fucking masterpiece to me, my favorite from this project...
And mine 🥳
All those different backround sounds in this song.... how does he come up with this stuff? :P Genius
ikr? What a legend Arjen is.
His stuff is awesome. More people need to hear it.
A legend working with other legends. Of course it's genius
He receives visions from the future, that's what Ayreon is about.
speechless. amazing song. had to come all the way from spotify to pay due respect to the band. great work
I listened to the song over and over
Thank you for making official upload in better quality!!
I was crushed when the fan-version of album upload disappeared and Spotify kept mixing it with other songs...
I used to play Comatose several times a day...
I don’t usually get emotional at songs I’m absolutely blown away I got major chills
YESSSS. Thanks for uploading this. We Are Forever is literally the part that got me hooked into Ayreon.
I LOVE THIS SONG
I got a little nostalgic coming back to listen to this today. 12 years ago I came across this song while looking for music to listen to studying in a computer lab. I remember having to pause everything I was doing when the part around 4:10 started because I was like "Wait, What is this amazing song I'm listening to??". I had to pause again to make sure I got it right that they were singing in binary around 7:30 hahaha
I dove deep into Ayreon's discography afterwards and its been my favorite band/musical project since. This is still one of my absolute favorite songs of yours Arjen and IMO one of the most iconic from Ayreon.
Thank you for all of the great music you have provided over the years!
And then in The Souce, last line of the last track teasing "The age of shadows will begin..!" brings you right back here.
I will always smile when Jørn comes in, because hearing it the first Time was such a pleasant surprise, and even better is if you look at the lyrics sheet it just says “Jørn adlibs”
Incredible piece of work. Dude is a genius
Finally! I was waiting for this song
Just a little trivia: the part with all the ones and zeroes its not just random the sequence 01101000011001010110110001110000 means HELP on binary
01 = help
on off = forever
no yeah = sos
Nasyith Rahman excuse my ignorance, English isn't my first language :"D what does sos stand for?
Sam Rey It's a maritime distress signal (calling for help) using morse code ...---... which means "sos",
this one is used because it's easier to remember and recognized.
save our souls, originally a help call used by sailors
lol easiest album to find 2017, i was literally searching for hours. typed in indi and epic rock / tecno nothing came up, finally i remembered the binary worth it though.
This is pure genius.
love it! best of all Ayreon. arcmasterpiece! ;)
R.I.P.Steve Lee,Hansi Kürsch Beauiful Voices !!
This comment made me think that Hansi also died, and really scared me!
Sorry .Hansi Kürsch is not dead!! Steve Lee is dead R.I.P.
Hansi is alive. You sucker!
@@MFMegaZeroX7 Same... freaked out for a second.
Best line up on an Ayreon album..
You should check out The Source if you haven't already. It has an incredible lineup.
dire machines blot out our sun
haven't listened to this in years and all the lyrics just flew out of me... thank you for what you do arjen
Giant machines*
Arjen, I genuinely hope we'll get to see this album live in its entirety one day. I'm coming from Australia for the ITEC shows and can't wait! I
A show was just announced !
yes, played 5 amazing shows a couple of weeks ago, I hope you were able to attend in 013 Tilburg, Netherlands
Ha ! I was right ! It's we are forever ! Yeaaaaah !!!
This deserves much more attention then it's getting! Love this song and the performance!
This would have been the title track for Terminator. So raw, so industrial, heavy machines, stomping feet, LOVE IT!!!! And Anneke is the best, my crush for ever!
this was my first encounter to Arjens music and felt just epic at the time
Can't wait to see this live in September!!
Gosh, the beginning is so... metalic, machine, so creepy, it reminded me (in a great way) of The Matrix. I don't think a song has ever scared me, but this one did xD
Gloria R. Giménez G. Searching more music like that. Any suggestions??
Hmmm... I don't know if they are like, the same, but you could try some Kamelot albums, like Poetry for the Poisoned and Ghost Opera, there's a similar ominous aura... and Perhaps Starset, though they are more "rocky".
Gloria R. Giménez G. No problem. Gonna hear something from them.
Riuka the Bat Shin Megami Tensei IV's soundtrack has a lot of metallic sounding tracks. Try listening to the main theme of the game and see what you think.
Interesting suggestion. I like games, and anime; and I like prog - including prog metal - too, so I am very surprised to hear that something of the nature of a Japanese-made game/anime might have an analogue to something like this.
I am going to check out the OST now.
Thanks for the suggestion, and for being so bold as to mention something of such a different genre - paying no mind to any preconceptions of what such an origin for sound may typically sound like. :)
Cheers.
My soul! Such doleful, baleful beauty.
Thank you Arjen!
This song is a musical journey a good one!
Wow! All the double album in streaming! Thanks you so much Mr. Arjen!
such a beautiful hidden gem.
thank you Arjen for the amazing music you've given us!
Portuguese lyrics ;-)
Era de Sombras
[Bilhões de anos atrás, em uma galáxia distante, fica o planeta Y, habitado por uma raça aquática conhecida como Eternos. Através do avanço tecnológico, os Eternos quase alcançaram a imortalidade; no entanto, eles se tornaram totalmente dependentes de máquinas e se desviaram da essência de seu ser, perdendo até mesmo sua capacidade de experimentar emoções.]
[Tom Englund:]
Nós nunca vimos isto chegar
Orgulho vem antes da queda
Nunca demos atenção aos avisos
Que sempre esteve enterrado em nós
(Refrão)
[Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Daniel Gindelow:]Máquinas gigantes mancham o Sol
[Steve Lee:]Mentes congeladas se tornando entorpecidas
[Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Daniel Gindelow:]Eu não aceito no quê nos tornamos
[Steve Lee:]Nós ficamos a perder muito mais do que ganhamos
[Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Tom Englund:]
Nossa insaciável sede por conhecimento
Nossa urgência de mudar e crescer
Nossa necessidade de expandir a nação
Nos fez ascender das profundezas
(Refrão)
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais agressão
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais iniciativa
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais supressão
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais emoções
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais recessão
[Floor Jansen:]Sem todos os sentimentos que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais possessões
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais suspeitas
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais obsessões
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais sensações
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais depressões
[Floor Jansen:] Sem todas as paixões que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos
[Jonas Renkse:]
Tempo (tempo, tempo) mas uma maneira de se passar (uma passagem, uma passagem)
O início do fim (do final)
Do final que nunca houve (houve, houve)
Tempo (tempo, tempo) mas uma curva no espaço (curva no espaço, curva no)
Nós somos eternos (nós somos eternos, nós somos eternos) Eternos prisioneiros do tempo (do tempo, do tempo)
Nós somos eternos (nós somos eternos) pegos em nossa fria inércia
Desejando, almejando, esperando, por ninguém
[Anekke van Giersberg:]
Eternos nós somos, eternamente aprendemos
Eternamente viveremos uma mentira, eternamente passando perto e
Eternamente iremos fugir (eternamente iremos fugir), eternos seremos
Eternos como um sonho, eternos como um grito e
Eternamente nós tentaremos, eternamente morreremos
A mágica do amor desgastou
A alegria de viver não é suficiente
Desejando, almejando, esperando, por ninguém
Nunca o bastante
Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero)
Zero (um) um (zero) zero (um) zero (um)
Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero)
Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero)
Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero)
Zero (um) um (zero) zero (um) zero (um)
Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero)
Zero (um) um (zero) um (zero) zero (zero)
off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off)
off (on) on (off) on (on) on (on)
off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off)
off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on)
off (on) on (on) off (on) on (off)
off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on)
off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off)
não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim)
não (sim) sim (não) sim (sim) sim (sim)
não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim)
não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim)
não (sim) sim (não) sim (sim) sim (sim)
não (sim) sim (sim) não (não) sim (sim)
Desejando, almejando, esperando, por ninguém ...
Eternamente nós tentamos, eternamente nós morremos, eternamente
Eternamente nós tentamos, eternamente nós morremos, eternamente
Eternamente nós tentamos, eternamente nós morremos, eternamente
[Jonas Renkse:]Desejando, esperando (de esperança), esperando(de esperar), por ninguém ...
[Jorn Lande - ad libs no último toque de Age of Shadows:]
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais agressão
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais iniciativa
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais supressão
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais emoções
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais recessão
[Floor Jansen:]Sem todos os sentimentos que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais possessões
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais suspeitas
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais obsessões
[Floor Jansen:] Sem mais sensações
[Hansi Kursch:] Sem mais depressões
[Floor Jansen:] Sem todas as paixões que moldaram nossos corações e fazem de nós quem somos
[Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Daniel Gindelow:]Máquinas gigantes mancham o Sol
[Steve Lee:]Mentes congeladas se tornando entorpecidas
[Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Daniel Gindelow:]Eu não aceito no quê nos tornamos
[Steve Lee:]Nós ficamos a perder muito mais do que ganhamos
[Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Daniel Gindelow:]Máquinas gigantes mancham o Sol
[Steve Lee:]Mentes congeladas se tornando entorpecidas
[Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Steve Lee:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Daniel Gindelow:]Eu não aceito no quê nos tornamos
[Steve Lee:]Nós ficamos a perder muito mais do que ganhamos
[Daniel Gindelow:]A Era das Sombras começou
[Tom Englund:]
Nunca demos atenção aos avisos
Que sempre esteve profundo em todos nós
This album is pure gold !
That is super intense! I am a big fan... 👍😁
Still a favorite, even after all these years
Fantastic Floor's performance! You can distinguish she among thousands of others!
is Anneke
@@belstonegarden they are both singing her. Floor does the classicsly sounding duet with hansi. Anneke does the binary part.
Memories unlocked
We are forever
BEST SONG EVER PLUS THE REST ON THIS ALBUM
Looonging
my fav ayreon song
Great!
i've recently heard "the source". the last notes of that album are the same with which this album starts. it is so awesome!
The Age of Shadows has begun !
Lyrics in italiano:
Non ce ne siamo mai accori
l'orgoglio prima di tutto
non abbiamo mai dato ascolta ai segni
nascosti nel profondo di tutti noi
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
Macchine giganti hanno oscurato il sole
menti congelate diventano insensibili
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
Non accetterò ciò che siamo diventati
perderemo più di quanto abbiamo guadagnato
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
La nostra insaziabile sete di conoscenza
il nostro bisogno di cambiare e crescere
Il nostro bisogno di espandere la nazione
ci ha sollevati dalle profondità
Mai più aggressioni
Mai più iniziative
Mai più soppressioni
Mai più emozioni
Mai più operazioni
Mai più emozioni
che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori
e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo
Mai più possesso
Mai più sospetto
Mai più ossessione
Mai più sensazioni
Mai più depressione
Mai più passioni
che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori
e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo
Tempo (tempo, tempo)
una passaggio (un passaggio, un passaggio)
L'inizio della fine (della fine)
Una fine che non è mai stata (stata, stata, stata)
Tempo (tempo, tempo)
una curva nello spazio (curva nello spazio, curva)
Siamo per sempre (siamo per sempre, siamo per sempre)
eterni prigionieri del tempo (del tempo, del tempo)
Siamo per sempre (siamo per sempre)
bloccati dalla nostra fredda inerzia
Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno
Per sempre desideriamo, per sempre impariamo
Per sempre viviamo una menzogna,
per sempre continuiamo a dormire
Per sempre fuggiamo (per sempre in fuga),
per sempre saremo,
Forever è un sogno,
Forever è un grido
Per sempre proveremo, per sempre moriremo.
L'incantesimo di vita si è consumato
Il gusto della vita non è abbastanza
Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno
Mai abbastanza
Zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (zero) zero (zero)
zero (uno) uno (zero) zero (uno) zero (uno)
zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (uno) zero (zero)
zero (uno) uno (uno) zero (zero) zero (zero)
Zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (zero) zero (zero)
zero (uno) uno (zero) zero (uno) zero (uno)
zero (uno) uno (zero) uno (uno) zero (zero)
zero (uno) uno (uno) zero (zero) zero (zero)
off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off)
off (on) on (off) on (on) on (on)
off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off)
off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on)
off (on) on (on) off (on) on (off)
off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on)
off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno
Per sempre proviamo, per sempre muoriamo,
per sempre per sempre
Per sempre proviamo, per sempre muoriamo,
per sempre per sempre
Per sempre proviamo, per sempre muoriamo,
per sempre per sempre
Inseguendo, sperando, attendendo nessuno
Mai più aggressioni
(Mai più iniziative)
Mai più soppressioni
(Mai più emozioni)
Mai più operazioni
(Mai più emozioni
che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori
e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo)
Mai più possesso
(Mai più sospetto)
Mai più ossessione
(Mai più sensazioni)
Mai più depressione
(Mai più passioni
che hanno dato forma ai nostri cuori
e ci hanno resi ciò che siamo)
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
(Macchine giganti hanno oscurato il sole)
terre congelate diventano conosciute
(L'era delle ombre è cominciata)
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
(Non accetterò ciò che siamo diventati)
perderemo più di quanto abbiamo guadagnato
(L'era delle ombre è cominciata)
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
(Macchine giganti hanno oscurato il sole)
terre congelate diventano conosciute
(L'era delle ombre è cominciata)
L'era delle ombre è cominciata
(Non accetterò ciò che siamo diventati)
perderemo più di quanto abbiamo guadagnato
(L'era delle ombre è cominciata)
Non abbiamo mai dato ascolta all'avvertimento
nascosto nel profondo di tutti noi
La tua presenza in tutto il canale mi rende fiero di essere italiano e mi fa sentire meno solo. Ma un dubbio mi tormenta...
The Human Equation program running...
Dream sequencer system on-line!
So... We have the source album, Where seemingly everyone saw the machine uprising coming....... We have the prophet that knew it was coming.... We have the prophet speak of seeing a sea of machines... And then you all have the great idea to go to an ocean planet taking a robot with them....... At some point, you really need to question how much they never saw this coming.
They must have brought out the robot (TH-1 = The Frame), to burn in Sirrah's star
To be even more fair, Tommy's character in The Day the World Breaks Down did say "don't say you didn't see this coming" lol.
Top heaviest metal intros of all time.
Genious at work!
"help", "forever" , "sos"
Frozen mind's becomming numb
AWESOME!
Fantastic
I'm having an affair with this song, I love it so much.
it happens the same to me, it's magical
same here madrigal
Monserrat Fallas Madrigal
will you marry me???
Yes.
Monserrat Fallas Madrigal congratulations guys very happy for you both. I always know you would be together from the moment you said yes.
POWERFUL in every way
Love this song
Hoping... Waiting... for no one...
Chills!
Wait... are those Stevee Lee and Jorn Lande at the same time? :O OMG!!
AYREON(the Prophet)the Musical genius who saw it all coming and have tried to warn us 4a long time. Peace and Love to you all ♥️
04:38 - 06:15 ❤️
anneke💜💜💜
Her voice is the most bealtiful thing I've ever listen
At 58, I have discovered Scandinavian Progressive Heavy Metal!
Praise be to ODIN!
You should get that "Saga" chick to do g on an album.
Molo Tulo This is actually from the Netherlands...
@@jobraket But roughly half the performers on this are Scandinavian so there is that.
krisdaschwab912 Yep, can't deny that. But I think that the origin of the actual songwriter matters more than the origin of the singers. Also in prog I wouldn't put much weight on the origin of an artist. It's not like for example in black metal where you can find a distinct musical distinction between Norwegian black metal and the new wave American black metal style.
@@krisdaschwab912 Actually, it's only 4 of the vocalists (out of the 15+ on this album) and, as far as I remember, only 1 swedish guy among the musicians (out of 10, including Arjen himself).
That equals 5 scandinavians out of 25+ performers on this album. That's not half, not even a quarter.
maestro !!!
Arjen is best ever, this is one of my favorites songs.
I dare you to find a more epic song with more legendary voices in any other metal gem!
This makes me giggle.
Jonas Renske
funny thing ... I used to be a fan of Ayreon and just dicovered Anneke Van G who's my favourite singer is singning in this album.
I really wish arjen worked with Jorn and Tom again... Such a magnificent combo.
Mds do ceu todo dia o Everton escuta isso
intro gives me a surfing with the alien vibe, then it goes into a Dream Theater in the name of god mode.
Capolavoro.
Own all arjens cds. (First was iron maiden) :3 next could be liquid tension experiment
Can't wait to hear the live version of this song, does anyone knows if it was played in it's entirely ?
th-cam.com/video/mdVghMcFKW4/w-d-xo.html
A show was just announced !
Is it possible to get 01011001 posters? The cover is my fav Ayreon art
6006133 They were selling small posters with it at the live show. Can probably find online now.
You can find them on Ayreon's Mascot shop!
There's a poster version of this artwork on the 3 vinyl set ;)
Red pill album🙄😶😍 Best music ever!!