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Line 2: [[File:ayreon_7574.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''"Welcome. You have entered the cranial vistas of psychogenesis. This is the place of no-time and no-space. Do not be afraid...."''}} ''Ayreon'' is a series of sci-fi/fantasy [[Rock Opera]] albums by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. The music is mainly a combination of folk-influenced [[Progressive Rock]] and [[Progressive Metal]], but many other genres are represented. A key element of Ayreon's sound is the use of many guest musicians and vocalists - ''01011001'', for example, has 17 singers, including Lucassen himself. Line 31: * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVWwdEkE5PM The Sixth Extinction] (from ''01011001'' - BEWARE MAJOR SPOILERS) [[There Is No Such Thing Asas Notability\|Notable]] guest vocalists include: * [[~~Bruce Dickinson (Music)\|~~Bruce Dickinson]] ([[~~Iron Maiden (Music)\|~~Iron Maiden]]) - ''Flight of the Migrator'' * Hansi Kürsch ([[~~Blind Guardian (Music)\|~~Blind Guardian]], [[Demons and Wizards]]) - ''01011001'' * Ande Deris ([[~~Helloween (Music)\|~~Helloween]]) - ''Flight of the Migrator'' * James LaBrie ([[~~Dream Theater (Music)\|~~Dream Theater]]) - ''The Human Equation'' * Mikael Akerfeldt ([[Opeth]]) - ''The Human Equation'' * [[Devin Townsend]] (Strapping Young Lad) - ''The Human Equation'' * Johan Edlund ([[Tiamat]]) - ''The Dream Sequencer'' * Jorn Lande (''[[~~Masterplan (Music)\|~~Masterplan]]'') - ''01011001'' * Fabio Lione ([[Rhapsody of Fire]]) - ''Flight of the Migrator'' * Timo Kotipelto ([[Stratovarius]]) - ''Flight of the Migrator'' Line 47: * Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery) - ''The Human Equation'' * Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) - ''01011001'' ---- {{tropelist}} ~~''Ayreon'' includes examples of the following tropes:~~ * [[After the End]]: ''The Universal Migrator'' * [[Ancient Astronauts]] * [[Artistic License Astronomy]]: Alpha Pegasi is not in M31, and comets don't move from one star system to another, let alone cross intergalactic distances. ** With regard to Alpha Pegasi, they might have meant to say Alpha Andromedae, since they refer to Sirrah, which is another name for that star. M31 is also known as Andromeda. Then again, confusingly, they refer to "Sirrah '''in''' Alpha Pegasi", which gives the impression they think Alpha Pegasi is a constellation... * [[~~Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence\|~~Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: The last man alive, possibly the Forevers. * [[Author Avatar]]: Some fan theories have it that Mr. L is supposed to be Arjen Lucassen himself, mostly because they have the same last initial (and Mr. L is played by Arjen Lucassen in the one song he appears in). ** If you count [[Word of God]] it's confirmed. Line 71 ⟶ 72: * [[Depopulation Bomb]]: At the end of ''01011001'' * [[Downer Ending]]: The ones that aren't bittersweet. * [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] * [[Epic Rocking]] * [[Excellent Adventure]]: The ''Universal Migrator'' albums * [[Fan Service]]: ''Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator'' is particular [[Fan Service]] for those who are fond of power metal, as many famous metal vocalists (Timo Kotipelto, Fabio Lione and Bruce Dickinson in particular) lend their voices to that album. (Ironically, Arjen went on record as saying this was his least favourite album...) * [[Fish People]]: {{spoiler\|the Forevers}} * [[Fling a Light Into ~~The~~the Future]]: first, they try to fling a light into the ''past'', and when that doesn't work, the Migrator becomes the "light" * [[Functional Magic]]: Merlin, the Stonehenge druids. * [[Ghost in ~~The~~the Machine]]: "Me" in ''The Human Equation''. * [[Ham -to -Ham Combat]]: Frequently. But for a particularly awesome example, check out the four-way melee between Tom Eglund, Steve Lee, Daniel Gildenlow and Jorn Lande starting at 3:00 in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr0OvPyoisw The Fifth Extinction.] ** Mike Baker vs. Devin Townsend in "Day Sixteen: Loser" * [[Heavy Mithril]]: They're sci-fi/fantasy. * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Is that (fill in the blank) from (insert name of band here) singing about black holes? {{spoiler\|Probably.}} * [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]]: We gave them dreams, and what did they dream? * [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Ayreon in the song "Nature's Dance". It's [[Blessed ~~With~~with Suck\|understandable]]. * [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum]]: the Dream Sequencer and the machinery used in the Final Experiment. * [[It's All About Me]]: The barbarian oh so very much. * [[Large Ham]]: Both Bruce Dickinson and Jay van Feggelen (the Barbarian) come to mind. Bruce even has the line "Feed me light!" Steve Lee on ''01011001'' comes to mind too. "The AGE of SHAAADOWS has beguuun!!!" Particularly ironic since he's supposed to be playing a character incapable of feeling emotions. Line 111 ⟶ 112: * [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying]] * [[Soprano and Gravel]]: Floor Janssen and Jonas Renske in ''01011001'', the Indian {{spoiler\|and Death}} in ''Into the Electric Castle'' * [[The Stoner]]: Hippie. * [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]]: The Forevers. * [[Title Drop]] - ''01011001'' has a [[Title Drop]] of the previous album (almost) in "The Sixth Extinction": "We must resolve this human equation..." Voices can also be heard chanting "0...1...0...1..." in "Age of Shadows/We Are Forever" on the same album. ''Actual Fantasy'' has two title drops both in "Actual Fantasy" and at the start of "Beyond the Last Horizon". ''The Final Experiment'' and ''The Universal Migrator'' also have [[Title Drop~~\|Title Drops~~]]s in them. ** However, if you listen closely, (or read the lyrics,) you will find that they do not spell out the title (01011001, or Y), but rather the word "help" in ASCII binary code. The "off"/"on" part spelling "forever" is probably a better example. * [[Touched Byby Vorlons]]: L * [[Unhappy Medium]]: Ayreon and Mr. L. * [[~~Unrealistic~~ Black ~~Hole~~Holes Suck]] ** Well, ~~yeah--it~~yeah—it's ''singing''! * [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Kamelot\|Roy Khan]] had initially accepted an invitation to be a guest vocalist, but had to back out due to a minor throat injury that he did not want to agitate. * [[World War III]] Line 125 ⟶ 126: [[Category:Rock Operas]] [[Category:Musicians]] [[Category:Ayreon]]▼ [[Category:Music]] ▲[[Category:~~Ayreon~~{{PAGENAME}}]]