Category Archives: Arjen Lucassen

Ayreon Release Party

A release party has been announced to celebrate the newest Ayreon release, 01011001. The location is the Stairway to Heaven Cafe in Utrecht, The Netherlands on Sunday January 27th, 2008. The event is free and is scheduled to get underway at 13.00 hrs and should end at about 17.00 hrs. Sounds like fun.

Stairway to Heaven Cafe: www.stairway.nl

Also, visit the official Ayreon website for more info and updates.

Ayreon Cover Art Revealed

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Belgian painter Jef Bertels has once again provided the cover for the new Ayreon release named “01011001″.

Jef was also the artist behind Ayreon’s previous albums Into the Electric Castle, The Dream Sequencer and their latest release The Human Equation. You can check out more of Bertels work at his official site.

For the CD’s interior layout, Colombian graphics artist Felipe Machado Franco was chosen. You can check out his website.

As always, visit the official Ayreon website for more info.

Ayreon Tracklist Revealed

Well, finally. The full track list for the new Ayreon 2 disc album has been announced. Visit the 01011001 page for all the info. The album is due in stores in January 2008.

Guest Keyboardists Announced for Ayreon Project

Keyboard players for the new Ayreon album have been announced. They are (in order of appearance):

  • Derek Sherinian (Planet X)
  • Tomas Bodin (The Flower Kings)
  • Joost van den Broek (After Forever)

An MP3 of the sessions is available now on the Ayreon website.

New Ayreon Album Title Revealed…

…it’s called 01011001. Hmmmm… interesting. The release date is January 2008. Visit this page to learn more.

Ayreon Confirm Daniel Gildenlöw

Pain of Salvation frontman Daniel Gildenlöw will be the final vocalist to sing on the new Ayreon album scheduled for release in January 08. Arjen recently left the Electric Castle and flew to Stockholm, Sweden to record with Gildenlöw. To learn more about Pain of Salvation you can check their website.

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Tom S. Englund is 6th Ayreon Vocalist

From ArjenLucassen.com:

Tom S. Englund of Evergrey has been announced as the sixth vocalist on the new Ayreon album. Tom flew over to the Netherlands last week from Sweden to record all his vocal parts.