Ayreon | The Day That The World Breaks Down | First Time Hearing | 3 Generation Reaction

There live song "Everybody Dies" is a big must do

FYI: Arjen Lucassen - Composer - Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. SINGERS: James Labrie - Lead singer for Dream Theatre. 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 (Trans-Siberian Orchestra 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 – (Gorefest) drums, Ben Mathot – violin, Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) – flute and wind instruments, Arjen Anthony Lucassen – electric and acoustic guitars, all other instruments

Arjen Lucassen draws the Floor card at the end... Arjen started working with Floor back in year 2000, and her sister Irene a few years later. Arjen has been working with over 120 of the greatest musicians and singers from all over the world, during the years.

I'm really glad you liked this. Having Floor at the end is just a bonus with all of the wonderful talent that Arjen contracts for this project. So Ayreon is a solo project with a ton of guest musicians from all over the world and across genres. Ayreon live performances are very rare but when they do happen, they are absolutely amazing as I'm sure you will see in the future.

Eye of Ra, Valley of the Queens, Everybody Dies.!!

Hi Ladies, thank you for your nice reaction! Ayreon is more considered a project rather than a band. Arjen Lucassen the mastermind behind Ayreon writes the music and then invites singers from various bands to sing on his albums. The singers are (in order of appearance): James LaBrie - Dream Theater Tommy Karevik - Kamelot Tommy Rogers - Between the buried and me Simone Simons - Epica Nils K. Rue - Pagan's Mind Tobias Sammet - Avantasia, Edguy Michael Mills - Toehider Hansi Kürsch - Blind Guardian Russell Allen - Symphony X Michael Eriksen - Circus Maximus Floor Jansen - Nightwish

Arjen Lucassen is a Dutch master composer musician that writes epic fantastic prog rock for over 30 years now. He did a lot of instruments in this track. It is the long happy dude. He has no band. He invites top musicians and up to 25 of the world top singers to take part in his projects. And you know what? Almost all of them come because they are honoured to be asked by Arjen and love to cooperate with the other singers. The outcome is the very best prog rock on this planet. I visited a show of Ayreon in 2023. My goosebumps are here to stay. The joy radiates from the podium. Up to 60 nationalities in the public, flown in from the world over. And 25 main singers on the podium. You can try out anything from Arjen. He does not do bad music. But for starters a track from his upcoming DVD from the concert I witnessed: The sixth extinction from the 01011001 beneath the waves concert 2023. Be sure to take the official recording from Arjen, not the bootleg. But Everybody dies is also fantastic, and so on and so on. Happy Ayreon journeys ladies!!

Definitely here for this one 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥 James LeBrie - Dream Theater (USA) Tommy Karevik - Kamalot and Seventh Wonder (Sweden), Tommy Rogers - Between The Buried And Me (USA), Simone Simons - Epica (Holland), Nils K. Rue - Pagan's Mind (Norway), Tobias Sammet - Avantasia, Edguy (Germany), Hansi Kirsch - Blind Guardian (Germany), Michael Mills - Toehider (Australian), Russell Allen - Symphony X (USA), Michael Erikson - Circus Maximus (Normay), Floor Jansen - Nightwish (Finland/Holland), Arjen Lucassen is the tall guitar/synth player. He composes all the work. Ayreon is his baby. He is from Holland.

Such a great song (and Arjen is a fantastic guy). Another great song is Intergalactic space crusaders (with a growling Belgian lady :)

Dutch masterpiece! I've seen Arjan Lucassen life about 30 years ago in the heavy metalband Vengeance. Soo talented guy!

Welcome to the world of Ayreon, awesome 😎

This is a true Masterpiece! Excellent casting of singers, and then there's Floor 💗👸. The genius behind all of this is "The Tall Hippie Dude", Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the tallest known rock musician (203 cm). ⛄👍

Anything from the Ayreon Universe concert. Absolutely awsome.

Ooh did you just post two reaction vids with Simone Simons in it without knowing it? She's also in Epica! I saw Kathy was feeling this one! But yeah, what's not to like about Ayreon. Just the concept alone of having so many talented artists from different bands working together with the writer to make albums with whole stories in em. It's like a prog rock musical. This video is the perfect way to get to know Ayreon a bit. These reaction videos make me realize I live in a country with so much musical talent that you won't hear on the radio! I'm glad so many reaction channels from all over the world get to enjoy Dutch artists and it makes me proud!

Kathy, the smile on your face throughout the whole song says it all 😀

Glad you liked it. The balled drummer, Ed Warby, is one of my favorite drummers. At the last Ayreon concert he was drumming as well and the whole concert was a phenomenal experience! Maybe you can do The Sixth Extinction from that concert but really any song from these rare live performances is great and many good suggestions have been given in the comments allready. 👋😉from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Arjen Lucassen, the tall dude on guitar, basically discovered Floor Jansen and her sister Irene when Floor was only 19. He recruited them for his STAR ONE project and has used them on Ayreon projects many times since. Everyone who works with Arjen loves him and returns again and again. Because there is no-one else like him doing what he is doing.

I secretly wanted you ladies to react to this from the beginning! But knew not to request it as there are so many people to be introduced to first.

Love you guys! Lulu is a hoot. Remember it’s a teenager’s job to embarrass their moms!

When you watch more Ayreon videos you will see many more awesome singers, some you will have seen already. And you will be introduced to Floor's sister Irene.