Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon’s musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica. 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. Ayreon’s music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music (guitars, bass guitar, drums, analogue synthesizers, electric organs) mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music (e.g. mandolins, violins, violas, celli, flutes, sitars and didgeridoo). Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians. His regular drummer is Ed Warby.

The Final Experiment (1995)

01. Prologue
02. The Awareness
03. Eyes of Time
04. The Banishment
05. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy
06. Sail Away to Avalon
07. Nature’s Dance
08. Computer Reign (Game Over)
09. Waracle
10. Listen to the Waves
11. Magic Ride
12. Merlin’s Will
13. The Charm of the Seer
14. Swan Song
15. Ayreon’s Fate
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Actual Fantasy (1996)

01. Actual Fantasy
02. Abbey of Synn
03. The Stranger from Within
04. Computer Eyes
05. Beyond the Last Horizon
06. Farside of the World
07. Back on Planet Earth
08. Forevermore
09. The Dawn of Man
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Stranger from Within

Into the Electric Castle (1998)

01. Welcome to the New Dimension
02. Isis and Osiris
03. Amazing Flight
04. Time Beyond Time
05. The Decision Tree (We’re Alive)
06. Tunnel of Light
07. Across the Rainbow Bridge
01. The Garden of Emotions
02. Valley of the Queens
03. The Castle Hall
04. Tower of Hope
05. Cosmic Fusion
06. The Mirror Maze
07. Evil Devolution
08. ‘Forever’ of the Stars
10. Another Time, Another Space
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The Castle Hall

The Dream Sequencer (2000)

 

01. The Dream Sequencer
02. My House on Mars
03. 2084
04. One Small Step
05. The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq
06. Dragon on the Sea
07. Temple of the Cat
08. Carried by the Wind
09. And the Druids Turn to Stone
10. The First Man on Earth
11. The Dream Sequencer Reprise
[download]

The Flight of the Migrator (2000)

 

1. Chaos
2. Dawn of a Million Souls
3. Journey on the Waves of Time
4. To the Quasar
5. Into the Black Hole
6. Through the Wormhole
7. Out of the White Hole
8. To the Solar System
9. The New Migrator

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Ayreonauts Only (2000)

 

01. Into the Black Hole
02. Out of the White Hole
03. Through the Wormhole
04. Carpe Diem (Chaos)
05. Temple of the Ca
06. Original Hippie’s Amazing Trip
07. Beyond the Last Horizon
08. The Charm of the Seer
09. Eyes of Time
10. Nature’s Dance
11. Cold Metal
[download]

The Human Equation (2004)

01. Day One – Vigil
02. Day Two – Isolation
03. Day Three – Pain
04. Day Four – Mystery
05. Day Five – Voices
06. Day Six – Childhood
07. Day Seven – Hope
08. Day Eight – School
09. Day Nine – Playground
10. Day Ten – Memories
11. Day Eleven – Love
12. Day Twelve – Trauma
13. Day Thirteen – Sign
14. Day Fourteen – Pride
15. Day Fifteen – Betrayal
16. Day Sixteen - Loser
17. Day Seventeen – Accident?
18. Day Eighteen – Realization
19. Day Nineteen – Disclosure
20. Day Twenty – Confrontation
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Day Seven – Hope

Day Eleven – Love

Day Sixteen – Loser

01011001 (2007)

01. Age of Shadows
02. Comatose
03. Liquid Eternity
04. Connect the Dots
05. Beneath the Waves
06. Newborn Race
07. Ride the Comet
08. Web of Lies
01. The Fifth Extinction
02. Waking Dreams
03. The Truth is in Here
04. Unnatural Selection
05. River of Time
06. E=MC2
07. The Sixth Extinction
[download]

Beneath the Waves

Timeline (2011)

01. Prologue
02. The Awareness
03. Eyes of Time
04. The Accusation
05. Sail Away to Avalon
06. Listen to the Waves
07. Actual Fantasy
08. Abbey of Synn
09. Computer Eyes
10. Back on Planet Earth
11. Isis and Osiris
12. Amazing Flight
01. The Garden of Emotions
02. The Castle Hall
03. The Mirror Maze
04. The Two Gates
05. The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B Cocq
06. Dawn of a Million Souls
07. And the Druids Turned to Stone
08. Into the Black Hole
09. The First Man on Earth
10. Day Two: Isolation
01. Day Three: Pain
02. Day Six: Childhood
03. Day Twelve: Trauma
04. Day Sixteen: Loser
05. Day Seventeen: Accident?
06. Age of Shadows
07. Ride the Comet
08. The Fifth Extinction
09. Waking Dreams
10. The Sixth Extinction
11. Epilogue: The Memory Remains
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