Star One "Revel In Time"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl, Blu-ray
Release date: February 18, 2022
Tracklist

CD1

01. Fate of Man (05:29)

02. 28 Days (Till the End of Time) (07:20)

03. Prescient (06:34)

04. Back from the Past (04:50)

05. Revel in Time (04:37)

06. The Year of '41 (06:20)

07. Bridge of Life (05:13)

08. Today is Yesterday (05:46)

09. A Hand on the Clock (05:51)

10. Beyond the Edge of it All (04:52)

11. Lost Children of the Universe (09:46)

CD 2 features the same songs as CD 1, but with different vocalists 

Line-up
Arjen Lucassen  (Ayreon, The Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion, Ambeon, Guilt Machine) - guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals (2-8)

    With

Ed Warby - drums

Erik van Ittersum - Solina Strings

Marcela Bovio (Elfonia, The Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion, MaYaN) - backing vocals, vocals (2-1)

Irene Jansen - backing vocals, vocals (2-9)

Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers) - vocals (1)

Russell Allen (Symphony X) - vocals (2)

Ross Jennings (Haken) - vocals (3)

Michale Mills (Toehder) - vocals (3)

Jeff Scott Soto - vocals (4)

Brandon Yeagley (Crobot)  - vocals (5)

Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple) - vocals (6)

Damian Wilson  (Threshold, Headspace, Landmarq) - vocals (7)

Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Second Sky, Edge Of Sanity) - vocals (8)

Floor Jansen (Nightwish, After Forever) - vocals (9)

John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis) - vocals (10, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5)

Roy Khan (Kamelot) - vocals (11)

Will Shaw (Heir Apparent) - vocals (2-3), vocalization (6)

Alessandro Del Vecchio - vocals & synthesizer solo (2-6)

Wilmer Waarbroek  - vocals (2-7)

Mike Andersson - vocals (2-10)

Tony Martin (Black Sabbath) - vocals (2-11)

Michael Romeo (Symphony X) - guitar solo (1)

Timo Somers (Delain) - guitar solo (2)

Ron Bumblefoot Thal (Sons of Apollo, Guns ‘n Roses) - guitar solo (4)

Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg, Whitesnake) - guitar solos (5)

Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Cher, TSO) - guitar solo (6)

Marcel Singor (Kayak) - guitar solo (8)

Steve Vai - guitar solo (11)

Jens Johansson (Rainbow, Yngwie, Stratovarius) - synthesizer solo (6)

Lisa Bella Donna - Moog (8)

Joost van den Broek (After Forever) - Hammond solo (9)

Hellscore Choir (11)

Media/Samples
Fate of Man

Prescient

Lost Children Of The Universe

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Ayreon "Transitus"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock Opera
Label: Mascot Label Group/Music Theories Recordings
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 25, 2020
Tracklist: 

CD 1:

1. Fatum Horrificum

   A) Graveyard

   B) 1884

   C) Daniel And Abby

   D) Fatum

   E) Why?!

   F) Guilty

2. Daniel's Descent Into Transitus

3. Listen To My Story

4. Two Worlds Now One

5. Talk Of The Town

6. Old Friend

7. Dumb Piece Of Rock

8. Get Out! Now!

9. Seven Days, Seven Nights

CD 2:

1. Condemned Without A Trial

2. Daniel's Funeral

3. Hopelessly Slipping Away

4. This Human Equation

5. Henry's Plot

6. Message From Beyond

7. Daniel's Vision

8. She Is Innocent

9. Lavinia's Confession

10. Inferno

11. Your Story Is Over!

12. Abby In Transitus

13. The Great Beyond

Line-up: 
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (The Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion, Ambeon, Guilt Machine, Star One)
    With
Juan van Emmerloot - drums
Joost van den Broek - Hammond, Steinway piano and Fender Rhodes piano
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) - vocals as Daniel
Cammie Gilbert (Oceans of Slumber) - vocals as Abby
Mike Mills (Toehider) - vocals as The Statue
Amanda Somerville - vocals as Lavinia
Paul Manzi (Arena) - vocals as Henry
Dianne van Giersbergen (Ex Libris) - vocals as The Soprano
Johanne James (Threshold, Kyrbgrinder) - vocals as  Abby's father Abraham
Simone Simons (Epica) - vocals as The Angel Of Death
Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) - vocals as Daniel's Father
Marcela Bovio (Elfonia, The Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion, VUUR) - vocals as Fury
Caroline Westendorp (The Charm The Fury) - vocals as Fury
Tom Baker - narration as The Storyteller
Thomas Cochrane - trumpet and trombone
Jeroen Goossens - woodwind instruments
Alex Thyssen - French horn
Patty Gurdy - hurdy gurdy
Joe Satriani  - guitar solo
Marty Friedman (Megadeth) - guitar solo
Marjan Welman
Lisette van den Berg
Hellscore Choir  conducted by Noa Gruman
other performers are not known at this moment

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Bandcamp

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Ayreon "The Source"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock Opera
Label: Mascot Label Group/Music Theories
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 28, 2017
Tracklist: 
CD 1
Chronicle 1: The Frame
1. The Day That The World Breaks Down (12:32)
2. Sea Of Machines (5:08)
3. Everybody Dies (4:42)
Chronicle 2: The Aligning Of The Ten
4. Star Of Sirrah (7:03)
5. All That Was (3:36)
6. Run! Apocalypse! Run! (4:52)
7. Condemned To Live (6:14)

Total CD1 Time 44:07

CD 2
Chronicle 3: The Transmigration
1. Aquatic Race (6:46)
2. The Dream Dissolves (6:11)
3. Deathcry Of A Race (4:43)
4. Into The Ocean (4:53)
Chronicle 4: The Rebirth
5. Bay Of Dreams (4:24)
6. Planet Y Is Alive! (6:02)
7. The Source Will Flow" (4:13)
8. Journey To Forever (3:19)
9. The Human Compulsion (2:15)
10. March Of The Machines (1:40)

Total CD2 Time 44:26

Line-up: 
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, analog synthesizers, Hammond, Solina Strings
    With
Ed Warby - drums
Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - grand and electric piano
Ben Mathot - violin
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello
Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) - wind instruments
Paul Gilbert - guitar solo[20]
Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, ex-Asia) - guitar solo
Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged) - guitar solo
Mark Kelly (Marillion) - synthesizer solo
James LaBrie (Dream Theater) - vocals as The Historian
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) - vocals  as The Opposition Leader
Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) - vocals  as The Chemist
Simone Simons (Epica) - vocals  as The Counselor
Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind) - vocals  as The Prophet
Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) - vocals  as The Captain
Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) - vocals  as The Astronomer
Mike Mills (Toehider) - vocals  as TH-1
Russell Allen (Symphony X)  - vocals as The President
Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) - vocals  as The Diplomat
Floor Jansen (Nightwish) - vocals  as The Biologist
Zaher Zorgati (Myrath) - vocals  as The Preacher

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The Day That The World Breaks Down 
Everybody Dies 
Star of Sirrah

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The Gentle Storm "The Diary"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Metal / Acoustic Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 23, 2015
Tracklist: 
CD 1: The Gentle Version

1. Endless Sea - 5:59
2. Heart of Amsterdam - 6:36
3. The Greatest Love - 4:08
4. Shores of India - 6:40
5. Cape of Storms - 5:28
6. The Moment - 6:08
7. The Storm - 5:55
8. Eyes of Michiel - 3:56
9. Brightest Light - 4:46
10. New Horizons - 5:24
11. Epilogue: The Final Entry - 2:02

CD 2: The Storm Version

1. Endless Sea - 5:53
2. Heart of Amsterdam - 6:37
3. The Greatest Love - 3:57
4. Shores of India - 6:24
5. Cape of Storms - 5:32
6. The Moment - 6:10
7. The Storm - 5:58
8. Eyes of Michiel - 4:00
9. Brightest Light - 4:54
10. New Horizons - 5:25
11. Epilogue: The Final Entry - 2:03

Line-up: 
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine): guitars, keyboards
Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Ayreon, Devin Townsend) : lead vocals
    With:
Ed Warby  (Ayreon):  drums
Rob Snijders (Ayreon, Anneke van Giersbergen):  percussion
Johan van Stratum (Stream Of Passion):  bass
Joost van den Broek (Ayreon, Star One, After Forever, Sun Caged):  piano
Timo Somers (Delain):  guitar solo
Ben Mathot (Ayreon, Guilt Machine):  violin
Hinse Mutter:  double bass
Maaike Peterse (Ayreon, Kingfisher Sky):  cello
Jenneke de Jonge:  French horn
Jeroen Goossens (Ayreon, Flairck):  wind instruments
Epic Rock Choir:  choir

Description/Reviews: 

The Gentle Storm double album is an epic production of Ayreon proportions, divided into two parts as a full-on metal assault (CD1) and lighter folk arrangements (CD2). It also heralds Anneke's return to the realms of heavy guitars and soaring vocals reminiscent of The Gathering's breakthrough album, Mandylion.

Media/Samples 
Endless Sea (Storm version)
Endless Sea (Gentle version)

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Ayreon “The Theory of Everything”

Country: Netherlands
Sub Genre: Rock opera, Progressive Metal
Label: InsideOut
Release date: October 28, 2013
Tracklist: 
Disc I
01. Phase I: Singularity - 23:29
    1 - Prologue: The Blackboard
    2 - The Theory Of Everything [Part I]
    3 - Patterns
    4 - The Prodigy's World
    5 - The Teacher's Discovery
    6 - Love And Envy
    7 - Progressive Waves
    8 - The Gift
    9 - The Eleventh Dimension
    10 - Inertia
    11 - The Theory Of Everything [Part II]
02. Phase II: Simmetry - 21:31
    1 - The Consultation
    2 - Diagnosis
    3 - The Argument I
    4 - The Rival's Dilemma
    5 - Surface Tension
    6 - A Reason To Live
    7 - Potential
    8 - Quantum Chaos
    9 - Dark Medicine
    10 - Alive!
    11 - The Prediction

Disc II
01. Phase III: Entanglement - 22:34
    1 - Fluctuations
    2 - Transformation
    3 - Collision
    4 - Side Effects
    5 - Frequency Modulation
    6 - Magnetism
    7 - Quid Pro Quo
    8 - String Theory
    9 - Fortune?
02. Phase IV: Unification - 22:20
    1 - Mirror Of Dreams
    2 - The Lighthouse
    3 - The Argument II
    4 - The Parting
    5 - The Visitation
    6 - The Breakthrough
    7 - The Note
    8 - The Uncertainty Principle
    9 - Dark Energy
    10 - The Theory Of Everything [Part III]
    11 - The Blackboard [reprise]

Line-up: 
Arjen Anthony Lucassen – electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, analog synthesizers,
Hammond, Solina Strings
Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Gorefest) – drums
Rick Wakeman (Yes) – keyboards
Keith Emerson (Emerson Lake and Palmer) – keyboards
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) – keyboards
Steve Hackett (Genesis) – lead guitar
Troy Donockley (Nightwish) – Whistles, Uilleann pipes
Ben Mathot (Dis) – violin
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) – cello
Jeroen Goossens (Flairck) – flute, bass flute, piccolo, bamboo flute and contrabass flute
Siddharta Barnhoorn – orchestrations
Michael Mills (Toehider) – Irish Bouzouki
Wilmer Waarbroek – backing vocals
    Vocals:
JB (Grand Magus) as The Teacher
Sara Squadrani (Ancient Bards) as The Girl
Michael Mills (Toehider) as The Father
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) as The Mother
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Prodigy
Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) as The Rival
John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) as The Psychiatrist

Description/Reviews: 

"Prologue: The Blackboard" kicks things off like any good epic should…at the seashore. Wind, waves, seagulls and the pounding surf. Ready for the journey? No blast off into space this time. No, this trip takes place on earth, through the mind of Man. A man. A Prodigy who can assemble the world's mathematical equations and algorithms unlike anyone before him. Janne "JB" Christoffersson, "The Teacher" opens the story, "Will we ever understand this complex genius? This visionary thinker?" Sara Squadrani, as "The Girl", sings, "Will we ever understand his isolation or his sense of wonder?" The left and right brain introduced, as deep bass chords, keyboards, acoustic guitar and whispering voices fill the soundscape. Meanwhile the traditional Aryeon theme drifts off to sea.

Read the full review by  Mark Johnson at seaoftranquility.org

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The Theory Of Everything (Part I + Part II)

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