Ayreon - Neo Prog Rock

Antes de começar a falar do Ayreon, permitam-me partilhar algo de minha vida pessoal. Entre 1990 e 2000, nos anos que me formei, fiz Pós Graduação e comecei a trabalhar, quase não ouvi músicas novas. Por falta de tempo, ou por uma momentânea falta de interesse, passei uma década agarrado aos meus velhos álbuns de faculdade e pré-universitários. Não sei explicar porque... assim que tive meu primeiro Lap top, e acesso a internet, comecei compulsivamente a procurar músicas, a me atualizar, pois ainda escutava no carro, minhas queridas fitas K7, gravadas uma década antes... Um dos primeiros sites em que me atualizei, foi o Prog Archives, onde pude realmente "estudar" o que estava acontecendo em um dos meus estilos favoritos de música. E percebi que o velho Prog, havia evoluído, e MUITO. Foi em uma destas pesquisas musicais que descobri o Ayreon...

Segue biography da Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayreon ):

Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is mostly 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" (or "metal 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 most of the instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians. His most regular collaborator is drummer Ed Warby. In addition, flute player Jeroen Goossens has featured on every Ayreon-release since 2004's "The Human Equation". Due to its particular nature, Ayreon never play live; however, several Ayreon songs were included in two live albums by other Lucassen's bands: Live on Earth by Star One and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion.

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Ayreon - Actual Fantasy (1996)

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Ayreon - 1998 Into the Electric Castle

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The Dream Sequencer 2000

Flight Of The Migrator 2000

The Human Equation 2004

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