Ayreon - The Source

I am the first one to admit I’m a giant un-objective Arjen fangirl and that I will be mega-excited about anything this guy puts out, no matter the label it’s under. Also that his “guess the vocalist” pre-album games on Facebook are the most effective teaser he could ever lay on me and the amount of amazing singers on this album alone would make me over the top excited, if there was any need for more of that. So now that we have established how long, unnecessarily detailed and completely biased and praising this review will be, away we go.

Ayreon, The theory of everything

Phase I, singularity starts with the wonderful voice of JB from Grand Magus, one of the great vocal additions of this album and I'm already excited!  Arjen has the habit of making his singers sound better than ever and this album certainly makes no exception. It made me like Christina Scabbia, for God's sake! All the instrumental parts are just awesome, in fact the only thing better than the amazing voices from this album is the instrumental. The mix between classic Ayreon and some touches of Jethro tull here and there is beautiful.

Ayreon, 01011001

Let's just start by saying that I am a HUGE Ayreon fangirl, 01011001 is one of my all-time favourite albums and this will be populated with adjectives like mind-blowing, incredible, great, awesome and brilliant and it will severely lack criticism. You have been warned.