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01011001 Bonus DVD

by: Ayreon, Arjen Luccasson, Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch, Michael Romeo, Ty Tabor, Daniel Gildenlow, Jonas Renke, Anneke van Giersbergen, Tomas Bodin

Release Date January 28, 2008
I've been a fan of Arjen A Lucassen since Electric Castle. His works just seem to get better and better. This is possibly the heaviest Ayreon CD to date, which isn't a bad thing. There are still plenty of hooks and melodies, more so than Human Equation I think. The opening track, Age of Shadows, just won't leave my brain - crunching rhythms, powerful chorus and some beautiful haunting melodies in the middle section.

I find the first CD 'Y' to be significantly better than the second 'Earth', where I think the music suffers at the expense of the narrative on a couple of tracks. This isn't too bad if you're following the story from the lyric book, which you really have to do if you want to distinguish between the performers. As usual ... Read More: