2019.05.05
The Source
[edgtf_dropcaps type="square" color="" background_color="black"]T[/edgtf_dropcaps]he ninth studio album of the Ayreon project almost did not happen...
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2019.05.05
The Theater Equation
[edgtf_dropcaps type="square" color="" background_color="black"]T[/edgtf_dropcaps]he "The Theater Equation" project - by original intention - was to consist of three fan-made concerts performed under the title "Ayreon's The Human Equation Theater Experience"; however, after some of the original cast and musicians showed interest in the project, the organizers decided to make it a greater venture.The Theater Equation originally consisted of a four live performances, with cast, choir and small orchestra, of the 2004 album The Human Equation, as an actual rock opera. It is the first Ayreon live release, although Ayreon songs had previously been featured on live albums (with Star One), it was first time an Ayreon album was performed live in its entirety. The Theater Equationconsisted...
2019.05.05
Ayreonouts Only
[edgtf_dropcaps type="square" color="" background_color="black"]A[/edgtf_dropcaps]lthough categorized as a compilation album, it consists only of previously unreleased material, with alternate versions of Ayreon songs with different singers, demos.The album targeting die-hard Ayreon fans is very hard to find even in online stores and we heard no rumors about its re-release either, so probably it will never happen...
2019.05.05
Timeline
[edgtf_dropcaps type="square" color="" background_color="black"]T[/edgtf_dropcaps]hough in 2008 Arjen thought that with the album 01011001 he finally closed the storyline of Ayreon (at least what the booklet included in Timeline claims), he soon change his mind and while he really closed the first storyline's one end, not the other as the new The Source album turned out to be a prequel to this first chain of events.Anyways, before this fortunate turns of events (which we all remember as The Source) he thought that while he had not released a compilation album before because he didn't want to reunite random chapters of a whole history in a single album, he finally decided to create this album as a sort of...