Judging by the guests announced so far, it looks like Ayreon's new album will be stellar. In the last few days, mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen has been revealing some of the guests. You can start discovering more about the album today. Guitarist Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson) is the latest confirmation. He will be doing a guitar solo on the new album and so will Paul Gilbert. Furthermore, Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian, Floor Jansen of Nightwish, Simone Simons of Epica, Tommy Rogers of Between The Buried And Me, James LaBrie (Dream Theater) and Michael Mills of Toehider will all sing on the record.

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Arjen Anthony Lucassen is at it again! The mastermind behind Ayreon is currently working on a new album to follow 2013's The Theory Of Everything. Earlier this year, Ayreon joined the Mascot Label Group and the band also released The Theater Equation DVD. Now, with a new album in the making scheduled for release in 2017, check out a little teaser just to whet your appetite.

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Do you want to see more from Ayreon's upcoming DVD, The Theater Equation? Now you can. This DVD/Blu-ray package was recently announced for release on the 17th June 2016 via InsideOut Music, and you can now view the first full clip from the production. Watch "Day Two: Isolation" here, from the masterpiece The Human Equation. Don't miss it!

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As you know, Ayreon are releasing a new DVD/Blu-ray soon, The Theater Equation. The concept album The Human Equation was brought to life as a full-blown musical production. This limited run of performances was witnessed by die-hard fans from across the world, but now Arjen Lucassen's story can be witnessed by all, as a recording of the final night of those special evenings is being released on the 17th of June 2016. The release is subtitled in nine different languages and includes nearly one-and-a-half hours of bonus content. For now, you can watch the full trailer here.

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After announcing their upcoming The Theater Equation DVD, Ayreon have now signed with Mascot Label Group. For now, seven Ayreon studio albums are digitally available again at this location. According to mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen, this is just the beginning and you can expect more good news soon. Maybe a new Ayreon record is in the works?

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A few years ago, we told you about Ayreon's The Human Equation Theater Experience, a full blown musical production of the band's legendary concept album The Human Equation with several guest vocalists. One of those sold-out special performances was recorded and The Theater Equation will be available on June 17th as a deluxe artbook version including Blu-ray, 2DVDs and 2CDs, as well as a special edition 2CD and DVD digipak, standalone Blu-ray and digital download. For those who couldn't witness it live, now you will be able to watch it at least!

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After an appetizing teaser, the time has come for a full extract of music to be revealed from the new Ayreon double album The Theory Of Everything. With not long to go till the album is released on October 28th via Inside Out Music, you can now hear a 4-minute extract from the 20-plus minute track "Phase 1: Singularity". At least it is something. Enjoy!

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And so the time has come for Ayreon fans to discover what the long-awaited The Theory Of Everything album will sound like. Arjen Lucassen, in fact, just posted a YouTube video of the official album trailer, which you can enjoy below. The album will be released on October 28th via Inside Out, and will feature many guest artists, that you can read all about here. Take it all in.

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After revealing the new album's cover artwork a few days ago, Arjen Lucassen now revealed the tracklist for the new Ayreon double album The Theory Of Everything and why complain? The album will be divided into four main parts, 42 songs, and two discs. Now that the pieces are all coming together, we just need to hear the music. Stay tuned for that.

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After revealing the guest list for the new album, Ayreon's mastermind Arjen Lucassen unveiled today the cover art for the new double release which will be titled The Theory Of Everything. The cover was painted again by Jef Bertels and you can take a look at it below.

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UPDATE: [Thanks to andreosokin]: As some of you already know, new guests have been announced for Ayreon's new double album The Theory Of Everything. As usual, Arjen Anthony Lucassen is surrounded by a constellation of stars and this time it is no different. Since the last update, Arjen has announced three new guests: progressive rock legend keyboardist Rick Wakeman (Yes), the first female singer is Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) and the final keyboardist is Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater).

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Arjen Lucassen, aka Ayreon, has recently uploaded some more excerpts from the new album The Theory Of Everything on YouTube, revealing the first guest singer. This post was a part of the "guessing contest" on his Facebook page, and more excerpts with other singers are awaited soon. Regarding the first part, the majority of fans instantly guessed Marco Hietala (Tarot, Nightwish, Northern Kings) which has been confirmed today as the first guest on the album. The video can be found below.

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And the plot thickens... Arjen Lucassen, prog demi-god, kindly let us know in a funny video last October that he had started work on a new Ayreon album to be released in 2013. While the guest musicians are still unknown, it was revealed today that the new album will be entitled The Theory Of Everything, following 01011001.

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It's official: Arjen Anthony Lucassen, prog guru, is working on a new Ayreon album. The new studio record is scheduled to be released next year. Arjen found an interesting way to make the announcement by releasing a hilarious video, which can now be seen below. It has been a while since Ayreon released their latest album 01011001 back in 2008.

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The latest news from the Electric Castle is that Arjen has just put the finishing touches on the forthcoming Ayreon 3CD + DVD compilation album, TIMELINE.

"I've been asked many times before to release an Ayreon compilation album, but it just didn’t feel right to present fragmented bits of story by lifting individual songs out of their greater contexts. However, my attitude changed after I completed my 2008 album 01011001, in which I connected all the previous Ayreon releases, musically as well as lyrically. Having completed the circle, so to speak, it seemed like a fitting time to put all things Ayreon into perspective and create an Ayreon timeline outlining the entire story."

TIMELINE follows the thirteen-year evolution of the Ayreon sound from the 1995 debut The Final Experiment to the release of 01011001 in 2008. In addition to selecting tracks from the existing Ayreon discography, Arjen has also written and recorded a new Ayreon song exclusively for TIMELINE. Titled Epilogue: The Memory Remains, this previously unreleased 9-plus-minute track introduces Ayreon fans to the clear, powerful voice of Jasper Steverlinck (Arid). Lyrically, The Memory Remains provides further insight into the final chapter of the Ayreon saga and what the future might hold for its characters.

In addition to The Memory Remains, TIMELINE's 3 audio CDs comprise 32 essential Ayreon tracks (almost 4 hours of music), all carefully remastered specifically for this release. The accompanying DVD features nearly two hours of released and unreleased video clips, behind-the-scenes featurettes, 5.1 mixes, and live performances of Ayreon tracks (Star one and Stream of Passion versions). To illuminate the Ayreon story further, a timeline poster illustrating the Ayreon universe and 56-page booklet containing many new photos, all lyrics, and notes on the story are included in the TIMELINE package. The cover is a specially commissioned painting by traditional Ayreon cover artist, Jef Bertels (see the full painting here).

TIMELINE will be available from InsideOut Music on 7 November (G.A.S), 10 November (Europe), and early 2009 (N. America).

When asked what the release of TIMELINE means for the future of Ayreon, Arjen explains, "I don't see this as the end of Ayreon, but rather as a new beginning. I'll definitely be recording some side projects before I even start thinking about re-inventing Ayreon. To keep things fresh for myself I've got to come up with a completely new concept for both the music and the lyrics. I hope I can do it...it will be definitely be quite a challenge!"

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