30th Anniversary: An Amazing Flight Through Time

by Ayreon

30th Anniversary: An Amazing Flight Through Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 June 2026
  • Label: Music Theories
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 2:25:05
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Celebrating three decades of Arjen Anthony Lucassen's expansive musical project, this anniversary release revisits his sprawling science fiction narratives in a massive live setting. The album weaves intricate progressive metal and symphonic arrangements, featuring an extensive roster of guest vocalists and instrumentalists characteristic of Ayreon's ambitious scope.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, orchestral, complex, theatrical, live

Tracklist

  1. Dream Sequencer 1 (2:32)
  2. My House on Mars (5:41)
  3. Sail Away to Avalon (4:02)
  4. Green and Cream (4:49)
  5. Days of the Knights (3:29)
  6. Childhood (3:09)
  7. Dragon on the Sea (5:20)
  8. Sign (3:18)
  9. Sea Of Machines (5:29)
  10. The Year of '41 (6:35)
  11. The First Man on Earth (5:54)
  12. The Lighthouse/The Argument 2/The Parting (5:53)
  13. Carried by the Wind (3:43)
  14. Dream Sequencer 2 (1:43)
  15. The Theory of Everything (4:47)
  16. Actual Fantasy (1:29)
  17. Into the Black Hole (6:20)
  18. Dreamtime (3:02)
  19. Dawn of a Million Souls (7:01)
  20. Valley of the Queens (2:56)
  21. Loser (4:43)
  22. Band Introduction Mike (2:04)
  23. The Castle Hall (5:54)
  24. Amazing Flight in Space (6:16)
  25. Everybody Dies (5:22)
  26. Speech Arjen and Joost (16:32)
  27. Set your Controls (6:14)
  28. Dream Sequencer 3 (1:25)
  29. Isolation (9:09)

Credits

  • Ayreon - primary artist
  • Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Music By, Lyrics By
  • Johan Edlund - Music By [Vocal Melody By]
  • Lori Linstruth - Lyrics By
  • Erik Norlander - Lyrics By
  • Heather Findlay - Lyrics By
  • Neal Morse - Lyrics By
  • Devin Townsend - Lyrics By

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