Artist : Ayreon

Album : Electric Castle Live And Other Tales

Release Date : 27-03-2020

Added : 30-04-2020

As he did for 'Ayreon Universe', 'Arjen Anthony Lucassen' did it again with the 20th anniversary of 'Into The Electric Castle' and for the occasion, these are 4 concerts which took place in 2019 in Tilburg and which made a few thousand happy people but which were also the subject (for all the others) of multiple CD, DVD and Blu-Ray versions and which fully transcribe this exceptional live. Needless to say, the cast was at the height of the event with, first of all, 13 singers and especially 7 of the 11 artists who participated in the 1998 album and who resumed their role of the time ('Fish', 'Edwin Balogh', 'Anneke van Giersbergen', 'Arjen Anthony Lucassen', 'Edward Reekers', 'Damian Wilson' and 'George Oosthoek') and then, no less than 11 instrumentalists with the cream of progressive metal international.

So of course, it’s impossible to describe all of the titles because there are intense 2 hours and a half available to us with, in addition to the original version of 'Into The Electric Castle' which is taken over in full, additions from other Arjen productions with 'Shores of India' from the 'The Gentle Storm' project, 'Ashes' from the album 'Fate of a Dreamer' from the project 'Ambeon', 'Out in the Real World' from the album 'Embrace the Storm' from 'Stream of Passion', 'Twisted Coil' from the album 'On this Perfect Day' from the project 'The Guilt Machine', 'Kayleigh' sung by 'Fish' which is a cover of the album 'Misplaced Childhood' from 'Marillion', 'Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin' from the album 'Lost in the New Real' by Arjen and finally 'Songs of the Ocean' from the album 'Space Metal' of the project 'Star One' which concludes in the most beautiful way the concert with all the artists.

In short, enough talk and make space for music, because the best is to enjoy this live as it deserves and, as I usually say in this kind of concert, run to buy the DVD or the blu-ray vecause 'Electric Castle Live And Other Tales' takes on its full dimension with video and allows you to communicate even more with artists (see examples of video on you tube: 'Garden of Emotions', 'Twisted Coil', 'Amazing Flight' and 'The Two Gates')...

Line Up / Musicians

Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Guitar), Marcel Singor (Guitar), Ferry Duijsens (Guitar), Ed Warby (Drums), Bob Wijtsma (Guitar), Johan van Stratum (Bass), Joost van den Broek (Keybords), Ben Mathot (Violin), Jurriaan Westerveld (Cello), Thijs van Leer (Flute), Robby Valentine (Piano), John de Lancie (Narrateur), Fish (Vocal), Simone Simons (Vocal), Damian Wilson (Vocal), Edwin Balogh (Vocal), Anneke van Giersbergen (Vocal), John Jaycee Cuijpers (Vocal), Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Vocal), Edward Reekers (Vocal), George Oosthoek (Vocal), Mark Jansen (Vocal), Marcela Bovio (Vocal, Choirs), Dianne van Giersbergen (Choirs), Jan Willem Ketelaers (Choirs), Robert Soeterboek (Vocal), Michael Mills (Vocal), Rutger Hauer - Voight Kampff