Arjen Lucassen

Well, I think a lot of metalheads, especially progheads know Arjen - Dream Theater fans from 'The Human Equation' with James LaBrie, Symphony X fans from 'The Universal Migrator II...' with Russell Allen (Michael Romeo played somewhere-in-Ayreon too), fans of Blind Guardian, After Forever, Epica, Pain of Salvation, Katatonia,... from '01011001'...

So...
Any Ayreonauts on the forum? or - what do You think about Ayreon and Arjen's other projects such as Star One, Ambeon and the newest one - Guilt Machine?

I keep meaning to check Ayreon out but I haven't done it yet. It seems to be a pretty highly regarded band at dreamtheaterforums.org, the other forum I post at.

Ayreonaut here.

Been a fan since ITEC (98 I think). The two-parter Flight Of The Migrator wasn't really good imho, though the story it tells was awesome and important. My favourite is still probably Actual Fantasy... The last one was also really fantastic.
I also LOVE Lucassen's side-projects like Star One and Guilt Machine... Great stuff.

another ayreonaut here!!

i bought Guilt Machine the oter day, and... he has done it again. amazing...

and he's from the Netherlands!!! he speaks my language

Especially the outro of 'Perfection?'
btw, do You know what are people saying in Your languages?
I heard there are:
- Dutch: 'Am I guilty just by living?'
- German: dunno
- Polish: 'Our life has meaning only when we love - no matter who, no matter what.'
- Chinese: dunno
- French: 'My only Star is dead, and my starry lute holds the black Sun of Melancholy' (thanks Val!)
- Swedish: dunno
- Japanese: dunno
- Spanish: dunno
- Finnish: 'I'm afraid of death, not because of my own sake but because of the others. I'm afraid that my death causes sorrow and pain to my loved ones'
- Bulgarian: dunno
- US English: dunno
- Tagalog: dunno
- Danish: dunno
- Australian English: dunno
- Norwegian: dunno
- Russian: dunno
- Brazilian Portugese: dunno
- Hungarian: 'I'm going to my friend... I'm going home.'
- Italian: dunno

oh yeah, I know a lot anybody can help?

//edit:
got the Finnish one!

//edit 2:
French one added

i don't understand your question, but the translation in Dutch is: "Ben ik schuldig door te leven?"

Paul Moreau wrote:i don't understand your question, but the translation in Dutch is: "Ben ik schuldig door te leven?"

I mean what are people saying in languages that You understand and if You can translate into English
seems the first one means 'Am I guilty just by living?'. if anyone knows the others, You can write here (especially translations) .

All these voices are fans speaking of guilt, as they were asked to do by Arjen before the album sessions. He then received recordings from all over the world ! They form an important part of the album concept...

If I'm correct, the only french-spoken part is at the beginning of "Leland Street", and it says : "Ma seule Etoile est morte, et mon luth constellé porte le Soleil noir de la Mélancolie", which an extract from a 19th century poem by French poet Gérard de Nerval (awesome stuff by the way, but I don't know if it's ever been translated).

It roughly translates to : "My only Star is dead, and my starry lute holds the black Sun of Melancholy". Pretty cool, huh ?

Here is the whole part, if you like...

Je suis le Ténébreux, - le Veuf, - l'Inconsolé,
Le Prince d'Aquitaine à la Tour abolie :
Ma seule Etoile est morte, - et mon luth constellé
Porte le Soleil noir de la Mélancolie.

I am the Shadowy one, -the Widow, -the Uncomforted,
The Prince of Aquitaine with his ruined Tower :
My only Star is dead, -and my starry lute
Holds the black Sun of Melancholy.

Yeah... : ] and nice knowledge, Val! Thanks!

I am Ayreonaut too, but not first of all...Ayreon gives a chances for many many new musicians and unknown vocalists in his projects and it is good....but in true now his music is for me a little too light. But I like very much his "Human Equation", "01011001" and will listen to Guilt Machine soon...his music has changed a little and I think it is going in good direction...