FIRST TIME HEARING AYREON - "VALLEY OF THE QUEENS" FLOOR, ANNEKE, MARCELA - REACTION VIDEO

[@trevorwalker2434]

I knew you would love this! This is Anneke's song which she usually sings with Marcella on the harmony. Marcella skilfully changes her voice as she harmonises with Anneke and Floor in turn. As a side note, Arjen Lucassen who is behind the Ayreon project was the first to release a record which included Floor. :-)

[@Richardtv1968]

Look how proud Floor looks at Anneke, her idol …… Anneke is the godmother of all metal/symphonic vocalists!!

[@len2193]

So beautiful from the ladies of metal.

[@cjmacleod3976]

Other Ayreon songs you should check out: The Day That the World Breaks Down….official music video Everybody Dies…live from Ayreon Universe The Age of Shadows…live from Ayreon Universe

[@gunterreihnhol6507]

Danke vielmals..

[@hansjohansson7111]

Hi Debbie. I know you will love "Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017)". Thats a great piece of art with a lot of singers😀

[@dana7325]

I concur

[@AntaryDraconis]

Yes, do this one

[@anneliendekramer9243]

Masterpiece of Arjan 🤘

[@fnglert]

Another vote for TDTTWBD

[@anneliendekramer9243]

Please choose the one with subtitles cause he is speaking to the listeners ..

[@bobsuisse2]

Ayreon. The grandmaster of Metal musicals. Next rabbit hole. Best one next: "The day the World breaks down" 😀

[@Alithia451]

The day that the world breaks down, was the song. :)

[@marcovtjev]

To get Anneke's solo bearings, watch "The Gathering - Travel (TG25)" version. Giersbergen is pronounced close to how you would pronounce Gears-bergen in Engish. The second part of Arjen sounds like Jen in Jennifer.

[@anitabons6034]

the eye of Ra> Floor with her sister Irene , Damian Wilson and the whole cast of that show...including Arjen himself

[@majbrat]

So beautiful. You really should watch the Aeryon video called The Day That The World Breaks Down to understand the Dutch creator of this music, Arjen, and his collaborative process. Floor has done stuff with him since she was 18. :)

[@clivematthews5296]

These three ladies Floor Jansen, Anneke van Giersbergen and Marcela Bovio, are all recognised as frontwomen but come together for Arjen Anthony Lucassen's projects plus several more singers including Floor's sister Irene. To hear this song at a much earlier concert where Floor and Irene are the only two female singers and singing backing and leads try Star One 2003 (live) Start at 53.14 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaa1e4OVptJ6r5I

[@Paul_C]

Ayreon is the brain child of Arjen Lucassen. It is a rabbit hole as deep as Epica or Nightwish. As a suggestion a male voice today, again Ayreon, title is 'And The Druids Turned To Stone' singer is Damian Wilson live performance Tilburg kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3magn6Dmaqmm9k

[@dundas1000]

Star One 2003, Floor sings this solo, harmonies provided by her sister Irene, check it out

[@dmj4966]

The Day the World Broke Down is excellent as well! Truly a ridiculous collection of great singers

[@jamesnelson1968]

All three of these ladies plus Floor's sister sing in a lot of Ayreon's music along with any number of other stars, even Marco.

[@svtveld]

Try The Day the World Breaks Down by Ayreon. Enjoy

[@concerned_parent]

I think you'll like Anneke van Giersbergen singing Ih Ah with the wonderful Devin Townsend. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX-Zl3uahdt4q5I Devin Townsend is known for his "Heaven Metal" (metal with high long-held-high-pitched tones and a wall-of-sound background. ) He calls Anneke "Metal's Tinker-Bell" because she sprinkles gold-dust over his sounds. Most reactions are about Devin performing "Kingdom" at EMG-TV with Anneke pre-recorded in the background. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKbFe514bpqJmrs

[@SYNtemp]

BTW, Valley of the Kings is in upper Egypt, where the older pharaons were burried (later, they were building pyramids in lower Egypt, mostly near Giza)...

[@claudiad1948]

Anneke was the leadsinger from the band 'the Gathering "I think you like the song Travel

[@hermanvanwissen2660]

Next might be Within Temptation with Somewhere featuring Anneke. Beautiful duet. You also will love Sharon.

[@obud3777]

Anneke van Giersbergen = Godmother of Dutch Metal vocalists! 🤟

[@vogel2280]

Of the female kind...the ones with classical training....

[@michaelbuttner4262]

She was in the Band : The Gathering

[@asepbobby]

And breathe. Always honest , love your reactions always fun...

[@chuckhand8622]

Floor started singing Metal when she was 16

[@TimoArula]

Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electronica, experimental and classical music. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock operas" because the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, usually with each one being represented by a unique vocalist. Each Ayreon album tells a different story, but all, with the exceptions of Actual Fantasy, The Theory of Everything, and Transitus, take place in the same fictional, science fiction universe; additionally, Lucassen's solo album Lost in the New Real is also set in the Ayreon universe. Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music. Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays most of the instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians. His most regular collaborator is drummer Ed Warby. So, the song: The Lovely singers are Floor Jansen, who you know. Anneke van Giersbergen - Floors inspiration and pioneer of Female Metal in Netherlands and Marcela Bovio (Star One, MaYaN, ex-Stream of Passion, ex-Elfonía), an Ayreon regular and Talent from Mexico. The song is off 'The Electric Castle' Album. The Performance is from the 'Ayreon Universe' Concert - This concert is pretty much a 'Best Of', which makes it an excellent introduction to the whole Ayreon Concept. AND...Anneke van Giersbergen is THE mother of (female fronted) symphonic metal in Europe. She and her band "The Gathering" predated Nightwish and Tarja, and she was the inspiration for many of the later more well known singers such as Floor, Sharon den Adel, Simone Simons, Delain, etc, etc. As others have said, To get you started in Ayreon : Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c NWSU/Ayreonaut/Epican/FloorFan ✌😎🤘.

[@randy13boston]

This whole show is great! You can find the whole concert on KZbin. Lot of great singers/musicians throughout.

[@jasonmarshall7572]

Yea haaa! your reacting to Ayreon. Thanks to the Amazing Arjen i was intruduced to bands like Nightwish Thank you

[@nickgillingham5575]

some information for you Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen was the lead singer of the band The Gathering (1994-2007) She is presently doing an solo career but she has also done multi callaborations for example with Within Temptation. Marcela Bovio is an mexican singer and violinist who is currently in the symphonic death metal band MaYan she has done backing vocals for Epica and is one of the founding members of the band Vuur. She also does multi collaborations as well.

[@aliekegeerse]

I am seeing Anneke singing Kate Bish songs live next month, this made me so excited for it!

[@Roller4x4]

You will like "Delain" as well (most likely) Delain -The gathering ft.marko hietala Delain -masters of Destiny Or Charlotte Wessels solo: Charlotte Wessels -soft revolution

[@kezca]

Gorgeous song Thankyou for sharing your reaction to this one x

[@malmkwaks]

Please check out Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down. You will be blown away i promise 🙂

[@Heike680]

Three insanely talented women with beautiful voices. I am a huge fan of Floor ever since I heard her sing on the German TV show "Sing meinen Song" (Sing my Song) last year and checked out her other projects and bands. To see and hear her participate in this Ayreon project was an extra treat for me. And I was also lucky to have seen Anneke support Floor on her solo tour in Germany earlier this year. It was amazing. 😊🎶👏🎸🎶😄

[@obud3777]

Next Ayreon song: "Everybody Dies" Live!

[@joslauwers7960]

If you see more songs from this live performance you will see that Marcela Bovio is one of The Ayreon Angels, the backing singers with Lisette van den Berg and Irene Jansen ( yes, Floor's sister). For The Human Equation, Marcela was chosen by Arjen Lucassen as singer for the "wife-part" of the album and show. Arjen wanted to give an unknown artist a chance to sing in The Human Equation and asked the fans all over the world to send in their recordings of their singing. Eventually 4 remainded and he chose Marcela and had her flown over to The Netherlands from Mexico. The rest is history as Marcela stayed and lives in Amsterdam and is part of the band Mayan and also does solo work. Last album: Dark Horse | White Horse in 2021 .

[@finekejager4256]

And Stream of Passion

[@iamsuzanne73]

This summer Floor is doing a solo show in the Netherlands and Anneke is going to be her support act! Can’t wait to see that. Got a ticket straight away. ❤ Anneke is the godmother of metal, a great singer and a wonderful human being. ❤

[@kevingunning7569]

Hi Debbie. You are absolutely right in as much as all three ladies front their own respective bands. Marcela is an interesting singer, having been brought-up in Mexico, she has naturalised in The Netherlands and appears in many of Arjen Lucassen's projects. Here she sings the Alto line to Anneke and Floor's Soprano melodies. This is a concertt which features much of Arjen's work and is entitled Ayreon Universe. You were also right about the pronunciation[; Air-eee-on, See ya Myrtle Turtle!! lol x

[@robingelebal8447]

The founder of Aereon, Dutch Arjan Lucassen, I've seen life more than 30 years ago in the speed metal band Vengeance. I've met in person Anneke van 'Geersbergen' (pronounciated) 9 years ago. She's from metalband the Gathering and Vuur and has done many more projects (f.ex. Devin Townsend). A beautiful Anneke song with the Gathering is: Travel kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2WZfZmqlKeNrtE

[@Thorgrim247]

Nailed it again Debbie. A-re-yon. Anneke van Giersbergen is one of my favorites. She sings in many styles as well. Not just metal. Marcela is so special as well. You are also correct. All three have amazingly powerful and versatile vocal abilities. How about a couple from the other 2 beautiful ladies. Both lead vocalists. kzbin.info/www/bejne/invcmH6mhb6IsKs - Anneke van Giersbergen - Sobrevivirė | Beste Zangers 2021 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpbXlqFuhsx4n7c - Anneke van Giersbergen - Sing sing sing | Beste Zangers 2021 Some symphonic metal from Anneke and Marcela. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWbSY36Je994l80 - The Gentle Storm - The Storm live Masters of Rock (2015) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmS3qYKXeL-pZtk - Ayreon - The Theory of Everything (Universe) LYRICS IN SUBS featuring Mike Mills & Marcela Bovio kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKC2dYeKab-Kj9U - Marcela Bovio - Here to Stay (live sing-through video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3i7f35nlr5nmqs - Marcela Bovio - Loneliness anthem #2 (live at Sandlane Recording Facilities) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGeZnISvi8dqgKc - Stream Of Passion - In the End - Memento (2016) - Featuring Marcela Bovio

[@pdutchie4924]

The whole live ‘Universe’ concert is epic, definitely worth reacting to. I think you’ re ready to react to ‘the Day that the World breaks down’ by Ayreon. Btw your first pronunciation was correct. 👍🏻

[@frankpuncekar5051]

Check out Ayreon official video, The Day The World Breaks Down. Like Nightwish Ayreon has no bad songs. Then I suggest, Intergalactic Space Crusaders or Eveybody Dies Live your in for another great journey! God Bless Rock On Stay Safe!🙏🤘🤘🤘

[@judedornisch4946]

Yep, those are great fun.

[@randyboyles]

Anything from The Gathering or The Gentle Storm to listen to Anneke. Plus any of her solo stuff. It's all awesome. That goes for Marcela Bovio as well in MaYaN, WhiteHorse Farmhouse and solo stuff.

[@willemvanwijde9991]

Knew you would like Anneke van Giersbergen. She does a lot of collaborations. Check out her solo stuff. But for a more raw song " the gentle storm" live is a good song to see what she can do.

[@Monique-bx6ro]

You pronounce it as Air-eon. If you want to hear some of the best singers in the world you should listen to Ayreon “The Day That The World Breaks Down”

[@hansolo2121]

Floor was extra inspired by Anneke because Anneke is Dutch like Floor. So the fact that she was a fellow Dutch woman made it even more relatable for Floor when she first heard Anneke sing as lead singer in Dutch band The Gathering during the early nineties.

[@marcovtjev]

Pinkpop '96 to be exact, which was then still held on Pentecost Monday.

[@markhoward2811]

Floor sang with Ayreon a long time before she sang with Nightwish. On the studio album, the middle singer, Anneke Van Giersbergen sings all 3 parts which are mixed together.

[@6alcantara]

About Marcela, she was basically discovered by Ayreon, she was a part of Stream of Passion, another Ayreon project where he played the guitar, you should also check them out. And just like Floor took inspiration from Anneke, so did Marcela; she used to sing The Gathering (former Anneke's band) covers back in Mexico.

[@Shamankzn]

"The metal part hasn't even started yet..." too funny. This song is lovely and would make an awesome theme song for the Question Queens. Unneckah Fun Gearsbergen is how you pronounce the blond lady's name.

[@medders383]

Hi Debbie. have you noticed that the western European bands you are enjoying there are no egos involved, it's all for the music and the listener. And they are all having fun!. Keep up the good work!

[@dAmion2306]

Let's open up even more and listen to Within Temptation feat. Anneke van Giersbergen - Somewhere. Aka the best duo ever (with two female dutch metal singer)

[@jonathanratliff4780]

Anneke is unique....beloved siren of many genres of music. You want to hear the most beautiful voice of crystalline beauty, then check out Simone Simons of Epica as an invited vocalist with Apocalyptica performing Rise Again. Released just couple of months ago. Archangel voice is Simone Simons.

[@louey2x]

This was amazing.

[@joeyc630]

Definitely check out more Ayreon live shows especially The Electric Castle and Other Tales live shows, awesome thanks request 😀

[@reactionsaccount3955]

The blonde singer Anneke van Giersbergen is one of the major influence on Floor. To discover more about her, here are some suggestions. The Gathering - Waking Hour (TG25: Live at Doornroosje - unofficial video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/poauc4lugsSLjqc The Gathering - On Most Surfaces (TG25: Live at Doornroosje - unofficial video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYmcn3uPn55ondk Vuur - Days Go By - London [Live at Masters of Rock 2017] kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6S9mn9oqtiDgsU

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Anneke, the Mother of all this insane dutch female Metal Singer. Without her, we have no Floor or Simone, Sharon or Charlotte. .

[@RonniePeterson]

Anneke is a legend.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

@@RonniePeterson And so, i am today a Floorian.

[@pietkeizer5279]

Don’t forget Dianne van Giersbergen. Her newest song’ After the Storm ‘ is amazing.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

@@pietkeizer5279 Ok, good tip. I looking for this..Yes, Dianne i forget, or Irene, Floors Sister.You dutchies have so many 🤘

[@ralfmeyer9086]

@@pietkeizer5279 Thanks for your tip. After the Storm from Dianne is amazing. Symphonic Metal as we love

[@Bastet__0]

This is the song that will be played on my funeral 🥰🥰🥰

[@R---66---R]

Hey Debbie! Congratz so much with your coming 10K In, maybe one hour or so from now on, you'll be there! Well deserved...your unique approach to, especially, Nightwish and Floor related beauties, is so good to see...good luck! Rich, The Netherlands 🔴 ⚪ 🔵

[@thequestionqueens]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@DavidLopian]

Check out Anneke's old band The Gathering. They started out as metal and progressed into a sort of trip hop style. I recommend The Gathering - Travel (TG25: Live at Doornroosje. Its brilliant

[@vlinder6329]

What a beautiful Song so melodic, the voices breathtaking ✨ To me they are the Queens 👸👸🏼👸🏻 Ayreon is one Dutch music project by Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Our little COUNTRY has so much talent! 🥰 I've personally been there with my husband and Son in LUXOR ⚱️🐫🏺📜 in Egypt 🇪🇬 so impressive. Great to see these Artworks of the Valley. Thank you very much Debbie for sharing this with us 🇳🇱🌹

[@alastairmcintyre4752]

Ayreon ( you pronounced it right the first time 👍) isn't a " band " as such rather a project by a Dutch composer / multi instrumentalist / genius called Arjen Lucassen . Such is the respect and esteem that Arjen commands he can call on some of the world's best vocalists and instrumentalists both solo performers and from some of the biggest bands ( usually metal ) . Sadly because of logistics and performers own schedules it is very seldom that there are live Ayreon concerts - but there are some and most of the live stuff is available on KZbin ( luckily ! ) As others will tell you probably the best 3 songs to start with if you are going to do more Ayreon reactions are - in no particular order - " Intergalactic Space Crusaders " - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3XNoKCraJiLsMU " Everybody Dies " - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3KkiaeLmbJqrqc & " The Day That The World Breaks Down " - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c Enjoy !

[@JStephens_73]

A few months ago, Arjen announced that Ayreon would be performing once again, this year in September, at the same location where 'Everybody Dies' was filmed

[@mikeconway9849]

Beautiful song! Great reaction.

[@milipro828]

I've noticed that a lot of European artists are "working" artists with several other projects at once.

[@Sauro7482]

Please do more from this concert! The whole thing is a masterpiece!

[@randalladams7692]

I got tears it was so pretty one word WOW keep rocking

[@stpfs9281]

Pen ready! 1,000 views in first hour. You're gonna love this! The way they observe each other, trying not to outsing. Arjen is the man to bring lots of super singers together. "The Day That The World Breaks Down": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c An intro to the album, lots of nice surprises. Anneke was in Beste Zangers 2021, a new discovery for me was Karsu :) Oh, and her solo Paris concert, dealing with hecklers!

[@thomasmikel3566]

You definitely need to check out more of Marcela Bovio. Her work with Stream of Passion and MaYan is incredible. Out of the three ladies in this number, she is my favorite. Her passion and range is incredible. When she goes up into her head voice, all the hair on my body stands up.

[@jessicakoster2543]

For some reason, the Dutch female voice harmonise gorgeously together. There's another example by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation with Anneke van Giersbergen called Somewhere. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZbUc6B7hJqAfqc

[@jamesnelson1968]

Marcella's earlier band was Stream of Passion and they were a good symphonic metal band.

[@peterdoe2617]

Sorry to correct you: Marcela's earlier band was Elfonia. Pretty well known in Mexico by some. And Stream of Passion was a project of Arjen and Marcela, after they had worked together. There is at least one more album from Stream of Passion, where Arjen is no longer included, stating "I'm not needed for this to go further."

[@jamesnelson1968]

@@peterdoe2617 No apology needed, I don't pretend to know everything. Thank for the correction.

[@spikenelson6669]

check out ayreon the day that the world breaks down...floors on that one too

[@helli0n824]

this is so good :) it always chills me

[@heedoei]

She sang the phone book and it sounded great 😂

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Yay! You did Ayreon! I love this band (well, it's more of a "collective" of various musicians and vocalists gathered together by Arjen Lucasson, the mastermind behind Ayreon). Almost every album from Ayreon is a concept album, with the various characters parts sung by the artists that Arjen has selected. I'm pretty sure that everyone that he has asked to be part of his albums has said yes. I have seen 3 live shows (videos, not in person) and all three have been magical. For The Theater Equation show, they recreated the entire The Human Equation album with each singer acting our their parts on stage...it was amazing! Anyways, I'm rambling so I'll wrap this up by saying thanks for the Ayreon reaction and please do more! Cheers!

[@frantaf]

I felt in love with Anneke listening to The Blower's Daughter and i am often listening to Jolene cover. I am, so glad that recording of Anneke playing acoustic guitar at The Bastille is on yt.

[@frantaf]

That was supposed to be at Bastille. Edit.

[@FromG2eminor]

I love this one. I love harmonizing and hummonizing...lol and yes, it takes a lot of control to keep balance in a group. Good job!

[@hermenw.huiskamp8555]

There are quite a few beautiful and powerful female voices in and from the Netherlands 🙂 Floor did a cover of Let it Go (Frozen), Simone of The Little Mermaid (Part of your World) check those out and enjoy! More Ayreon? Yes please! The Day ... already requested; Everybody dies, Star of Sirrah, Druids turned to Stone, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, the Two Gates, the Eye of Ra

[@puarterquonder]

Beautiful sad song.

[@dennisvdwerf]

The gathering travel. Anneke at her best. Or just aldu. Beste zangers. You'll love it.

[@tomassteen6092]

Here's Floor when she sings out of the telephone directory. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX24o2R6gdx4h8k&ab_channel=Krzysiek

[@alejandromoya7]

She did that "reaction-video". Check out your channel (last 2 weeks)

[@tomassteen6092]

@@alejandromoya7 . Ok! Thanks 🙂

[@mandje2002]

Buckle up because we are going on a trip into the world of Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Supersonic Revolution, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion) aka Ayreon Universe. (about 100+ artists thick) ….. Enjoy the music!! Try Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c Ayreon - Everybody Dies (Ayreon Universe) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3KkiaeLmbJqrqc Ayreon - Star of Sirrah (Universe) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZWoeYSEdr-mf9E Ayreon - Intergalactic Space Crusaders (Universe) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3XNoKCraJiLsMU Ayreon - The Eye Of Ra (Universe) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZXGgGOJmM6Hi7s Ayreon - Twisted Coil (Electric Castle And Other Tales) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZSrn2OheMygd9U Ayreon - And The Druids Turned To Stone (Ayreon Universe) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooOQl6J9gNioqZI

[@denniseldridge2936]

Well I'm a sucker for a good harmony at any time, but if you put these three together it turns into an almost religious experience - and I'm an atheist 🤣 Seriously, I thought I'd heard just about everything there was to hear from Floor, but you've introduced me to something new I had never heard of. A million thanks!

[@thequestionqueens]

You’re so welcome!!!

[@damienmaynard8892]

Genius of Arjen Lucassen and these ladies! The harmony as written and as it is performed! Ayreon did a piece with the lead singer from Kamelot and a certain red-haired friend of Floor's (you might remember?....) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pavQhYueZ6h1jdk

[@fabrizio_prina]

Hello Debbie, NW Army Italian Division reporting for duty. Ayreon is another wonderful project that Floor has been called to collaborate on for many years together with many other wonderful and talented singers and musicians. The Ayreon project was born in the brilliant mind of Arjen Lucassen, a Dutch musician and singer like Floor. You absolutely have to react to "The day that the world breaks down" and " Everybody dies".

[@SymphonicEllen]

The Electric Castle, which this is from, is a truly wonderful piece. Highly recommend Isis and Osiris, the opener. Arjen is one of the few people in the world that can take drastically different characters, and sometimes even drastically different vocals and styles of music, smash them all together into a rock opera, and have it not only work every time, but be amazingly epic.

[@anneliendekramer9243]

Nice to see you really enjoy and feel the music..its good to find new goodies. 🥰

[@Ireksojkowski]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jamieberrings9753]

Everybody dies! Aryeon.

[@leemarinus]

You are right,its easier to belt than to sing softer. Different control mechanisms

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Side note...Anneke was on the 2021 season of Beste Zangers. She's wonderful. Cheers!

[@joeparker9516]

The three ladies are: Anneke Van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen, and Marcella Bovio; and all of them have amazing voices. This particular performance doesn't have any "metal" sound in it, as far as I remember.

[@goesman81]

i opend the Dark Chest of Wonders in 2000 and still ponder about Human .II. Nature

[@572Btriode]

Very good Debbie ! You had the pronunciation pretty right and I am no linguist whatsoever, far from it, very far. But I did some digging. Ayreon is really an easy phonetic representation of Arjen, many European continentals say a j as y, it comes from ancient Greek where the j was just a different script to define a Y or "ee" sound but as a consonant not a vowel. The European continentals also make an r in more of an "air" sound too, so for Arjen you get Air - ee - onn, the "en" being a bit French-like. I am no linguist, coming up for 11 years living in France, if they speak to me like a 4yo child I can get by, otherwise its a huge struggle and often my Franglais misses the mark. 🙂 In defence, I live in an isolated house and have no real contact from one week to the next, that and being old the grey matter is slow and unreceptive. The defence rests its case. . . . . . I applaud your reaction efforts. R.

[@craigramsay53]

Three metal queens...look up "haunting" in the dictionary and this song should be the definition.

[@jimmybumgardner8322]

I see you are left handed, me too, we were meant to be together ❤️ LOL. One of my favorite,

[@thequestionqueens]

❤️

[@chriso6719]

Marcela Bovio (MaYan/ Stream of Passion) ,Anneke van Giersbergen (ex- The Gatheing/ Vuur/The Gentle Storm/Solo) Godmother of Dutch female metal singers. Ayreon is a prog rock/metal opera project of Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. He writes the songs , and invites guest musicians and singers to perform. Mostly a studio project. This performance is part of one of the few live concerts that were put together, the Ayreon Universe show which is pretty much a best of Ayreon and Star One. Star One being another project of Arjen. I concur with others suggesting Ayreon's The Day That The World Breaks Down music video.

[@wernergatterer2953]

It's to short! But i like it too.

[@Jarzze61]

👍🇫🇮😎

[@jamesanderson5268]

Anneke is 8 years older than Floor. Floor just turned 42 on Feb 21 and Anneke turns 50 in March. I don't know what the Netherlands is doing but they have a large majority of the female lead metal singers. They are turning out some talented ladies.

[@lottumeb]

You are right. She can sing everything. There's even a video were Floor sings from a phonebook, and the does it Amazing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX24o2R6gdx4h8k

[@seventone4039]

Lovely. Next i recommend the Band FAUN (Midages and modern elements. The Songs nmame is: FAUN - Federkleid

[@christorn8499]

Hi there great reaction again Ayreon project is amazing but not my preference unfortunately Please check out "The Day the world breaks down" featuring a lot of good musicians and vocalists Greetings from Sweden