Matt watches The Day That the World Breaks Down by AYREON for the First Time

Matt watches The Day That the World Breaks Down by AYREON for the First Time

[@Bonovin]

This is great, nect song from Ayreon " Everybody dies " . Greetings from nwAse Sweden

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Awesome, thank you for the suggestion and for watching. I will definitely check it out. Btw I am finding that I love the music from Sweden (Sabaton, Hammer Fall, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, In Flames, Children of Bodom, etc…) are there other Swedish bands I should check out?

[@normora5857]

They pulled off this song live two weeks ago and we were all like "wait...what?", absolutely mindblown. I'm totally fine with waching you going through this album song by song. The Source is also the starting point for the storyline which stretches across numerous albums. There are a few lyric videos in the playlist on Arjen's channel, for the rest I recommend Taycott's channel. He has inserted the lyrics as well as highlighted the vocalists during their parts, of course with Arjen's consent. If you want to see more of the general style of the music, then watch the Ayreon Universe live. It's a best-of-Ayreon with a few songs from every album. Everybody Dies, which will be requested quite a lot, is the 3rd song from The Source. BTW Arjen's name is pronounced like Ar-yen. Subbed in hope of more Ayreon to come. Enjoy the ride, it's a deep rabbit hole.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you so much for the information and the pronunciation help. It must have been Amazing seeing it live. I can’t wait to hear more Ayreon. Thank you for watching

[@roblaw4554]

Rabbit hole indeed. Enjoy the spectacle!

[@liabowden8526]

For me, it never gets old seeing Arjen enjoying playing in it. I'm so glad he shared that with us. Plus the commentary, we really get to "see" Arjen and I love it. Beyond his spectaculat talents, I can see why these people come back time & again to work with him.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

That is Awesome. I love how he gets all the best talent to work with. Thank you for sharing.

[@robynturnham2706]

The concert 'Ayreon Universe Live', has so many great live versions of the music, including music from some of his other projects.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I definitely want to see the concert. It sounds amazing

[@diedzjeeoudshoorn7726]

Arjen is awesome. And he takes care that all of his participating singers and musicians are awesome as well. He picks them carefully from all across the globe. And Arjen himself? I always say that the members of Nightwish came by rocket to mother earth to bring beauty and love to those wicked earthlings. Well, Arjen was on that same intergalactic flight. Move over Beethoven and Bach.....Here comes Tuomas and Arjen. They rule.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Agreed, he seems like such an interesting guy and a great talent

[@reactionsaccount3955]

Here is a list of the composer and singers in order of appearance: Arjen Lucassen - Composer - Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. James Labrie - Lead singer for Dream Theater. Tommy Karevik - Lead singer of Kamelot and Seventh Wonder. Tommy Rodgers - Lead singer of Between the Buried and Me. Simone Simons - Lead singer of Epica. Nils K. Rue - Lead singer of Pagan's Mind and also worked with Eidolon. Tobias Sammet - Lead singer of Edguy & Avantasia. Hansi Kürsch - Lead singer of Blind Guardian and Demons & Wizards. Mike Mills - Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and main songwriter for Toehider. Russell Allen - Lead singer of Symphony X and Allen/Lande. Michael Eriksen - Lead singer of Circus Maximus. Floor Jansen - Lead singer of After Forever, ReVamp & now Nightwish. Instrumentalists Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - grand piano and electric piano Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello Ed Warby - drums Ben Mathot - violin Jeroen Goossens (ex-Pater Moeskroen) - flute, wind instruments Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, all other instruments (composer) Next I would suggest reacting to the performances at Ayreon Universe concert, especially the following Intergalactic Space Crusaders, River of Time, Merlin's Will, Valley of the Queens, Ride the Comet, Star of Sirrah, And the Druids Turn to Stone, Age of Shadows & Everybody Dies.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Wow thank you for all of that information. I will definitely check out the live stuff.

[@RaoulKunz1]

This would have been (and to a degree still is) *the* most appropriate introductory title because as you have seen there's a *ton* of musicians and singers in this and you can easily go on a journey of discovery based on this song alone! I'd advice "Intergalactic Space Crusaders" (a song about a weird really dark but really campy British sci-fi show from the 70s) in the "Universe" version - it's awesome, and like most Ayreon's stuff it's more metal infused musical theatre than anything else. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Awesome, I will check it out. Thank you

[@wjadragon6782]

That's just the first track of a concept double album, so much more awesomeness to go.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I will definitely check out more from this album. Thank you for watching

[@roblaw4554]

So your early dive into the Ayreon rabbit hole is simple - just do ANYTHING from Ayreon Universe. Literally Anything. All that is required is to buckle in and enjoy the huge spectrum that is Ayreon...and Universe is a very rare live show with all the perks of live performance! Nice job, continue. And enjoy! Cheers rl 🤘👹🤘

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I am definitely strapped in and ready for the Ayreon Universe

[@Tarkus_]

Arjen said in a recent interview that he's sick of this song, because it's so popular with reactors, and he watches all the reactions. So good chance he already watched your reaction, or will soon, and I'm sure he'll be very pleased!

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you, that would be so cool if he were to watch it and enjoy it. Thank you for watching.

[@fabrizio_prina]

I can confirm, Arjen has commented on several reactors of this song and yes ...he is a musical genius.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

It would be awesome if he saw my reaction. Hopefully he would like it. Agreed! From what I can tell he seems like a musical genius

[@RossNixon]

The whole album is on Spotify. At least it was several months ago.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you, I will check it out.

[@martintucker187]

Great job. My only criticism, either move your camera or your screen. Can't see your initial reaction from the side!😉🤘🤘 Hi from OZ!

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you for the tip. I will look into that. Thank you for the support from down under

[@peterang6912]

If you look closely you can say that Tommy Karevik sings with his hands in this video..

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Awesome

[@m8pwa_]

Go and look for Aryeon Everybody Dies Live... you see them live. Great, great, great.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I will absolutely check it out, thank you.

[@harriepalmer2241]

They’re not coming to America. They only perform in Holland, therefor Americans and people from over 50 countries worldwide came to Holland for 2 (or 3?) liveshows. Those shows are available on blu-ray, dvd and cd: Ayreon Universe

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I definitely need to check out the dvd. It would be Amazing to see them in Holland.

[@jeffhall2411]

i was at the show in Sept, people came from over 60 countries this year to see his show. It was Amazing. I flew from South Carolina to go.

[@clerikofsweden7385]

Last time, this September, it was five liveshows plus one dressrehearsal. They must have been soo tired after that!! They, at least Arjen, got covid afterwards. My two friends that went with me also got it. But that was all worth it! Looking forward to the next time. Only sad that I discovered Ayreon just less than two years ago.

[@copperqwaser2468]

If you love maiden. Bruce Dickinson sang on the song into the black hole by ayreon.

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I do love Maiden and Bruce. I will definitely check it out. Thank you!!

[@bigmw]

Nice reaction! Are you Iron Maiden fan? Maybe you should ask Google for "Ayreon Bruce Dickinson". Have a fun🤘😁🤘

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I am a Huge Maiden Fan. Someone tipped me off on the comments about the Bruce song. I need to look for it. If Bruce is involved it has to be great.

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

Ayreon isn't really "they", it's more like "he", the (very) tall hippie dude. Of course, there is a permanent cast of musicians and singers he works with, and there are many more who "only" appear as guests - some frequently, like the F-bomb at the end, some only once, like Bruce Dickinson. Arjen has this rare gift of discovering and utilising other people's talents, and he's a really cool dude overall. (He's still a control freak and a LUL though.🤪)

[@MattsMoshPit1]

He is very talented and has great taste in musicians he works with. I absolutely need to hear his work with Bruce Dickinson. Thank you for the information and for watching

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

@@MattsMoshPit1 Bruce provided lead vocals on the song "Into The Black Hole" from the "Universal Migrator" album (2000). It was also the first Ayreon album to feature Floor Jansen on backing vocals ("My House On Mars").

[@MattsMoshPit1]

I 100% need to check it out. Thank you

[@annesytskekeijser1569]

@@MattsMoshPit1 There is a 2022 remastered and remixed version of that album, "Into the Black Hole" sounds even better there. Ayreon also released a new lyric video to "Into the Black Hole" to accompany the remix. Enjoy 🤘

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you for your support

[@greeniesr]

You looked shocked at the end when you saw Floor Jansen, when did you ever see her before....

[@MattsMoshPit1]

In my first Nightwish reaction I mentioned that I had been exposed to Ghost Love Score and Romanticide with Floor. I knew she was the current Nightwish singer. Instead of checking out more from Floor, I wanted to start in the beginning with Tarja. I do know that Floor is hugely popular. Anyway I hope that explains it. Thank you for watching.

[@hansolo2121]

Her name is actually Simone Simons not 'Simmons'...

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you for the clarification

[@vmaxbabe]

Thanks for reacting to this Ayreon track, the opening track of album The Source. I saw this,track performed live a couple of weeks ago in Tilburg! It was the finale of the show, which was more than 2 hrs long. At this particular show the whole Ayreon album 01011001 was performed (which took 1,5 hrs) and was concluded with a speech from Arjen (the genius behind all this) and 3 more fantastic songs! 01011001 continues the scifi story, where the story of The Source ends. But Arjen recorded 01011001 in 2008 and The Source in 2017… There is so much beautiful and versatile music to explore from this Ayreon project. But Arjen has many more projects with great songs, like Star One (3 albums). Best for now is to dive into the live performances: Ayreon Universe live (a best of) and Ayreon Electric Castle And Other Tales (a show with the whole Electric Castle album, olus other songs). Many reactors start with Everybody Dies, that’s a great song. Have fun exploring this deep rabbit hole 😊

[@MattsMoshPit1]

Thank you for all of the insight and for your support