Classical Composer Reacts to The Day That The World Breaks Down (Ayreon) | The Daily Doug (Ep. 102)

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In this edition of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to The Day That The World Breaks Down by Ayreon. This is my first time reacting to this band/musician. I was thoroughly impressed! What an odyssey of a song! Thanks to @ArjenALucassen for this wonderful music.
Reference Video: • Ayreon - The Day That ...

[@ArjenALucassen]

Thanks so much for your interesting and positive comments, Doug, much appreciated! You sure know your business, hats off. Many of my listeners referred me to your reaction video. And... you certainly know how to give a compliment... better than Andrew Lloyd Webber, wow! JC Superstar is my biggest inspiration... so I'm not worthy. And yes, Lennon is never far :-) Thanks again and please keep up the good work!

[@JasonTaylorRocks]

Stop messing around and react to Unleash the Archers.

[@adamclark6756]

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal - NWOBHM

[@davguev]

Next Ayreon song could be Everybody Dies. It's awesome!

[@spikeysnack]

I Still consider "Into The Electric Castle" as a definitive Masterpiece.

[@alyssacrnkovic2691]

The singer Tommy Karevik is phenomenal. He deserves to be listened to in his own band(s). He's currently the lead singer of Kamelot which is a much more well known band, however his lesser known but older band is Seventh Wonder, and THIS is where you need to hear him. Seventh Wonder gives him a lot more space to play with his voice, and he can do some crazy things with it. I would suggest Welcome to Mercy Falls as the song to start with.

[@GAIS414]

Fun fact, the binary part sung by Michael Mills translated into text says: trustTH1

[@fnglert]

Floor is a common collaborator on Ayreon projects. As someone else once put it, Arjen loves setting her off like a bomb in the finale.

[@preludePT]

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Doug. Now that you're becoming a metalhead you have to familiarise yourself with the acronyms 😁

[@myewgul]

I can't stress this enough. And then There Was Silence by Blind Guardian, please. What a journey of a song!

[@KelbenArunsun]

James LaBrie (Dream Theater)

[@michanowak7060]

Welcome aboard, fellow Ayreonaut!

[@icaroprado2720]

Next: Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence (he has to know Hansi a bit more haha)

[@pdutchie4924]

The Floor bomb at the end always works 😁

[@fnito500]

Every reaction to The Day that the World Breaks Down:

[@KhordLizardMage]

Arjen has been doing this Ayreon project for a LONG time. He generally uses new musicians and singers on each album. This was one of the first that had singers come back into the project from previous albums. He very seldom plays live, especially since getting SOO many singers to your together is a logistical nightmare. He has performed a few select shows, look up Ayreon Universe. It was after this album and he had some of the singers on stage (Hansi, Mike Mills etc). Fantastic performance all around.

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

Arjen isn't just out to write epic works, he's also determined to have a lot of fun while doing it. 🙂

[@dontanton7775]

If you like epic long songs with lots of different parts, check out "And Then There Was Silence" by "Blind Guardian". (It's the band from the vocalist at

[@andrewjaman4697]

I don't hear music like this so much nowadays. This is so cool! Doug - thanks for turning me onto them!

[@robertorazevedo]

Arjen is such a amazing musician. This is the first Ayreon song i have heard. The "Ayreon Universe" and "Electric Castle live and Other Tales" are incredible to watch in a home theater system.