Songwriter REACTS to Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down (Full Album Listen) [Pt.1]

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Guitarist and songwriter Matt Farkas watches the music video for Ayreon's song The Day That The World Breaks Down! Has a greater group of singers ever been gathered? [World Tour Day 23: The Netherlands]
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[@MisterJ56]

Finally 👍😂 FYI: The 11 main guest singers are: [James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) , Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind), Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Mike Mills (Toehider), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish)]

[@MattFarkas]

God, they're all so fantastic. Thanks again for pressuring me to watch this!! 😂

[@MisterJ56]

@@MattFarkas Thanks for reacting. I will send an e-mail to Arjen. He probably will respond to your reaction.

[@MattFarkas]

@@MisterJ56 OMG, that would be amazing! I feel like a super fan in the making. Looking forward to reacting to more songs of his! 😁

[@MisterJ56]

Btw. it's Ahr-Yun 👌

[@alyssacrnkovic2691]

@@MattFarkas And PLEASE react to Tommy Karevik singing with Seventh Wonder before you go to Kamelot, even though Kamelot is a bigger band. He doesn't get to flex his vocal talent nearly as much in Kamelot. Seventh Wonder is where he goes nuts. Welcome to Mercy Falls is a great song to start with!

[@ioaKouts]

Wow!!!! Finally a reactor who knows Michael Eriksen!!! I completely agree with what you said about Circus Maximus. Next from Ayreon "Into the Black Hole" with Tommy Karevik please

[@MattFarkas]

Haha, glad I'm not alone. CM is AMAZING! I'll be doing a lot more Ayreon reactions, keep a look out!

[@emmasnsteb6996]

@@MattFarkas i totally agree, i am fortunate enough to have seen cm live and they are really good live

[@weaseldale]

I've watched a lot of ayreon reactions and this song is by far the most popular, I think you've actively recognized the most singers of anyone so far. Definitely the first to know Michael, which I think does say his band is super underrated! Correct that this is the first song, and it functions as character introductions for everyone each of the singers played. Whether you react to the rest of the album or just listen to it on your own, I highly recommend it :)

[@MattFarkas]

I'm just sad I couldn't name all of them. 😅 I definitely have a lot of listening (and reaction videos) in my future - gotta familiarize myself with the rest!

[@Bellathor]

@@MattFarkas Since you love Circus Maximus so much, which are some of your favorite songs? I've been giving them another listen recently - some of their compositions go into random technical prog territory (kinda like some Seventh Wonder - where Tommy Karevik of Kamelot also sings, or Dream Theater stuff ) but some are fantastic, my two favorites are definitely Mouth of Madness and Zero. I gotta check out the albums after "Isolate". I think I heard a couple of parts or songs from the later albums that I didn't really like that much. I'm looking forward to seeing what Michael pulls of on his project "The Revival" with Jørn Viggo Lofstad - the guitarist of Pagan's Mind. The singer of Pagan's Mind, Nils K. Rue was in this video btw.

[@MattFarkas]

@@Bellathor I think all three of their first albums are masterworks in prog metal, while most of the time never getting super wanky (there are some exceptions lol.) A handful of my favorites are Abyss, Namaste, Used, Sin, and Glory of the Empire. The only album I wouldn't personally suggest is Havok, which I don't think lands as well. They went a bit too poppy with it. Or maybe I just haven't given it enough of a chance. It's probably due for a re-listen from me sometime soon.

[@Bellathor]

@@MattFarkas Cool thanks man, I'll give those songs a listen. Glory of the Empire is another of my favorites. :D Yeah going poppy and still being "good" with rock/metal elements isn't an easy thing to pull off.

[@b.c.2281]

"He is a very tasteful guitar player" Exactly my reaction the first time I heard that solo. It was exactly what the song needed, and followed the chord progression very nicely.

[@MattFarkas]

I love when guitarists can reach into their musical toolboxes and pull out the perfect solo for a song - whether that be ultra technical or simple and beautiful. Arjen played just what the song needed!

[@Bellathor]

Yeah, another one of his I love is both studio version and live version from "Star One - Live on Earth -> Dream Sequencer".

[@Green-Lyon]

One detail most don't seem to be aware of, Arjen anonymously put out an album of covers back in 1996 called, "Strange Hobby", hence the joke about his analog synths. The selection of classic songs covered included among others, numbers from early Pink Floyd (Arnold Lane, See Emily Play), The Beatles (Norwegian Wood, For No One), The Who (Boris the Spider), The Stones (Ruby Tuesday), Paul Simon (I Am a Rock), The Beach Boys (Sloop John B) & The Monkees (Daydream Believer). Afterthought: It just hit me that the title of the album almost certainly comes from the lyrics of Arnold Lane, who of course also had a "strange hobby".

[@schout33]

The binary code supposedly means: "Trust TH1", which the character is of Michael Mills in this album (the computer who seems to help the humans in their struggle, but does he really...? You should really dive into Ayreon again. As it is difficult to get so many singers and instrumentalists at one venue at the same time, Arjen could organize only a few live concerts. There are several performances from those to find on KZbin. Arjen and Floor Jansen go way back in their cooperations. In fact it was Arjen who first recognized the potential of Floor and she participated in several of his projects through the years. Since a year and a half KZbin exploded with a enormous number of new reactions to videos with Floor Jansen and Nightwish. At last she deservedly gets some more recognition for the great talent she has. I myself became a Flooraholic in an instant after her mindblowing performances at the Dutch TV show 'Beste Zangers 2019'. In the Netherlands she was relatively unknown until then. As live concerts were cancelled and home isolation due to the Covid situation she uploaded many interesting videos on her KZbin channel in the last year such as covers, chats, vocal masterclasses and much more. If you didn't already, check it out and unpack some of the presents she left there. Floorgasm alert!

[@bobmagnoski8526]

Yes 'Trust TH1' it is binary, ascii code.

[@MattFarkas]

That is some serious attention to detail.

[@phillee2814]

@@MattFarkas It is actually trustTH1 (no space, first t is lower case), and it is extended ASCII, being 8 bit where ASCII is 7 bit. The first and fifth octets are the same and there are only 8 in all - from an IT point of view, this is clean, as it is a total of 64 bits. But Michael Mills' range and harmonies are absolutely insane!

[@jessejamieson7428]

@@phillee2814 Holy IT geek out moment. Lol. love it Bro. How about some TCP/IP DNS stuff to make everyone fall asleep?haha used to work in IT got my MCSE in Windows NT. So I’m old. Lol

[@phillee2814]

@@jessejamieson7428 I'll see your Windows NT and raise you VAX VMS, ICL VME, UNIX (in a variety of forms and variants) and (for microcomputers) CP/M. Networking included Token Ring, 10Mbit Ethernet, to switched versions up to gigabit on copper and fibre including FDDI (at the hardware level) Oslan, Netware IPX/SPX, Netbeui (yuck), and TCP/IP at the software level (it''s fun trying to run all 4 of those protocol stacks on one 80286 and still have room for Lotus 123). So I have no trouble reading ASCII pretty fluently, both 7bit and extended 8bit versions. I may have built firewalls and servers for government departments on networks which may or may not exist, and if they did I couldn't tell you about them, even if they turned out to be obsolete now. Lots of virtualisation later on (this laptop is only running 5 operating systems concurrently, the PC I'm building will have RAM for lots more [128GB]). And it boots from a RAID5 array of M..2 drives. Of course I run a wide variety of server processes including DNS, DHCP, NTP, AD, DFS, etc. Who doesn't? While able bodied, I freaked out my flying instructor by doing cross wind course correction trigonometry in my head. Apparently that isn't supposed to be possible. But I never infringed airspace I shouldn't, got lost, or had any trouble reaching my destination (or alternate if the meteorologists had been over optimistic in their crystal ball gazing). I guess I have geek running through me like the lettering in a stick of rock candy :-) Asleep yet?

[@devylia]

Ayreon is just wow. And the good thing is its a lot of his music out their and its never stop fascinate me

[@dukejohn5608]

As for the drummer (Ed Warby): You said you listened to The Human Equation, he was drumming on that too :-) He is probably most known (besides Arjen's projects) for his work in Gorefest.

[@MattFarkas]

Ooh, nice. I think I just need to listen to a lot more Ayreon then!

[@mandje2002]

Vuur!!

[@ShadowhispersBand]

The binary actually means "Trust TH-1" Make sure to check out some live tracks from the Ayreon Universe show

[@11WicToR11]

to be precise its "trustTH1" ...if anyone wanna know why, its ascii characters represented as binary ...this little python script decodes it if you are interested: "".join([chr(int(x, 2)) for x in '01110100 01110010 01110101 01110011 01110100 01010100 01001000 00110001'.split()])

[@Absolutmartim]

I've watched this music/video being reacted tons of times by so many different youtubers....i guess you were the first one to reckognize Michael Erikssen and Circus Maximus (so underrated for sure)....and just for that, you deserve the like button :D Cheers from Portugal 👍

[@justdave9610]

Really enjoyed your reaction and I'm going to suggest you check out the live performance of everybody dies next

[@MattFarkas]

Thanks, Dave! I foresee more Ayreon in my future. I'm thinking about doing a reaction to the entire album, though, since I loved this one so much. Then maybe afterwards some live vids. :) Cheers!

[@watchtheskies]

The full album is incredible, a sci-fi rock opera, this video has the whole album with lyrics and story lines, it's awesome: Ayreon - The Source (Album Lyric Video)

[@MattFarkas]

Appreciate that, watchtheskies! I loved this song so much I'm really thinking about reacting to the entire album. This might end up being really helpful!

[@watchtheskies]

@@MattFarkas These are the singers shown on the video and the bands that they sing for: Top row: Simone Simons (Epica) as The Counselor Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) as The Astronomer Floor Jansen (Nightwish) as The Biologist Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Opposition Leader Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) as The Chemist Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind) as The Prophet Bottom row: Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) as The Diplomat James LaBrie (Dream Theater) as The Historian Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) as The Captain Mike Mills (Toehider) as TH-1 Russell Allen (Symphony X) as The President Zaher Zorgati (Myrath) as The Preacher

[@honzazaloudek1883]

@@MattFarkas Hey Matt, if you did enjoy Ayreon even before and are familiar with some older stuff, you might actually appreciate even more the 2017 live show Universe in Tillburg. Arjen selected 2+ songs from all Ayreon albums (and Star One) so it can be loosely looked at as a 'best of Ayreon' :) Don't get me wrong, Source is a tremendous album and totally worth it, it's just one has only so much time.. :) Just consider the singers on 1 stage! Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Damian Wilson (Threshold), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Anneke van Giersbergen (Gathering, Gentle Storm, VUUR), Marco Hietala (Nightwish), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Mike Mills (Toehider), Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Dark Horse White Horse - brand new project, they are to release first EP now and sound really cool), Irene Jansen (Ayreon/Star One - Floor's sister, not a pro singer, but a powerhouse too), Robert Soeterboek (Star One), John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis), Edward Reekers (Kayak), Jay van Feggelen (Ayreon), Maggy Luyten (Nightmare), Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories). Anyway thanks for checking this one and the shout out, am happy you liked it and had a good time! Ayreon is not only amazing prog music but also one cool sci-fi story being told across almost all albums :)

[@johnjohn37371]

Tremendous job.. subscribed because of this..well done!

[@tr_vmi4844]

What's a good place to start with Circus Maximus? Eriksen's voice was amazing....

[@MattFarkas]

Really any of their first three albums (First Chapter, Isolate and NINE) are good starting points. NINE is a little brighter and poppier, while Isolate is fairly dark in comparison. First Chapter is not as refined as the other two but has some gems. I'd say Isolate is my favorite overall. The song Abyss is incredible!

[@artonx4719]

🤟😎 thanks dude!

[@Tjoppy]

Thank you for not pausing the video you're reacting to ;)

[@alextol9950]

There are also live performances that you could check out as there are live shows of Ayreon's work. He couldn't get the original singers for all the parts but a lot of them are there. Floor is in a lot of his work and it is surprising how oftem she just swings in for a mike drop. Micheal Mills is also in a lot of songs, same with Simone and the singer from Kamelot. The latter 2 play a big role in his new album Terminus that came out a short while ago

[@marcusfranconium3392]

I think you mean Transitus.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

"Always end on a high note" 🐱‍👤🎶💪

[@mahliz]

It means "trust th1". The binary part that is.

[@wr_2112]

A reaction to Toehider aka Mike Mills would be awesome to see. Any of his recent live streams would be great, such as "whatever makes you feel superior" or "how do ghosts work".

[@sphinyal8758]

YES!! he is amazing!

[@Paperjace]

Tobias Sammet is AWESOME! Definitely check out some Avantasia! The album "The Metal Opera, Pt. 1" is perfection. "Reach Out for the Light" from that album is great

[@MattFarkas]

I was super impressed! I've heard OF Avantasia, and maybe a song or two in passing, but I do plan on sitting down and listening to their music on this channel at some point. Seems up my alley.

[@windsaw151]

@@MattFarkas While I agree that "Reach Out for the Light" is a great song: When it comes to watching live performances, I suggest you pick "The Scarecrow", which was a later song with an extremely catchy melody and IMO much better guitar parts. Be sure to pick a video where Jørn Lande is singing, which was not always the case.

[@exscape]

@@windsaw151 Mh, not sure I agree. The most popular vid of The Scarecrow has Tobi sounding very strained and not that great TBH.

[@windsaw151]

@@exscape Unfortunately that has often happened in his later career. I am really concerned how long he can keep singing. Still, the song is great and the performance was too.

[@alfonsorivasvalles2204]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it but Ayreon is not a band, it's one of the musical projects that Arjen has created (among others).

[@MattFarkas]

Despite all the times I called Ayreon a band, I did actually know that haha. It's just habit I suppose. It certainly sounds like a full band is doing the music, which is just a testament to how talented Arjen is. Thanks for the comment! (Also, check out my new reaction to Sea of Machines and Everybody Dies 😉) Cheers, Matt

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

Sir, I immed subscribed to your channel...simply perfect reacting...thanx! Btw: is your mic communicating with Floor's...I wonder :-}

[@zynius]

Oh , Yeah definately check out Avantasia. They are a German metal opera outfit led by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of Edguy. Their most popular live video is the one named ""The Scarecrow (The Flying Opera) live HD"

[@MattFarkas]

Avantasia is very high on my list for new bands to react to! Can't wait to dive in. :)

[@tillylovesholland1161]

You will also like Intergalactic space crussaders from Aryeon

[@MattFarkas]

Appreciate the suggestion!

[@davidstephen6753]

The whole album is fantastic! One of the best prog albums I've heard, and I've owned plenty over 40 years.

[@MattFarkas]

Kinda seems like it might be a masterpiece. I'm excited to hear the rest!

[@TheOvermaster]

Circus Maximus is definitely one of the more underrated bands in existence.

[@pdutchie4924]

Great reaction 🙏🏻

[@MattFarkas]

Thank you, PDutchie!!

[@wannabedane4046]

Back on the horse again, mate ;o)

[@vmaxbabe]

If you like this please react to another song from The Source, Everybody Dies. There is an amazing live version of it. Search YT for Ayreon Universe - Everybody Dies. The same could be said of another Source song: Star Of Sirrah (also live). You will truly miss out on some great music, if you pass these up. So do yourself a favour!

[@mandje2002]

Welcome in the amazing world of Arjen A. Lucassen Aka Ayreon Universe (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star one, Guilt Machine, Gentle Storm, Stream of Passion).... Enjoy this rabbit hole….!!!!!

[@MattFarkas]

Looking forward to it! Thanks, Danny!

[@mandje2002]

The cool thing about Ayreon is that all the albums sort of tie into the same story. 'The Source' (the album which this song is from) is technically the start of the story. It's about a race of humans that give control of their planet to a computer (the 'frame) to help solve an environmental catastrophe, but the computer determines that the best course of action is to eliminate the humans. Ten humans and the robot TH-1 escape the planet on the only interstellar ship they have (the 'Starblade') along with the ships crew and head to an ocean planet. The chemist creates a drug ('The Source', aka 'Liquid Eternity') that allows them to evolve into an 'aquatic race'. The drug also makes them basically immortal and allows them to communicate telepathically. The album ends with the survivors (ten plus the ships small crew) living on their new planet ('Planet Y') in relative peace, but in the final track we learn that TH-1 is becoming a new version of the 'frame deep in the ocean. The next album in the timeline, 01011001 ('Y') tells us how machines have now taken over this new planet, and the humans have basically merged with the machines are losing their emotions and sense of time. They now call themselves 'The Forever', since they are essentially ageless drones at this point. We also learn about how they seeded a comet with DNA and sent it to Earth, where it creates human life on our planet. The Forever believe they can live through us telepathically and that they may regain their emotions by doing so. Some of The Forever believe that we need to advance more quickly, and use their telepathy to give us medicine/technology, but this results in us advancing quicker than our morality can cope with. Eventually The Forever realize humanity is doomed and has to decide if they will give them the technology to reverse their past mistakes. Somewhere in the timeline sits the album 'The Electric Castle'From a summary by Arjen: "At the end of the journey those that successfully dealt with their personal demons find out that the voice belongs to an alien named 'Forever of the Stars', a member of an alien race living in a distant galaxy. These aliens created planet Earth and its people as an experiment so they could study, and hopefully one day experience emotions, as they themselves lost feelings eons ago." That's only three albums (less than half!) but I believe those three give you a solid foundation for how the story plays out. Also, I highly recommend any of the Electric Castle Live videos; They are just so fun to watch, plus John de Lancie ('Q' from Star Trek) plays the 'Forever of the Stars' character, which Arjen said he originally based on Q.

[@JHX1]

Awesome reaction and definitely most prog/gear knowledge I seen so far!

[@MattFarkas]

I'm a bit obsessed. 😂

[@JHX1]

@@MattFarkas You are in good company..lol

[@fnglert]

"I wonder if it actually means something, the binary" - yes, "Trust TH-1", TH-1 being the computer that f'd everything up.

[@Thranng]

Actually, the computer that fked everything up is the frame. Th-1 is sort of a rogue machine helping the humans.

[@clivematthews5296]

Any of the live performances are great with many feature Floor's sister Irene singing backing vocals but personally Eye of Ra is a good start although from a different album.

[@deepblack3852]

Cool, nice one going back to Ayreon 🤘

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

thank you for this great reaction. will check out "circus maximus".

[@MattFarkas]

Yeeessss! Recommendations: their songs "Abyss", "Namaste", "Used", "Sin" and "Glory Of The Empire". There are so many other good ones, but those are probably my favorites. And I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction!

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

@@MattFarkas thanks again and have a great week. greetings from germany.

[@chriscross2473]

i actually liked the first listen to Master Sword. Gonna dig in at some point.

[@MattFarkas]

Awesome!! Really glad to hear that you liked the music, Chris! 🤘 Cheers, Matt

[@Morteanjo2011]

Subscribed! Never knew I enjoy prog metal, but I love Yes, so I'm sold into wanting to hear more. Definitely check out The Source lyric video and Ayreon Universe. Oh, and the binary means "TrustTH-1" (Th-1 is the machine that is Michael Mills).

[@MattFarkas]

Thanks for the sub, Frances!!

[@darkiee69]

Avantasia is a whole other rabbit hole to fall down. It's a little bit like Ayreon in that Tobias Sammet writes everything and then invite singers and musicians to record it, and it's concepta albums too. But more in the power metal genre and fantasy instead of Sci-fi.

[@MattFarkas]

I like the sound of that 👀

[@nickwiederhold]

Was excited when you said you were a prog guy, then disappointed when you said you didn't know Tommy Rogers. Between the Buried and Me is one of the best prog metal bands in existence. Still subscribed! Love your channel!

[@MattFarkas]

Btbam is on my radar, will definitely be doing some reactions for them soon! Thanks for the sub!

[@KJohansson]

You know its good when 13 minutes goes that fast. :)

[@dissonancy9762]

Nice reaction! I will definitely check out Circus Maximus! And I don't think anyone else has answered your pronunciation question yet, so: it's ar-yun. The J in Dutch is usually pronounced as a Y.

[@MattFarkas]

Appreciate that, Nancy!! And thank you! If you want suggestions for Circus Maximus songs, go for Abyss, Used, Namaste, Sin, and Glory of the Empire 🙂

[@dissonancy9762]

@@MattFarkas Thank you, I was already wondering where to start, this is perfect!

[@LuisRdzG10]

It actually means "Trust TH1" the binary part. You can hear the bipolarity the machine is confronting itself with agony and sorrow in the voice with just 0s and 1s, is just something else

[@michaelhoilman6897]

I don't know tons about the drummer, but I know he has worked a lot with Anneke Van Giersbergen. Floor is my favorite, but Anneke kills me in acoustic. Fantastic drummer.

[@Bellathor]

Fantastic song/album. Check out Star One if you haven't also by Arjen Lucassen and some of these singers featured here(Russell Allen, Floor Jansen, (not featured here but a fantastic singer - Damian Wilson...). My man, you gotta check out more Symphony X. "Symphony X - The Odyssey" for a legit amazing epic very long song though. For a shorter song maybe "Symphony X - Egypt"

[@MattFarkas]

I know, right? I feel like I listened to some Symphony X a few years ago but it didn't click at the time, but maybe it will now! I'm definitely planning on reacting to something of theirs in the near future. Thanks for the comment!

[@Bellathor]

@@MattFarkas Yeah man, I'm sure you've got a lot of stuff being suggested by Patreons and people in general but definitely revisit them. I grew up listening to Symphony X, heard them first when I was 8 and they're still one of my favorite bands. They have 3-4 era's lets say. The early more neoclassical, then the less neoclassical with more heaviness, then super heavy with Iconoclast and maybe with Underworld a kinda hybrid between Iconoclast and earlier albums. They are definitely a fantastic band and most people that know about them know they're fantastic both as a band and as musicians pretty much like Dream Theater (but for some reason much less publicity) but with a objectively better singer , even though Labrie is still ok, and used to pull of crazy stuff before food poisoning fucked him up. I just know that some people don't like Labrie's style of singing. My point is, don't get discouraged if some part doesn't jive with you. It also helps when we know what you don't like, for example - there is another reactor that likes Symphony X but doesn't like the neoclassical parts or long songs for a first listen, so that knowledge helps us to know what to recommend after 1-2 listens. P.S. if you haven't heard of Riverside, you definitely need to give them a listen, they're a polish prog band that creates nice atmosphere and soundscapes. Their lead guitarist passed away a few years ago, but he was a fantastic example of minimalistic playing that sounds fantastic.

[@Haukevind]

If someone hasn't suggested Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize (Live) yet they should. Unless you are well aware of that slice of pure prog perfection already.

[@MattFarkas]

You're about 12 years too late haha. For the first listen at least. I feel like I've seen a live video of Anesthetize before, but it's been a really long time. It's a fantastic song - love that solo from Alex Lifeson!

[@Haukevind]

@@MattFarkas Ah. The live version/video adds an additional 20 percent or so of enjoyment in my view. No Lifeson of course, but the song is just better in the live version - and Gavin really goes to town too.

[@MichielGroenewegen]

Ed Warby used to be the drummer of the Dutch death metalband Gorefest. Great band.

[@stephsteph4574]

Now that you've seen Tobias Sammet here, you definately should check out Avantasia - The Scarecrow live (the flying opera). He does pretty much the same Ayreon does, just singing with all his guests 👌

[@ginne7268]

Mike Mills has a range of 4 octaves. Really unbelievable.

[@MattFarkas]

Damn...very impressive! I'll have to check this Toehider band of his out.

[@ginne7268]

@@MattFarkas I went to the concert of Ayreon Universe in 2017 and it was out of this world. Maybe you could take a look at Everybody dies or The eye of Ra it was the final song of that evening.

[@elwinvanrosmalen3627]

Everybody dies live with the binary guy is brilliant, check it out!

[@emmasnsteb6996]

You should definetly check out the band Umpfel, really cool and underrated norwegian prog. YOu should check out their song Tree which was the song that turned me onto them

[@MattFarkas]

Appreciate the suggestion, Thias! I'm always in the mood for some new killer prog. ✌️

[@gerdavandergeer6835]

In one word.... Wow...

[@hcdigo]

9:54 Hendrix vibes!

[@Kelly.sapphire]

More Prog please! My favorite.

[@kcchad]

Good stuff -- one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Slight nit, don't mess with the volume as you talk. I want to jam out to the music with you, but the audio change really messes with the flow. If you're super guitar-heavy, I'd suggest Bramfatura by 3. The dude's nuts.

[@LenaDee666]

just because I'm late to the party, is that the same mic as floor or has it just the same colors? sorry just the green/ gold seems so distinctive

[@joop558]

So Ed Warby the drummer is as far as i know the drummer in vuur. The band with Anneke van Giersbergen.

[@thenecrosanct4906]

He was also the drummer of the now defunct Dutch death metal band Gorefest.

[@JariJuslin]

Arjen seems to out Floor last on several pieces. Which, I guess is kind of fair - who would want to be the vocalist to sing right after her 😂

[@AGDinCA]

Oh, you are a Hammond organ guy? Then there can be only one, above all others... Jon Lord!

[@MattFarkas]

Praise! 🙌

[@AGDinCA]

@@MattFarkas OK, I approve of you sir! 👍 _Not that you need my approval... LOL_

[@allenjohnstone9945]

Go and listen to Uriah Heep. Lots of Hammond in their music.

[@AGDinCA]

@@allenjohnstone9945 Are you telling me? Or the channel? Because if you mean me, no self-respecting Deep Purple/Jon Lord fan is ignorant of Uriah Heep. No, sir. As good as they are though, no one tops Jon Lord. My opinion, of course... but it's the right opinion. LOL 😂

[@emjem99]

@@allenjohnstone9945yep, Ken Hensley is another fantastic Hammond exponent, but I have to agree with AGDinCA that there is only one Jon Lord and I miss him terribly.

[@eiwity13]

👍👍🇳🇱🤟🤟🎶

[@paulriddle7818]

Arjen always uses Floor as the highlight near the end of the show. He knows nobody go can go on after her.

[@MattFarkas]

It's true tho

[@sphinyal8758]

I think that attitude is rude to all the other amazing artist that sung here...

[@paulriddle7818]

@@sphinyal8758 Cool. You are entirely allowed to have your opinion that Arjen is somehow rude because he saves Floor for the end because shes so encredibly talented.

[@Jaymzmiller]

So you like Prog, and you're not afraid to react to long songs. How about the Aquamedley from Haken, a medley of their entire first album condensed into 25 minutes. It's prog magic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKm3cpSMfs2lobc

[@MattFarkas]

Haken!! Yeah, that'll be a great one to react to. I've heard some of their music before, but not that one. Appreciate the suggestion!

[@kurzzyou5537]

It gives me a Kansas vibe in some parts.

[@MattFarkas]

Yeah, I can absolutely hear that too. Great band!

[@merqury5]

I never got why Arjen said he had drop D on a 7 string with a floyd rose. Thats weird. But its not drop A on the B either.

[@MattFarkas]

Did he? I missed that. It's certainly an interesting tuning...you'd think the low B string would be able to cover whatever he wanted to do with the dropped D, but it could yield some interesting voicings I guess. Or maybe certain runs he does are easier with the drop D. I don't know, lol.

[@merqury5]

Isn't that the same AKG mic Floor uses? Is it beat up or is it just the angle. The human equation is beautiful btw.

[@MattFarkas]

Just a similar paint job, unfortunately. Her mic is ultra high end, mine's on the cheaper side lol. And yeah, pretty beat up (it's taken a few tumbles.) Still works pretty well, though! Looking to eventually replace it. ✌️ It's a MXL V67 btw. 🙂

[@merqury5]

@@MattFarkas well, keep at this and you might earn an AKG still. There aren't enough Petrucci reactions out there. Since u know DT I be interested in watching some. Petrucci does some stupid great things.

[@MattFarkas]

@@merqury5 Not a bad idea! I'm pretty familiar with Dream Theater, but there's a lot of his solo work I've never listened to, not to mention LTE. Seems like good content for future reactions!

[@Tommy-5684]

If your a fan of prog youoght to ract to Galhad grae prog band from the UK and real underrated

[@Bonovin]

the binary means ,,, trust TH1

[@vladimirastero6537]

MY GOD! Floor is not the only singer featured here! this is so freaking disrespectful!!!!

[@Paul_C]

But, but, but, all he said, she is tha last one and he likes her vocals, right? For him Micheal was the stand out, not Floor. Ah well, haters have to hate, the sole reason to be alive. Wouldn't be my choice but your welcome. Have a really nice, fulfilling, and hate full day, if you wish.

[@MattFarkas]

Whoa, calm down there, it's just a thumbnail! 😅 Every one of these singers killed it, but I don't think I could fit them all in the picture and still have it look good, haha. I just chose Floor because I have a large Nightwish fanbase who frequents the channel. Definitely not something to get worked up on. 😝