Tathar kwam met het volgende bericht:
Tathar: Nieuwe cd’s van de goden van de prog-metal komen eraan. Dit komt uit de Dream theater nieuwsbrief:
Dream Theater – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(News : Dream Theater)
Here is the latest news from Mike Portnoy:
“Well, we will finish mixing this week and will master
next week….and after that, it is in the hands of
Elektra….so I suppose it is time to spill some
beans!!! : )
Dream Theater – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
The new album will be a 2CD Set consisting of Six
songs: “The Glass Prison”, “Blind Faith”, “Misunderstood”,
“The Great Debate”, “Disappear” and the entire 2nd CD
will consist of the 40-minute title track “Six Degrees
of Inner Turbulence”
Once again the album was Produced by Mike Portnoy &
John Petrucci and Mixed by Kevin Shirley
An exact release date hasn’t yet been confirmed,
but it is slated for January 2002″
Tathar: Ik heb al eerder in zo’n nieuwsbrief gelezen dat de muziek ergens tussen Liquid tention experiment en Awake moet liggen. Experiment/improvisatie en vrij donkere metal dus. Klinkt wel goed allemaal. Ze hebben trouwens ook net weer een nieuwe live drie-dubbel cd uit.
Ook Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) is met een nieuwe plaat bezig. Dit komt van zijn pagina (www.ayreon.com):
Arjen is already working on a new project. Here is his own update:
Dear Ayreonauts,
I’m happy to tell you the latest news about my upcoming project! It will not be an Ayreon album but a metal album with 4 singers. I’m currently writing and recording it. I haven’t decided on the name of the project yet.
I’ve almost finished the lyrics. They are based on several great space movies that have influenced me over the years. The album will be a journey through my mind, so to speak, to experience those movies with me.
There will be 4 singers who will sing on all of the songs like on Actual Fantasy. Now I’ve heard many new rock operas lately, and although the quality is very high, I noticed that on several of them the vocalists sound very similar throughout. So I decided to use a wide variety of singers: a low voice: Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity/Nightingale), a clear voice: Damian Wilson (Ayreon/Threshold), a powerful tenor voice: Russell Allen (Symphony X/Ayreon) and a high female voice: Floor Jansen (After Forever/Ayreon). Ed Warby (Gorefest/Ayreon) will drum, and the keyboard solos will be played by Jens Johansson (Malmsteen/Dio/Stratovarius) and Erik Norlander (Lana Lane/Ayreon). Other musicians may still be added. I will play all the other instruments.
I want to finish the album this year, so it could be released as early as the beginning of next year.
This album will focus on the heavy side of Ayreon, so the familiar Ayreon sound will still be there. I will start writing the next actual Ayreon album next year, and after this heavy album, the next Ayreon album will consequently probably become more proggy.
I hope you will all like it. Be assured that I won’t disappoint you!
Arjen.
Tathar: Nou als dat niet klinkt als weer een album van het jaar in de Aardschok weet ik het ook niet meer!