Victims Of The Modern Age (Deluxe Edition), by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One

Victims Of The Modern Age (Deluxe Edition)

by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One

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	1.	Down The Rabbit Hole 01:20
	2.	Digital Rain 06:23
	3.	Earth That Was 06:08
	4.	Victim Of The Modern Age 06:27
	5.	Human See, Human Do 05:14
	6.	24 Hours 07:20
	7.	Cassandra Complex 05:24
	8.	It's Alive, She's Alive, We're Alive 05:07
	9.	It All Ends Here 09:46
	10.	As The Crow Dies (Bonus Track) 04:42
	11.	Two Plus Two Equals Five (Bonus Track) 05:04
	12.	Lastday (Bonus Track) 04:46
	13.	Closer To The Stars (Bonus Track) 05:11
	14.	Knife Edge (Bonus Track) 04:25

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With a career spanning more than three decades, composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has firmly established himself worldwide as driving force in progressive rock. While best known for his rock opera project Ayreon, the multi-talented Dutchman also regularly embarks on musical side projects such as Ambeon, Guilt Machine and Star One. These projects all explore different aspects of Lucassen's musical personality.

Lucassen strives to keep a consistent cast of vocalists for Star One rather than mixing it up with the ever-changing vocal line-up that characterizes Ayreon. For "Victims of the Modern Age" he reunited the stellar cast of lead vocalists from the first album, “Space Metal” (2002): Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold), Floor Jansen (ReVamp, ex-After Forever), and Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Second Sky, ex-Edge Of Sanity). Ranging from soaring power vocals to hauntingly melodic passages to brutal growls, the contrasting vocal styles of these magnificent vocalists provide each song with a stunning variety of vocal textures.

When it comes to instruments, the tall Dutchman played the rhythm guitars, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Solina strings and analog synths himself, and invited drummer Ed Warby (Ayreon, Hail of Bullets, Gorefest) and bassist Peter Vink to lay down the powerful rhythm tracks. He also enlisted the intimidating solo skills of former After Forever keyboardist Joost van den Broek and guitarist Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery), each of whom provide their trademark scorching solos. On top of this formidable cast, Lucassen recruited three other singers -- Mike Andersson (Cloudscape, Full Force, Silent Memorial), Rodney Blaze, and former Black Sabbath front man Tony Martin -- for some additional tracks to be featured on the album's bonus tracks.

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released December 17, 2021

Line-Up:

Vocalists:
Sir Russell Allen (Symphony X)
Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold)
Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Second Sky, ex-Edge Of Sanity)
Floor Jansen (ReVamp, ex-After Forever)

Instrumentalists:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - guitars, hammond, mellotron, minimoog, solina strings
Ed Warby (Ayreon, Hail of Bullets, Gorefest) - drums
Peter Vink - bass
Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever) - keyboard solos
Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery) - guitar solos

Special guest vocalists:
Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath)
Mike Andersson (Cloudscape, Full Force, Silent Memorial)
Rodney Blaze

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