THE HUMAN EQUATION

Arjen Lucassen always tries to do the best on each recording, and "The Human Equation" is not the exception. Staying away from the main theme of his previous productions about science fiction and electric castles, this dutch genius delivers one of the most sublime pieces ever heard. Making use of elements of almost all the sub- genres of Prog Rock Music, this release joins every single piece of a big puzzle, which is unveiled slowly during each day of this sweet agony.

The story relates 20 days included in 20 awesome tracks; in which a patient in a state of coma played by Dream Theater's James LaBrie sees how each one of his feelings, all of them performed by a different singer; involve him into a sequence of happenings that catch you and take you into the deepest place of his mind.

As I mentioned before, the musical diversity developed through the whole album is simply exquisite and is some kind of different from Ayreon's previous albums, but it conserves that Heavy Metal sound on it.

The casting; which contains such big names into Progressive Rock as Mike Baker from Shadow Gallery, James LaBrie from Dream Theater, Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth and Devin Townsend and the great surprises such as the Mexican pride Marcela Bovio from Elfonia and Eric Clayton from Saviour Machine (just for name the ones who stand out the most) make of this album a listening delight and a perfect masterpiece. This is a simply must have.

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