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Points: 203 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2011 at 17:54
All I can say to those who find it too cheesy it try his Guilt Machine project.  It takes on a more serious tone 
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2011 at 18:11
Originally posted by Repner Repner wrote:

All I can say to those who find it too cheesy it try his Guilt Machine project.  It takes on a more serious tone 


As much as I love like 99% of Arjen's projects/albums, that would be the worst place to start because it actually combines all of his vices in one single piece of music/album.

Back on the thread, Ayreon's space metal is by far one of the most fantastic things that ever happened to progressive metal.
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I like Ayreon although it can feel a bit childish or cheesy sometimes, but then that's how operas and musicals generally are.
He created a style and is a good musician so he deserves credit.
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Ayreon is bland, boring, and cheesy, and I'm not a superficial listener.
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Points: 68 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2011 at 14:34
I'm probably most partial to The Human Equation and Into The Electric Castle, although some of my favorite Ayreon songs come off of Universal Migrator.  Shame that album was so inconsistent... but does it ever have some great parts.
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Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, all awesome! 

And Next year there will be a new solo Arjen Album!!!!!!!
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 20:24
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Ayreon is bland, boring, and cheesy, and I'm not a superficial listener.

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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

I like Ayreon although it can feel a bit childish or cheesy sometimes, but then that's how operas and musicals generally are.
He created a style and is a good musician so he deserves credit.

exactly this!
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Star Ones latest is a masterpiece - Ayreon are indeed awesome.
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As much as I love Ayreon, I have to admit that they do get cheesy at times. However, I happen to like some cheesiness, so...
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Points: 2809 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 21 2011 at 12:47
I think all prog is cheesy, so no problems with Ayreon on that department.
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I discovered Ayreon about five years ago and it seriously blew me away. Arjen undoubtedly has great talent in combining exceptional progressive metal and synthesizer sounds with captivating storytelling. However, when I tried to introduce my discovery to some of my friends who I knew would not say no to a good metal album, I had to disappoint. The thing is, with its intergalactical lyrics, long descriptions and operatic singing Ayreon sounds far too theatrical and forced to the average listener who is not familiar with progressive rock conceptuality.

It may be, that this theatrical style is also what makes Arjens music a bit cheesy at times - it simply comes unnatural to hear that in rock. So I think liking or disliking Ayreon just comes down to one question - whether one believes his style or not.      
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I have Universal Migrator and 01011001.
 
They aren't bad but they've just never really captivated me, cheesy power metal/prog metal fan that I am.
 
I still need to pick up The Human Equation one of these days just for some of the guest singers on it, if nothing else.
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Love Human Equation!! The rest is good, not great. Though, Guilt Machine rocks too Wink
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Love Ayreon, but I don't truly love any album of the project. The 2-Cds format is a lengthy one and in prog I find it hard to keep the listener interested and deliver constant quality material at the same time ... I think Ayreon, through his blending of multiple influences, melodic ideas and narration succeds in keeping the listener interested, but I don't think that the albums I have - The Final Experiment, Into The Electric Castle and The Human Equation are flawless. Into The Electric Castle has The Tunnel of Light, for example (only to name one, and I really find that chorus irritating).

Also, the cheesiness is something that can come in the way - being a Rhapsody fan (just to name one) it doesn't bother me (although the story to The Electric Castle is really silly imo xD)

Haven't checked Arjen's side projects, will do in a near future !
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I don't mind if something is a little cheesy as long as the music is still enjoyable, which in my opinion, Ayreon definitely is. And I've never really taken Ayreon all that seriously, I know there's a lot of story there, but it's always felt quite light-hearted to me and it's music that I find quite easy to listen to. Nothing wrong with that, I don't think.
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 19 2012 at 12:59
I like a lot of ayreon's cds , sometimes it's cheesy yes but i always enjoy it , it's not the best music i've heard but i have a lot of 4 stars rating for them.
debut has a warm place in my heart!
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I really love prog metal, but the couple songs I listened to on youtube, the vocals really turned me off to this band. Maybe I should devote some more time to it.
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 15:07
One of the greatest things about this band is the fact they use a lot of vocalists from other known bands to contribute to the story. Vocals are actually one of the high points of this band, maybe you just heard someone you didn't like.
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On second and closer listen (to songs from 01), this band is great. I want this music. It's like Amaseffer, but more epic. I listened to a song from Electric Castle before and didn't like the singing. 01 is making me reconsider.


That song. Too southern rockish or something.


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