ROADIE REACTIONS | "Ayreon - Everybody Dies (Live)" | [FIRST TIME SONG REACTION] 

Eye of Ra will blow your mind. Floor singing more with her sister and then a huge ensemble at the end. Just do it already.😁

It's like Tank was invited to a party... and he doesnt know much people... maybe a couple by name... and then, he finds a friend and light up... is that Hansi ? ahaaha... we all feel the same about Ayreon... gotta have internet to google every single singer and discover new worlds

Everone's talking about Floor and of course I love my daily floorgasm, but I think another great female voice, who has done a whole album with Arjen and is on every show must be mentioned and this is Anneke van Giersbergen. When you see how much fun she has on stage and the voice of an angel. I would propose "Strange machines" live Pinkpop festival, or any other song of The Gathering or I-AH with Devin Townsend.

And don't forget that the backing vocalists are all lead singers also.

Ayreon Age of Shadows - live and wild. 🤘🏻🤪

In this song were (I think): Lead singers: Michael Mills (Toehieder) Tommy Karrevik (Kamelot) Hansi Kursch (Blind Gaurdian) Maggy Luyten (Nightmare) Floor Jansen (Nightwish, Revamp, After Forever) Backing vocals: Irene Jansen (Floor's sister) Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories) Marcela Bovio (MaYaN, Stream of Passion) Instrumentalists: Ed Warby, drums Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion), bass Joost van den Broek (After Forever (Floor's first band)), keys Marcel Coenen, lead guitar Ferry Duissens, guitar

"Floor came out of f'n nowhere" Yep, that was my reaction the first time I watched that video!

Wow Valhalla - Deliverance Why've you ever forgotten me!!!! *sing*

Random viewer: Tank did you know....... Tank: Watch the damn video!!

HEY TANK, THAT'S FLOOR AND ARJEN HAS STAGEFRIGHT AND IRENE IS FLOOR'S SISTER AND ASKNDJFSFSKFN *spamspamspamspam* In seriousness, great reaction, as always.

Arjen played on Castle Hall, Amazing Flight, and The Eye of Ra from this show. Damian Wilson did an amazing job on And The Druids Turn To Stone... Tommy Karevik was outstanding on Into The Black Hole... Intergalactic Space Crusaders is a great rocking number too. It was a truly amazing show. You won't regret that purchase. :-)

This song has one of my favorite things in it, the call and answer between Tommy and Hansi. I'd love to see more of that in any song.

The new Ayeron song "Daniels decent into transitus"..... Tommy Karevik and Simone Simons...,. magic... And I´ll keep nagging: Avatar :)

No worries about not knowing all the players and singers but that's how I started too, Ayreon is one giant hub of artists to discover, that's how I found out about Floor, Irene, and Magali Luyten (Raspy singer) back in 2004-2007

This song is on the same album as The Day That the World Breaks Down. It's a great album

"Im gonna order this... right now" ME TOO!

I envy everybody who was at this show. It must have been an amazing experience. There are so many great songs on the Ayreon Universe DVD. One of my favourites is "Magnetism" with Tommy, Anneke and also Marco from Nightwish.

Just want to mention: I just love how you have Valhalla running as background music. And also, Hansi should be easily recognizable from afar. He has this very specific body posture that makes me wonder if he never has neck pains. Thank you for this reaction too, Arjen is so extremely shy, when he held a speach at this show, you could literally see him sweat buckets. Didn't stop him from even singing live there. My personal request for another song of Ayreon would be: "The Eye Of Ra" from this same show. It's epic in a special way. It's really such a pitty that Simone (from Epica) couldn't make it, that would have really made it like a family gathering backstage. She too, has been with Ayreon for a long time, including the freshly released new Ayreon album, as the Angel of Death.

"This is a ridiculous production 😲" hum hum... *cue Into The Electric Castle* 😁

Still the best live concert I've been too, so glad my friends dragged me along for this. And the crowd was just soooo into it, there were people flying in from all across the world to be there!

Merlin's Will ... won't regret it.

Before I forget, the 3 angels are very accomplished singers. All of them are worth investing time into listening to on their own. They might not take the front in this collaboration but that is more of an attribute to their professionalism and devotion to the art.

Awesome reaction Tank. I did the same thing and immediately bought the Blu-ray after seeing this song myself. Age of Shadows is a must reaction, it has a very fun cast of singers and is of course a great song as well.

If you want to see Arjen himself on stage, check out "Ayreon - Amazing Flight (Electric Castle Live And Other Tales)" from the most recent live show. He performs his role of Hippie from the Electric Castle album in its entirety.

Watching or listening to Ayreon can be seriously damaging to the bank account. My youngest son heard one song, and now has itemised lists of vinyl, CD and blu-ray of the entire catalogue, to request for Christmas, from each family member. I'm pretty sure he has some merch on the list too. And I think Nuclear Blast are going to do well out of him as well. I daren't ask what the eldest son has already, or how much he's spent that he can't afford to. I introduced him to Nightwish. I daren't play him any Ayreon, but I suspect I won't be able to stop him once son 3 has his purchases arriving, and I may be too late anyway thanks to Spotify. I guess I did something right. I'm not sure my wife agrees.

More fun facts: - Joost and Marcel Coenen were both in prog metal band Sun Caged before Joost joined After Forever. - Johan van Stratum and Marcela Bovio were both in Stream Of Passion, a symphonic metal band originally formed around Marcela and Arjen to continue their successful collaboration after Ayreon’s The Human Equation. - Marcel, Joost, Ed, Floor & Irene were also part of the Star One - Live On Earth tour in 2002. Arjen performed the entire show. Star One is a sci-fi themed project of Arjen, with songs based on films like Star Gate, Star Wars, Dune etc. This show was also recorded and released. It also was my first taste of Arjen’s music, though I unfortunately didn’t get to see them live back then. I still listen to these recordings regularly (and I prefer the live versions).

I love Ayreon live! Age of shadows is another great song! Or Valley of the queens. But they are all great, so just watch the whole thing 😁

Everybody dies... but at least we'll go with a smile after this performance.

I'd get married to this dvd if possible, seriously, it's the best! And of course I'd sell my soul for an Ayreon's concert. :( Thanks for this one! Please keep them coming and help us with Chase, he needs this!

That whole album is so good. "Sea of Machines" and "Run! Apocalypse Run!" are such bangers. When you got the inclination, I recommend Æther Realm - Slave to the Riff or The Sun, The Moon, The Star

It was a true privilege to see that concert live! Luckily Arjen is a Dutch citizen and so am I, so I was very fortunate to buy tickets real quick. You won’t regret to buy this DVD at all, enjoy the world of Ayreon Universe live‼️

Tommy is also in a band called Seventh Wonder. If you want a long song: (30mins) The Great Escape. And for a tear jerking album: Mercy Falls (concept album).

I like seeing reactions to bands I love but reactions to a new band and falling in love with them is even better

So I will say. This was an amazing reaction video. But I'll be back with a more detailed comment when my jaw gets picked up off the Floor. Because holy hell, Ayreon is amazing.

I love this video so much, I'm glad Tank's done it. Arjen's work, and that of his collaborators, is unreal.

Evil back groud vocals too. This is a musical prog, metal and funny performance. even the subject is dark. Great show.

Ayreon-Magnetism, with Marco!

This was incredible to see live! Fun fact: The moving lights on the sides were/are called Wilma and Betty :') Also, Marko was also present during this show 💜

The Eye of Ra is pretty fun to watch, as the last song of the show, everyone comes to the stage, and the scale of the project becomes really obvious. And I'm completely offended that you didn't identify each of the keyboards!

Mike Mills was dressed as the robot TH-1, hence al the wires and lights coming out of his costume. You met his character in the first Ayreon video you reacted to. Great stuff!

Such a wild song with so much talent in it. The highlight for me was ❤️ Floor ❤️ right at the end. I literally jumped up out of my chair :D

I must have watched the blu ray of this 10x in a row after first putting it in and a zillion since, amazing start to finish.

More Fun Facts just to show how connected this segment of the European metal scene is: 1) Floor Jansen and Joost van den Broek were together in After Forever (Floor's first band); Joost contributed to Floor's second band ReVamp; AND is currently working with her on SUPER-SECRET solo material for Floor :D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T68mp-Fn9Rk.html 2) Tommy Karevik was just getting settled in with Kamelot as they were supporting Nightwish on the North American leg of the Imaginarium Tour when the Denver Debacle happened: www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwish-in-denver-a-night-without-anette-olzon/ One week later Floor was brought in to finish the rest of the Imaginarium Tour with Nightwish. 3) Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, MaYaN) is singing "backup" with Floor's sister Irene and has worked with Kamelot and Floor has sung in concert with MaYan. 4) Floor is tall (6'0" or 6'1" depending on who you read) but Arjen is taller (6'8"); he has been bringing Floor into Ayreon/Star One projects since 2000. 5) Non-Ayreon connected factoid: After Forever toured (as support) with Nightwish back in 2002; Tuomas and Marko hint at that when in interviews they note that after Tarja's dismissal they had toyed with bringing Floor on then, but didn't want to break up After Forever to do it.

Irene and Floor look so freaking similar...I actually thought it was Floor at first and wondered why she'd be singing backup. Apparently, she has some pipes, too. Runs in the family (as does the height)!

Hey Tank, big thanks from the Netherlands for highlighting Ayreon here. My suggestion for your next Ayreon reaction would be the song The Eye of Ra which is also featured on the Universe DVD. You'll get to see each and every musician who appeared during that performance.

That was a fun Song and really interesting stage show. I really enjoyed your facts and breakdowns of what was going on with the stage show because it just made it more interesting. Great reaction, have a good one Tank!

From this concert, songs that are often reacted to are (spoilers ahead) Merlin's Will, Valley of the Queens, Star of Sirrah, Eye of Ra (Floor factor) Intergalactic Space Crusaders (fun factor) One song I like that is rarely reacted to is Loser (Michael Mills and background choir factor!)

The amount of chills and goosebumps i have and still have listening to this band and their performers

Thank you for more Ayreon! I've been listening to his music for years and the guests have been a gateway to other bands. This entire live show is amazing, some personal favorites are Dawn of a Million Souls, Age of Shadows, Eye of Ra (Star One), Looser, and Computer Eyes. (Personally I like the album version of Looser better, and Computer eyes is longer on the album.) Looser would be a good live/album comparison song, BIG difference in the ending singing style. If you want to see a BIG video wall check out Within Temptation Live Black Symphony, look for the 1080p version. Recommendations: The Howling, or Stand My Ground. Personally I like their older albums Enter and Mother Earth better than the new stuff. (Arjen did a solo on the Mother Earth album). And to add my other recommendation, Riverside - Wasteland Live. Great progressive metal with lots of gear shots.

The Ayreon concert blurays of the past few years are phenomenal. So much great stuff to mine there.

This is the melt pot of almost every of my favorite singers of the last Ayreon video. Just everyone in those projects has so much skill and.. Yeah no words to describe them.

so this is 2017. Nightwish is on hiatus, having wrapped the "Vehicle of Spirit" tour in 2016, and before the "Decades" tour in 2018. does Floor take some time off to relax? nope. she had a baby, recorded her parts for Ayreon, then performed with them live on stage. think she also recorded and released her solo album as well during this period. 2019, world shattering performance on Beste Zangers, recorded new Nightwish album, and, solo tour throughout Europe until Covid shut down the world. she is living embodiment of "ride it till the wheels fall off." if you're looking for something new to react to, Floor released a video for her song, "While Love Died", from her hard rock album she cowrote with the guitarist from Pagan's Mind, whose name i'm not even going to attempt.

I was waiting for the Floor reveal. You did not disappoint, sir

Holy Sh*t. Tank, I just listened to Epica (ft. Floor Jansen) doing SANCTA TERRA live. O M G. I feel like Kylie Minogue 'cause I can't get it out of my head. This is incredible.

Awe yeah! I’m excited for this one. 🤘♥️

Can't go wrong with some live Ayreon!

Actually you can do every song from this show, since they are all great! It's a best of, remember ;) And Arjen gives a speech during the show, which is on youtube, where he explains some stuff about the screen and the production. Fun info. He did sing some songs during this show, like Amazing flight in space. Next stop: Age of Shadows or Eyes of Ra? So after Nightwish wednesday, now you know it's time to do a Ayreon Friday :P Because after this show, there are more live shows: The Theatre Equation and Into the Electric Castle and other stories.

Oh man, I'm soooooo glad you're doing Toehider next week! Mike really deserves way more attention, he's a huge talent and Toehider songs are nothing less than amazing! They're also pretty different from each other, make sure to check out more than just one song: you're in for such a treat! Big hugs from Italy, keep rockin'!

Yay! I love this song and this show is just outstanding! I am very envious of the people who were able to see them live, honestly! And you did a very good job of remembering the guest vocalists, hehehe!

Ayreon is one of those super-groups that I wish everyone could experience in person - I was lucky to be able to go to the third show they played in 2017 (the first two shows sold out in minutes, so they added a third one on Sunday that wasn't filmed. It was great when Arjen came out in the end to thank everyone and could be as uncensored as he wanted :P ). Also if you liked the Ayreon Angels, I recommend checking out Marcela Bovio's current project "Dark Horse White Horse" .

Nice react man, thanks! My thought would be - get the setlist, decide if you'll do any other react vids from it, and then just spend quality time watching the rest of this fabulous show. From the prologue to the bows I've been happily shocked how well Arjen's genius translated to live performance. Truly enjoyable art. So do yourself the favor and enjoy it!

Awesome video! Totally dug on it. :)

I first started listening to Ayreon in the late 1990's. Love watching people watching Ayreon getting into Ayreon now.

Check out Age Of Shadows (featuring, well I don't wanna spoil it) from the same concert.

With ayreon have partecipated floor Jansen and Marko Hietala too

Marcel Coenen on guitar shredding it!

This is one of my favourite tracks of his, love it 😀 good reaction 🤘

So excited for Toehider next week!!

Have been there live at the first evening, in the 4th or 5th row. It was mindblowing and mesmerizing. Thank you for this great reaction!

This is a hoot. I've been aware of this for quite a while. It's hilarious.

There is besides this Ayreon Universe another live show, also recorded on blue -ray/ dvd, it's the live performance of Ayreon's iconic album Into the Electric Castle in 2019. That show is called Into the Electric Castle and other Tales..Again a formidable cast at this show too. Check it out! 🤟

Great reaction, Arjan is on the last 3 songs of this show. On the show last year, The 20th anniversary of Into The Electric Castle he is more prominent because he plays the role of the hippy there. Of you react to An Amazing Flight In Space you Will see him sing and play guitar!

Wow 100% new to me thank you love discovering new stuff great reactions keep up the great work really enjoying your videos

Hey, Tank, so have you bought the Ayreon Universe DVD? I recently got into Ayreon VERY MUCH, bought this thing, and we watched it with my colleagues. WHAT A SHOW, MAN!!! The amount of talent on that stage!!! And watching the behind the scenes after - they felt like a family?? You could feel it from their performance! It added something more to their effort! And Arjen - not only he is a great musician and composer, but he is such also a nice guy! No wonder everybody wants to work with him! For me, this is a discovery of a decade. Loving this so much!

I just discovered ayreon to. The dvd off ayreon universe arrived yesterday and i saw both dvd's already!!! The concert off 2,5 hours is just great!!! Also the extra's, especcially the behind the scenes explain a lot. I also will start the journey off ayreon.😁

Garden of Emotions - live, he sings live on that one, and also it's an amazing song

I love Maggy! She have done very good songs with her now ex-band Nightmare

My first reaction was “yes, buying this stuff”. Uplifting, amazing.

The lead guitarist (long hair) Marcel Coenen plays in metal band Godscum, the other guitarist Ferry Duijssens plays in symphonic band VuuR (with Anneke van Giersbergen) , back vocalist and sister of Floor Jansen, Irene Jansen plays in Star One (another band/project of Lucassen).

Need to back in time to one of the earlier Arjen projects like Star One. Russell Allen and Damian Wilson are featured prominently on there. Irene and Floor had backing roles as well. Arjen actual played that show as well.

Thanks for your reaction! (and your Tank's tips, of course) Maybe you could create Ayreon's Thursdays 👀

Coming next, Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017. MUST!

Wow, great reaction to this production. I've seen this video (Ayreon's, not yours 😉) about 20 times now, and it's amazing. I'll be buying this DVD as well, for sure. As far as singers go, you did very good. Missing only one, with such a lineup, kudos. I was afraid you wouldn't mention the background singers, but you shouted them out in the outro which was cool. Mike's clothing was probably this elaborate, because he plays TH1, the AI that destroyed the planet as told in The Day the World Breaks Down. Also a decent try on the LUL pronounciation, but not quite there yet. Maybe us Dutchies can teach you some proper Dutch swearing in discord 😁. I am looking forward to your Toehider reaction (also new to me) and would suggest you react to Phantom Divine by Kamelot from the I am the Empire show, live at the 013.

I came back to watch this again. I have never checked out Toehider but finally got around to it and listened to a few of their songs so am throwing out a suggestion for the recent upload of How do Ghosts Work live

The background singers are Marcela Bovio, Lisette van de Berg and Floor's sister Irene. Arjen appears near the end of the concert for 3 songs and a 12 minute speech which is awesome

Great Reaction Tank. If I can request a Toehider song, look at the play through version of The Giants who walked with men. And from Ayreon please do Intergalactic Space Crusaders!

I'm also curious about Toehider, because Mike's voice is phenomenal. I'll be watching that video of yours. Thanks for the all the Tank Facts 😁

That was a phenomenal live show to see live.

Yeeeeah Toehider coming up!! Wohoo!

Whe i was 14 a friend of mine introduced me to Ayreon. He also was and still is a musician. I love the album "into the electric castle" It's like when i was a kid and i listned to childre stories on cd's, but with an adult theme and great music. "The castle hall" from this album is one of my favorite songs ever

Thanks for another great Ayreon reaction! For more epic Michael Mills performances please check out Ayreon - Day sixteen: Loser, live version from the same show

Ayreon - Star Of Sirrah Live that has surprise as well and it kicks. :) Bonus Arjen is on par with Steve Wilson for 5.1 mixing so you will love the blu ray.

star of sirrah from the same concert

Getting PUMPED for Toehider! I don't know how I stumbled across Mike 10 years ago considering we're on opposite sides of the world, but SO MANY Toehider songs are linked to such nostalgia for me.

Arjen joins the other players and singers in a couple of songs at the end of this concert. He plays a more prominent role as an actual character in their latest DVD "Electric Castle Live and Other Tales" which as the title suggests, they play the entire "Into the Electric Castle" album (which is one of Ayreon's finest) and a couple of songs from other Arjen's projects...If you want to see Arjen live, check out "Garden of Emotions" or "Amazing Flight" from the Electric Castle DVD

Ayreon - Only band where everyone is a superstar!

Age of Shadows - from the same show. I think you will really like it! Or...River of Time.

This was an amazing concert ! Just a small note; there was an earlier concert (The Theater equation) a couple of years earlier which followed the album of Ayreon, named: The human equation. Keep up the cool vids, best reaction video's out there imho.

Thank you. Another addition to my proggish work playlist

Nice reaction again, the whole Universe concert is great❣️ One of the 3 Arjens’s angels is Irene Jansen, Floor’s sister. 🙋🏼‍♀️