Get Ready to ROCK! » Arjen Lucassen https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: AYREON – Transitus https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/09/album-review-ayreon-transitus/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/09/album-review-ayreon-transitus/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:58:15 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=68341 AYREON - TransitusMusic Theories Recordings [Release date 25.09.20] Ayreon’s latest album comes complete with the book and vinyl offerings accompanied by a 28 page graphic novel illustrated by Felix Vega. It’ll see Arjen Lucassen, Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer, tackle … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/09/album-review-ayreon-transitus/feed/ 0 Album review: AYREON – Into The Electric Castle https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-ayreon-into-the-electric-castle/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-ayreon-into-the-electric-castle/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:13:46 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=55744 AYREON - Into The Electric CastleMusic Theories Recordings [Release date 26.10.18] Aside from being the 20th anniversary of its release and a long overdue vinyl release, the most significant thing about the Arjen Lucassen’s remixed and re-mastered 1998 Ayreon project, is the way it successfully … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-ayreon-into-the-electric-castle/feed/ 0 Album review: AYREON – The Source https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-ayreon-the-source/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-ayreon-the-source/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:56:26 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=45073 Ayreon - The Source Music Theories Recordings [Release date 28.04.17] It’s 12 years since Ayreon’s first album ‘The Final Experiment’ and the key elements of a conceptual sci-fi story with prog rock underpinnings remain at the heart of the new album ‘The Source.’ It’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-ayreon-the-source/feed/ 0 Album review: GANDALF’S FIST – The Clockwork Fable https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-gandalfs-fist-the-clockwork-fable/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-gandalfs-fist-the-clockwork-fable/#comments Mon, 23 May 2016 18:51:14 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=38069 GANDALFwww.gandalfsfist.com [Release date 01.05.16] I enjoyed Gandalf’s Fist’s last album ‘A Forest Of Fey’, and they have really upped their game all round on this one. First, a mention about the packaging. Not only do we get a sumptuous triple … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-gandalfs-fist-the-clockwork-fable/feed/ 0 Quick plays: THE GENTLE STORM, WINDSOR DRIVE, FINLAY MORTON https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/quick-plays-the-gentle-storm-windsor-drive/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/quick-plays-the-gentle-storm-windsor-drive/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:24:59 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=28674 THE GENTLE STORM – The Diary Inside Out www.insideout.de [Released 23.03.15] A new name but a very experienced duo behind the name, namely Arjen Lucassen of Ayreon fame and Anneke van Giersbergen, the former Gathering vocalist and last seen on … Continue reading →

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