Name: Space Metal
Brand: Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

19439983361

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black

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Includes 2xCD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

194399833612

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

19439983352

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194399833520

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One 

Genre GB

Prog Rock

Label GB

Inside Out Music

With its stellar musicianship, visionary production and a simple yet far-reaching concept, Space Metal shines bright as a giant sun in the galaxy of rock. Space Metal isn't a continuous story or a rock opera like the Ayreon albums. Yet it is still very much a concept album and a journey through Arjen's mind and memory. He takes the listener on a trip where they relive those great science fiction space films that made such an impact on him. Without a doubt Arjen Lucassen set a trend with his Ayreon albums. Especially after the highly successful release of Into the Electric Castle many musicians and producers have followed in his footsteps and new rock operas with multiple singers are surfacing all over the world.

To ensure to keep the involved voices diverse he used very different sounding singers appearing in the same songs -- different singers for different moods. Dan Swano (ex-Edge of Sanity, Nightingale) sings the low parts, Russell Allen (Symphony X and more) sings the powerful rough parts, Damian Wilson (ex-Threshold, Headspace) sings the high clear parts, and to top it off, Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings the really high choruses. Robert Soeterboek (Ayreon) sang the backing vocals with his huge smoky voice. Of course Ed Warby played the powerful drums, and Erik Norlander once again added his huge analog synth leads. Arjen also managed to get Jens Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio, Stratovarius) who played some incredibly fast synth leads as well. Arjen even succeeded in getting Hawkwind's Dave Brock to make a guest vocal appearance, something no one has ever managed to do before. 

Space Metal

Music GB