Arjen Lucassen discography | |
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![]() Lucassen doing a sign session in 2006 | |
Studio albums | 25 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 17 |
Arjen Lucassen is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is most known as the creator of progressive metal/rock opera Ayreon.[1]
Over the years, Lucassen created various bands and musical projects. Overall, he has released twenty studio albums in project or bands in which he was the leader and main creative force: two solo albums, ten for Ayreon, one for Ambeon, three for Star One, one for Stream of Passion, one for Guilt Machine, one for The Gentle Storm, and one for Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution. He was the guitarist in two studio albums by rock band Bodine (as Iron Anthony), and in six studio albums by rock band Vengeance, and also released a cover album without any artist credited. Bodine, Vengeance, and Stream of Passion all released albums without Lucassen.
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1994 | Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy
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Lead vocals, guitars, banjo, mandolin, lute, keyboards, drum programming | Released as Anthony |
2012 | Lost in the New Real
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Lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1996 | Strange Hobby | Lead vocals, guitars, bass | Uncredited, recognized post-release |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2001 | Fate of a Dreamer
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Guitars, keyboards, samplers |
Year | Title | Album |
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1998 | "Cold Metal"
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Fate of a Dreamer |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1995 | The Final Experiment
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Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synthesizer (also drums and timpani on 2005 reissue) |
Originally released as Ayreon: The Final Experiment with no artist credited |
1996 | Actual Fantasy
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Guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming | |
1998 | Into the Electric Castle
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Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, minimoog, mellotron | |
2000 | Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
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Vocals, guitars, bass, analog synthesizers, mellotron, Hammond, additional keyboards | Released simultaneously |
Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator
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2004 | The Human Equation
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Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, synthesizers, Hammond | |
2008 | 01011001
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Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, synthesizers, Hammond, Solina | |
2013 | The Theory of Everything
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Guitars, bass, mandolin, analog synthesizers, Hammond, Solina | |
2017 | The Source
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2020 | Transitus
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Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Glockenspiel, Dulcimer, Toy Piano |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2016 | The Theater Equation
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Spoken vocals |
2018 | Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live
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Vocals, guitar |
2020 | Electric Castle Live and Other Tales
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Vocals |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2008 | Elected
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Guitars, bass, keyboards |
Year | Title | Album |
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1995 | "Sail Away to Avalon"
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The Final Experiment |
1996 | "The Stranger from Within"
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Actual Fantasy |
2000 | "Temple of the Cat"
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Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer |
2001 | "Temple of the Cat" (acoustic version)
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2004 | "Day Eleven: Love"
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The Human Equation |
"Loser"
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2005 | "Come Back to Me"
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Year | Album details |
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2000 | Ayreonauts Only
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2008 | Timeline
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Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2015 | The Diary
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Electric and acoustic guitars, electric and acoustic bass guitars, keyboards, hammered dulcimer |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2015 | The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD
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Vocals, acoustic guitars, acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, hammered dulcimer |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2009 | On This Perfect Day
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Guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2002 | Space Metal
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Guitars, keyboards, Hammond |
2010 | Victims of the Modern Age
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Guitars, Hammond, mellotron, analog synthesizer, solina strings |
2022 | Revel in Time
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Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2002 | Live on Earth
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Guitar |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2005 | Embrace the Storm
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Guitars, keyboards |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2006 | Live in the Real World
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Guitars, vocals |
Year | Title | Album |
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2006 | "Out in the Real World"
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Embrace the Storm |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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2023 | Golden Age of Music
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Bass |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1982 | Bold as Brass
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Guitar | Credited as Iron Anthony |
1983 | Three Times Running
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Guitar |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1984 | Vengeance | Guitar | |
1986 | We Have Ways to Make You Rock | ||
1987 | Take It or Leave It | ||
1989 | Arabia | ||
1994 | The Last of the Fallen Heroes | Released after the band split | |
1997 | Back from Flight 19 | Not credited as band member |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) |
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1986 | Only the Wind | Guitar |
1987 | Rock N Roll Shower | |
1989 | If Lovin' You is Wrong |
Year | Title | Album |
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1984 | "Prisoners of the Night" | Vengeace |
1985 | "You Took me by Surprise" | |
1986 | "May Heaven Strike me Down" | We Have Ways to Make You Rock |
"Only the Wind"/"Deathride to Glory" | Only the Wind | |
1987 | "Rock N roll Shower"/"Code of Honour" | Rock N Roll Shower |
"Looks like a Winner" | Take It or Leave It | |
"Ain't Gonna Take You Home" | ||
1989 | "Arabia" | Arabia |
1992 | "As The Last Teardrop Falls" |
Year | Album details | Instrument(s) | Notes |
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1992 | The Last Teardrop '84–'92 | Guitar | |
1998 | Rock'n Roll Shower '84–'98 | Guitar | Released after his departure |
Year | Album | Artist |
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1981 | After the Silence | Pythagoras |
1993 | Symphony of Dreams | Ian Parry |
1994 | Pink Floyd Songbook | Alex Bollard |
1995 | Thru the Looking Glass | Ian Parry |
1996 | Between You and Me | Biscuit |
1997 | Opposites | Veralin |
1998 | A Time and Place for Everything | Helloise |
1999 | Powder to the People | BlockBusters |
Consortium Project | Ian Parry | |
Candy: The Best of Peter Daltrey | Peter Daltrey | |
Oblivion Days | Rocket Scientists | |
2000 | Into the Sunset | Erik Norlander |
Shadowman | Ian Parry | |
Chronometree | Glass Hammer | |
Mother Earth | Within Temptation | |
Secrets of Astrology | Lana Lane | |
2002 | "Emphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever" | After Forever |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman | |
Reflected | Wicked Sensation | |
2003 | Alive Again | Nightingale |
Biogenesis Project | Ars Nova | |
Once and Future King Part I | Gary Hughes | |
2004 | The Darker Side of Art | Space Mirrors |
Amadeus' Spell | ||
2005 | Hour of Joy | Morning |
This Sonic Landscape | Elfonía | |
Characters | Freak Neil Inc. | |
Room V | Shadow Gallery | |
2008 | Cybion | Kalisia |
Galexia[7] | Galexia | |
2013 | The Mystery of Time[8] | Avantasia |
Abstract Disorder[9] | Homo-Demen | |
2014 | The Aspie Project | Computer Mind |
2015 | Death is just a Feeling | Amadeus Awad |
2016 | The Clockwork Fable | Gandalf's Fist[10] |
2017 | Galexia Remastered[11] | Galexia |
Rose of Thorns 2.0[12] | ||
Of Clans and Clones and Clowns | Soul Enema | |
2018 | The Room[13] | Ostura |
2024 | "A Symphonic Tragedy" | Dianne van Giersbergen |