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<tags><tag><name>Progressive metal</name>
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<tag><name>arjen anthony lucassen</name>
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<tag><name>Progressive</name>
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<tag><name>metal</name>
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<published>25 Apr 2008, 09:14</published>
<summary>On January 25, 2008, both Ayreon’s and Avantasia’s last albums were released (01011001 and The Scarecrow, respectively). The press soon started to create speculations on the possibility of them being rivals and which album would be more successful. When asked about this, Arjen Anthony Lucassen (mastermind behind Ayreon) stated that he was mad at Tobias Sammet, head of Avantasia, because Tobias managed to have Alice Cooper, of whom Arjen is a great fan, to perform on his last Avantasia album. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Ayreon+Vs.+Avantasia">Read more on Last.fm</a></summary>
<content>On January 25, 2008, both Ayreon’s and Avantasia’s last albums were released (01011001 and The Scarecrow, respectively). The press soon started to create speculations on the possibility of them being rivals and which album would be more successful. When asked about this, Arjen Anthony Lucassen (mastermind behind Ayreon) stated that he was mad at Tobias Sammet, head of Avantasia, because Tobias managed to have Alice Cooper, of whom Arjen is a great fan, to perform on his last Avantasia album. Coincidently, Tobias was also mad at Arjen because he had Bruce Dickinson performing on his Ayreon album Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator. To "put some fuel on the fire created by the press", as Arjen stated on his website[1], they decided to record a song together. Initially, the EP was to be titled "Ayreon vs. Avantasia." Track listing 1. Elected (Alice Cooper cover) 2. E=MC² (Live radio version) 3. Ride the Comet 4. Day Six: Childhood (Piano version) Line up * Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) – Guitars, bass, Keyboards * Ed Warby (Gorefest) – Drums * Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) – Lead vocals in "Elected" * Marjan Welman (Elister, Autumn) – Lead vocals in "E=MC²" and "Day Six: Childhood" * Jorn Lande – Vocals in "Ride the Comet" * Floor Jansen (After Forever) – Vocals in "Ride the Comet" * Tom Englund (Evergrey) – Vocals in "Ride the Comet" * Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) – Vocals in "Ride the Comet" * Bob Catley (Magnum) – Vocals in "Ride the Comet" * Magali Luyten (Virus IV) – Vocals in "Ride the Comet" * Joost van den Broek (After Forever) – Piano in "Day Six: Childhood" * Michael Romeo (Symphony X) - Guitar solo on "E=MC²" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Ayreon+Vs.+Avantasia">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.</content>
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