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Arjen Lucassen is a renowned musician from the Netherlands. Born in The Hague, the multi-instrumentalist began his career in the band Bodine before achieving initial success with Vengeance. Although rooted in lighthearted hard rock, Lucassen's talent was evident, especially on the "Arabia" album. Since then, Lucassen has had an international career, delivering stunning music through... Continue Reading →
When two of the biggest names in Dutch rock and metal start working together, the result is guaranteed to be exciting. In this case it is Epica vocalist Simone Simons and none other than Arjen Lucassen, who started working together on Simons' first solo album. The Dutch singer had always wanted to work on such... Continue Reading →
‘Before the Morning Comes’ is the new single that’s been launched prior to the release of the Lucassen & Soeterboek's Plan Nine album ‘The Long-Lost Songs’. The album is special, as the roots go back to the 90s when Lucassen worked in several projects. When he met Robert Soeterbroek during a live show of Bodine,... Continue Reading →
Arjen Lucassen is a real force when it comes to progressive sounds in rock and metal. Showing his talent already during the early days with Vengeance and their ‘Arabia” album, the Dutch rock icon had huge success with starting Ayreon. Concept albums, filled with great music and done with support of friends and renown musicians... Continue Reading →
Supersonic Revolution is the new outfit of Dutch rock and metal visionaire Arjen Lucassen, together with his bandmates Koen Herfst, Timo Somers, Jaycee Cuijpers and Joost van den Broek. The 15-tracks featuring debut album ‘Golden Age of Music’ is supposed to hit the stores on May 19th, 2023 and today a second single has been... Continue Reading →
Arjen Lucassen is a very well-sounding name in the world of rock and metal. The Dutch musician and producer is a constant deliverer of excellent music that is beyond writing songs only. What Lucassen offers are compositions based in a sheer endless creative flow it seems. Lucassen cleverly steers his creative output into two directions... Continue Reading →
Arjen Lucassen has with ‘Revel in Time’ a new Star One album in the pipeline. Release date is scheduled for February 18th, 2022 and the album will come via InsideOutMusic. To bridge the wait, a new song, taken from the album, has been revealed. ‘Fate of Man’ is the opener of the album and got... Continue Reading →
One of Holland's flagship rockers in the 80s was certainly Vengeance from Waalwijk and it is not surprising that the band from the carnival capital in Noord Brabant also delivered feel-good music. However, Vengeance were already back then more than just a party music outfit. Their songs were varied and for a hard rock band... Continue Reading →
To introduce Arjen Lucassen is like carrying sand to the beach. Not only that the Dutch guitarist was part of the legendary Vengeance, it's his impressive solo career that put him right into the spotlight. With the Ayreon project the multi-instrumentalist released the 'Into the Electric Castle album in 1998, a good moment to celebrate... Continue Reading →
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