Star One additional singers and contest 1

[kbuss10]

man, i cant believe this, i just heard perfect day and 0101, listening to it for 2 weeks, now watching the making of videos here, dropping jaws on how many sooooo great vocalist there are. especially Floor and Tom, and slowly forgetting my older all time favorites, who i grew up listening to.. And then...!!! suddenly... who do u pull out of your magic hat??? Tony Martin!! Arjen, u are a WIZZZZARD :) !!!

[kbuss10]

omg man Tony Martin :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Discavage]

:) 1.07-1.12: Rainbow - Lost In Hollywood ("You tried to hide the tears

but I could see the trace").

[ArjenALucassen]

@Discavage Haha! Well...there are worse bands to steal from, no? :-)

[dioivanov]

Tony Martin is amazing here...as usual

[theister]

So cool! Rock on Arjen! Tony Martin is amazing!

[bestrader]

I remember trying to do this contest for the 01011001 release and never won, despite being there almost as soon as the news was posted. So I'm not even going to try this time. :\

[sobeto28]

What about Kelly Sundown?

[tdreamer25]

I loved your choice of musicians, including Rodney Blaze. He is very talented, "The Accusation" is one of my favorite tracks of Ayreon. :)

[hakkmat]

Yeah, a real "no-brainer". Good ol' Tony Martin. I love the atmosphere in this song (or more snippet ;-) ), very much in the vein of the slower, heavier songs Tony did with Sabbath.

This track also gives me a sort of Candlemass "Chapter VI" feel. Tony Martin and Tomas Vikström has much of the same pathos in their voices when singing doomy stuff. Just check "Where the Runes Still Speak".

Awsome stuff. Looking forward to hearing the album, Arjen!

[martinpeter77]

Tony Martin wihout doubt.

[DeFubz]

As confirmed by Arjen, the mystery vocalist is Mr. Tony Martin, formerly of the legendary Black Sabbath!

For those who want to know more: Mike Andersson is the singer of the swedish band Cloudscape (check out their song "Shadowland"!) and Rodney Blaze is a dutch singer for the band Blaze of Darkness (formely Xenobia), and he sang the song "The Accusation" on the acoustic bonus CD of the 2005 re-issue of Ayreon's "The Final Experiment".

Nice choices Arjen!

[OneSecondOne]

Tony Martin.....no douhgt!!!

[llorenth]

Tony Martin awesome choice!

[mattsabbath88]

Former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin.

[TacticOgre]

This video just today appeared in my subscriptions, even though it was uploaded three days ago. Not fair! :(

[Meriliniel]

2+2=5? Nice, 1984, that's gonna be great and dark and hopeless :D I think it has the most evil ending I ever read (until now). Very impressive.

[marcarjes]

Jan Smit?? Oh no, English.... I Guess it's Russell Allen!

[Kouban]

@marcarjes Russel is American, not English, and he's also already on the album as one of the core four singers.

[Anfadal]

Too bad, I'm too late for the contest, but it sounds GREAT!!

Can't wait too hear more!

Thanx in advance Arjen, for a superb album!

[StygiaBand]

Star One is fantastic. Arjen captures the perfect atmosphere for any theme he works with.

[SpriteBat]

I'm not familiar with any of the singers, but that's what I love about your music, Arjen. It allows me to discover new artists that are extremely talented, much like yourself. :)

Your biggest fan in America: Travis Johnson

[ololo3030]

It's Valery Kipelov.

[elpagna]

@ololo3030 I think it's Freddy Mercury XD

[CBANCH]

Tony Martin! yes, he is.

[HarrieHendriksen]

Tony Martin !! Amazing voice !! Sure it's him !!

[Gryph717]

Eeeeee! Can't wait! It just keeps on sounding better and better <3

Yay for Arjen!

[SergeyRocks]

Reminds me Ian Parry, but he is not from England =))

[christos75]

Tony Martin!

[AyreonJr]

Aw God. I have no idea who's singing it. But it sounds AMAZING!!!!

[walania]

I don't know if the contest is still on, but I'm guessing it's Glenn Hughes?

[CelestialTina]

Aw crap, I had no idea who he was.... well, I'd feel bad about winning a CD anyway since I wouldn't be sponsoring you then :P

Another awesome clip btw =D

[MMKaresz]

I think he is Joey Tempest. Right?

[Krowsnest]

i have no idea, but the song makes me want to buy the special addition now :D

[g0devin]

definitely Tony Martin

[metabog]

Oh... crap... that sounds absolutely insane, I think I'm in a slight catatonic state right now.

[AyreonX]

it's Tony Martin, used to sing in Sabbath

[Drumtechnick]

Coverdale?

[stephlester666]

ZP Theart?

[lorilinstruth]

Note that any answers posted here won't count! You need to post in the official thread over at Arjen's Message board -- see the video details for the link.

[Arnout1990]

Was he ever featured on your earlier work? His voice sounds familiar..

[sirkrelian]

Tony Martin, love it.

[Cobranaconda]

Halford?

[Bonadea85]

Fish from Marillion?