Ayreon zet twee songs met video's online van nieuw studio album 'Transitus'!

Ayreon brengt op 25 september via Music Theories Recordings een gloednieuw, grootschalig en episch studioalbum uit, genaamd 'Transitus'. Het album zal gepaard gaan met een 28 pagina’s tellend stripboek en zal beschikbaar zijn op 2CD, 2LP gatefold rood transparant vinyl en een 48 pagina’s tellend Earbook met 5 discs; 2CD album, 1CD instrumentale versies, 1CD guide vocal versies, en een DVD met o.a. een behind the scenes video, een videoclip, trailer en een 5.1 audio-mix van het album.

Vandaag deelt Ayreon twee nieuwe videos voor de songs 'Hopelessly Slipping Away' en 'Get Out! Now!, hierover zegt Arjen Lucassen:

"Welcome to the colorful world of.. Transitus!

Finally the time has come to present you the very first full singles and lyric videos of the new Ayreon album Transitus. Yes... singleS, plural!

This album is incredibly diverse so I really couldn’t choose just one track because I wouldn’t want people to get the wrong impression of the overall mood of the album. So we decided to make a video for both an atmospheric track ‘Hopelessly Slipping Away’ and a rocky track ‘Get out! Now!’

‘Hopelessly Slipping Away’ features Tommy Karevik (Kamelot) and Cammie Gilbert (Oceans of Slumber) on vocals. It’s a haunting track with analog synthesizers and violin, and it slowly builds to an epic climax with marching snares. In this video we see the ghost of Daniel (Tommy) hopelessly trying to reach out to his beloved wife Abby (Cammie) who clearly feels his presence but can’t see or hear him.

The track ‘Get Out! Now!’ is a straightforward and energetic rock track with powerful drums, bass, guitars and Hammond organ. It features the illustrious Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Tommy Karevik on vocals, and none other than the legendary Joe Satriani plays a blistering guitar solo. In this story Daniel’s intolerant father (Dee) banishes Daniel (Tommy) from his estate for having a forbidden affair with their servant Abby.

So here you have it... I hope you enjoy at least one of the two tracks, have fun! :-) "

01. Fatum Horrificum (A] Graveyard, B] 1884, C] Daniel And Abby, D] Fatum, E] Why?!, F] Guilty)

02. Daniel’s Descent Into Transitus

03. Listen To My Story

04. Two Worlds Now One

05. Talk Of The Town

06. Old Friend

07. Dumb Piece Of Rock

08. Get Out! Now!

09. Seven Days, Seven Nights

CD 2:

01. Condemned Without A Trial

02. Daniel’s Funeral

03. Hopelessly Slipping Away

04. This Human Equation.

05. Henry’s Plot

06. Message From Beyond

07. Daniel’s Vision

08. She Is Innocent

09. Lavinia’s Confession

10. Inferno

11. Your Story Is Over!

12. Abby In Transitus

13. The Great Beyond