Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen has been involved in a number of different projects in his two-decade-plus career. Most notable among these was heavy metal band Vengeance in the 1980s, and in the '90s, the progressively experimental Ayreon, whose every album featured guest vocalists like Kingdom Come's Lenny Wolfe, Marillion's Fish, and the Gathering's Anneke van Giersbergen -- usually enacting different characters in virtual art rock operas. Somewhere in between lay his new millennium project Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One, whose grandiose ambitions were pretty much described by 2002's Space Metal and its live companion piece of a year later, Live on Earth. Both also featured a revolving cast of guest performers, including Rising Force and Stratovarious alum Jens Johansson, Edge of Sanity singer/guitarist Dan Swano, and Shadow Gallery guitarist Gary Wehrkamp. Another project, Stream of Passion, featured Lucassen with Mexican singer Marcela Bovio; that band released several albums during the 2000s and 2010s. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen plays progressive metal and symphonic rock, best known for conceptual rock operas released under projects like Ayreon. Follow Arjen Anthony Lucassen on Mood.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a multi-instrumentalist whose primary instruments are guitars and keyboards, though he also performs on bass, synthesizers, and various other instruments.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is from the Netherlands, originating from The Hague.
