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Star One, 'Earth That Was' -- Song Premiere

Posted on Sep 22nd 2010 10:00AM by Amy Sciarretto Comments

Star One Arjen Lucassen

Noisecreep is proud to introduce you to Star One by premiering the Dutch band's brand new song, 'Earth That Was,' from the band's new album, 'Victims of the Modern Age.' The album has a recurring cast of vocalists, which means it certainly is not your average prog platter. The song is a crunchy, expansive, lushly orchestrated number that we hope you enjoy immensely.

Guitarist/bassist/keyboardist Arjen Lucassen -- also of Ayeron fame -- told Noisecreep, "I wanted the new Star One album to be heavier and more guitar-oriented than the first one. So I spent weeks trying out loads of guitar amps, microphones and speakers to dial in my ultimate dream guitar sound."

Listen to 'Earth That Was'

Lucassen continued, "After all the songs for the album were already written, I spontaneously came up with this fat seven-string riff. Before I knew it, I had yet another song! Complemented by the amazing vocals of Russell Allen, Damian Wilson, Dan Swano and Floor Jansen, it quickly became one of my favorites on the album. The lyrics are based on the great TV show 'Firefly,' a sci-fi series that unfortunately was canceled mid-season its first year. Hopefully the fate of my new Star One album will be a bit brighter -- hope you enjoy it!"

For 'Victims of the Modern Age' Lucassen reunited the ensemble of lead vocalists from the first album, most of which are in European prog outfits: Russell Allen of Symphony X; Damian Wilson of Headspace and Threshold; Floor Jansen of ReVamp and formerly of After Forever; and Dan Swanö of Nightingale, Second Sky and formerly of Edge of Sanity. Lucassen also recruited former Black Sabbath frontman Tony Martin for some additional tracks to be featured on the album's special edition second disc.

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McNeacol

Great song from a too short a serie. Tnx Arjen, I hope you will start a tour very soon to support the new Album and your die hard fans.

October 03 2010 at 3:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MerlinDrazziw

Way to go Arjen, this sounds great.
Can't wait for the whole album.

September 23 2010 at 2:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jongpau

As usual this with Arjen's music this track left me desperate for more, more, more!! Great song Arjen, can't wait to pre-order and receive the album, so put my name down for one.

September 22 2010 at 6:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

suitov

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from meeee! Everything Arjen does is genius.

September 22 2010 at 4:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zorander

Great song :) At last a decent tribute to Firefly :) Many thanks, Arjen!

September 22 2010 at 4:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mario

GREAT song.
Your album will definitely have a brighter future than Firefly.
Or could we all vote for having that series back :-)

September 22 2010 at 3:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ViViolins

Wow, christmas came early! Awesome riffage. Cool vox, and who doesn't love Firefly! Whooo!

September 22 2010 at 3:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

meattaz

Love the fat guitar riff! Great to see the same team of vocalist go at it again.Cannot wait for the album to be released! Hopefully followed by a nice tour....

Greetz Taz

September 22 2010 at 3:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Juan C

Hey Arjen: Wow, that song was simply amazing, you really did it again. I was a little sad when that Ayreon stuff ended but I hoped that with the new Star One you'd continue the legacy (musically), and so you did. That catchy synth part reminded me "The fifth extinction". I'm really impressed. Can't wait to have my own copy of Victims of modern age.

September 22 2010 at 3:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Becky Sarver

GREAT arrangement Arjen! You're right, the guitar riffs are outstanding on this tune. And who couldn't love the vocals of those three? They all compliment each other in a pure sense of a rock opera. Still think the Star Ones should be made into a movie. Just wish I knew a director who would take it on. More excited to hear 'Victims' in its entirety. Just a few more weeks....

September 22 2010 at 3:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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