Post Reply - The Great Collection Rediscovery

Album: Flight of the Migrator

Old Rating: 4/5

Verdict: Ayreon's most full on metal album and as irony goes since I am first and foremost a metalhead, one of my lower rated releases by the project. It's still solid progressive metal, but Lucassen is at his best when allowing all the different influences to fly free without worrying about being strictly metal. This album did notably give us Into the Black Hole though, which has Bruce Dickinson on vocals. The rest of the songs are very good too, with starring turns from some big names from prog and power metal such as Russell Allen (Michael Romeo tags along for a guitar solo appearance too), Andi Deris and Fabio Leone. 

New Rating: 4.5/5