From Loudersound.
Dutch proggers Ayreon have released a new lyric video for Into The Black Hole, featuring Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, which you can watch below.
The song is taken from a newly remixed and remastered reissue of Universal Migrator, Pt. I & 2, which will be released through Mascot Records on November 18.
“Into the Black Hole is one of my personal favourite songs on the Flight Of The Migrator album,” says Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen. “Particularly because of the amazing vocal performance of the mighty Bruce Dickinson. It was a true honour and pleasure for me to record one of my favourite singers of all time in my studio. I love that his singing in this track is so different from the (often faster) Iron Maiden material. If you listen well, you can hear that in this remixed version, I used some vocal lines that I didn’t use in the original version. Have fun exploring!”
Originally released simultaneously as Universal Migrator Pt 1: The Dream Sequencer and Universal Migrator Pt 2: Flight Of The Migrator in 2000, The Dream Sequencer continues the plot from 1995’s The Final Experiment, starting in the year 2084 when the final world war wiped out all life on Earth. Flight Of The Migrator continues the story of the last living human being, the colonist on Mars and his decision to use the Dream Sequencer machine to travel back to before the universe was formed.
The two albums feature an array of guest musicians and vocalists alongside Dickinson including Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Edward Reekers (Kayak), Damian Wilson (Headspace/Threshold), Neal Morse, Russell Allen (Symphony X), Andi Deris (Helloween), Michael Romeo (Symphony X) and more.
Universal Migrator, Pt. I & 2 will be released on multiple formats, including a limited edition 56-page artbook including a 40-page comic, exclusive images of ‘the process’, five CDs (including previously unreleased audio) and a bonus DVD with 5.1 surround mix, two binaural headphone mixes and more, a vinyl box set with four LPs on marble vinyl in 2 gatefolds, a 40-page comic book, a bonus DVD, a double-sided poster and a sticker sheet. The vinyl box set is limited to 1000 numbered copies webshop exclusive), a two-CD with bonus CD.
Additionally, The Dream Sequencer and Flight Of The Migrator will be available separately on 180-gram orange transparent vinyl and digitally on all platforms. The bonus CD will feature an hour of previously unreleased material, ranging from versions of the tracks with different (guide) vocals to entirely new (well, old) tracks that didn’t make the albums and were previously never released.
Pre-order Universal Migrator, Pt. I & 2.
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- Bruce Dickinson - All The Young Dudes + Back insert & Plinth - UK - shaped picture disc - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 21, 2025 at 8:01 pm
BRUCE DICKINSON All The Young Dudes (1990 UK limited edition 7" Shaped Picture Disc single, a great cover version of the Mott The Hoople classic, also including Darkness Be My Friend, within a clear plastic sleeve with backing card insert and plinth EMPD142)
- Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project + Signed Photo & Bonus 7" - UK - CD album - £150.00, $189.00, €181.50 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 13:14)on February 21, 2025 at 8:01 pm
BRUCE DICKINSON The Mandrake Project (2024 UK/EU super deluxe limited edition 10-track CD, his seventh solo studio album including Afterglow Of Ragnarok and Rain On The Graves. Housed in a deluxe 7" casebound book with slipcase, which includesan exclusive preview comic with cover artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz. This was originally purchased through the official online store and includes a 5" x 5½" photo Autographed by Bruce in a black mark pen. We are also including a copy theAfterglow Of Ragnarok Deluxe Edition 7" single, as a bonus!)
- Bruce Dickinson - Afterglow Of Ragnarok - Comic Book Deluxe Edition - Sealed - UK - 7" vinyl - £16.99, $21.41, €20.56 (New Item) (arrived 08-May-2024 16:35)on February 21, 2025 at 8:01 pm
BRUCE DICKINSON Afterglow Of Ragnarok (Deluxe Edition 2023 UK/EU limited black vinyl 7" single package housed inside a gatefold picture sleeve with a Comic Book Centrefold. Also includes If Eternity Should Fail Demo Version. Hypesticker & factory sealed)
- Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.20, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2024 14:13)on February 21, 2025 at 8:01 pm
BRUCE DICKINSON Tears Of The Dragon (1994 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Clear Vinyl with picture label, also including Fire Child, housed in a clear PVC sleeve with picture insert EM322)
- Bruce Dickinson - Resurrection Men - Sealed - UK - CD single - £8.99, $11.33, €10.88 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 14:11)on February 21, 2025 at 8:01 pm
BRUCE DICKINSON Resurrection Men (2024 UK/EU limited edition 3-track CD single featuring two previously unreleased live tracks recorded in Sao Paulo on The Mandrake Tour. Gatefold card wallet picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)
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