Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer (2001) & Cold Metal (CD Single)

Ambeon is mysterious and ambient side project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen featuring Astrid van der Veen, a young and very talented female vocalist. In 2001 the album Fate of a Dreamer was released, when Astrid was only 14 years old. The Cold Metal single was released to support the release of Fate of a Dreamer and contains one new, spontaneously recorded song based on 'The Dawn of Man' - Merry-Go-Round. The name Ambeon is a combination of the words ambient and Ayreon.


Originally Arjen set out to record an ambient instrumental album based on certain electronic patterns, chords and melodies derived from the recorded tracks of existing Ayreon songs (to test his new studio hardware system). In the process some new songs evolved, and Arjen figured female vocals on one or two songs would add a warm human touch. Arjen heard a recording of a 14-year young Dutch singer named Astrid van der Veen. This was exactly the voice he was looking for, and so he asked her to write lyrics and melodies to go over some of these re-constructed ambient tracks and then sing them.

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band:
Astrid van der Veen - Vocals
Arjen Lucassen - Guitars & keyboards
Stephen van Haestregt - Drums
Walter Latupeirissa - Bass
John and Pat McManus - Flute & fiddle

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Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer

01. Estranged
02. Ashes
03. High
04. Cold Metal
05. Fate
06. Sick Ceremony
07. Lost Message
08. Surreal
09. Sweet Little Brother
10. Dreamer

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Ambeon - Cold Metal (CD Single)

1. Cold Metal (Remix Single Version)
2. Merry-Go-Round (Previously Unreleased)
3. High (Remix Version)
4. Cold Metal (Album Version)

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Fate of a Dreamer

Cold Metal (CD Single)

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