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RELEASE         : Arjen.Anthony.Lucassens.Star.One.Revel.In.Time.2022.COMPLETE.MBLURAY-MIDDLE

DATE            : 2023/05/07

RUNTIME         : 2h43m

AUDIO           : DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4664 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit

VIDEO           : [1920  |  1080]
SUBS            : [n/a]

GENRE           : Progressive Metal
IMDB            : n/a
RATING          : n/a

COMMENT         :  Revel in Time  (2022) is the third album from ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN S STAR ONE.

It s both a reaction to and contrast with Arjen s most recent Ayreon album  Transitus.
While  Transitus  is a cinematic experience that could even be classified as a musical,
Revel in Time  is a heavy album that is massively riff driven with more emphasis on
virtuoso musicianship.

Similar to its predecessors,  Revel In Time  is based on an overall concept. Each track
is inspired by a movie that that deals with some kind of manipulation of time. One key
difference this time around is the casting of vocalists. The first two Star One albums
had the same cast of four singers: Floor Jansen, Russell Allen, Damian Wilson and Dan
Swano. But for Revel in Time, Arjen aimed to feature one singer per track, that is, a
different main singer for almost every track.

This is especially evident on CD 2, the  Same Songs, Different Singers -CD as Arjen likes
to call it. As he explains it, the guide vocals that were recorded (for the other singers)
were far too good to never see the light of day (which is the fate of most guide vocal recordings).
So he decided to release a second CD with alternate versions of the songs with the guide vocals.

At some point he started spontaneously inviting other singers to sing some of these tracks,
because he was curious how the songs would sound with their voices. Ultimately CD-2 ended up
with no less than 9 different singers, all equally as good as the ones on CD1. A total of about
30 different musicians contributed to the new album, not all of them being singers though. The core
of STAR ONE remains Ed Warby s powerful drums as well as Arjen s guitar and bass work that hold it
all together and give it that typical STAR ONE sound.

CD I
01. Fate of Man 5:29
02. 28 Days (Till the End of Time) 7:21
03. Prescient 6:34
04. Back from the Past 4:50
05. Revel in Time 4:38
06. The Year of  41 6:20
07. Bridge of Life 5:14
08. Today is Yesterday 5:46
09. A Hand on the Clock 5:52
10. Beyond the Edge of it All 4:52
11. Lost Children of the Universe 9:46

CD II: Same Songs, Different Singers

01. Fate of Man
02. 28 Days (Till the End of Time)
03. Prescient
04. Back from the Past
05. Revel in Time
06. The Year of  41
07. Bridge of Life
08. Today is Yesterday
09. A Hand on the Clock
10. Beyond the Edge of it All
11. Lost Children of the Universe