A sneak peak at the limited-edition mediabook version of Victims Of The Modern Age, the new album from AYREON mainman Arjen Lucassen's STAR ONE project, is available on YouTube below:

Victims Of The Modern Age, has been released by InsideOut Music in North America today (October 26th) and is due out via InsideOut Music/EMI in Germany/Austria/Switzerland on October 29th and in the rest of Europe on November 1st.

An AOL Listening Party for Victims Of The Modern Age is now online at this location.

The lead-off track 'Digital Rain' is currently streaming online at BraveWords.com - head to the left-hand-side of the site to launch KnuckleTracks Online Audio Player.

Victims Of The Modern Age Limited Edition tracklisting:

CD1:

'Down The Rabbit Hole'

'Digital Rain'

'Earth That Was'

'Victim Of The Modern Age'

'Human See, Human Do'

'24 Hours'

'Cassandra Complex'

'It's Alive, She's Alive, We're Alive'

'It All Ends Here'

CD2 (Enhanced Multi-media CD):

Audio Tracks:

'As The Crow Dies'

'Two Plus Two Equals Five'

'Lastday'

'Closer To The Stars'

'Knife Edge (ELP cover)'

Video:

The Making Of Victims Of The Modern Age

Featured Artists:

Vocals:

Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X)

Damian Wilson (HEADSPACE, THRESHOLD)

Floor Jansen (REVAMP, ex-AFTER FOREVER)

Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, SECOND SKY, ex-EDGE OF SANITY)

Guest Vocalists, CD2:

Tony Martin (ex-BLACK SABBATH)

Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, FULL FORCE, SILENT MEMORIAL)

Rodney Blaze

Instrumentalists:

Arjen Lucassen - guitars, keyboards

Ed Warby - Drums (Ayreon, HAIL OF BULLETS, GOREFEST)

Peter Vink - bass

Joost van den Broek - keyboard solos (ex-After Forever)

Gary Wehrkamp - guitar solos (SHADOW GALLERY)

While Star One is not technically a rock opera like Ayreon, it is still very much a concept album. Rather than following continuous storyline, each song is based on a different sci-fi film and tells its own story. Lucassen describes the concept of Victims Of The Modern Age as follows: "I based the songs on dystopian and post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies that have made an impression on me throughout my life”. Unlike the first Star One album Space Metal, where all the songs were set in space, this time most of the songs take place right here on Earth.