AYREON Confirms BLIND GUARDIAN Vocalist HANSI KÜRSCH For New Album; Audio Snippet Available
November 5, 2016, 8 years ago
Arjen Lucassen is officially working on a new Ayreon album, scheduled for release in 2017 via Mascot Label Group. He has now confirmed Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kürsch for the record.
Lucassen: "Not only an extremely powerful singer, but also one of the nicest guys I’ve worked with.."
Vocalists confirmed for the new Ayreon album include:
- James LaBrie (Dream Theater) as The Historian
- Tommy Rogers (Between The Buried And Me) as The Chemist
- Simone Simons (Epica) as The Counselor
- Michael Mills (Toehider) as TH-1
- Floor Jansen (Nightwish) as The Biologist
- Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) as The Astronomer