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The Human Equation
The Human Equation cover
Studio album by Ayreon
Released May 25, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Progressive metal
Length 1:42:14
Label InsideOut Music
Producer Arjen Lucassen
Ayreon chronology
Ayreonauts Only
(2000)		 The Human Equation
(2004)		 01011001
(2008)

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Contents

Concept and storyline

The album explores the idea of psychological rebirth, and follows the story a man who, falling into a coma following a car accident, is confronted with his past, his emotions, and his current situation as he lays trapped inside his own mind. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings thoughts and behaviours The circumstances surrounding the accident are mysterious, as the man ("Me", portrayed by James LaBrie) ploughed into a tree on a deserted road in broad daylight. Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, 1963) is a Canadian vocalist who is best known for being the lead singer in Progressive metal band Following this, he slips into a twenty day coma, with each day represented by a single song. Each song follows a slightly different format, though there are major common themes, such as the presence of Me's manifest emotions in his dream world (including Fear portrayed by Mikael Åkerfeldt, Reason portrayed by Eric Clayton, and Pride portrayed by Magnus Ekwall); the presence of Me's Wife (Marcela Bovio) and Best Friend (Arjen Anthony Lucassen) at his bedside; and the past events that Me is forced to reflect on. Dreams are the images sounds thoughts and feelings experienced while Sleeping, particularly strongly associated with Rapid eye movement sleep. Fear is an Emotional response to Threats and Danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific Stimulus, such as Mikael Åkerfeldt (ˈoːkərˌfɛlt (born April 17, 1974, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish musician best known as the current lead vocalist/lead Reason involves the ability to think understand and draw Conclusions in an Abstract way as in Human thinking Eric Clayton is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his work in the influential gothic Symphonic metal group Saviour Machine Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican musician

The plot builds from Me’s early broken state to his eventual rebirth as a new and better man. His own dark past, in which he suffered beneath an abusive Father (Mike Baker), was driven to become merciless by school bullies, and eventually betrayed his closest friend for his own benefit, is intertwined with the plot surrounding Wife and Best Friend, eventually revealing the cause of the accident: Me had witnessed the two sharing an intimate moment, and had swerved his car into a tree in his despair. Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion See also Adultery Infidelity can be defined as any violation of the mutually agreed-upon rules or boundaries of a relationship and is a breach of faith in an inter-personal The three eventually come clean and forgive each other, leading Me to conquer his negative emotions and escape his nightmarish prison.

The story terminates with a sci-fi twist in contrast to the psychodrama of the album, but reminiscent of earlier Ayreon releases. Psychodrama is a form of human development which explores through dramatic action the problems issues concerns dreams and highest aspirations of people groups systems and organizations The final song cuts suddenly to silence as it reaches a crescendo, and a computerised voice announces the shut-down of the Dream Sequencer. Universal Migrator Part 1 The Dream Sequencer is a Progressive metal album released in 2000 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen, and The voice of Forever then speaks the final words of the album, tying its events into the overall Ayreon plot that began with The Final Experiment. Into the Electric Castle is a Progressive metal two-disc album released in 1998 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen A The Final Experiment is a Progressive metal album released in 1995 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen A

Track listing

  1. "Day One: Vigil" – 1:33
  2. "Day Two: Isolation" – 8:42
  3. "Day Three: Pain" – 4:58
  4. "Day Four: Mystery" – 5:37
  5. "Day Five: Voices" – 7:09
  6. "Day Six: Childhood" – 5:05
  7. "Day Seven: Hope" – 2:47
  8. "Day Eight: School" – 4:22
  9. "Day Nine: Playground" – 2:15
  10. "Day Ten: Memories" – 3:57
  11. "Day Eleven: Love" – 4:18
  12. "Day Twelve: Trauma" – 8:59
  13. "Day Thirteen: Sign" – 4:47
  14. "Day Fourteen: Pride" – 4:42
  15. "Day Fifteen: Betrayal" – 5:24
  16. "Day Sixteen: Loser" – 4:46
  17. "Day Seventeen: Accident?" – 5:42
  18. "Day Eighteen: Realization" – 4:31
  19. "Day Nineteen: Disclosure" – 4:42
  20. "Day Twenty: Confrontation" – 7:03

All songs composed by Arjen Lucassen except:

Editions

This album is released as three different editions:

The Limited Deluxe Edition comes not in a regular CD case, but in a large cardboard book that opens up with the two CDs on the left inside cover, the DVD on the right inside cover, and 36 pages in between featuring the lyrics and a large illustration for each day. Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian Multi-instrumentalist musician

DVD

Personnel

James LaBrie and Arjen Anthony Lucassen
James LaBrie and Arjen Anthony Lucassen

Instruments

Acoustic instruments

Additional keyboards and solos

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Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm formed in 1999 Eric Clayton is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his work in the influential gothic Symphonic metal group Saviour Machine Saviour Machine is a neoclassical Christian gothic Symphonic metal band from California, USA, formed in 1989 Mostly Autumn are a British band producing music heavily influenced by Progressive rock, most obviously Genesis and Pink Floyd, and The Quill are a Swedish Stoner rock / Heavy metal band Biography The Quill was formed in the early 1990s by singer Magnus Ekwall Deadsoul Tribe are an Austrian Progressive metal band founded by Devon Graves (known as Buddy Lackey) from Psychotic Waltz. 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