Watch explosive lyric video for Ayreon’s Run! Apocalypse! Run!

Ayreon have released an explosive lyric video for their new track Run! Apocalypse! Run!.

The song is taken from the Arjen Lucassen project’s most recent album The Source, which launched in April via Mascot Label Group/Musical Theories Recordings.

The Source is set six billion years in the past and is said to begin “on Planet Alpha – a world in the Andromeda system where computer intelligence has far surpassed that of humanity. Alpha is facing a massive global crisis, with ecological and political catastrophes threatening all human life.

“The Alphans, our human ancestors, try to save their planet by entrusting the global computer mainframe – The Frame – to find a solution.

“Given total control of the planet, The Frame reaches the logical conclusion that its creators are the cause of all the trouble. The only way to solve Alpha’s problems is to exterminate humanity.”

The Source features a raft of guest vocalist including Dream Theater’s James LaBrie, Nightwish’s Floor Jansen, Epica’s Simone Simons, Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kursch, Avantasia’s Tobias Sammet and Symphony X Russell Allen.

It’s available to purchase now.

Ayreon The Source tracklist

The Day That The World Breaks Down
Sea Of Machines
Everybody Dies
Star Of Sirrah
All That Was
Run! Apocalypse! Run!
Condemned To Live
Aquatic Race
The Dream Dissolves
Deathcry Of A Race
Into The Ocean
Bay Of Dreams
Planet Y Is Alive!
The Source Will Flow
Journey To Forever
The Human Compulsion
March Of The Machines

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