---
title: "Arjen Anthony Lucassen"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/arjen-anthony-lucassen"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Netherlands"
formed: 1960
---

# Arjen Anthony Lucassen

**Arjen Anthony Lucassen** is a progressive metal band, from Netherlands, active 1960 to present.

Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Dutch heavy metal band Bodine as Iron Anthony, before joining Vengeance in 1984. After eight years he left the band, wanting to go into a more progressive direction, and released two years later an unsuccessful solo album entitled Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy under the nickname Anthony.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjen_Lucassen

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Arjen Anthony Lucassen |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Formed | 1960 |
| Releases in catalog | 7 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Symphonic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | [Pools of Sorrow ~ Waves of Joy](https://themetalnet.com/album/a271a1ef-3c55-3edc-b38a-dcbba72287c3) | Album |
| 1996 | [Strange Hobby](https://themetalnet.com/album/63717056-a1cf-35da-9c68-2a984efb18de) | Album |
| 2012 | [Lost in the New Real](https://themetalnet.com/album/d90cead8-936b-4e75-b538-8ec2cee87b4a) | Album |
| 2015 | [The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD](https://themetalnet.com/album/e42ff058-47ad-40ee-a28c-63238e648d94) | EP |
| 2025 | [Our Final Song](https://themetalnet.com/album/b0a6f522-7814-4d04-a5d7-0e68edc6e1bf) | EP |
| 2025 | [Songs No One Will Hear](https://themetalnet.com/album/6513c2cf-6c68-4f71-8741-373b6f7975b8) | Album |
| 2025 | [We’ll Never Know](https://themetalnet.com/album/18a4dcf9-d228-45f1-bc4f-7a02cda2d0da) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Ayreon](https://themetalnet.com/band/ayreon) (listened together)
- [Star One](https://themetalnet.com/band/star-one) (listened together)
- [Pain of Salvation](https://themetalnet.com/band/pain-of-salvation) (listened together)
- [Stream of Passion](https://themetalnet.com/band/stream-of-passion) (listened together)
- [Threshold](https://themetalnet.com/band/threshold) (listened together)
- [Guilt Machine](https://themetalnet.com/band/guilt-machine) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [The Gentle Storm](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-gentle-storm) (listened together)
- [OSI](https://themetalnet.com/band/osi) (listened together)
- [Ambeon](https://themetalnet.com/band/ambeon) (listened together)
- [Evanescence](https://themetalnet.com/band/evanescence) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0EB6qOap6h8OJSEswOv8y5
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arjen.a.lucassen
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/nl/artist/521095794
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1694408
- website: https://www.arjenlucassen.com/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen/3540345103

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/arjen-anthony-lucassen](https://themetalnet.com/band/arjen-anthony-lucassen). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt