Ayreon - The Final Experiment
1995
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InsideOut Music (2005)
JVC (Japan)
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Prologue
In the year 2084 scientists have found a way to send messages back into time using time telepathy. With the earth
nearly destroyed by many different causes, they have one hope for the experiment: warn the past of the future to
avert the fate of earth.
Act I
The receiver of the telepathic messages is Ayreon, a blind minstrel living in 6th century Britain. He's lived his
life in darkness from the day he was born, but one fateful day everything changes- Ayreon can see images. The
minstrel believes these visions are sent to him by the Lords of Time. Unaware of how much time there is left before
earth is destroyed Ayreon sets out to tell the tale of earth's demise singing songs of wars, natural disaster, and
computer technology. The terrifying tales frighten the villagers who run him out of town.
Act II
Alone, and cast out of his village, Ayreon goes to King Arthur's castle, and, being a famed minstrel, he
is allowed to sing of his visions in the King's very own court.
Act III
Jealous of his ability to foresee the future, Merlin, the court's wizard, isn't pleased with Ayreon's message,
convincing the court the minstrel must be a fake.
Act IV
Merlin believes it is necessary to silence Ayreon forever and
curses him. With the curse completed Merlin realizes his error, but it is too late. The wizard then predicts that
the message will arrive in the mind of another minstrel at the end of the 20th century...
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