Ayreon The Garden of Emotions (20th Anniversary Mix)

The characters now have the Electric Castle in sight, but to reach it they have to pass through The Garden of Emotions, their emotions could overwhelm them to the point of suicide. I particularly like the diversity of musical styles in this track. This may be the most adventurous track on the album with its spooky sounds in the beginning (yes, thats me whispering), the totally overthetop narration of the alien Forever followed by the epic bombastic horn and timpani section. Then in total contrast you get the little tremolo guitars and the psychedelic voice of that freaky Hippie dude. Luckily Anneke van Giersbergens warm and beautiful voice quickly brings light in the darkness as the Egyptian The heavy middle part features a merciless battle between Edwin Balogh as the Roman and Jay van Feggelen as the Barbarian, alternating with the soothing voice of Sharon den Adel as the Indian. This segues into the proggy instrumental part featuring amazing drums by Ed Warby, which is probably my favorite section