It’s the end of the world as we know it, but Arjen Lucassen feels fine. So fine, in fact, that he’s written what’s described as “the soundtrack to humanity’s final days”. Thirteen years after his last proper solo album , the Dutch polymath has gone apocalyptic on Songs No One Will Hear with a little inspiration from some of his favourite sci-fi-themed records. He tells Prog what he’ll be doing when the asteroid hits and his future plans for Ayreon.

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