Star One...or Ayreon, whatever u call him Arjen Lucassen has made progressive concept pieces his reason to live, and in Space Metal he has followed up the relatively mellow (compared to this) Ambeon project with a progressive metal effort influenced by Sci-Fi films (inc Alien, Dune etc) and succeeds once again in bringing a host of vocalists and musicians together to record an immaculately produced album full of...Space Metal - Very heavy guitars, a back drop of keyboards (including the always welcome mellotron) and a chunky throbbing ryhthme section, turn it up and let your ears bleed....highlights included Perfect Survivor (cause Alien rocks) with its use of low range vocalist Dan Swano for the verses and soaring operatics of Damian Wilson for the choruses, opener Set Your Controls sets the tone early with deep metal riffing and complex keyboard work. Not to be taken too seriously (lets face it prog metal sci fi concept..one of the tracks is called Intergalactic Space Crusader!!! - cheesey as hell) but highly enjoyable and highly recommended....just make sure your air guitars handy....your gonna need it!